HelpON Comms Tally

Add a switcher: ATEM

Take camera tally from a Blackmagic ATEM. On a cloud site, ON Comms Tally at the venue reads the ATEM and sends its tally to your talkback.

Takes about
5 minutes
You need

  1. In your site’s Admin (how to open it), go to Tally and find the group. If its ON Comms Tally app has no code yet, press Get Tally Code and connect the app with it first.

    Admin’s Tally tab: the ON Comms Tally app has no code yet, and a red Get Tally Code button beside it.

  2. Under the group, press Add a switcher and choose Blackmagic ATEM. Give it a name your operators will recognise, such as Main ATEM.

  3. Type the ATEM’s IP address, as it is set in Blackmagic’s ATEM Setup, and leave M/E at 1 unless you want tally from another mix effect. Press Add.

    The Add a switcher form filled in: Blackmagic ATEM, the name Main ATEM, the address 192.168.10.240 and M/E 1, with the Add button below.

  4. Within a few seconds the switcher shows a green dot and connected, with how many inputs the ATEM has and which is on air.

    The switcher Main ATEM with a green dot: connected, 4 inputs, on air 1, via the Tally app.

  5. Give each operator a camera, so their screen turns red while it is on air and green while it is on preview.

If it doesn’t work

  • It says “No answer from an ATEM at …”

    ON Comms Tally cannot reach the ATEM. Check the address, and that the computer running ON Comms Tally is on the same network as the ATEM. Press Edit to correct the address.

  • It says “waiting for the ON Comms Tally app”

    Nothing is sending this group’s tally. Open ON Comms Tally at the venue and check that it says it is sending, to this group: see Connect it with your Tally code.

  • It says “This ATEM has 1 M/E, so M/E 2 does not exist”

    Press Edit and choose an M/E the message names. An ATEM Mini has one.

Stuck on a step?

Write to support@oncommstalkback.com with the page you are on and what your screen says. Or book a walkthrough, and we will go through it with you.