Stream Deck Plugin - Overview & Installation

Overview

iReporter includes a native Stream Deck plugin that lets you use an Elgato Stream Deck as your reporting interface - either instead of or alongside the iReporter Button Box hardware. Each Stream Deck key can be mapped to any iReporter button. When pressed, the key sends the same messages and voice output as pressing the physical button.

Keys update their display in real time to show race status - turning colour and displaying live data when a crash is detected, an incident is captured, or a blue flag situation is approaching.

Requirements

• Elgato Stream Deck software installed (version 6.0 or later)
• iReporter v0.170 or later
• SimHub running with iReporter plugin active

Installation - Step by Step

1. In the iReporter settings panel, locate the Input Mode dropdown at the top left.
2. Select either Stream Deck or iReporter Button Box & Stream Deck depending on whether you also use the hardware button box.
3. Click the Install Stream Deck Plugin button that appears below the dropdown.
4. iReporter will download and install the plugin automatically into the correct Stream Deck plugins folder: %APPDATA%\Elgato\StreamDeck\Plugins\nz.co.logicalsolutions.ireporter.sdPlugin\
5. If Stream Deck is running, a dialog will ask whether to restart it now - click Yes to apply immediately, or No to restart Stream Deck manually when convenient.
6. After Stream Deck restarts, the iReporter category will appear in the Stream Deck software action list.

Automatic Updates

When a new version of iReporter is installed via the in-app updater, the Stream Deck plugin files are also updated silently in the background. Stream Deck is not restarted automatically during a SimHub update - you will be asked separately when you next press the Install button, or you can restart Stream Deck at your own convenience. This prevents your Stream Deck layout from being interrupted mid-session.

Input Mode