The following commands are currently implemented by acd, the automatic cinema daemon.

PLATO NET API:

1. main action:

quit

quit the server

help

show this help screen

*reset

reset the state of the server

dump

dump all variables



2. project handling:

getProjects 

Lists all availble projects.	

setProject[:ProjectName or ProjectId]

Sets the project by name or id. Can also be set by the commandline.	

getActiveProject

Displays the actual configured project.	



3. show handling:

getShows[:ProjectName or ProjectId]

Lists all availble shows for a certain project (or the actual project if empty).

setShow[:Name or Id]

Sets the show by name or id.	

getActiveShow

Displays the actual configured show.	



4. channel handling:

getChannels

Lists all channels available.	

addChannel:ChannelName[ or ChannelId]

Adds a channel to the serverstack for this client.	

listChannels

Lists the channels configured by this.	

removeChannel:ChannelName[ or ChannelId]

Removes a channel for this client from the serverstack.	



5. narration handling:

getMaterial[:parametrical]

gets all available material. if parametrical is set, keywords

are returned instead of material ids.	

getStyles[:parametrical]

gets all available styles. if parametrical is set, parameternames, -type

and legends are returned.	

setEnd:commandline

defines an endpoint. Is necessary to start a show.	

setStyle:commandline

sets the style of a show. commandline is either a valid id of a certain

style or a parametrical setting: paramname/id 1<:>value 1...value x<;>paramname/id 2<:>value 1...value x<;>.	

getActiveEnd

returns the id or the parametrical setting of the actual end.	

getActiveStyle

returns the id or the parametrical setting of the actual style.	



6. playback handling:

*playbackInit

sends a init broadcast to all clients

*playbackEnd

sends a finish broadcast to all clients

playback[:npfl]

gets the id for the (n)ext/(p)revious/(f)irst/(l)ast material

whereas n(next) is assumed if the parameters are omitted.

playbackSource

gets the material: urls for binaries, cdata for ascii.	

playbackDump

gets all the ids for the channel up to the ending point.	



*) functions do trigger broadcasts