Use dynamic data in control panel

Link predefined data queries to widgets so they update dynamically.

Supported widgets

All widgets with an Options property
- Button Grid
- Dropdown
- Tabs

Available queries

Name	Description	Available properties (defaults/filter)
SubscribeToWebcamSources	Returns all Webcam sources per machine	MachineName (filter) Name (display name and value)
SubscribeToNdiSources	Returns all NDI sources	Name
SubscribeToVideolnputs SubscribeToVideOutputs	Returns all routed video inputs and outputs per machine	Id (value) Name (display name) MachineName (filter) IOType InputType VideoFormat Type Video ColorSpace NodeSocketId
SubscribeToMachines	Returns all connected machines	Hostname (value) Name (display name) IPAddress Color RenderGroup (filter) IsServer
SubscribeToLevels	Returns all levels per linked project	Name (display name) Path (default value) ProjectName (filter) ProjectPath
SubscribeToCameras	Returns all camera systems	Id (value) Name (display name) CameraType Apperture TrackingProtocol CameraSet (filter)
SubscribeToProjects	Returns all linked projects	Name (display name and filter) ProjectPath (value)

Examples control panel

This way you can, for example, build a custom launch panel or a panel to switch your NDI sources.

Check out the Example Control Panel in the Calibration project included in the Pixotope installation.

Set up dynamic data query

Click the System Actions icon in the Widget Toolbar on the left
Scroll down and drag the DynamicData action onto
- the canvas to link its action to a widget (for example a Button)
- the System > STARTUP ACTIONS in the Actions panel to trigger it when going into Live mode
Select a Query from the list of available queries in the DynamicData action
- Click the Eye icon to the right of the Query to check if data is coming in
Add a Button Grid, Dropdown or Tabs widget to the canvas
Select the newly created widget
- by clicking the Search icon
- OR double clicking the text to right to enter the widget name manually
Select the Auto Populate checkbox
Optionally change the properties used as Display name and Value

Filter query

Some of the queries can be filtered by a specified property. See above list for available filters.

These filters can either be static or dynamic.

Set up static filter

Double click into the field to the right of the filter name
Enter a filter string in the Input dialog
Click Confirm

The query now only shows results which match the filter string.

Set up dynamic filter

Drag a property into the Filter field

For a query to update when the filter value changes, the DynamicData query needs to be re-triggered after the value has changed. The simplest way to achieve this is to add the query directly to the widget triggering the value change.

In the above image we use the Text Value of the tabs widget as a filter. On the same widget the query was added.