OSC takes focus from Bitwig Studio

Installation & Configuration Windows
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HI,

I would like to assign certain Bitwig functions to Open Stage Controller 1.27.1 buttons. In Bitwig I select the function and it waits from an incoming CC. The problem is that it does not work: OSC takes the focus away from Bitwig when I press the virtual button, hence the assignment fails.

Is there any way to not pass the focus back to OSC even if I press a virtual button on OSC UI?

Or how to approach / solve this problem?

2

With client-options set to noFocus=1 it ought to work but so far it seems to only work on linux. Alternatively, connecting to the server with another device for the midi learn phase might be an option.

3

Thank you, indeed the noFocus=1 is not working on Windows 11 Pro.

Also, from these
(INFO) Server started, app available at
http://192.168.23.1:8080 - not working
http://192.168.19.1:8080 - not working
http://192.168.0.151:8080 - working
http://127.0.0.1:8080 - not working

on iPad Safari and Android Chrome.

Previously all worked and did not change my router settings, etc.
What might have gone wrong? Is this expected now?

4

It's not expected. Some sneaky windows update maybe ?

5

Maybe...

Any chance to fix the focus issue on Windows 11?

6

Microsoft PowerToys has an “Always on Top” utility. Maybe that helps, but I haven't tried it.

some other tools

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winlister.html

https://efotinis.neocities.org/deskpins/

Activate Window by Hovering Over with Mouse Pointer ( Xmouse Window Tracking )

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Wait, actually this sound perfectly normal, your mobile and the server only share one network, the first 2 addresses must be for a different network and the last one is the "localhost" address (only available to the server device).

Any chance to fix the focus issue on Windows 11?

Not impossible, but I don't know for sure and I don't know when I'll get to do some windows-specific debugging.

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Hi, I had the same problem on Win 11 and found a fix via an AutoHotKey script that returns focus to my DAW 50 ms after using my touchscreen with OSC:

loop {
WinWaitActive "ahk_exe open-stage-control.exe" ; "Program B"
Sleep 50
WinActivate "ahk_exe Cubase14.exe" ; "Program A"
}

I had no joy with Microsoft Powertoys. My problem was exacerbated with having 3 screens / 2 apps / 4 windows active, as is often the case with DAWs. I do have the option of running my touchscreen on an adjacent Win11 system that's hardwired to the network, but the latency is such that I cant utilize that screen for metering plugins...it's just not an elegant solution.

Hope this helps.

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Hi, thanks for the workaround / suggestion of the Autohotkey solution.

However, would be great to have a native solution for Windows without any utility.

Anyway, @jean-emmanuel when I enable the noFocus=1 the editor window can not be set to editable... seems like a bug.