What is Chyron-Prime?
The PRIME Platform™ is Chyron’s live production engine. PRIME helps broadcasters produce shows, create graphics, manage content and drive all the dynamic production elements with a range of live production modules. For more information about Chyron-Prime, have a look at their website.
Device configuration in Chyron-Prime
For Chyron-Prime, the automation API is not enabled by default, you will need to enable it on your end. Follow these steps to do so :
In Chyron-Prime, open the menu bar item 'Config' and then select 'Automation'.
Then, on the automation overview window, click on 'Intelligent Interface' at the top, to add a new Intelligence interface Connection.
When the pop up window appears, you can leave the default settings as they are. If you decide to change Port, don't forget to also change to the same Port in the Automator itself (more details about that here).
The Intelligent Interface is now added, you can then click on it to select it and then click 'Enable' to start it.
It should then say 'Waiting for connection'.
Once you have done all these steps, you can go to your Automator, to add Chyron-Prime as a device.
Adding a Chyron-Prime 'device' to the Automator
In the top right corner of the Automator, we see 'Devices' - this can be either in red or green depending on the status of the configured devices. Click it and select 'Add device'.
Next, select 'Chyron-prime' from the 'Device type' dropdown list, then give it a name.
Once the Chyron device is selected and given a name, we will see all fields needed to configure it so it can be used with the Automator.
Device configuration in the Automator
You can leave the default settings as they are, except if you changed the Port in your Chyron-Prime, in that case, you need to enter the same Port in the Automator. Once these settings have been entered, the device should show as 'online' (green) in the top right corner.
The settings that are entered by default by the Cuez Automator represent the default settings needed for Chyron if the Automator is installed on the same computer as the device itself. You can change these settings (host name and port) as needed, depending on your exact configuration.
Media handling configuration
Next, check the box to indicate that this Chyron-Prime will be handling media. More settings will appear, allowing you to configure where media needs to be downloaded and which media we want our Chyron-Prime to download.
Download folders
The 'Download folder' is the folder where Chyron will download all media to, with its location seen as from the Automator. If Chyron and the Automator are installed on the same computer, then this will be a local folder. If Chyron and the Automator are on separate devices, this will be with an IP address on the local network.
The 'Device media folder' is the folder where Chyron will download all media to, with its location seen as from Chyron itself. This is most likely just a local folder on the same computer.
Automatically delete files
We can also set files to be automatically deleted after 24 hours or a week. This way you don’t keep all downloaded media in case it is not needed anymore.
Define Blocks with media
Finally we can configure which Blocks will need their media downloaded for our device. For this, click 'Add media field' at the bottom, select your Block configuration (for example 'Clip') and then the field name of the media (usually 'Media'). Repeat this step for all Block configurations that need their media downloaded by the Chyron you are configuring.
As soon as these final settings have been configured, the media from the Episode will start downloading to the folders that were defined. A green checkmark next to a thumbnail (in the Script) indicates the media was successfully downloaded.
Configuring actions
The next step is then to configure each Item and Block configuration with the (set of) functions you want to perform on the Chyron-Prime when triggering the Item or Block - more on that in this article.