Utah Scientific routers are professional broadcast video routing switchers designed for SDI and IP production environments. They allow you to connect and route video signals across your facility — from cameras, servers, and playback devices to monitors, switchers, and recording systems. The Cuez Automator connects to Utah Scientific routers over the network using the NVISION/SW-P-08 protocol. More information on their website.

In the top right corner of the Automator, we see 'Devices' - this can be either in red or green depending on the status of the configured devices. Click it and select 'Add device'.

Next, select 'Utah Router' from the 'Device type' dropdown list, then give it a name.

Once the device is selected and given a name, we will see all fields needed to configure it so it can be used with the Automator.

You can enable or disable the Utah Scientific Router, and you can enter the 'Host' (the IP address of the router) as well as the 'Port'. Once these settings have been entered, the device should show as 'online' (green) in the top right corner.

The settings entered by default by the Cuez Automator represent the default settings for a Utah Scientific Router on the same network. You can change these settings as needed, depending on your exact configuration.

The Utah Scientific Router has the function to route a video signal from a desired source to a destination on your router. You can configure the function you want to perform on the Utah Scientific Router when triggering the Item or Block - more on that in this article.

The 'Route' function connects a specific source (input) to a destination (output) on the Utah Scientific Router. Use this to switch signal paths as part of your show automation — for example, routing a camera feed or playback server to a specific output at the right moment in your rundown.