A tour of the interface

New to Relackout, or feeling lost between screens? This tour is for you. It maps the home screen’s four areas, the notification bell in the header, the bottom bar’s BPM Mode and workspace switcher, and how to reach Settings. We don’t go inside any one card here — each has its own page — this is just about knowing where everything lives.

Four areas, one glance

The home screen splits into four areas: the header (logo, title, status badge and bell), the left column (output status, with a Settings button below it), the card grid on the right, and a bottom bar fixed to the bottom edge. Everything else lives inside these four areas.

Header: System Ready and notifications

The header holds the Relackout logo, the System Ready badge and a notification bell that shows a count when there are unread announcements.

Open the Announcements window

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   Click the bell icon (Open announcements) in the header; the Announcements window opens. When there are no announcements, it shows: No announcements to display. Close it with Close.

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The cards: one section per card

The grid on the right holds ten cards: LIVE CONTROL, Scenes, Cue Stacks, Fixture Control, Notes, Music Library, Designer, Sound Reactive, Show Timeline and Kalfa Packages. Hover over a card your plan doesn’t include and you’ll see Higher plan required. Each card gets its own dedicated page; this tour doesn’t open any of them.

Reading output status

Each output card on the left (Art-Net, USB DMX, sACN) shows one of four colors: green Connected, yellow Not connected, gray Off, red Error. Below that sit the Remote Access card and the Last output line.

Bottom bar: BPM Mode and the workspace switcher

A bar fixed to the bottom of the screen holds the tempo controls, with the workspace switcher at the far right.

Turn on BPM Mode

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   Click BPM Mode in the bottom bar; beat dots, the BPM value, Tap, preset tempos and Quantize appear.

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Open the workspace switcher

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   Click the workspace switcher at the right end of the bottom bar (the green dot next to Demo Venue); the list opens upward: Demo Venue marked ACTIVE, Studio B below it, then + New workspace and Manage workspaces.

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Pick another workspace (and back out)

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   What happens when you click another workspace in the list (for example Studio B) depends on whether output is running. If a scene, cue or live override is active, the Switch workspace? dialog opens first: Output will stop and the app will restart. Cancel keeps you in your current workspace. If nothing is running, there is no dialog: the switch happens right away and the app reloads. So switch workspaces while you prepare, not mid-show.

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Open the Settings screen

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   Click Settings at the bottom of the left column; General Settings opens.

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Getting around with Back

You can go deeper inside Settings; the Back arrow always takes you one screen back.

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   In Settings, click Fixture Library; the Fixture Library screen opens.

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   Click the Back arrow top-left; you’re back at General Settings.

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   Click Back once more; you’re back at the home screen, which has no Back arrow.

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