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Requirements 

Ovation Gold or Platinum Premium licence is required.
Note : Watchout requires at least 2 computers; 1 Production computer (Control) and 1 Display (Player).
Each Watchout computer requires a license. 

Watchout Production can be hosted on the same computer as Ovation.

For ease of use, please download the Watchout and Ovation demo project.

1.Configuring Windows network 

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• Check that Windows Network Discovery is activated.

  Go in Windows Control Panel> Network and Sharing Center > Change advanced sharing settings

  
  
  Make sure that Network Discovery is active.  File and Printer sharing is optional.
  This setting can be defined for each Network type, Home/ Work, Public or Domain, so please set accordingly to your Network type.
  The Network type can be identified in the main Network and Sharing Center window.
  
  Go Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select your Windows Network LAN card > Properties
  
   
  
  Client for Microsoft Networks,File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and Internet Protocol Version 6/ Version 4 must be active.
   

• Configure the IP adresses 

  When you have several networks connected to your computer, the operating system uses the IP addresses to sort the network datas and send it to the correct network.
  If two (or more) networks are connected to one computer, the root of the IP addresses have to be different, otherwise the computer will not be able to determine where to send the network datas.
  Each computer must have a unique IP address per network.
  
  Examples with a RAVENNA network:
  Ovation commands network IP is 192.168.0.10 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20 OK
  Ovation commands network IP is 10.0.25.20 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20 OK
  Ovation commands network IP is 169.254.15.10 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20  NOT OK
  Ovation commands network IP is 192.168.0.10 and RAVENNA is 192.168.10.20  NOT OK

  The computers IP addresses can be verified Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select the required LAN card > Status > Details.
  Depending on your network configuration, the computers will receive their IP addresses automatically (DHCP), or you will have to set it manually (direct connection / non DHCP).
  
  To manually set an IP address, Go Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select the required LAN card > Properties.
  Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)  (or Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) depending on your network) and click on Properties button.
  Set it to "Use the following IP address" and enter the IP address.
  Once you have entered your IP address, click in the Subnet Mask field.  Windows will automatically set the correct Subnet Mask.
  Default gateway and DNS server can be left blank.
  Click on OK and Close to validate those settings.
  Now you need to restart the computer for changes to apply. 
  
  

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  If you do not have any specific address that you wish to use, you can use the following information with certainty. Ovation Computer:  IP Address: 192.168.200.130 /  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Watchout Computer: IP Address: 192.168.200.135 /  Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

  
  
  Note :The IP address 127.0.0.0 should NEVER be used.
  
  

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  Those settings have to be checked on both computers.

  
  

• Computers on a domain

  Computers connected under the same domain can directly jump to section 3, as the security access is managed by your domain server.  
  Please see with your IT Manager for further details.

• Computers in a WorkGroup

  Make sure both computers are in the same workgroup.  
  Go in Windows Control Panel > System, the required information is in the Computer name, domain and workgroup settings section.
  If you need to change the workgroup, click on Change Settings in the Computer name, domain and workgroup settings section and enter your changes.
  You must restart the computer for changes to take effect !

• Checking access through Windows

  On the Ovation Master, make sure in Windows explorer that you can access the remote Ovation:
  Open Windows explorer and access the remote computer, using the “Network” part in the left pane, or by typing the computer name in the address bar;
  for example \\OvationB, if the remote Ovation is a on a computer called OvationB.
  If that does not work, it will not be possible to remote control the second Ovation. 
  Tip : adding a password on both computer may help if you can't get access.
  Please consult Windows documentation about Workgroups for further details.

• A note on credentials (password)

  Remember that you have to enter a user name and its password for a user account on the machine that you want to have access to.
  In the screenshot below, we’re connecting from a machine that is called OVATION A on a machine that is called OVATIONB.  The user account on OvationB computer is Lucas.
  
  
  You do not need to share any folder, but it might be convenient to share the show between the Ovation computers.
  Check the box “Remember my credentials”, otherwise you will have to enter the user name and password each time you restart the computers. 

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  Windows login issue: if you did rename your user account, Windows will not be able to log from another computer, it only works locally. You will continuously get wrong user name and password error. In that case, create new user accounts, and log remotely with those new credentials.

  
  

2.Configuring WATCHOUT

Insert 1 Watchout licence dongle on the Ovation computer and 1x  licence dongle on the Watchout “Player" computer

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• Load the “Ovation6 for AV - Dataton Sync Control” show
• Init and start the show
• Use the Cue List number 6  “Dataton Fire Control” to send commands to the Watchout Computer.
  You need to click on the "Load Watchout demo" before you can play all of its timelines.
  The load process needs to be done each time you start the Watchout Player software.
• Once the Watchout Demo has been loaded using the button in the cue list, you can then fire, pause and stop each Watchout timeline using the commands beneath.
   
• When firing the Watchout Timeline1, the cue "Timeline1" in cue list "DatatonAudio" will be chasing the video (if you pause then play it, it will follow along, completely in sync).
  The sync is achieved by naming the Ovation cue the same name as the Timeline in Watchout (for the demonstration project, it is Timeline1)
  

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