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Not sure yet whether PowerStudio fits your setup? See PowerStudio on visualradioassist.live. Power Studio sends the playing item and the upcoming items to VRA through its VisualRadioAssist Link plugin.

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Before you start

  • VRA Core runs for your studio. See Machine specs.
  • The Power Studio machine can reach the VRA Core machine on the Core API port, 3002 by default.

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Add the Power Studio connection in VRA Cloud

  1. Go to Settings → Studio → Automations in VRA Cloud.
  2. Click Add Automation and pick Power Studio.
  3. Turn on Enabled. A new connection starts switched off.
  4. Copy the URL under API endpoint. Power Studio sends its data to this URL.
  5. Click Add connection.
The host in the URL must be an address the Power Studio machine can reach. If it reads 0.0.0.0, replace it with the IP address of the VRA Core machine, for example 192.168.1.20.

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Set up Power Studio to send now playing data

  1. Open Options and Settings in Power Studio.
  2. Go to the Plugins section, select the VisualRadioAssist Link Plugin, enable it and click Configure.
  3. Paste the URL from VRA Cloud in the plugin. In the plugin you also set how many upcoming items Power Studio sends. The default is 5.

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Connect several Power Studio machines to VRA

Each Power Studio machine can send to the same VRA connection. To accept data from one machine only, fill in Machine identifier (empty for *) in the Power Studio connection in VRA Cloud. Leave it empty to accept every machine.

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Power Studio data in VRA

Power Studio sends the artist, title, duration, timestamp and content type (ID and name) of each item. Use item groups to sort items by content type.

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Check that VRA receives Power Studio data

Start an item in Power Studio, then check two places:
  • Settings → Studio → Automations: the Power Studio 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, and the upcoming items under Next and Rundown.

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Troubleshoot Power Studio

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The Power Studio connection stays idle

VRA Core receives nothing from Power Studio. Check, in this order:
  1. Enabled is on in the connection, and AutomationLink Enabled is on at the top of Settings → Studio → Automations.
  2. The URL in Power Studio uses the IP address of the VRA Core machine, not 0.0.0.0.
  3. A firewall on the VRA Core machine allows incoming connections on the Core API port, 3002 by default.

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VRA shows items from the wrong Power Studio machine

Machine identifier (empty for *) is empty, so the connection accepts every machine. Fill in the identifier of the machine you want.