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Setup
Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
Video Inputs
External video sources come into the switcher through the input HD-BNC and HDMI™ ports, and internal sources are generated internally from the switcher or XPression.
HDMI™ Inputs
Supported HDMI Formats

Setup
Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
- Network Setup
  The network connection for the switcher sub-system in Graphite has an independent ethernet port that allows you to upload stills to the Media-Store channels, download switcher data files, connect to a physical panel, and control switcher functions using DashBoard. This network connection is separate from the Windows® configured one and must use a separate IP address.
- Video Reference
  The flexible reference system in the switcher allows you to use an Interlaced video format as the reference to operate the switcher in a video format of the same frequency. Choosing a progressive video format as a reference limits you to operating the switcher only in that same video format and frequency. For example, if you have a 1080i 59.94Hz input reference you can operate the switcher in 720p 59.94Hz, but not 1080i 50Hz. However, if you have a 720p 59.94Hz input reference, you can only operate the switcher in 720p 59.94Hz.
- Video Inputs
  External video sources come into the switcher through the input HD-BNC and HDMI™ ports, and internal sources are generated internally from the switcher or XPression.
  - HDMI™ Inputs
    - Supported HDMI Formats
  - Video Input Setup
    Video inputs are separated into external sources and internal sources. The external sources are the video inputs coming in on the HD-BNC and the internal sources are generated internally from re-entries or follows, from media generators, or from XPression.
  - Source Names
    Each video source in the switcher can be given a unique name. These names can be customized for how they appear on the mnemonics by adjusting the size or the font and the background color.
  - Mnemonics
    The mnemonic displays on the control panel show the name of the video source and can be customized for font size, color, and in some cases icons can be added. The customization that is available depends on the control panel you are using.
  - Auto Key Setup
    An auto key allows you to associate a key alpha with a key video source in the switcher. When the video source is selected as a keyer, the key alpha is automatically used.
  - GPI Device Control
    You can assign a GPI output to a video source for basic external device control. When a video source is taken on-air, the switcher can be set to trigger a GPI output, with a pre-delay. The external device can be set up to cue a clip, or load a page when it receives the GPI input trigger.
  - Tallies Setup
    Tallies are simple contact closure relays that the switcher uses to signal other devices, and users, that a particular video source is on-air. Typically, tallies are used to light a red light on a camera to show people that they are on-air and what camera they should be looking at.
  - Custom Page Auto Follow
    DashBoard pages can be assigned to custom page buttons in Live Assist.
  - Substitution Table
    A substitution table allows you to specify a different source that will be taken on a bus when a specific source is selected on that bus. The substitution table requires either a MultiScreen or ME follow to be set up between the buses to trigger the substitution.
- Video Outputs
  The HD-BNC and HDMI™ outputs can have any video source in the switcher, including Media-Store channels, aux bus, and clean feed assigned to them.
- MultiViewer
  The MultiViewer allows you to view multiple video sources from a single output. Video inputs or outputs on the switcher, including Program, Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be assigned to any box on the MultiViewer.
- MultiScreen / MiniME™
  The MultiScreen allows you to output multiple video signals that can be combined into a single scene. The switcher treats the multiple outputs as a single background and translates the keys across the multiple backgrounds.
- Frame Sync and Format Conversion
  The switcher has multiple input frame synchronizer / format converter (FSFC) and input de-interlacers that can be used to convert video input signals to the format that the switcher is operating in, as well as correct mistimed, or drifting, video input signal. The frame synchronizers cannot completely correct badly formatted video, mistimed switches, signal drops, or similar issues.
- Frame Delays
  A delay of up to 16 frames can be added to inputs 1-6. This allows you to delay the timing of an input to compensate for the delay in another source. For example, in a virtual set environment it may take a few frames for the system to track the position of the camera and render the background. In this case you want to delay the foreground cameras to compensate for this delay.
- Audio Breakout Module Setup
  The 1RU Audio Breakout Unit (ABU) provides the audio inputs and outputs for the switcher. A video loop between the switcher and the 1RU Audio Breakout Unit passes all audio signals.
- Personality
  Personality settings allow you to configure how you interact with the control panel and switcher, as well as how the buttons on the control panel appear. All of these settings are stored in the Personality register.
- GPI Control
  General Purpose Interface (GPI) is a high/low voltage signalling protocol that allows the switcher to send simple commands to an external device, or receive commands from a device. Each pin on the GPI is set as either high (+5 Volts), or low (0 Volts), and it is the switching between high and low that sends commands to the external device, or to the switcher.
- Live Edit Decision Lists (LiveEDL)
  Edit Decision Lists are files used by non-linear editing (NLE) suites to aid in post-production. Your switcher can capture EDL data in a file that you load into your NLE suite.
- ViewControl (HD Only)
  The ViewControl interface through DashBoard allows you to coordinate the control over the Carbonite switcher and other devices through custom controls and transitions.
- MultiPanel
  Each frame supports up to 3 independent control connections (Main, Satellite 1, Satellite 2). Each connection can be from a control panel, DashBoard, or a combination of the two. Add devices on the same control connection mirror each other.
- MIDI Controller
  The MIDI controller is used to control the RAVE audio mixer. The controller connects to the switcher through DashBoard.

Supported HDMI Formats

The switcher supports a number of HDMI video formats.

VGA — 640×480 (4:3)
SVGA — 800×600 (4:3)
XGA — 1024×768 (4:3)
SXGA — 1280×1024 (5:4)
720p — 1280×720 (16:9)
1080i — 1920×1080 (16:9)
1080p — 1920×1080 (16:9)