NDI Tally Light Issues...

[Jaxel]

I'm using a BirdDog PF120 over NDI. It has a Tally light on it that turns on when the camera is triggered. The problem I am having is with the state of the tally light...

When the camera goes live, the tally light rapidly blinks between red and green. It shouldn't do this, it should be a solid color; ideally solid red.

The interesting thing is, if I put OBS in studio mode, it's the same, red and green in "program". However, if the camera is not in the live program feed, but is queued up in the preview feed, that's when the tally light is solid green.

How do I fix this? It should never rapidly blink between red and green.

It should be:
* Preview Queue = solid green
* Program Feed = solid red

 

[Jaxel]

Here is a video:

 

[Domassimo]

Is it behaving properly with other NDI-capable software, like the basic NDI Tools? Or a WireCast or vMix trial? Just to work out if it's the camera or OBS.

 

[Jaxel]

Is it behaving properly with other NDI-capable software, like the basic NDI Tools? Or a WireCast or vMix trial? Just to work out if it's the camera or OBS.

It works properly in vMix, solid green on preview, solid red on program. This tells me it's strictly an issue in OBS.

In vMix however, it will blink between green and red if the NDI source is in BOTH preview and program at the same time.

In OBS, it will blink between green and red if the NDI source is in program, even if it's not in preview, or I'm not in studio mode at all.

 

[Domassimo]

Do you use the multiview window in OBS? I remember reading that tends to trip up proper tally info.
Overall, it seems this is a bug that could be added here: https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/issues

 

[Jaxel]

Do you use the multiview window in OBS? I remember reading that tends to trip up proper tally info.
Overall, it seems this is a bug that could be added here: https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/issues

I do not.

 

[Wrighty]

Hi, do we know if this issue was ever resolved?
Looking to buy some PF120s and would be good to know if this problem still exists because we use OBS in our studio set up.
Thanks
Also, how have you found the PF120s Jaxel? They look like they would be a great addition to our studio (which is moving more towards a NDI workflow).

 

[prosys]

I had the problem of the tally light flashing red/green on the PF120 when connected to OBS. I updated the firmware on the camera and the problem went away. https://birddog.tv/pf120-firmware-update/