Control Resonant: How to Solve the Panopticon Radio Puzzle

The Panopticon Service Request in Control Resonant initially sounds like routine maintenance: restore a malfunctioning containment system and place a troublesome radio in the correct cell. It is not quite that simple. The request turns into one of the game's more unusual early puzzles, combining environmental interaction, a deliberately misleading cell-label clue, and a final containment step that depends on listening closely to a radio broadcast.

The object at the center of the task is the World's Fair Radio. Before it can be secured, the Panopticon's systems need to be brought back online. Then, Langston needs a cell designation despite a mistake in the facility's labeling logic. Finally, the radio must be deposited at a very particular point in its own broadcast cycle. Missing that final cue can make it seem as though the puzzle is broken, when the real issue is timing.

This walkthrough covers every stage of the Panopticon Service Request, including where to place the Security Terminal components, which containment ID to provide to Langston, and how to make the World's Fair Radio stay in its destination cell.

Panopticon Service Request walkthrough

The overall job is divided into three main parts:

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1. Repair the Security Terminal and reactivate the Panopticon systems.
2. Work out the correct containment cell ID for Langston.
3. Retrieve and contain the World's Fair Radio using the correct broadcast timing.

It helps to approach these as separate problems. The first is a hands-on assembly task, the second is a note-based logic clue, and the third is an audio-driven interaction. If the last step repeatedly resets, there is no need to redo the terminal repair or cell-code section; simply try placing the radio again at a different point in the broadcast.

Repair the Security Terminal

Your first priority is the Security Terminal on the north side of the Panopticon. The terminal cannot start the facility's containment functions until its missing parts have been returned and installed. Search the nearby area carefully rather than assuming every piece is located directly on the terminal itself.

One component is positioned immediately beside the terminal. This is the easiest piece to find and install, so it is a useful way to confirm what the interaction expects. Another piece can be found near the Panopticon entrance. Take that item back and fit it into the main terminal.

The third missing part is less obvious because it is not installed at the terminal's main body. Look in the vicinity of cell C-03 for a radar dish. This dish needs to be carried to the antenna located high above the alcove where the radio is kept. Install the dish on that elevated antenna rather than trying to force it into one of the lower terminal slots.

Security Terminal component checklist

• Component one: beside the Security Terminal on the north side of the Panopticon.
• Component two: near the entrance; return it to the main terminal.
• Radar dish: near cell C-03; carry it up to the antenna above the radio alcove.

Once all three pieces are in their appropriate positions, interact with the terminal to power up the Panopticon systems. Do not move on until this activation is complete. The later containment steps rely on the system being properly operational, and the terminal restoration is what turns the location from a damaged maintenance site into a functioning containment area.

Give Langston the correct containment cell ID

After the system comes online, Langston offers to open the necessary cell. The complication is that the Panopticon's cell labels are not presenting reliable information. If you choose based only on a simple numerical sequence or an assumed direction around the room, you can easily arrive at the wrong answer.

The key is a nearby note explaining the error. Langston has confused clockwise and counter-clockwise while working out the labels. That reversal changes the intended result of the designation puzzle.

The correct cell ID to provide is:

D-04

Give Langston D-04 to progress. This is the answer produced by accounting for the directional mix-up described in the note. Although the surrounding cell identifiers and the radio's eventual pickup location can make this sequence feel counterintuitive, D-04 is the required response for Langston's part of the Service Request.

This section is a good example of the game asking players to use an environmental document rather than treating nearby labels as unquestionable facts. The note is not flavor text: it directly tells you that the apparent directional ordering has been interpreted backwards.

Find the World's Fair Radio

With the cell procedure advanced, locate the World's Fair Radio in cell B-02. Pick it up and prepare to transport it to cell E-05, which is the destination for the containment attempt.

At first glance, carrying an anomalous radio from one cell to another may seem like the final straightforward objective. However, placing it in E-05 at a random time does not reliably complete the task. The radio's broadcast is part of the containment condition.

This is the point where many players may think the interaction failed. Put the radio down at the wrong moment and the sequence resets. The radio starts again from a random section of its programming, and you must pick it back up and make another attempt. The reset is frustrating, but it also confirms that the game is waiting for a specific contextual trigger rather than a different cell or missing terminal component.

How to contain the World's Fair Radio in E-05

Bring the radio into cell E-05, but do not immediately drop it. Listen to the broadcaster. The successful timing occurs while the broadcast is specifically discussing the World's Fair.

When the announcer reaches that subject, place the radio down in the cell. That is the key requirement that allows containment to take effect. If the broadcaster is talking about something else, the radio can reset the encounter instead, sending you back into another attempt with a randomized broadcast position.

Best method for the final timing puzzle

1. Pick up the World's Fair Radio from B-02.
2. Carry it to E-05.
3. Pause and listen to the current broadcast instead of dropping it immediately.
4. Wait until the broadcaster is discussing the World's Fair.
5. Put the radio down while that subject is being discussed.

The puzzle can be brute-forced by repeatedly setting the radio down until the timing happens to align. Since the broadcast position changes after a failed attempt, persistent retries can eventually work. Still, listening for the World's Fair mention is the cleaner and more dependable approach. It avoids needless resets and clarifies the strange rule governing the radio's containment.

Be patient if the right topic does not come up instantly. The important detail is not merely that the item is inside E-05; it must be placed there while the broadcast content matches the object's World's Fair theme. Treat the announcer's words as the final lock on the cell.

Why the Panopticon radio puzzle can be confusing

The Service Request layers three different kinds of logic on top of one another. First, it asks you to physically rebuild a terminal with components spread across the room, including one that belongs on an elevated antenna rather than the terminal itself. Next, it introduces a directional labeling error that makes the correct response D-04 instead of the answer a player might infer from the visible layout. Finally, it turns a simple item-placement objective into a timing challenge governed by dialogue from the radio.

That structure is why an otherwise small repair assignment can feel as if it has gone wrong. Each phase has its own failure point: overlooking the radar dish, missing the clockwise/counter-clockwise note, or placing the radio before the broadcaster reaches the relevant subject. Fortunately, each problem has a clear solution once its intended rule is understood.

If you are stuck, remember the essential chain: restore the three Security Terminal components, tell Langston D-04, collect the radio from B-02, take it to E-05, and place it only while the broadcast mentions the World's Fair.

Panopticon Service Request rewards

Finishing the World's Fair Radio containment task awards two items:

• Aramid Work Clothes, an outfit option.
• Untapped Feeding Bottle, an Artifact that can be awakened later in the Gap.

The clothing reward gives you another cosmetic choice, while the Untapped Feeding Bottle has a broader gameplay purpose tied to the Gap. That makes the Service Request worth completing even if the radio timing segment takes several tries.

Quick answer summary

To solve the Panopticon Radio puzzle in Control Resonant, repair the north-side Security Terminal with the nearby part, the entrance component, and the radar dish from by C-03 placed on the high antenna above the radio alcove. Activate the terminal, then give Langston the containment ID D-04; the clue is that he mixed up clockwise and counter-clockwise. Retrieve the World's Fair Radio from B-02, carry it to E-05, and set it down while the broadcaster is talking about the World's Fair. Completing the request earns the Aramid Work Clothes and the Untapped Feeding Bottle.