What is Chyron CII?
Chyron CII is Chyron's Command and Control Interface for graphics playout, giving external systems control over channels, layers, and scenes on a Chyron PRIME system. The Cuez Automator can control Chyron CII directly — loading and playing scenes, playing or clearing individual layers, clearing whole channels or buffers, and running command sequences.
Find more information about Chyron CII on their website.
Adding a Chyron-CII 'device' to the Automator
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 'Chyron-CII' from the 'Device type' dropdown list, then give it a name.
Basic device configuration
Enter the Host name of the machine running Chyron CII (localhost if the Automator and CII are on the same computer). The Port defaults to 5000, matching CII's standard control port. The CAMIO base path sets the root folder CII uses to resolve media/scene references (leave blank unless your setup requires a specific path). The Default channel defaults to 1 and sets which channel functions target when no channel is specified per-function.
Once the settings have been entered correctly, the device should show as 'Online' (green) instead of 'Offline' (red).
Configuring actions
The next step is then to configure each Item and Block configuration with the (set of) functions you want to perform on Chyron-CII when triggering the Item or Block; more general information on that is available in this article.
Available functions
Load scene — Loads a scene onto a layer without playing it. Configured with Graphic, Scene name (optional), Channel (optional), and Layer (optional).
Play layer — Plays whatever is currently loaded on a specific layer. Configured with Channel (optional) and Layer.
Play all — Plays every layer on the specified channel. Configured with Channel (optional) and Layer (optional).
Clear scene — Clears a specific scene from a layer. Configured with Graphic, Scene name (optional), Channel (optional), Layer (optional), and Buffer (optional).
Clear all — Clears every layer on the specified channel. Configured with Channel (optional), Layer (optional), and Buffer (optional).
Execute command sequence — Runs a saved sequence of CII commands. Configured with Graphic, Scene name (optional), and Channel (optional).
💡 Introduced in Next build v1.35.10-pv.0 (31 Aug 2026) and available in Stable from v1.36.0 (1 Sep 2026) onwards.
Troubleshooting
If the Chyron-CII device shows 'Offline' in the Automator:
Confirm the machine running Chyron CII is powered on and reachable on the same network as the machine running the Cuez Automator.
Double-check the Host name and Port match what's configured on the CII side — the default port is
5000, but this can be changed on either end.If a firewall or network security tool is active on either machine, make sure port
5000isn't being blocked.If you've set a CAMIO base path, confirm that path is valid and reachable from wherever Chyron CII is running — an incorrect path can prevent the device from resolving media/scene references correctly even if the connection itself succeeds.