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Configurator, networking, video I/O setup, and signalling setup.
Video Inputs
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.
Source Names

Setup
Configurator, networking, video I/O setup, and signalling setup.
- MaxConfig Switcher Configurator
  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.
- Network Connections
  Setting up network connections to the switcher, as well as network storage and file transfers.
- System Access
  Enable or disable system access and control methods such as RossTalk and FTP.
- Video Reference
  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 Inputs
  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.
  - Video Input Setup
  - Source Names
    - To Set Up a Source Name
      Source names appear on mnemonics, menus, and on the MultiViewer.
    - To Assign a TSL ID to a Video Input
      Pass router mnemonic names to the switcher with TSL ID 5 data.
  - Mnemonics
  - Auto Key Setup
  - GPI Device Control
  - Tallies Setup
  - TSL 5 Tallies
    Use incoming TSL 5 signals to trigger tallies or GPI outputs on the switcher.
  - Custom Page Auto Follow
  - 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
  Switcher outputs are routed to destinations in the router matrix.
- 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.
- System Real-Time Clock/Date
  The switcher uses an internal clock to generate the time for the clock overlay for the MultiViewer.
- Audio Output
  Audio sources from the Media-Store can be sent out the AES outputs on each of the SDPE blades.
- 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
  Software options allow 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).
- 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.
- 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.

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.

Note:

If a TSL ID is assigned to a source, the switcher overwrites the source name on the MultiViewer and mnemonics with the TSL name. If there is no TSL name, or it has not been received yet, the source name is blank. For the labels on the MultiViewer, a combination of the TSL name and switcher source name are used. The new TSL name is passed from the switcher to any downstream TSL devices.

The names that appear on the source buttons are derived from three sources, the user name, the TSL name, and the router name. Which of these that is shown, and where, is determined by


	No TSL assigned User name in Text field on Input menu. Only user name is used.
	No TSL assigned Text field on Input menu is blank. Only the name from the router is used.
	TSL is assigned and working User name in Text field on Input menu. Both TSL and user names are used.
	TSL is assigned and working Text field on Input menu is blank. Both TSL and router names are used.