by Roddy | Nov 22, 2021 | Applications, HELM, Lua
Helm has built-in support for accessing JSON REST APIs. To start, add a REST API Device to your panel. You’ll find this in the “Other” section in the Parts Bin. Set the URL property of the device to the base URL of your REST server. Both HTTP and...
by Roddy | Mar 26, 2021 | Applications, HELM, Scripting
Helm installs the LuaSocket library for TCP/IP communications. You can follow the examples and reference there to connect to TCP and UDP devices. Helm scripts run as part of the main Windows “event loop”, so while a script is running the user interface...
by Roddy | Dec 22, 2020 | Applications, HELM
Elgato’s Stream Deck is handy USB button “shot-box” that can be used for quick access to a wide range of control functions. It’s easy to integrate it with Helm – or other Rascular products – for control of broadcast systems. Here...
by Roddy | Jan 23, 2017 | Applications
Helm 4.4 includes a Facebook “device” to allow Helm panels to integrate use of Facebook with broadcast devices. Typical application include: Posting status updates directly to Facebook from Helm panels Creating Facebook Live streaming broadcasts directly...
by conrad | Mar 7, 2016 | Applications
Note – While the techniques in this article are still valid, Helm and RouteMaster now support salvos natively. Please see the following pages for more information.RouteMaster: Using SalvosRouter Salvos with Helm Router salvos in Helm can be done in two ways:...
by conrad | Mar 19, 2014 | Applications
In this video demo we grab data from FeedMagnet to create an on-air Twitter feed. Interested? Contact us for details.