Buttons Control Platform · Unified Control and Monitoring · Built for Complex AV and Broadcast

Bitfocus is known as the team behind Companion, the project that helped popularize flexible, button-driven control. Building on that background, Bitfocus created Buttons, a professional control and monitoring platform designed for larger and more complex production environments.

Scrollable sections and protected controls
Buttons lets you organize layouts into independently scrollable sections, so large systems stay usable. You can also secure sections with a PIN, and support NFC access with certain surfaces, which helps protect critical actions in shared control rooms.

Reusable layouts with Patchable Connections
Buttons supports “patchable” connections so you can build a layout once and reuse it across studios, rooms, or racks by swapping which devices those buttons point to. This is a big win for standardizing rooms and cutting setup time.

Real routing tools, not just triggers
Buttons includes routing-focused features like an Automatic XY Routing Crosspoint Module, plus routing tools for building and executing routes and salvos. This is designed for facilities where routing is a daily operational task.

Multi-operator and multi-position support
Buttons is built for multi-desk environments. It supports multi-position handling so multiple operators can run isolated configurations within the same overall system.

Built for modern broadcast infrastructure
Buttons supports enterprise-style needs like native NMOS workflows for ST 2110 and IPMX environments, plus options that align with facility monitoring and management such as SNMP monitoring.

Cue lists, conditional actions, variables, tags
Buttons is designed for operational execution, not just one-off macros. It supports cue list workflows and conditional logic, plus variables and tagging to keep complex systems organized and easier to maintain.

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