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For example, here is the regexes for replacing Chyron CII extended commands to typical Chameleon commands with <> prefix/suffix.

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Test Trigger

fasdljasflWe can send test strings to either the players or back at automation from the Test Trigger tab. When sending a trigger command to players, regex is used so it becomes a good way to test your regex setting.

We can also send messages back at automation. Some automation systems may want notification that a player has received a trigger so this becomes a good way to test that the automation system is receiving messages.

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Preferences

Finally, the Preferences tab provides a way to optionally have the player(s) reply back to automation. So, it It goes in the reverse direction of the trigger. This can be used to acknowledge to automation that a trigger has been acted upon.

Use System Tray when set has Trigger Master hide into the system tray when closed as opposed to exiting the application. More on that in the Additional Notes section.

Some automation systems poll their servers to make sure they’re still alive. This is generally called a heartbeat test. This usually follows with the server replying with a string also called a heartbeat reply.

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Trigger Master optionally supports heartbeats by letting you set the heartbeat string and reply.

Automation systems usually send a newline as the delimiter for commands in the case of sending more than one at a time. However, the delimiter can be modified to any string.

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Additional Notes

Trigger Master has support for verbose logging. When on, you’ll get all the activity on the ports in the logs. It’s essential to have verbose logging on during testing but it’s fine to turn it off in production. We’ll still see exceptions in the logs if verbose logging is turned off. Verbose logging is turned on/off from the Help menu and it’s state is shown in the status bar.

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