Select a source and destination in the Routing view, inspect the staged mapping, then use Take to send the route to the connected system. This example routes an ATEM input to an M/E program destination.
Warning
Taking a route can immediately change an output used on air, in a recording, or on a display.
Above Sources, choose Connections, then select the ATEM connection.
Above Destinations, choose Connections, then select the same connection.
Leave Bundles selected.
The source bundles appear on the left and destination bundles on the right. For this example, identify Input 2 and ME 1 Program, or the equivalent labels supplied by your ATEM.
The toggle above the lists has three modes: Bundles, Ports and Expanded. Bundles and Ports set whether the active source and destination are shown per bundle or per port. Expanded opens up every bundle row to show its ports.
Buttons expands the bundle selection into compatible source-port-to-destination-port mappings. These mappings are staged: the connected ATEM does not change until you select Take.
The button at the bottom shows how many port routes are staged, such as Take 1 routes. A bundle selection can stage more than one route when both bundles contain several compatible ports.
Tip
Before taking a bundle route, switch to Expanded and inspect the staged port mappings. This reveals every endpoint that the bundle selection will change.
Confirm that the staged source, destination, and route count match the intended change.
Select Take.
While Buttons sends the request, a progress message appears. A successful result reports Routes executed successfully and the number of routes executed.
The destination's active-source display then updates from the state reported by the ATEM. For this example, ME 1 Program should report Input 2 as its active source. The success message describes the execution result; the active-source display shows the resulting state received from the controlled system.
Selecting a whole bundle includes all of its compatible ports. To change only some of them, pick the exact ports instead:
Switch to Expanded, or expand the bundle rows you need.
Select exactly the source port you want to route.
Select exactly the destination port it should go to.
Confirm that the Take count includes only the mapping you intended.
Select Take.
Ports you didn't select aren't part of the route request, so the rest of the destination bundle keeps its current source. This is a breakaway rather than a route of the complete bundle.
The controls above the lists change what the Routing view shows. They don't change any routes.
Bundles, Ports and Expanded: how sources and destinations are shown, as described above.
Label: which label the buttons display, such as User Label or the port's name. See Configure ports and labels.
Active: which state counts as a destination's active source: Live, Requests, Virtual, or all of them. See Understand route status.
Options holds more settings, which many people miss:
Sorting Mode: Sort Alphabetically, Custom (the custom sort order set in Ports Config), or Original Order.
After Take: what stays selected after a route is taken: Clear selection after take, Clear destinations after take, Clear sources after take, or Keep selection. This only changes the next selection; it doesn't change the route that was already taken.
Show Destination Contribution: on each source, shows the destinations it currently feeds. It's on by default; turn it off to see only staged changes on the source side.
Show Overwritten Entries: also shows staged mappings that a later selection replaced.
Single-row linked ports: shows each row's linked ports on a single line, for a more compact list.
Hide Black/Silence: hides the black or silent source in the active-source columns.
