Singular and Elgato Streamdeck Using Bitfocus Companion

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Bitfocus Companion enables the Elgato Streamdeck to be a professional shotbox surface your Singular graphics.

Companion includes a module to trigger Singular animations, set control nodes, trigger buttons, change checkbox states and more. 

1 - Download Bitfocus Companion (Latest Stable Version)

You can download the Bitfocus Companion here (Make sure to download the latest build!): https://bitfocus.io/user/downloads

If you are interested, you can check out the code on GitHub here: https://github.com/bitfocus/companion-module-singularlive-studio

2 - Add "Singular.live" Connection 

Head over to the “Add connection” tab and search for Singular. Add the appearing “Singular.live Studio” option.

Note if you cannot find “Singular.live Studio” check the app UI to see if there is a notice to update your app version. If there is, update it.

3 - Connection Configuration

Custom label

Add in your custom label.

Public App Token

Click on your desired Singular.live app within your Singular Dashboard and select the Dashboard Inspector (i) button.

Copy the Public App Token. Then paste into the API URL/Token field within the Companion field.

To finish, hit the green “Save” button in Companion.

4 - Confirm Status

Check the status of your connection by making sure the Status box of your Singular connection has a green checkmark.

5 -  Create Button

Head to the Buttons tab.

Create a button

Select a blank button in the BUTTON LAYOUT panel.

Then select the Create button option in the Edit Button panel on the right side.

Add a "Press action"

In the “Edit button” panel, scroll down to the "Actions" tab section.

Select the Red folder icon next to the Press actions section (or Release actions but lets stick to Press for now) to find a Singular.live action. Then browse the actions and choose your desired Singular action:

Then select the Composition/graphic you want to control:

6 - Test

Test your button directly in the module by selecting the test icon on the top of the panel:

If something isn’t working, refresh your Companion app browser window and try again. Sometimes this will resolve the issue. If refreshing doesn’t work, try changing the Composition selection of each button to another Composition and back to the one you previously chose.