Facility Control

I wasn't sure if this question belongs here or in Production Switchers. I'm actually fairly new to the world of video so please bear with me and my request, especially iof I'm not using the proper terminology.

We have a Carbonite Black Solo 13 and are using Dashboard to control it. I just programmed a 2-shot for one of our keyers (Key 1) so that whenever you engage Key 1 it will have whatever source you have on air (framed in the right half of the frame to make this work) and then superimpose the Camera 1 shot on the left half. Obviously, I made it a DVE key and I crop the Camera 1 shot to make it fit and only show the subject. All works nicely for us to show duets when 2 people are singing on the platform and may not be positioned side by side.

Here's my question. Can I create a custom control that will select other sources and place it in that keyer selection? In other words, by pressing a CC button can I use camera 2, 3 or whatever to substitute what overlays on the left half of the shot? And if so, could you walk me through the steps involved in assigning the necessary commands in the Custom Control editor? Thanks, much.

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Steve Witwicki
Video Technical Director
Light of Christ Church
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Good day, Steve. This probably would have been seen sooner in the Switcher forum, but many of the switcher people also monitor other sites as well so no problems. 
If I'm understanding your question correctly, you've already built a DVE box on Key 1 and would like an easy way to change the shot in the DVE box. Its actually very easy to do that, especially if you've built Custom Controls before. 
The macro can be built on the panel or in DashBoard, but I'll detail the steps in DashBoard. (If you'd rather use the panel, see the Carbonite Black Solo Operations Manual starting around Pg. 56.) Launch DashBoard if it isn't already open and from the switcher navigation menu, select the Custom Control node. Select the Editor tab. On the left side of the screen, you'll see the Banks and Custom Control Macro registers available. Select an empty one and at the top of the screen, select Record. On the Control Panel, select Key 1 to delegate the button row, then select the source you'd like to put in the box. (You'll see those commands "echoed" on the screen because you can also enter them directly in DashBoard.) Now, on the right side of the screen, press the Insert button, then press Done and Stop Recording. There is a section at the top of the screen near the Record button that allows you to name the macro. To built other shots, simply repeat the process with different empty macros. 
The macros can be run from DashBoard or from the panel using the Bank buttons to select the Bank and then using the top row of buttons to select the desired macro. 
There are other methods and techniques to record and edit macros; the Carbonite Black tutorial entitled "Building Macros" has more details. It is available in the Carbonite Black section of our Ross University at https://www.rossvideo.com/gallery/building-macros/
Good luck!

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Tedd Tramaloni
Ross Video
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