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WheatNet-IP visual radio and camera automation
WheatNet-IP visual radio connects Wheatstone console logic to VRA camera and graphics automation. Microphone and fader states drive video commands while your WheatNet-IP system keeps handling the audio.
What VRA does with Wheatstone WheatNet-IP.
Console logic drives the picture
Read the microphone and fader signals exposed through the station ACI connection and map them to video automation.
Camera commands beside graphics
Use the mapped inputs in VRA automations to trigger a camera command or a macro for the show.
The console remains in charge of audio
VRA reads the mapped control signals for video automation. Audio mixing and routing stay in the console.
Speaker-driven shots beside console logic
A fader-open signal means a channel is available, not that someone is speaking. Use individual microphone audio in Audio Triggers when the shot needs to follow speech.
How to set it up.
Requirements
- A WheatNet-IP installation with ACI access and the required console logic exposed.
- The station-specific control connection and mappings.
- VRA Core on the studio network, with a connected switcher for camera cuts.
Enable the station ACI access with the Wheatstone engineer and identify the console logic signals available to the connection.
Set up the studio control connection with the WheatNet-IP host and the access settings supplied for that installation.
Map the required microphone and fader states to VRA automation inputs. Test each state against the corresponding console control.
Assign camera commands or macros to those inputs. Configure separate microphone audio in Audio Triggers if the cameras should follow speech.
Wheatstone WheatNet-IP questions
How does VRA connect to WheatNet-IP? +
The control connection uses Wheatstone ACI and the states exposed by the station configuration. Those states are mapped to VRA automation inputs.
Is WheatNet-IP control the same as receiving its audio? +
No. Console logic and microphone audio are separate connections. Speaker detection needs individual microphone channels through an audio interface or driver.
Does a fader-open signal identify who is speaking? +
No. It says the channel is open. Audio Triggers uses the individual microphone audio for speaker-driven shots; console logic can drive separate camera or graphics rules.
Does VRA carry the console audio over this connection? +
No. This connection carries control state. Microphone audio reaches Audio Manager through a separate supported audio interface or driver.
Wheatstone
About Wheatstone WheatNet-IP.
WheatNet-IP is Wheatstone's broadcast audio and control environment. Its Automation Control Interface, ACI, provides a connection path for third-party studio systems, including camera automation.
WheatNet-IP visual radio with VRA
The station's ACI access and configuration determine which console states the connection can read. Map the required microphone and fader logic to VRA automation inputs, then use those inputs to trigger camera commands, graphics or macros.
A fader position and a microphone level are different signals. For shots that follow speech, individual microphone audio reaches Audio Triggers through a separate supported interface. The ACI control connection does not make VRA an audio receiver or router. Camera Assist prepares supported PTZ shots and the connected video switcher takes them to air.
What you can do with this connection
Automated camera switching for radio
Switch cameras from microphone activity and prepare PTZ shots off air.
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Check your studio setup with us.
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