Controller
The Controller is the page you run the show from. Everything you do here reaches every screen at once.
Who can open it
- Team rooms: admins, and managers of that room, when signed in.
- Rooms without a team: anyone with the room's Controller link.
Header
Click the room's name to rename it, up to 50 characters. Its history keeps the last 5 names so you can restore one.
The header also has Settings. If you're signed out, it has Save, to keep the room on a dashboard. The Outputs button sits above the output preview.
Tabs
The main area has tabs:
- Stage #1 and Stage #2: your timers and the cue
- Messages: messages for the screen
- Questions: audience questions
- Connections: connected devices
- Activity: the activity log
On a very wide window, Messages and Questions move to a column of their own.
Status bar
The status bar shows the time left on each stage's active timer. It also has four buttons:
- ON AIR turns the on-air dot red on the outputs.
- FLASH blinks the Viewer's digits three times.
- BLACKOUT turns the Viewer black.
- DIM darkens the Viewer in steps of 20%. At 100% it's the same as blackout.
Transport controls
These act on the active timer of the cued stage:
- Play and Pause
- Previous and Next move through the timers, passing over skipped ones. While a timer is running, the new one starts at once. Otherwise it's only selected.
- +1m and −1m add or take off a minute. Each has a menu of other amounts, from 1 second to 30 minutes.
On a timer with an end time, adding or taking off time moves the end time.
Scrubber
The progress bar under the time left is also a control. Point at it to preview a time, and click or drag to jump there. A running timer keeps running and a paused one stays paused. If the timer hasn't started, it becomes active and paused at that point.
The scrubber is hidden on a timer showing only the time of day.
Keyboard shortcuts
Shortcuts work whenever you aren't typing or in a dialog or menu. Settings ▸ Keyboard shortcuts lists them too.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ← / → | Previous / next timer |
| Space | Start / pause the current timer |
| + / − | Add / subtract 1 minute |
| B | Toggle blackout |
| O | Toggle the on-air indicator |
| F | Flash the timer |
| Shift+1 to Shift+9 | Show or hide message 1 to 9 |
| Shift+0 | Hide the message on screen |
Settings
Click Settings for the room's options:
- Formatting: timezone, time of day, countdown format, overtime and over/under
- Language: the language of the Controller and every output. Open screens switch at once.
- Logo: the logo on this room's outputs
- Wrap-ups & colors: see Wrap-ups and colours
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Import / Export: see Import & Export
- Subscription: see Plans & Limits
- API key: create a key for this room. See Authentication.
Saving and connection
Your edits save by themselves. If one can't be saved, for example because you're offline, the field gets a red outline and a notice offers Retry and Dismiss. It saves once when you're back online.
The connection badge shows whether you're Connected, Reconnecting or Not connected. See what happens when a connection drops.
Several people can work in the same room at once. Their changes appear live, and a change from someone else won't overwrite a message you're typing.