Camera Control

How to control your cameras

The app exposes several ways to monitor and control the cameras, and allows actions to be done across multiple cameras at the same time.

The primary way of control is using the Camera Controls window, as shown below. This window serves 3 purposes:

  • Which cameras are active; either one specific camera, all cameras, or a group of cameras

  • Actions to take on the active cameras

  • View current status of the active cameras

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Active Camera

At the top of this window is the Active Camera section, which a dropdown list of all the cameras that are currently connected. By changing the selection in this dropdown list, you can switch to controlling/viewing a different camera.

It also contains radio buttons for Single and Multiple. When Single is selected, then any actions taken will affect only the camera that is currently selected in the dropdown list. When Multiple is selected, then any actions will affect all connected cameras.

The Limit to group checkbox allows a specific set of cameras to be selected. These camera groups can be created by right-clicking a camera in the camera table.

The screenshot below shows a typical working layout, with the Camera Controls window on the left and the Cameras table in the centre. A camera is selected in the table, and the Active Camera dropdown is open to switch which camera is being controlled.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Taking a photo, auto focus and changing camera settings can also be done from the keyboard, and act on the active cameras. For the full list, and how to change the keys, see Keyboard Shortcuts.