FMS-OBS Integration

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by BrandonD-1528

That information is immensely helpful, thank you. Do you happen to know how I can get my hands on the off-season FMS?

No 2016 yet. 2015 is here: https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/frs/do...fseasonfms/frs

[Schnabel]

Hey Brandon,
Here's another resource for Off Season FMS which is FIRST sponsored. https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/projects/offseasonfms/

It looks like you could make a request to them on the discussion forum there. That's actually where I would post this question. Looks like that's where you can download FMS Lite as well.

[BrandonD-1528]

Originally Posted by RufflesRidge

No 2016 yet. 2015 is here: https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/frs/do...fseasonfms/frs

Thanks! I happened to find it on Google before I saw the replies to my post (I stopped receiving email notifications for some reason).

Originally Posted by Schnabel

It looks like you could make a request to them on the discussion forum there. That's actually where I would post this question. Looks like that's where you can download FMS Lite as well.

Thanks to you as well. I've downloaded FMS Lite which appears to use the same audience display so I should be able to analyze the network traffic and impersonate the display.

I appreciate all the input!

EDIT: As it turns out, FMS Lite (the off-season version) has been neutered in terms of network capability. I'm now talking with the dev(s) on TeamForge.

[BrandonD-1528]

Sorry for the bump!

First, a correction. The software has not been neutered in any way. The networking capability is simply not ready yet and the button was left in.

For now I've given up on writing software to integrate with FMS. Perhaps next year if networking capability is in I'll give it another go. For now, I'm just going to work with the video out on FMS and a capture card.

On that topic, does anyone recall if the First in Michigan FMS unit has an HDMI out? I seem to recall that they'd installed one last year but I'm not really sure.

Thanks for all the help!

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by BrandonD-1528

On that topic, does anyone recall if the First in Michigan FMS unit has an HDMI out? I seem to recall that they'd installed one last year but I'm not really sure.

I believe the scorpion cases used by districts (those without scan converters) have HDMI outputs installed. Of course, I haven't seen them since last year, and it may also depend on FiM's A/V setup, which I have no idea about.

[BrandonD-1528]

Man, I wish the one we used had a scan converter (in previous years, before they installed the HDMI port). I spent many an event scrambling to find one that worked in my school.

[Deetman]

The FMS audience screen output for districts is as requested by the district. MAR (and others) get a DVI-I output as you can use that to convert to HDMI or VGA, which are the other options.