Control Panel

The Control Panel is a Functional Block in Space Engineers.

Function
The Control Panel is one of the most important Blocks in the game, attached by default to nearly all functional blocks on Large ships. The Button Panel by itself serves a good way to set an access port to one's ship from the outside, or on small ships where the only Access to a ship by default is in the Cockpit.

Once Accessed, the Player is now able to take a look at the inventory of the ship the Control Panel is connected to, able to view the entire list of a ship's functional Blocks, provided they have not been hidden from the list. The Control Panel does not necessarily give remote access to all functional blocks in a Vessel, as any Blocks with an Ownership set to them cannot be manipulated if the Player is not the Owner.

Control Panel Controls
(Using Default Keyboard Configuration)

K - used to access the Control Panel, and Configure settings of functional Blocks within the ship.

Options
Like nearly all Functional Blocks, there is the option to Hide the Block from being able to be viewed on the Terminal, and the option to have it shown on the HUD of an Engineer, provided there is an active Antenna connected to the structure.