Configurator, networking, video I/O setup, and signalling setup.
Enable or disable system access and control methods such as RossTalk and FTP.
MaxConfig creates the switchers, assigns SDPE blades to them, sets what roles each blade perform in the switcher, and sets the video mode that each switcher is operating in.
Setting up network connections to the switcher, as well as network storage and file transfers.
The switcher uses the REF A or B input reference signal on the router directly as a reference clock. The switcher does not rely on the reference settings in Ultrix™ for a reference signal.
Video sources come into the switcher from the router matrix. 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.
Switcher outputs are routed to destinations in the router matrix.
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.
The switcher uses an internal clock to generate the time for the clock overlay for the MultiViewer.
Audio sources from the Media-Store can be sent out the AES outputs on each of the SDPE blades.
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.
Software options allows you to expand the functionality or resources available to the switcher as well as operate in UHDTV1. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your switcher, purchased and installed later on, or temporarily licensed through the Ross Platform Manager (RPM).
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.
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.
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.
