At the end of this guide, your Stream Deck shows the Overhub Live keys, paired with the collector, and you take titles, scenes and freeze from it.

Before you start

  • The Elgato Stream Deck app, version 6.5 or newer, on the Windows PC that runs the collector.
  • A Stream Deck: the 15-key model, the Mini or the XL.
  • The collector signed in with an event selected (Sign in, pair this PC and choose an event).

INSTALL PLUGIN from the collector

  1. In the collector, open Connect in the rail and find the Stream Deck row.

  2. Choose INSTALL PLUGIN (or UPDATE PLUGIN when a newer plugin ships with the collector). The Stream Deck app asks you to install the Overhub plugin: confirm there.

    The Stream Deck row of the collector's Connect page: Stream Deck detected, the Overhub plugin is not installed yet, with the INSTALL PLUGIN button

  3. The row then reads "Overhub plugin installed — keys pair automatically when you sign in."

If the row says the Stream Deck app was not detected, install the Elgato app first; the plugin offer then appears here. The collector installer can also add the plugin: Stream Deck plugin (optional).

Keys pair when you sign in

  1. While the collector is signed in with an event selected, the plugin pairs by itself within a few seconds. The first time, it switches your deck to the Overhub Live profile.
  2. The status key, top right, shows the event's name and LINKED.
  3. Choosing another event in the collector moves the keys to it. Signing the collector out unpairs them.
  4. If the keys stay greyed out, open the settings of any Overhub key in the Stream Deck app and choose Auto-detect from Collector.

The main keys

The Overhub Live profile has three rows of five keys.

  1. Top row: INTERMIS puts the intermission scene on air, FREEZE freezes the live data, DIRECT switches the keys between taking straight to air and staging, and the status key shows the link.

  2. Middle row: the three suggestion keys take the graphics Overhub suggests right now. SPOTLIGHT and H2H take those titles, and open a player picker when no player is chosen.

  3. Bottom row: SCENES, ALL TITLES and ELEMENTS open more keys, HIDE clears what is on air, and the last key takes you back to the game after a scene.

    The Overhub Live profile on a 15-key Stream Deck: INTERMIS, FREEZE, a clip key, DIRECT and the NORTHWIND LINKED status key; three suggestion keys, SPOTLIGHT and H2H; SCENES, ALL TITLES, ELEMENTS, HIDE and SCENES

A key that is on air shows it on its face, so the deck tells you what the audience sees.

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