---
title: 'The live control dashboard'
url: 'https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/live-control-dashboard'
markdown: 'https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/live-control-dashboard.md'
date: '2026-10-20'
description: 'Use the Presenter Ingest live control dashboard to see which presenters are connected and what they see right now.'
---

# The live control dashboard

See who's connected and what presenters see, and message them from one page.

On the day, your booking page becomes a live control dashboard. Open the booking from [Your bookings](https://presenteringest.com/account): **Live control** is at the top of every paid booking until it ends. It works in any browser, on the laptop next to your vision mixer or a phone in the gallery.

![Live control on a booking](https://presenteringest.com/user/pages/help/03.live-control/01.live-control-dashboard/live-control.webp)

## What presenters see now

The strip at the top shows exactly what's on presenters' screens right now: the [banner](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/banners) and the [countdown](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/countdowns), ticking as theirs do. If nothing's showing, it says so.

## Who's connected

Under **Presenters**, each seat has a dot:

- **Green**: the presenter has their page open right now.
- **Grey**: their page isn't open, with when it was last open if they've been on before.

The dots update every few seconds, so you can chase anyone missing before you go live. "Connected" means their presenter page is open; whether their call reaches your studio is shown by your own studio software.

## For everyone, or for one presenter

- [Banners](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/banners) and [countdowns](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/countdowns) go to **every** presenter on the booking.
- [Cues](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/cues) go to **one** presenter.

Everything you send reaches presenters within a few seconds. They don't need to do anything: their page updates by itself.

Last updated 19 October 2026

Still stuck? [Send us a message](https://presenteringest.com/contact) and we'll help.

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## Navigation

- Parent: [On the day: live control](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control.md)
- Next: [Studio banners](https://presenteringest.com/help/live-control/banners.md)