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Switch Control scans your screen until you click a switch. This single click selects an item or performs an action.

Enable Switch Control

  1. Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Accessibility.
  2. Select Switch Control from the list of accessibility options.
  3. Click the General tab.
  4. Select Enable Switch Control.

After enabling Switch Control, the Home panel appears:

To cycle through items in the Home panel, press a switch, such as your mouse button or the Space bar. Press the switch a second time to select the highlighted item.

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Set up your switches

Use Switch Control preferences in the Accessibility pane of System Preferences to set up switches that perform an action when pressed. You can use a mouse, keyboard, or dedicated switch hardware connected via USB or Bluetooth. You can also change existing switch actions.

By default, the Space bar is used as a switch when Switch Control is enabled.

  • To add a switch, click the Add button (+) in the Switches tab, then press your adaptive switch. Enter a name, then select an action such as Stop Scanning. To have the switch run a script or open an app, click Custom, then choose the script or app.
  • To remove a switch, select a switch in the list, then click the Remove button (–).
  • To change the behavior of an existing switch, select a switch in the list, click , then change the name or action. To use a different switch for the action, click Reassign.

Scan and select items

Scan items
When you press the Select Item switch, Switch Control begins stepping through a panel, group, or user interface. Switch control highlights each item or group as it scans. The scan pauses when you select an item, unless you've set the option to keep scanning after a selection is set. If you turned auto scanning off, press the Move To Next Item switch to advance the scan. Switch Control repeats (or loops) a scan as set in the Navigation pane.

Select an item
When an item is highlighted, press the Select Item switch. If the selected item is a group, and you didn’t set the option to resume scanning after a selection, press the switch to scan the group. Then press the switch to select an item in the group.

To exit a group, press the switch when the group is highlighted or when you hear ”step out.”

If you need to use the pointer to click an item that isn't part of an app's interface, you can use Pointer mode to scan the screen and click an item.

  1. Click to begin scanning horizontally.
  2. When the range finder highlights the area you want to click, click your switch again.
  3. Click another time to precisely refine your horizontal position.
  4. The next click starts the vertical range finder scan.
  5. Click again to refine your vertical position.
  6. Click your switch a final time to click the element on the screen that is currently under the blue crosshair you created on the screen.

Use panels

Set panel options
In a panel, click the Select Item switch when the Panel Options icon in the upper-right corner is highlighted. Then click the switch again when the option you want to set is highlighted. You can decrease or increase the size of the panel, and increase or decrease its transparency.

Return to the Home panel
In a panel, click the Select Item switch when the Home icon in the upper-right corner is highlighted. In the interface, press the switch when the Home panel is highlighted.

Use the Home panel

Keyboard
Type text in a document or field by scanning the keyboard in the panel, opening a group of keys, and then selecting a key. The first group contains suggested words based on the first keys you press. This lets you save typing time by selecting a suggested word. Other keyboards may be available in the Custom panel.

Pointer
To move the pointer to an area of the screen, select Move. A vertical block starts to glide across the screen. When you press the Select Item switch, the block stops and a vertical blue line starts to glide across the block. Press the switch again to either stop the blue line or substantially slow it down before you press the switch again to stop it (based on the setting of Gliding Cursor Precision in the Navigation pane). When you do the same horizontally, you'll see the pointer move to the intersection of the two blue lines.

App
Scan items and groups in the active window of the current app.

Dock
Immediately start scanning just the items in the Dock.

Menu Bar
Scan the menu bar group, then the menu extras group.

System
Control the volume or display brightness of your Mac, and control media playback.

Custom
You can create custom panels in the Accessibility pane of System Preferences. Select Switch Control, then click Open Panel Editor. Any custom panels you create appear here.

Location
Use this option to reposition the Switch Control Home panel on the screen.

Learn more

To further customize Switch Control, use the Navigation tab in the Switch Control section of Accessibility preferences. You can learn more about Switch Control and the Switch Control Panel Editor from the Apple Accessibility website and from the built-in help included with your Mac. Click the help button in the Accessibility pane of System Preferences, or search for Switch Control from the Help menu in the Finder menu bar.

The Launchpad is our software for Mac or Windows PC. This software receives instructions from the GroundControl Server in the cloud. By installing the GroundControl Launchpad software onto your organization’s Windows PCs and Macs you may create many Launchpads for simultaneous, distributed iOS deployments.

There are two steps involved: Install then Register the Launchpad.

Install the Launchpad

Below are instructions for interactive installation for Mac and Windows. We’ve also included instructions for automated installation, using a system such as SCCM to package and distribute the Launchpad software and dependencies.

GroundControl Launchpad can be installed on any Mac running Mac OS X 10.9 or newer. Check System Requirements for additional information.

Install the Mac Launchpad
  1. Download the latest Launchpad DMG (choose one option):
    • Log into the GroundControl Server and navigate to the Launchpads tab, and download using the Mac link in the upper-right corner.
    • Alternatively, download using this link: /download/mac
  2. Double-click the GroundControl Launchpad disk image to open
  3. Double-click the GroundControl Launchpad app
  4. Accept the prompt to open the software
  5. Accept the prompt to copy the app to your Applications folder
  6. Eject the disk image
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Prevent iTunes for activating devices

If your Mac is running Mac OS 10.13.x or earlier, you must tell iTunes to stop trying to activate devices. This step is not required for Mac OS 10.14 and later.

Open iTunes, then open Preferences > Devices.

Check the box “Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically.

