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Not sure yet whether Aeron fits your setup? See Aeron on visualradioassist.live. AerOn Studio writes the playing item to an XML export file that VRA Core watches.

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Preparation

  1. Go to Settings → Studio → Automations in VRA Cloud, click Add Automation, pick Aeron, turn on Enabled (a new connection starts switched off) and click Add connection.
  2. Ask VRA support for the AerOn template bundle (VRA_SJABLOOM.txt).
  3. Extract the bundle in a location where both AerOn and the VRA Core application could read/write to it (for example an UNC path).

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Configuration

To configure the integration with Visual Radio Assist in Aeron Studio, make sure to set up the correct template and export file.
  1. Open menu Tools -> Instellingen, select tab ‘Export HTML/XML/Tekst’ in ‘Automatisering’
  2. Create a new export with the following details: Bronsjabloom: {template directory}\VRA_SJABLOOM.txt Doelbestand: C:\
  3. Continue on the VRA Core Machine, copy the path containing the VRA_EXPORT.xml
  4. Test that the path is accessible (for example by running WIN+R and pasting the path)
  5. Paste the path into Path to file to watch, under File source, in the Aeron connection you added in preparation step 1.

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Check that VRA receives Aeron data

Start an item in Aeron, then check two places:
  • Settings → Studio → Automations: the Aeron connection shows a green status dot, the title and artist of the playing item, and the time of the last update.
  • AutomationLink in the main menu: the item shows under On air.

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Troubleshoot Aeron

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The Aeron connection stays idle

VRA Core reads nothing from VRA_EXPORT.xml. Check, in this order:
  1. Enabled is on in the connection, and AutomationLink Enabled is on at the top of Settings → Studio → Automations.
  2. Path to file to watch opens from the VRA Core machine. Test it with WIN+R and the path.
  3. Aeron updates VRA_EXPORT.xml when an item starts. Check the file’s modified time.