Production Switchers

Hey there! I want to build a Dashboard panel that displays a ton of different pieces of information about a Ultra Carbonite 60 switcher. Specifically I want to know the sources inside every bus (ME preset and background, keyer sources, auxes etc), and DVE Parameters so that I don't have to dig through the Live Assist menus to check this information whenever I make changes. I have the Carbonite connected in Dashboard and added as a Data Source in the panel, but can't figure out what I need to do next to display this information. Ideally it would just be some text that changes whenever a CC, Memory or I change the source of a bus or the DVE updates. I was able to find the correct parameters for the DVEs, and could see those updating. 

Thanks for the help!

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-Michael
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First Lets put a new Panel.
Then throw down a Basic Canvas which we can then be able to associate the data to the switcher when we pull something in
Now put the Buses page into Panel Builder Mode so that you can Drag from it  -- make sure you click back into the Carbonite UI first

Now Let's grab the Background buttons and drag it down -- Make sure that in the custom panel the focus is still on the Canvas you made:
When it drops it will ask you for some info which will allow you to add the device context to the Canvas.
If you don't want the Label Then you can deselect it so only the Button shows up.  Otherwise it will show the label like here:

What it would look like with out the included Labels (you can always make your own labels that will give more context anyway.

Then I can Make a Label for the ME with the Label tool and Resize the Button to give some space using the resize tool:

Now you can drag and drop those other ME Buses in as you like

Then I also resized them and now I have my buses stacked up!!  We can exit Builder mode to test this out so far :) -- you can leave the custom panel in Builder mode.


There we go.  Now it will track along and show me the Data!

This should get you boing to build out all the pieces that you need to pull in!

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Les O'Reilly
Director, Switcher Product Management
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Thanks Les! I'll give this a try later tonight. Excited to keep building my panel :)

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Michael Misel
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-30-2026 16:31
From: Les O'Reilly
Subject: Displaying Switcher Parameters inside a Dashboard Panel

First Lets put a new Panel.
Then throw down a Basic Canvas which we can then be able to associate the data to the switcher when we pull something in
Now put the Buses page into Panel Builder Mode so that you can Drag from it  -- make sure you click back into the Carbonite UI first

Now Let's grab the Background buttons and drag it down -- Make sure that in the custom panel the focus is still on the Canvas you made:
When it drops it will ask you for some info which will allow you to add the device context to the Canvas.
If you don't want the Label Then you can deselect it so only the Button shows up.  Otherwise it will show the label like here:

What it would look like with out the included Labels (you can always make your own labels that will give more context anyway.

Then I can Make a Label for the ME with the Label tool and Resize the Button to give some space using the resize tool:

Now you can drag and drop those other ME Buses in as you like

Then I also resized them and now I have my buses stacked up!!  We can exit Builder mode to test this out so far :) -- you can leave the custom panel in Builder mode.


There we go.  Now it will track along and show me the Data!

This should get you boing to build out all the pieces that you need to pull in!

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Les O'Reilly
Director, Switcher Product Management
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