Link Zenon Media to Visual Radio

Not sure yet whether Zenon Media fits your setup? See Zenon Media on visualradioassist.live. Zenon Media sends the current item and the next two items to VRA as XML, through a Web POST destination in its Nowplaying Playlist Export.

Before you start

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

Add the Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud

Go to Settings → Studio → Automations in VRA Cloud.
Click Add connection and pick Zenon Media.
Turn on Enabled. A new connection starts switched off.
Copy the URL under API endpoint. Zenon Media sends its data to this URL.
Click Add connection.

The host in the URL must be an address the Zenon Media 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.

Set up Zenon Media to send now playing data

In Zenon Media, configure a new Web [POST] Destination in the Nowplaying Playlist Export.
Paste the URL from VRA Cloud as the destination URL.
Paste the template below in the Format String. It is the same as the Data Template in your Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud.

<VRA_AutomationLink>
    <Instance>zenon_media</Instance>
    <Timestamp>%NOW</Timestamp>
    <StartPacket>
        <Valid>%STARTPACKET.ISVALID</Valid>
        <Item>
            <ID>%STARTPACKET.ID</ID>
            <SendID>%STARTPACKET.SENDID</SendID>
            <Title>%STARTPACKET.TITLE</Title>
            <Artist>%STARTPACKET.NAME</Artist>
            <Duration>%STARTPACKET.LENGTH</Duration>
            <StartTime>%"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"STARTPACKET.TIME</StartTime>
            <StartTimeRaw>%CURRENT.TIME</StartTimeRaw>
            <ItemTypeID>%STARTPACKET.NUM_TYPE</ItemTypeID>
            <ItemType>%STARTPACKET.NUM_TYPE</ItemType>
            <CueIn>%STARTPACKET.CUT_IN</CueIn>
            <ActualDuration>%STARTPACKET.LENGTH</ActualDuration>
            <EffectiveDuration>%STARTPACKET.LENGTH</EffectiveDuration>
            <Comment>%STARTPACKET.COMMENT</Comment>
        </Item>
    </StartPacket>
    <Current>
        <ID>%CURRENT.ID</ID>
        <SendID>%CURRENT.SENDID</SendID>
        <Title>%CURRENT.TITLE</Title>
        <Artist>%CURRENT.ARTIST</Artist>
        <Duration>%CURRENT.LENGTH</Duration>
        <StartTime>%"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"CURRENT.TIME</StartTime>
        <StartTimeRaw>%CURRENT.TIME</StartTimeRaw>
        <ItemTypeID>%CURRENT.NUM_TYPE</ItemTypeID>
        <ItemType>%CURRENT.NUM_TYPE</ItemType>
        <CueIn>%CURRENT.CUT_IN</CueIn>
        <ActualDuration>%CURRENT.LENGTH</ActualDuration>
        <EffectiveDuration>%CURRENT.LENGTH</EffectiveDuration>
        <Comment>%CURRENT.COMMENT</Comment>
    </Current>
    <NextItem>
        <ID>%NEXT.ID</ID>
        <SendID>%NEXT.SENDID</SendID>
        <Title>%NEXT.TITLE</Title>
        <Artist>%NEXT.ARTIST</Artist>
        <Duration>%NEXT.LENGTH</Duration>
        <StartTime>%"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"NEXT.TIME</StartTime>
        <ItemTypeID>%NEXT.NUM_TYPE</ItemTypeID>
        <ItemType>%NEXT.NUM_TYPE</ItemType>
        <CueIn>%NEXT.CUT_IN</CueIn>
        <ActualDuration>%NEXT.LENGTH</ActualDuration>
        <EffectiveDuration>%NEXT.LENGTH</EffectiveDuration>
        <Comment>%NEXT.COMMENT</Comment>
    </NextItem>
    <NextItem>
        <ID>%NEXT2.ID</ID>
        <SendID>%NEXT2.SENDID</SendID>
        <Title>%NEXT2.TITLE</Title>
        <Artist>%NEXT2.ARTIST</Artist>
        <Duration>%NEXT2.LENGTH</Duration>
        <StartTime>%"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"NEXT2.TIME</StartTime>
        <ItemTypeID>%NEXT2.NUM_TYPE</ItemTypeID>
        <ItemType>%NEXT2.NUM_TYPE</ItemType>
        <CueIn>%NEXT2.CUT_IN</CueIn>
        <ActualDuration>%NEXT2.LENGTH</ActualDuration>
        <EffectiveDuration>%NEXT2.LENGTH</EffectiveDuration>
        <Comment>%NEXT2.COMMENT</Comment>
    </NextItem>
</VRA_AutomationLink>

Check that VRA receives Zenon Media data

Start an item in Zenon Media, then check two places:

Settings → Studio → Automations: the Zenon Media 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.

Troubleshoot Zenon Media

The Zenon Media connection stays idle

VRA Core receives nothing from Zenon Media. Check, in this order:

Enabled is on in the connection, and AutomationLink is on at the top of Settings → Studio → Automations.
The URL in Zenon Media uses the IP address of the VRA Core machine, not 0.0.0.0.
A firewall on the VRA Core machine allows incoming connections on the Core API port, 3002 by default.

The title or artist from Zenon Media is wrong or empty

The template in Zenon Media differs from the one VRA expects. Copy the Data Template from the Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud again and paste it unchanged.

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Link Zenon Media to Visual Radio

Before you start

Add the Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud

Set up Zenon Media to send now playing data

Check that VRA receives Zenon Media data

Troubleshoot Zenon Media

The Zenon Media connection stays idle

The title or artist from Zenon Media is wrong or empty

​Before you start

​Add the Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud

​Set up Zenon Media to send now playing data

​Check that VRA receives Zenon Media data

​Troubleshoot Zenon Media

​The Zenon Media connection stays idle

​The title or artist from Zenon Media is wrong or empty

​Related

Before you start

Add the Zenon Media connection in VRA Cloud

Set up Zenon Media to send now playing data

Check that VRA receives Zenon Media data

Troubleshoot Zenon Media

The Zenon Media connection stays idle

The title or artist from Zenon Media is wrong or empty

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