The idea has been to provide the facility from a phone or tablet/computer so 'anyone' (even band members) could enter the data for a subset of WING channels.
So I developed a small web server that people can connect to and provides a web page (the infamous index.html) to browsing clients for them to enter names. The http server supports basic GET and POST methods, and has standard text/css/image/js support in providing web pages to client browsers.
What I also made is ensure the server was 'console agnostic'; i.e. each POST operation (when feeding names for ex.) is fully independent from the server code; i.e. when the POST is sent, the URL/endpoint of the POST is actually the name of a separate application the server will launch, passing the POST request body data onto the application. The application is the one connecting to the console, parsing the data and sending it to the mixing desk. It is a simple "push" operation, no return is made to the server/or client other than standard http OK or notOK responses.
It is in an early stage at this time, but I managed to test Names for scribbles, and basic volume setting.
If anyone is interested in participating, let me know... But attention: The goal is not to recreate Mixing Station out of a web server!!! -1- I am probably not capable of this as my java or JS knowledge are more than limited (and I love Mixing Station as it is
), and -2- the option of making the server console agnostic has a drawback/cost: Each operation includes a 'connection/disconnection' from the console, so operations will be slow and certainly not suitable for multiple faders moving together at once.-Patrick