Close Preferences, then quit iTunes.

Allow GroundControl to use a Proximity Badge Reader

Macs running recent operating systems may display an additional security prompt. “Applications” would like to receive keystrokes from any application. This prompt appears if you are using GroundControl Checkout features, have enabled the features for proximity badge readers, and are running macOS 10.15 “Catalina” or later.

GroundControl really is not interested in keystrokes from other applications. However this is how Catalina presents requests to access USB HID devices, which appear to the Mac as something like a keyboard.

To use these devices, you must grant permission for “Input Monitoring” to the Launchpad app. Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Input Monitoring.

Check the checkbox next to “GroundControl Launchpad.app” to grant permission. (If needed, click the lock in the lower-left corner and enter administrator credentials). If the Launchpad app is running, the system will remind you to quit and relaunch the app.

The next time you run the Launchpad app, it will have the access to hub or card reader you expect.

GroundControl Launchpad can be installed on any PC running Windows 10. Check System Requirements for additional information.

Install the Windows Launchpad
  1. Download the latest Launchpad Installer (choose one option):
    • Log into the GroundControl Server and navigate to the Launchpads tab, and download using the Win link in the upper-right corner.
    • Alternatively, download using this link: /download/win
  2. Double-click the GroundControl Launchpad EXE to install
  3. Choose whether you will install for all users on the machine (recommended) or just for the local user
Install iTunes (Required)

GroundControl requires iTunes on Windows. The iTunes distribution from the Windows Store will not work, so please download iTunes using one of the links below.

Please note the links below will download the latest version of iTunes, which support iOS 14 and GroundControl v4.10.2+. For additional information or for support , please visit our MobileDevice page.

Once iTunes is installed, you must prevent it from activating devices. Please don’t skip this step!

On the Windows, open iTunes, then open Preferences > Devices. Check the box Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically.

Close Preferences, then exit iTunes.

Use these instructions when using a package manager such as SCCM to install the Launchpad software.

Download and Extract the Windows Launchpad
  1. Download the latest Launchpad Installer (choose one option):
    • Log into the GroundControl Server and navigate to the Launchpads tab, and download using the Win link in the upper-right corner.
    • Alternatively, download using this link: /download/win
  2. Extract the MSI from the Launchpad EXE with a tool such as 7-Zip.
Download and Extract iTunes MSIs

Please note the links below include the latest iTunes installers, for compatibility with iOS 14 and Launchpad v4.10.2+. For support for earlier versions our MobileDevice page.

If you do not wish to install the full iTunes (we don’t blame you) you can follow these instructions to install the required MSI.

32-Bit

  1. Download the Windows iTunes installer: iTunes 32 bit installer
  2. Extract the iTunes installer with a tool such as 7-zip
  3. Locate and install the following MSIs in order:
    • AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi

64-Bit

  1. Download the Windows iTunes installer: iTunes 64 bit installer
  2. Extract the iTunes installer with a tool such as 7-zip
  3. Locate and install the following MSIs in order:
    • AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi
Silently Install the Software

To silently install the MSIs, please install with the following switches:

  • Apple support MSIs: /q /norestart
  • GroundControl Launchpad: /i

The GroundControl Launchpad MSI also allows for parameters to set Launchpad name, host name, and proxy.

GCHOST=GroundControl Server hostname
GCPROXY=Unauthenticated proxy:port (if missing, no proxy is used)
GCLPNAME=Launchpad name (if missing, the PC name is used)
GCSHAREDDATA=1Share configuration and cache with all users on this PC

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For example:

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Register the Launchpad

After installation, you must register the Launchpad using a GroundControl user and password. Below are instructions for interactive registration, which is the standard way to register a Launchpad. Launchpad version 4.9 introduces an automated registration option using a text file and registration token. This option is useful if you will set up a large number of Launchpads.

Launch the GroundControl Launchpad app. An unconfigured Launchpad will prompt for registration.

The default server hostname “launchpad.groundctl.com” is correct for most organizations. If you are using a dedicated cluster, you should enter the correct name for your organization here.

The Launchpad Name is used to identify this Mac to the server. The Mac or PC computer name is entered by default.

If your network requires an unauthenticated proxy to access the GroundControl server, you may add that information here.

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Click Next.

On the next screen, enter your GroundControl user name and password and click Login.

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The app will test connectivity and connect to the server.

Alternatively, you may use a text file to automatically register a Launchpad. This feature is available in Launchpad 4.9 and greater.

First, obtain a Launchpad Registration Token from support@groundctl.com. Please include the following in your request:

    • The email address of the GroundControl user for “Registered By”
    • An expiration date for your token, for example 1 day or 30 days or 1 year

You may use the same token to register as many Launchpads as you like.

Once you have obtained the token, create a text file named gc-auto-reg.txt with the following:

The server and token keys are required.

The launchpad key is optional: if included it will be used for the Launchpad name. If omitted, GroundControl will use the Mac/PC system name for the Launchpad name. Note all Launchpads must have unique names.

Install the file gc-auto-reg.txt in the temporary folder of the Mac or Windows system:

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  • Mac: /tmp/gc-auto-reg.txt
  • Win: %Temp%gc-auto-reg.txt

Install this file before the Launchpad software is first run.

When this file is present and valid, the Launchpad app will skip the usual interactive registration steps, and automatically register and start up. If registration is successful, GroundControl will delete the file from the temporary folder as it is no longer needed.

If registration fails due to an invalid file or expired token, the Launchpad will show the standard interactive registration screens.