This Free App Lets Filmmakers Control Multiple Monitors From Their Desktop
A new way to access, control, and manage your monitors on set is here. Well, a beta release of a new way to access, control, and manage your monitors on set is here. SmallHD is starting to roll out a beta release of the company’s new Fleet Control App.
Promising to save time and hassle by allowing shooters the ability to control multiple SmallHD monitors simultaneously over a network from your computer, this new monitor control app could look quite promising for many small or large crews.
Here’s what you need to know.
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### SmallHD Fleet Control App
Available now on _SmallHD’s website_, the beta is out now for the Fleet Control App. The goal of the app is to save time and hassle by allowing shooters to control multiple monitors in a single app. Users will be able to access any connected monitors to create, configure, and move pages containing all of their favorite PageOS tools.
This will all happen simultaneously over a network from your computer, and the other perks will include the capabilities to:
* Access monitors
* Customize tools
* Manage remotely
* Access firmware updates more easily
Overall, this looks to be a helpful and quite sophisticated system that we’re excited to learn more about as it starts to go out into the wild.
### More Details on Fleet Control
Being released as a free desktop application for macOS and Windows, Fleet Control aims to give filmmakers complete, centralized control of multiple SmallHD monitors running PageOS 6.3.0 and later.
From a single computer, users can adjust tools and page layouts, manage color workflows, share or mirror pages between monitors, save and load configuration profiles, and perform firmware updates all through a streamlined network connection.
Plus, every function operates over Ethernet or Wi-Fi, which should eliminate the need for SD cards and allow users to manage their entire monitor fleet with speed, consistency, and precision. All actions are performed over the network—no SD card required.
### How to Download
To get started, users only need to follow these steps:
1. Download the Fleet Control Desktop app for Mac or PC directly from SmallHD.com. NOTE: Fleet Control is only available from the SmallHD website. It is not offered through the Mac App Store or Microsoft Store.
2. Run the installer package, accept permissions, and complete setup.
3. Open Fleet Control from your Applications/Programs folder.
You can find more info on _SmallHD’s website here_.