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Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
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.
ViewControl Setup
Connecting ViewControl over NDI®

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.
- 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.
  - ViewControl Overview
  - Custom Control Button Setup
  - ViewControl Setup
    - Connecting ViewControl over HDMI™
    - Connecting ViewControl over NDI®
      - To Set Up the MultiViewer for ViewControl over NDI®
        ViewControl integrates the MultiViewer output of the switcher with a graphical overlay from DashBoard to provide live video in the ViewControl windows. The MultiViewer must be configured to properly align the video for the buttons on ViewControl.
      - To Set Up ViewControl for NDI®
        Select the NDI® stream that is coming from the switcher that has the MultiViewer video stream.
- 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.

Connecting ViewControl over NDI®

ViewControl combines an overlay image from DashBoard with a custom MultiViewer output from the switcher to generate the interface. This requires a single SDI to NDI® converter, as well as a touchscreen display.

Important: ViewControl over NDI® is not supported on computers running the macOS® operating system at this time.

The following connections are required for ViewControl:

ViewControl is only supported in 1080i or 720p. The switcher must be operating in one of these formats for ViewControl to operate.
Set the output resolution of the DashBoard computer to either 1920×1080 or 1280×720.
Use an SDI to NDI® converter to take the output of the switcher and make it available to DashBoard.
Set up a MultiViewer to use one of the ViewControl layouts that support NDI®.
Connect the USB cable for the touchscreen to the DashBoard computer.

Keep the following in mind:

Keep the following in mind when working with NDI®:

The MultiViewer must be set to VCNDIT or VCNDIB for the NDI® settings to be available in ViewControl.
The NDI® converter and DashBoard computer running ViewControl should be on the same subnet.
The NDI® Access Manager from the NDI® Tools (ndi.video) may be required for the NDI® stream to appear in ViewControl.
If required, the NDI® Access Manager must be installed on the DashBoard computer running ViewControl.
When using the NDI® Access Manager you will need to add the IP address of the NDI® converter to the Remote Sources tab.
You may have to restart the DashBoard computer running the NDI® Access Manager before the NDI® stream becomes visible to ViewControl.
You must set the NDI® connection in ViewControl every time DashBoard is launched.