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Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
Frame Sync and Format Conversion
The frame synchronizer / format converter (FSFC) and input i-to-p converters that can be used to convert video signals 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. Output format converters are only available on outputs 5-14.
Input FSFC
Assign an FSFC to an input and then set up how the FSFC is used on the input.
To Set Up an Input FSFC (SD or HD Only)
In SD or HD, configure the FSFC that has been assigned to the input. The conversion that is available depends on the format the switcher is operating in and the input that is being converted.

Setup
Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
- Network Connections
  The switcher requires a network connection for the DashBoard interface as well as any control panel you want to use.
- 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-BNCs and internal sources are generated internally. Depending on how you want to use these video sources, or where they come from, you may want the switcher to pair them together, or associate an external device with them. Pairing two video sources together is usually used for an auto select key where an external device, such as a character generator, outputs both a key video and key alpha. Associating a video source with an external device allows special control over that device to become active when you select the source on a bus.
- Video Outputs
  The frame has a number of output HD-BNCs that 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 BNC. Video inputs or outputs on the switcher, including Program, Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be assigned to any box on the MultiViewer.
- MultiScreen
  MultiScreen works by breaking your display into individual panels. Each panel is represented by a tile in MultiScreen and the entire display is represented by the canvas.
- I/O Processors
  The Input/Output Video Processors are independent video processing engines that allow you to perform FSFC and color correction functions on specific inputs or outputs. Once an I/O Processor has been assigned to an input or output, it can be used to frame sync, format convert, and color correct.
- Frame Sync and Format Conversion
  The frame synchronizer / format converter (FSFC) and input i-to-p converters that can be used to convert video signals 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. Output format converters are only available on outputs 5-14.
  - Supported FSFC Video Formats
  - Input FSFC
    Assign an FSFC to an input and then set up how the FSFC is used on the input.
    - To Assign an FSFC to an Input (UHDTV1 Only)
      You must assign an FSFC to an input to convert the input video. The CUF-ADD-I/OPLUS option provides additional resources.
    - To Set Up an Input FSFC (SD or HD Only)
      In SD or HD, configure the FSFC that has been assigned to the input. The conversion that is available depends on the format the switcher is operating in and the input that is being converted.
    - To Set Up an Input FSFC (UHDTV1 Only)
      Set up the FSFC that has been assigned to the input. The conversion that is available depends on the format the switcher is operating in and the input that is being converted.
  - Output FSFC
    Assign an format converter to an output and then set up how the FC is used on the output.
  - Aspect Ratio Conversion
- Frame Delays (HD and UHDTV1 Only)
  A delay of up to 13 frames in HD, or 7 frames in UHDTV1, can be added to any input that an FSFC is assigned to. 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.
- System Real-Time Clock/Date
  The switcher uses an internal clock to generate the time for the clock overlay for the MultiViewer.
- 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.
- AES Audio Output
  Audio sources from the audio mixer, clip player, and Media-Store can be sent out the AES outputs of the frame.
- Color Correction
  The color correctors can operate as Processing Amplifiers (Proc Amps) in the HSL (Y-Cr-Cb) color space or as RGB Color Correctors in the RGB color space. Proc Amps and RGB Color Correctors apply color correction to video on input to the switcher, before the crosspoint, and on the output from the switcher. Correction applied to the input video is then available to all MEs. Output based correction is only available on output BNCs 5 to 14.
- 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.
- Licenses
  The switcher comes with all the hardware required for the available options. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your switcher, or purchased and installed later on.
- 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 or UHD Only)
  The ViewControl interface through DashBoard allows you to coordinate the control over the Carbonite switcher, XPression Live Graphics System, and the BlackStorm Playout Server all through a touchscreen interface. Through ViewControl you can select sources, perform transitions, and run custom controls.
- MultiPanel
  Each frame supports up to 3 independent control connections (Main, Satellite 1, and Satellite 2) as well as Satellite 3/SoftPanel. Each connection, with the exception of SoftPanel, can be from a control panel, DashBoard, or a combination of the two. All 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 RAVE through DashBoard.

To Set Up an Input FSFC (SD or HD Only)

In SD or HD, configure the FSFC that has been assigned to the input. The conversion that is available depends on the format the switcher is operating in and the input that is being converted.

Note: If you do not have the CUF-ADD-I/OPLUS option activated, an I/O Processor must be assigned to the input first.

Click Navigation Menu > Configuration > Inputs > External.
Click the Configure button for the input you want to assign an FSFC to.
Click a Type button to turn on the FSFC.
- SDI — no FSFC is applied to the input.
- SDI-FS — an FSFC is applied to the input.
- QuadFS — a timed FSFC is applied to the input. Each QuadFS is timed to the first SDI-FS in the group of four (1-4, 5-8, 9-12). The SDI-FS must be applied to the first input and QuadFS to the rest of the inputs in the group.
  Tip: Use this if you are taking the quad-split output from an untimed UHD camera that you need to frame-sync. The frame syncs applied to each input are locked together for timing so that all four inputs are in sync.
If required, select the aspect ratio conversion mode you want to use.
The options that are available depend on the video format that the switcher is converting from and to.
- Full — The video signal is scaled disproportionately to fill the display of the new aspect ratio. Aspect distortion occurs as the image is stretched/compressed to fit in the new aspect ratio.
- Zoom — The central portion of the video signal is zoomed to fill the display of the new video format. No aspect distortion is introduced but the edges of the video signal may be cropped.
- Letter Box — Black bars are added to the top and bottom of a 16:9 image to display correctly in a 4:3 video format.
- Pillar Box — Black bars are added to the right and left of a 4:3 image to display correctly in a 16:9 video format.