Setting The Camera Number - Blackmagicdesign ATEM Camera Converter Installation And Operation Manual

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The Camera Number button on ATEM Camera Converter
The Camera Number setting in Blackmagic Converter Utility

Setting the Camera Number

If you want your ATEM Camera Converter to receive tally signals from an ATEM switcher, you'll need to set
the number of the associated camera so the switcher sends the tally signal to the correct ATEM Camera
PTT
Converter.
To set the camera number with the camera number button, press and hold the button until its button light
flashes 3 times. This will reset the camera number to camera 1. Each subsequent press of the button will
increment the camera number by 1. If you want to set your camera to number 5, reset the camera number
to 1 and then add 4 button presses to make it camera number 5.
To test if the camera number is set correctly, have the ATEM switcher operator select your camera to be the
program output of the switcher. In this example, camera number 5 should be sent to the program output
of the switcher. If the camera number is set correctly, the tally lights will illuminate on your ATEM Camera
Converter.
Similarly if you want to work out to what camera number your ATEM Camera Converter is set, ask the ATEM
switcher operator to successively send camera inputs to the program output of the ATEM switcher until the
tally lights illuminate on your unit. The switcher operator can then tell you your camera number.
As well as showing tally lights, you might also like to display a tally border on an SDI or HDMI monitor
connected to the output of your ATEM Camera Converter. This option is set using Blackmagic Converter
Utility and you can also set the camera number at the same time.
Step 1. Connect an ATEM Camera Converter to your computer via USB 2.0.
Step 2. Launch Blackmagic Converter Utility and click the Settings tab.
Step 3. Set the camera number and also choose whether to show a tally border on the monitor attached
to the ATEM Camera Converter. Quit from Blackmagic Converter Utility.
If you chose not to display a tally border, the tally lights on the ATEM Camera Converter will still illuminate
when your camera is live on the program output of the ATEM switcher.