What the Jamluca Control Deck Is
What the Jamluca Control Deck Is
The Jamluca Control Deck lets you lay out the buttons for multiple widgets on a single grid and press them from your phone, a tablet, a PC, or your streaming software's dock. Starting a timer, spinning a roulette, triggering an effect — it all happens from one screen, so you don't have to jump between each widget's controller while you're live.
Each widget's controller is a screen for every operation of that one widget. The Control Deck is for building your own control screen by gathering just the buttons you use most from several widgets. Use each controller for detailed operations, and the deck for the buttons you press again and again during a stream.
Buttons You Can Place on a Deck
You can place the following widget actions on a deck as buttons.
| Widget | Buttons | Current value shown on the button |
|---|---|---|
| Counter | "+1", "−1", "Reset to 0" | The counter's current value |
| Meter | "+1", "−1", "+10", "−10" | The meter's current value |
| Roulette | "Spin / Stop / Next" | Spinning, the item it stopped on, etc. |
| Panel Roulette | "Start / Stop / Next" | Spinning, the item it stopped on, etc. |
| Timer | "Start/Pause", "Reset" | Remaining time |
| Stopwatch | "Start/Stop", "Reset" | Elapsed time ("Start/Stop" button only) |
| Dice | "Roll" | None |
| Effects | "Trigger (effect name)" for confetti, "Toggle (effect name)" for the others | On or off (toggle buttons only) |
The roulette and the panel roulette each have a single button that spins, stops, and moves to the next round in turn, depending on the current state. For effects, you can place a button for each effect registered in the widget.
For the timer's "Start/Pause", the stopwatch's "Start/Stop", the roulette and panel roulette buttons, and effect toggle buttons, you can set a color and icon under "When on". The button then switches to that color and icon only while the timer or stopwatch is running, the roulette or panel roulette is spinning, or the effect is on, so you can tell the current state at a glance and avoid pressing the wrong button.
Create a Deck and Arrange Buttons
Open "Control Deck" from the side menu and press "New deck" to create a deck. Open the deck, press the "+" on an empty key, and pick the action you want from "Choose action". The list shows the actions of the widgets in the table above that exist in your channel.
Pick the grid from "Grid size", anywhere from 3–8 columns × 2–6 rows. When the buttons don't fit, use "Add page" to add more pages (up to 10 pages per deck).
Drag a button to move it to another key. Dropping it on a key that already has a button swaps the two, and dropping it outside the deck removes it. When the deck has two or more pages, hold the button over ‹ › below the grid while dragging to move it to another page.
You can create as many decks as you like. Keeping a separate deck for each stream segment lets you line up only the buttons you need that day.
Change a Button's Name, Color, and Icon
Select a key to change how its button looks in "Key settings" on the right.
- "Button name": The name shown on the button. If you leave it empty, it's filled in automatically from the widget or effect name.
- "Color" and "Icon": The button's usual color and icon.
- "When on": The color and icon used while the timer or stopwatch is running, the roulette or panel roulette is spinning, or the effect is on (only for the timer's "Start/Pause", the stopwatch's "Start/Stop", the roulette, the panel roulette, and effect toggle buttons).
- "Show the current value on the button": Shows the value listed under "Current value shown on the button" in the table above.
Press Buttons from Your Phone, PC, or a Streaming Software Dock
Open "Integrate with OBS" on the deck screen to see the deck's Controller URL. Opening this URL shows a screen with only the deck's buttons, and pressing a button operates the widget.
- From a phone or tablet: Scan the QR code under "Open on smartphone" with your camera.
- From inside OBS: Copy the Controller URL, then in the OBS menu bar open Docks → Custom Browser Docks and add a dock name and the URL.
- From another window on your PC: Press "Open in a new window".
On a deck with two or more pages, use ‹ › below the buttons to switch pages.
Choose Who Can Use the Deck
Under "Who can use it" in "Integrate with OBS", choose who can press the deck's buttons.
- "Anyone with the URL": Anyone with the URL can use it without logging in.
- "Channel members only": Only members of this channel can use it, after logging in.
With "Channel members only", Google login may not work inside an OBS custom browser dock. If you use the deck in a dock, make sure you can log in before going live. To add members, invite them to your channel by following Team Editing (adding members is available on the Pro plan and above).
If the URL reaches someone you didn't mean to share it with, use "Regenerate Controller URL" to switch to a new URL. Once regenerated, the previous URL can no longer press buttons. Note that regenerating a widget's Controller URL does not stop presses from the deck. To stop them, regenerate the deck's Controller URL.
Available Plans
The Control Deck is available on every plan, including during the free trial. Decks don't count toward your widget or table limits, and there is no limit on the number of decks you can create. See Plans and Pricing for how the plans differ.
Basic Control Deck Workflow
- Create the widgets you want to operate (see the table above for which widgets can go on a deck).
- Create a "New deck" from "Control Deck" in the side menu.
- Place buttons by choosing actions from the "+" on empty keys, and change their name, color, and icon as needed.
- From "Integrate with OBS", open the Controller URL on your phone, tablet, or in a browser on your PC, or add it to an OBS custom browser dock.
- During your stream, press the deck's buttons to operate your widgets.