Device

A device is a atomic resource that is used for jobs. Atomic in this case means, that any single recording port of a recorder is represented as a device. It holds information about how to access the device, which type of device is represented (Recorder, Router), and a device state (online, offline, deleted).

A Router is represented as a single device, because in opposite to recorders commands for routers are normally referring to an entire router. The current (and past) setup of in- and out-ports (which in-port is connected to which out-port) is described in routing-objects.

Properties

Property	Possible Values	Example	Description
id	string	VCR-0B	External ID of the Device.
type	string (“Recorder“, “Router”, “Source”, “Unknown”)	Recorder	Type of the device.
deviceCapabilities	Array of DeviceCapabilities	See DeviceCapability	List of all the DeviceCapabilities the device has.
tags	string	Tags	Currently not used.
name	string	QA-Recorder-Port25	CustomName if it is set, otherwise InternalName. Read only.
deviceState	string (“Online”, “Offline”, “Deleted”)	Online	The current state of the device, marks if a device is usable.
internalName	string	1xp567	Name that is set by the device during auto setup
uri	string	`http://vidicontrol-recorder.vidicontrol-vctl:80`	Uri the device is reachable at
connectionInfo	string		Additional information VidiControl needs to work with the device. Sensible data must be encrypted.
deviceName	string	Test-Recorder	Name of the actual device. This is for example the same for all ports of a recorder.
customName	string	Crash Port 1	Name that can be defined by the user. If set, this is used in the UI.

Example JSON Snippet

JSON

{
  "id": "M6o",
  "type": "Recorder",
  "deviceCapabilities": [
    {
      "id": "VCR-06e",
      "capability": {
        "id": "VCR-0B",
        "content": "{\"action\":\"Record\",\"input\":{\"targetPath\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":\"true\"},\"profileName\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":\"true\"}},\"output\":{\"pathToFile\":{\"type\":\"string\"}},\"properties\":{\"provisioningTime\":{\"type\":\"integer\",\"kind\":\"fix\"}}, \"events\": [ \"RecorderMock.fileCreated\", \"RecorderMock.recordingFailed\", \"RecorderMock.recordingStarted\", \"RecorderMock.recordingFinished\" ]}",
        "capabilityType": "Record",
        "needsStopCommand": true
      },
      "config": "{\"provisioningTime\":5}"
    },
    {
      "id": "VCR-Gxe",
      "capability": {
        "id": "VCR-GD",
        "content": "{\"action\":\"LoopRecord\",\"input\":{\"targetPath\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":\"true\"},\"profile\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":\"true\"},\"output\":{\"pathToFile\":{\"type\":\"string\"}},\"properties\":{\"provisioningTime\":{\"type\":\"integer\",\"kind\":\"fix\"},\"maxLoopTime\":{\"type\":\"integer\",\"kind\":\"dynamic\"}}}}",
        "capabilityType": "LoopRecord",
        "needsStopCommand": false
      },
      "config": "{\"provisioningTime\":5}"
    },
    {
      "id": "VCR-pJn",
      "capability": {
        "id": "VCR-pY",
        "content": "{\"action\":\"Storage\",\"input\":{\"profile\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":\"true\"}},\"output\":{\"capacity\":{\"type\":\"TimeSpan\"}}}",
        "capabilityType": "Storage",
        "needsStopCommand": false
      },
      "config": "{\"provisioningTime\":5}"
    }
  ],
  "tags": "Tags",
  "name": "My Testport 1",
  "internalName": "Recorder-Port105",
  "customName": "My Testport 1",
  "deviceName": "Recorder1",
  "uri": "https://vidicontrol",
  "deviceState": 0
}