Creating a control panel - PRODUCTION

Pixotope allows you to create custom remote-control panels, which run:

• in a web browser on your Pixotope network

You can control:

• all properties and functions of Pixotope Engine objects

• all aspects of Pixotope Director which are controlled via the Pixotope API

Learn more about available widget types

Want to give feedback?

This is another step on the journey where we would welcome your input and thoughts. If you are interested in sharing your use cases do not hesitate to give feedback.

Create a control panel

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Show > Launch

2. Click "Create new control panel"

3. Give it a descriptive name

   • Choose the project, if there are more than one linked project available

4. The control panel is opened in your default browser

Learn more about the Control Panel - Interface and its Keyboard shortcuts

Learn more about where control panels are stored

Open a control panel

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Show > Launch

2. Hover over the control panel you want to open and click "Launch panel (Editor)"

3. The control panel is opened in your default browser

Migrating old control panel files

In case you are opening an old control panel file you can

• Migrate the file

  • This overwrites the old file which can not be undone!

• Create a copy

  • This keeps the original and creates a copy

Duplicate, Rename, Delete a panel

Use the overflow menu to duplicate, rename or delete a control panel.

Every control panel is stored in its own folder together with potential image assets.

Find the property to control

Learn more about how to Find the property to control

Link the property to a widget

Learn more about how to Add widgets and actions

Edit and layout widgets

Learn more about how to Edit and layout widgets

Go live

Select read from send to engines

By default Read from is the first engine in the list and Send to are all the running engines.

1. Click the read from send to header

   

2. Select the engines to send to

   • Optionally select Include selection when saving. This way your selection is remembered the next time the Control panel is opened

Save a control panel

1. Click on the save icon in the tab header
   OR open the Menu and select "Save"
   OR press Ctrl+S

To avoid losing data

• we store the 10 last saved versions in a Version history, which is accessible via the history icon in the header

• we warn you before you close or reload the tab

• we try to recover the last unsaved version in case Director, which serves the page, crashes

Preview Live mode

1. Press R or the "View" button in the tab header on the top right

   • The yellow border is removed

   • You cannot add or move widgets

Exit Preview Live mode

1. Press R or the "Edit" button in the tab header on the top right

Live mode

This mode removes any ability to edit the control panel including switching between Edit and Preview Live mode

1. Go to PRODUCTION > Show > Launch

2. Click on "Launch panel"

   • OR use the QR code