Atem Software Control

The tool installed by the Blackmagic ATEM Switchers executable is the ATEM Software Control. This is an app with a simple interface and few, yet on-point commands. When establishing a connection. First, go to Blackmagic’s support page and download the latest version of the ATEM software. In order to setup the ATEM we’ll have to connect it to a computer with a user-provided USB cable. Once connected, open up ‘ATEM Software Control’. After a few seconds your ATEM Mini should appear. Professional Control Over Your ATEM Switchers. MixEffect is a professional tool for controlling Blackmagic ATEM switchers from your iPhone or iPad. MixEffect’s familiar interface gives you quick access to virtually everything you need — from switcher control, macros, audio, media, editing palettes, recording and streaming — to run your video productions. When the ATEM Streaming Bridge has been selected in ATEM Software Control’s live stream palette, press the On Air button on the remote ATEM Mini Pro The on air button should illuminate solid and the remote ATEM Mini Pro should start sending its streaming video data to your ATEM Streaming Bridge.

  1. Atem Software Control Usb
  2. Atem Software Control Icon
It would appear ( tested on v8.1 ) that the atem control panel software does not respond correctly to non default scaling settings in windows 10.
Scenario - I have a Windows 10 Pro based Lenovo Thinkpad 10 ( touchpad ).
The default windows factory fresh install sets the scaling to 150%.
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Atem Software Control Usb

This is fine for most apps and allows the 1920x1200 10 inch display to show reasonable size text very clearly.
However atem panel is too big ( beyond the size of the screen ) and is unusable.

Atem Software Control Icon


Setting scaling to a lower value ( 100% ) allows atem to be normal. Obviously with the consequence of tiny text in everything else.