v9.0.0 Features

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.

RPM licenses can easily be requested or released from a switcher to a pool of licenses on the Ross Platform Manager. This allows you to move licenses between different studios depending on production needs by releasing licenses from one switcher and requesting them by another.

Note: A network connection to the Ross Platform Manager is required to request or release RPM licenses.
Note: Ross Keys licenses are not impacted by RPM licenses. All licenses are cumulative and can be combined on the same switcher.
Tip: A new switcher set register has been added to store RPM license requests.

Advanced Clean Feed

The clean feed has been updated to allow you to select which individual keys are included in the clean feed output. For example, this allows you to include just keys 1, 3 and 6 in the clean feed output.



Clip Player

The clip player offers a single playout channel for compressed MPEG-4 AVC (ITU-T H.264) that can be assigned as a source on any bus in the switcher. Basic transport controls can be performed manually from the Clip Player page, using custom controls, or through AMP commands.

TSL 5 Input Expanded

The switcher now supports using the Index and Control bits in the TSL 5 protocol messages to trigger tallies and GPI outputs.

  • Index — the base address from 0 to 65534.
  • Control — the control data using bits 0-5. The bit-pairs for tally color are not supported. Only a single bit can be assigned.

Mnemonic Line Break

A line break can now be added to a source name by entering a vertical bar, or pipe, symbol (|) where you want the break. For example, entering CAM|1 would be CAM and then 1 on a separate line.

Bus Copy

You can now copy the contents of one bus to another using DashBoard.



Device Naming

You can now apply a name to each device you set up to control from the switcher. These names appear on menus to help identify a particular device.



User Storage

You can now use the internal hard drive of the switcher to store media items, clips, switcher sets, and upgrades. You can use any FTP application to access this storage and move files to and from the switcher.

Note: Some files must be located in specific folders to be accessible by the switcher.

RossTalk Disable

You can now disable RossTalk connections to the switcher. The switcher refuses connections on port 7788.



Access Configuration Menu

Configuration items that control how the switcher is accessed remotely, or through user profiles, have been moved to a separate menu.