{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Problem Description","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"I want to dedicate a given output to a specific user's account on a streaming service.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Considerations:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"If you are running a version less than 6.2:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"You must send this command for each IP connection to the MMS.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"This command's lifespan is equal to the IP connection's lifespan.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"If you disconnect for any reason, you must send this command again.","type":"text"}]}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"If you are running version 6.2 or higher:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To latch the setting on a given stream, select that stream and then append ","type":"text"},{"text":"False","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" as the final argument to the ","type":"text"},{"text":"SetServiceAccount","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" command.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"SetServiceAccount Service Account False","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To unlatch a given service, select the stream, then","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"SetServiceAccount Service Clear False","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To unlatch all services, select the stream, then","type":"text"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"SetServiceAccount Clear Clear False","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]}]}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Leave the ","type":"text"},{"text":"False","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" off or replace with ","type":"text"},{"text":"True","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" to make temporary (non latching) settings. This behavior is the default and duplicates what the command used to do in versions less than 6.2.","type":"text"}]}]}]}]}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":2},"content":[{"text":"Solution","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"panel","attrs":{"panelType":"info"},"content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Before setting a default service account, be sure to select the target instance using the ","type":"text"},{"text":"SetInstance","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" command. For example:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"SetInstance Player_A","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"See the ","type":"text"},{"text":"Connecting","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://autonomic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ASKB/pages/1509556225/Autonomic+Media+Server+Control+Protocol#Connecting"}}]},{"text":" section of the main protocol document for more details.","type":"text"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"The control protocol has a command called ","type":"text"},{"text":"SetServiceAccount","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":". This command takes two arguments, the ","type":"text"},{"text":"Service Name","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"text":" and the ","type":"text"},{"text":"Account Name","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"em"}]},{"text":".","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"SetServiceAccount ","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"For example: ","type":"text"},{"text":"SetServiceAccount Pandora john@smith.com","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"To see how this command can make semi permanent changes, see the end of this article as it depends on the firmware version running on the MMS.","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"em"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In order to do this programmatically, it may be necessary to retrieve a list of all service accounts available on the server. To do this, there is a command ","type":"text"},{"text":"BrowseServiceAccounts","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" that operates just like any other browse command where it takes a ","type":"text"},{"text":"","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" and ","type":"text"},{"text":"","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" argument. There is an additional, optional third argument where a specific service can be specified by name or GUID.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"For example:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"BrowseServiceAccounts 1 10","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" would retrieve 10 accounts starting at 1.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"BrowseServiceAccounts 11 10","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" would retrieve 10 accounts starting at 11.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"BrowseServiceAccounts 1 5 Pandora","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" would retrieve up to 5 Pandora accounts, if any exist.","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"A standard response would look like:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","content":[{"text":"BeginServiceAccounts Total=4 Start=1 Alpha=0 Caption=\"ServiceAccounts\"\n ServiceAccountInfo {288be067-d458-348d-41ac-d8c2a0aeb68f} \"autonomic-controls@deezer.com\" \"Deezer\" \"-1\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\n ServiceAccountInfo {751b4184-589a-36e4-9637-b0df383c6ecc} \"demo@autonomic-controls.com\" \"Pandora\" \"-1\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\n ServiceAccountInfo {cef56813-4618-7616-1ee3-767039265a72} \"development@autonomic-controls.com\" \"Rhapsody\" \"-1\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\n ServiceAccountInfo {034d5a69-f802-794e-8388-09866a85a252} \"autotidal1\" \"TIDAL\" \"-1\" \"\" \"\" \"\"\nEndServiceAccounts NoMore","type":"text"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"In XML mode, the response looks like:","type":"text"}]},{"type":"codeBlock","content":[{"text":"\n \n \n \n \n","type":"text"}]},{"type":"rule"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"As with all MMS control commands, it must be sent to port ","type":"text"},{"text":"5004","type":"text","marks":[{"type":"code"}]},{"text":" on the MMS. It must be followed by a carriage return and a line feed. Once sent, simply browse the service in question normally and the specified account will be preselected for you.","type":"text"}]}],"version":1}