atemswitch - Man Page

CLI client for the OpenSwitcher proxy HTTP api

Synopsis

atemswitch [Options]

Description

The atemswitch utility provides a convenient way to use the OpenSwitcher Proxy http api module to trigger switches from your own scripts.​ This only implements the CUT and AUTO functionality to have minimal easy to use command line interface.​

Options

-h,  --help

Show the help message and quit

-s URI, --proxy URI

HTTP uri to the root of the openswitcher proxy http API, required

-t INPUT, --to-source INPUT

Input number or name of the source to switch to, required

-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME

Authentication username for the proxy http api

-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD

Authentication password for the proxy http api

-a,  --auto

Do an AUTO transition instead of a CUT transition

-i INDEX, --index INDEX

Use a different M/E index, the M/E units are zero-indexed and this utility defaults to the first M/E

Author

Written by Martijn Braam

Info

2026-09-09