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Overview
Getting started
What is Bitfocus Buttons?
Install Buttons and get started
Manage your Buttons license
Activate Buttons offline
Find your way around Buttons
Create your first backup
Add an ATEM connection
Choose a control method
Choose an installation path
Install Buttons on Debian or Ubuntu
Understand HA clustering
Kubernetes HA
Update or remove Buttons
Positions
Understand positions
Create a position
Add controls and sections to a position
Create your first button
Use a connection's presets
Build more capable button actions
Add more feedback to a button
Organize controls in a section
Shift Section
Organize controls with a Folder Section
Add a Popover Section
Build and reuse a Shared Section
Build a Router Section
Understand Custom Routers
Custom Router panel
Surfaces
Surface compatibility
Add and attach a surface
Device orientation
Connections
Update a connection's module safely
Monitor and troubleshoot a connection
Router integrations
VideoHub and AJA KUMO
Utah Scientific BPS
Generic SW-P-08
Nevion VideoIPath
Arkona BLADE//runner
Routing
Physical routing
Configure ports and labels
Take a physical route
Understand route status
Topology graph
Routing Presets
Get started with virtual routing
Configure Nested Shapes
Reverse routing
Tielines
Routing Projects
Routing settings
Troubleshoot a route
Tally
Understand the Tally system
Send ATEM tally and labels to a UMD
Interpret Active Tally state
TSL/UMD connections
Diagnose tally problems
NMOS
Understand NMOS in Buttons
Connect Buttons to an NMOS Registry
Built-in Registry Server
Configure NMOS connections
Discover and adopt
Browse the NMOS inventory
Manage NMOS multicast addresses
Diagnose NMOS problems
Understand Cuelists
Build a Cuelist
Read and advance a running Cuelist
Control a Cuelist from a Position
Workflows
Understand workflows
Build your first workflow
Reuse a group of workflow nodes safely
Troubleshoot a workflow
Recipes
Sequence a timed automation
Call an HTTP endpoint from a workflow
REST endpoint
Use variables
Understand variable scope
Understand nested variables
Update expressions for v1.8
Plan and use Tags
Access
Create and manage users
Create roles and assign permissions
Grant access to specific resources
Show different controls by role
Sessions
Set up PIN and NFC sign-in
SSO
Get started with SSO
Connect a generic OIDC provider
Connect LDAP or Active Directory
Map identity claims to roles
Secure a Buttons deployment
Integrations
External control
Connect to Bitfocus Listener
USB Relay
Install USB Relay on Windows
Install USB Relay on macOS
Install USB Relay on Linux
Install USB Relay on a Raspberry Pi
Get started with the Control API
Secure and monitor the Control API
Control API reference
API reference
Administration
Enable and manage installable features
Services and health
Configure and monitor scheduled backups
Restore a backup and verify it
Export or import Buttons configuration
Store and rotate connection secrets
Replace the HTTPS certificate
HA backup and recovery
Settings
Collect support information
Reference
Glossary
Button Inspector reference
Network ports reference
Expressions
Internal actions reference
Routing Presets panel reference
Startup configuration reference
Workflow nodes
Connection workflow nodes
Workflow workflow nodes
Internal workflow nodes
Position workflow nodes
API workflow nodes
Utility workflow nodes

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Buttons/Positions

Positions

A position is one person's complete operating workspace in Buttons. It holds the surfaces that person uses, the buttons and sections laid out on its canvas, and the navigation and variable state that belong to that workspace alone. Several positions can control the same production systems without interfering with each other.
These pages are for anyone who builds or maintains a position: start by understanding what a position is and creating one, then build buttons with actions and feedback, organize them into sections, and add routing panels where operators need to take routes.

Understand positions

What a position represents in Buttons, how surfaces fit into it, and how the editor stays separate from the live workspace.

Create a position

Create a workspace for one operator, describe and size it, assign surfaces, and apply the configuration.

Add controls and sections to a position

Place elements on a position canvas and choose between buttons, sections, shift, folder, popover, router, shared and role sections.

Create your first button

Create a button on a position canvas, give it an action, test it in the editor, and add feedback that reflects real device state.

Use a connection's presets

Find the ready-made buttons, sections and popovers a connection module supplies and drag them onto a position canvas.

Build more capable button actions

Run several steps per press, react to hold and click patterns, group or condition actions, generate repeater buttons, and use encoders.

Add more feedback to a button

Stack several feedbacks on one button, test a variable with an Expression feedback, and generate a feedback per dropdown choice.

Organize controls in a section

Group related controls in a section, enable scrolling for overflow, and protect the section with roles, a PIN or an NFC card.

Shift Section

Give a group of controls a second layer in the same area using a Shift Section with Main and Shift pages.

Organize controls with a Folder Section

Arrange controls as navigable folder pages within one area of a position, with generated or custom navigation.

Add a Popover Section

Keep occasional controls behind one trigger button that unfolds a temporary panel, and control it from other buttons.

Build and reuse a Shared Section

Maintain one set of controls centrally and place it in several positions so every instance updates when the master changes.

Build a Router Section

Generate a complete routing panel from chosen sources and destinations, with filters, take behavior and lock controls.

Understand Custom Routers

What a Custom Router's shared context tracks, how Auto Take Mode and Control Mode shape its behavior, and how nesting works.

Custom Router panel

Build a hand-placed ATEM routing panel with source, destination, Take and Clear Selection controls inside a Custom Router.

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