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 a non-production 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. Use a destination that is not carrying a production signal while following this guide.
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.
This toggle actually has three modes: Bundles groups active links per bundle with rows collapsed, Ports lists individual ports with rows still collapsed, and Expanded does the same as Ports but with every bundle row already expanded to its port rows, so you don't need to expand each one by hand. The wire, routing-rule, and tally quick-setup dialogs elsewhere in Buttons keep a simpler two-way Bundles/Ports toggle, where Ports there behaves like Expanded here.
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 Ports (or Expanded, to see every bundle row already opened up) 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 physical bundle includes its compatible ports. Use individual ports when only one level should change.
For example, if a source and destination bundle both contain video and audio ports, you can change the video while preserving the destination's current audio:
Switch from Bundles to Ports.
In the filter control, leave Video on and turn off Audio, Data, and any other roles that are not part of the change.
Select the source's video port.
Select the destination's video port.
Confirm that the Take count includes only the intended video mapping.
Select Take.
Because the audio ports were not selected, they are not part of the route request. This is a video breakaway rather than a route of the complete bundle.
