Facility Control

Hello,

I am working with a client who would like a custom panel that allows the ME P/P control layer to be visible. The other controls would live below it and still function like normal with layers. I would then delete the ME P/P out of the layer selection. 

Can someone point me in the right direction to get this working correctly? It's easy enough to drag the buttons over, but reprogramming and coding it is difficult. I am having a hard time finding the right videos that can show how to get this done. 

Thank you, 

Howdy Mark, 

Definitely love the idea here but you are probably going to have a bit of a hard time due to how this is being handled on the Carbonite side. I did a bit of a deep dive into this and came back with it would be much easier for you to simply remake the switcher buttons for MEP/P from the ground up using some pretty intense custom code.

definitions: 

Destination Buttons - the group of buttons that manage ME/ MME key ext

Switcher Buttons  - the group of buttons that manage what sources go to the ME PRV and PGM

Key Buttons - what key is selected at any given time

From what I can tell, the workflow currently displayed is:

Switcher button [sets param on carbonite to 1. change input label for destination (prv, pgm, BG) 2. Changes the button color ]  -> key Button [defines what key is to be affected by the switcher button selection] -> destination button [1. defines what color set the switcher & key buttons are based on selected destination 2. Sets the destination for switcher and key buttons]  

With all of this in mind, it would honestly be easier to build out your own whole code that compiles a string in the same order of switcher button to key to take instead of copying one over from the Carbonite panel. 

This is a good place to start. http://help.rossvideo.com/carbonite-device/Topics/Protocol/RossTalk/CNT/RT-CNT-Comm.html

Good luck and hope you can get something working for your client. 

Best,

Brandon

Thank you for all of the information, but this might be over my head. I do very little code, and I am new to Ross Dashboard/Carbonite UltrA. I had another thought that I think would work better in this situation and might keep programming time down. Is it possible to create a master T bar that would control my MEP/P and the MiniMEs, switching all previews to program and vice-versa simultaneously?  

So no double layer. Just a normal panel with an extra handle that would be called Master T bar. 

Thanks again!

For sure dude!  I might be using the name "Master T-Bar" in the future for my (currently non-existent) DJ gigs.

:D