Tally and ON AIR¶
A phone in full screen becomes an on-air light for a radio studio, or a tally light for a camera: red on air, green in preview, dark when off air. The screen stays on while this is open.
How to use it¶
- Open Settings → Integrations → Tally and ON AIR, or create a Tally and ON AIR button with Open the tally screen.
- Choose what to follow. Each phone keeps its own choice: one can be camera 1, another camera 2, and another the light in the hallway.
- Tap the screen to show the back and change buttons.
What you can follow¶
The list only shows what is connected now:
| Source | What shows up | When it turns red |
|---|---|---|
| OBS | Each scene, streaming and recording | Scene in program (green in Studio Mode preview), or while streaming/recording |
| vMix | Each input, streaming and recording | Input in program (green in preview), or while streaming/recording |
| mAirList | On air | When mAirList is on air |
| RadioDJ | Live input | When the live input is on |
| Voicemeeter | Open microphone, per input | When the input isn't muted |
| Manual signal | ON AIR | When a deck button or the tally screen turns the signal on |
For a radio station with no automation, the manual signal is enough: a Manual ON AIR signal (toggle) button on the presenter's deck, and a phone in the hallway following the manual signal. You can also turn it on and off from the tally screen itself: with the manual signal selected, tap the screen and use the button that shows up.
NO SIGNAL¶
If the phone loses its connection to the PC, or the program it follows closes, the screen turns gray and shows NO SIGNAL. It never shows "off air" without knowing: whoever is in front of the camera has to be able to trust it.
This isn't a professional broadcast tally
The state travels over Wi-Fi and arrives with a small delay. It works as a cue for presenters and crew, but it doesn't have the frame accuracy of a wired tally system.
On a button¶
With Only show the state on the button, the button turns red or green without opening the full screen. If the target is the manual signal, tapping the button also turns it on and off.
The OBS scene button uses the same colors: red in program (or the color chosen for the button) and green in preview.
In automations and multi-actions¶
The tally also works as a signal for the rest of the deck:
- Automations: When a tally target goes on air or goes off air. For example, turn on a Hue light when the microphone opens.
- Multi-actions: the A tally target is on air and in preview conditions. An unavailable target (program closed) counts as neither; with Not, the condition passes.