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Setup
Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
Licenses
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).
Ross Platform Manager Licensing

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.
- System Access
  Enable or disable system access and control methods such as RossTalk and FTP.
- 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.
- I/O Groups
  Inputs and outputs on the Ultra 60 frame are identified by the slot the board is installed in and where the BNC is located on the board.
- 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.
- Splicers
  Splicers allow you to use DVEs to position up to four sources (2×2) on a single output. This can be used to position and stitch together the canvas outputs (MiniME™/Tiles) for the downstream LED processors.
- 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
- Frame Delays
  A delay of up to 13 frames in can be added to any input that I/O Processor 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.
- 1RU Audio Breakout Unit (ABU) Setup
  The ABU provides the audio inputs and outputs for the switcher. A video loop between the switcher and the ABU passes all audio signals.
- Audio Output
  Audio sources from the Media-Store can be embedded into a video stream if you do not have the Audio Mixer option.
- MADI Setup
  Supported SFPs and audio output mapping.
- 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
  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).
  - Software Licenses and Resources
  - Ross Keys Licensing
  - Ross Platform Manager Licensing
    - To Request/Release an RPM License
      RPM Licenses are requested or released from the switcher when it is connected to the Ross Platform Manager.
- 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
  The ViewControl interface through DashBoard allows you to coordinate the control over the Carbonite switcher, XPression Live Graphics System, and a Tria 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.

Ross Platform Manager Licensing

RPM licenses are issued by the Ross Activation Server under a Customer Product Key. The Product Key is then added to a Ross Platform Manager that multiple switchers can access to request software licenses. Each switcher must request and release licenses from/to the Ross Platform Manager.

Keep the following in mind:

Keep the following in mind when working with RPM Licensing:

RPM Licensing and RPM Orchestration are not connected; however, you can use Orchestration to recall the RPM Licensing switcher sets.
Ross Keys and RPM Licenses are pooled. For example, if you already have 1 ME from Ross Keys and request 2 MEs from RPM, the system will recognise that you already have that 1 ME and will only request 1 ME from RPM.
RPM Licenses can only be requested or released from the switcher.
The switcher must be connected to an Ross Platform Manager to request or release a license. If you release a license from the switcher, but are not connected to an Ross Platform Manager, the switcher loses that license but the license is not returned to the pool on the Ross Platform Manager.
If the connection to the Ross Platform Manager is lost, the switcher retains the existing licenses.
If theRoss Platform Manager does not have enough licenses to fill a request, the switcher will only get the licenses that are available.
If you Disable RPM Licensing the switcher releases all RPM Licenses it has. These licenses are released even if the switcher has lost connection to the Ross Platform Manager.
Recalling a switcher set with RPM Licensing does not guarantee those licenses. When the set is recalled the switcher requests those licenses from the Ross Platform Manager.
Every time a license is requested or released, the switcher must restart to apply those changes.
If you switch the SDPE blade to Acuity® mode, the switcher will attempt to release all the RPM licenses before switching modes. If the switcher is unable to connect to the Ross Platform Manager before switching modes, it will retain the existing licenses.