# LTC firing a Custom control???

**URL:** <https://rossvideo.community/t/ltc-firing-a-custom-control/10778>\
**Category:** Production Switchers\
**Created:** [August 16, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://rossvideo.community/t/ltc-firing-a-custom-control/10778 "2022-08-16T19:31:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericprust](https://rossvideo.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@ericprust](https://rossvideo.community/u/ericprust)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://rossvideo.community/t/ltc-firing-a-custom-control/10778/1 "2022-08-16T19:31:00Z")

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Hello everyone,  
I wondered if anyone has done or knows how to have Light time Code (LTC) fire/start/run a custom control on the Video swicher?  
We are ruining a Carbonite black

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**Author:** ![aaronchar](https://rossvideo.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@aaronchar](https://rossvideo.community/u/aaronchar)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://rossvideo.community/t/ltc-firing-a-custom-control/10778/2 "2022-08-22T03:21:00Z")

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Hi Eric,

Unfortunately, the Carbonite Black is unable to use LTC to trigger custom controls internally. A workaround is to use DashBoard. DashBoard can take input via TCP/IP or UDP. If you have a device that can take in LTC data and serve it to Dashboard as TCP or UDP, then DashBoard can use the LTC data to fire RossTalk commands (eg. Custom Controls) to the Carbonite.

There is an old thread on getting LTC into DashBoard here:  
[Timecode in DashBoard](https://livinglive.community/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=205&MID=23009&CommunityKey=94781415-eb0f-4f9a-b891-c44d41d870c8&tab=digestviewer)