Streamdeck to Playaudio1U Redundancy Rig?

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Hi! I am wondering what best practice is for a Streamdeck to PA 1U? MD here working with a limited budget. Building a redundant playback rig for the first time and really trying to put this together right if I can! The Stream Deck would be controlled by my drummer so I’m trying to craft the cleanest solution.

Are there many people rocking a Stream Deck? I like the idea of tactile button to visual feedback but I worry about connecting the deck to one computer → Ablenet in my redundancy set up. Is this the common approach for people? My fear is it eliminates the fail-safe of Computer B but perhaps someone could put my mind at ease.

I’ve looked into doing a Raspberry Pi > Companion → Switcher as well but there doesn’t seem to be much talk about doing it this way. A bit out of my depths I suppose. Feels pretty straightforward to program but I don’t know how reliable a Pi is with my limited experience.

Are iPads on Ethernet the cleanest / most popular choice for controller w realtime feedback? Asking a lot here I know but any thoughts would be so appreciated. Would love to just hear how more people are going about it, thanks!

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I use a PlayAudio1U with a stream deck controlling Ableset via Companion. It works flawlessly.

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That’s great to know! Are you using two computers? And if so, how are you connecting your stream deck?

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Hey @kbwallace, welcome to the forum!

If you’re using the Stream Deck in a redundant setup, you can set up AbleSet’s Companion plugin to send its commands to both computers using the “Server Hosts/IPs” field. This works best when both computers have a static IP that doesn’t change.

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In this example, the first IP is the IP address of the computer that Companion is running on, and the 2nd is the IP address of the other computer.

This method ensures that even if AbleSet were to completely crash on one of your computers, Companion will still communicate with the other instance of AbleSet on your other computer.

Let me know if this works for you and if you have any further questions! :slight_smile:

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