# Control Panel

## Open Control Panel

To open the CameraTwin Control Panel, the user should go to Tools-> CameraTwin Control Panel. A new window will appear with the CameraTwin Control Panel tab which can be docked like similar tabs of the Editor.

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## Control Panel Tab

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### Top Level

At the top part of the Control Panel Tab there is a collection of useful Links and at the top right corner a button for the user to manually create a Workstation session if there isn't any or terminate the currently active Workstation session

Collection of Links

* **Dashboard**\
  \&#xNAN;*link to the* [*CameraTwin Dashboard*](https://app.cameratwin.com/)
* **Documentation**\
  \&#xNAN;*link to this* [*Documentation Page*](https://docs.realtwin.org)
* **Open Settings**\
  Unreal Engine Deep link to the Plugin Settings
* (Optional) **New Version!**\
  link to the Unreal Engine latest [Plugin Download Page](https://docs.realtwin.org/cameratwin/installation/installation-unreal-engine)

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### Recording Events

* **Trigger Record of Sequencer (deprecated)**
* **Trigger Record of Take Recorder**

{% hint style="info" %}
For more details check out the [Recording Events Page](https://docs.realtwin.org/cameratwin/documentation/unreal-engine-plugin/recording-events)
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### Source Selection

If there are multiple sources selected the Synchronization, Recording status and Recording Settings Correspond to a single source, the one selected in the dropdown.

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### Synchronization Status

Right next to the Selected Source dropdown you will find the Synchronization Status for that specific Source\
Possible Statuses:

* No synchronization yet
* Synchronization happened\
  \&#xNAN;*In that case, on mouse hover the detailed synchronization roundtrip will be displayed - roundtrips of < 8 ms are considered exceptional, < 16 ms acceptable*
* Synchronization failed\
  \&#xNAN;*if the synchronization roundtrip is above 16 ms the synchronization step fails*

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For more details check the [Timecode Synchronization page](https://docs.realtwin.org/cameratwin/documentation/unreal-engine-plugin/cameratwin-livelink-setup/timecode-synchronization)
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### Recording Status

The Recording Status can be found right below the Source Selection dropdown and will briefly provide information about the current recording

Possible Statuses

* Idle
* Recording: Frames \<number of received frames> / \<number of expected frames according to time> - Drops \<number of dropped frames>
* Idle | Last Recording: Frames \<number of received frames> / \<number of expected frames according to time> - Drops \<number of dropped frames>

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### Recording Settings

{% content-ref url="cameratwin-settings/recording-settings" %}
[recording-settings](https://docs.realtwin.org/cameratwin/documentation/unreal-engine-plugin/cameratwin-settings/recording-settings)
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### Quick Actions Management

{% content-ref url="quick-actions" %}
[quick-actions](https://docs.realtwin.org/cameratwin/documentation/unreal-engine-plugin/quick-actions)
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