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How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
Switcher Sets
The switcher stores configuration and operation data in a number of registers that contain the individual entries for items such as memories or personality settings. These registers can be stored as a single archive file, or as a register set that contains all the individual register of that type; all memories for example. These files are stored into Sets on USB drive. Different Sets can be created for different shows or applications, allowing you to quickly locate and recall the switcher configurations.
Importing a Set
Import a switcher set from another Ultra or Ultrix Carbonite.
Importing a Set from Carbonite
Import a switcher set from aCarbonite family of switcher.

Operation
How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
- Audio and Video Processing
  Video and audio signals are processed and passed through the switcher in different ways, depending on how the switcher is being used or is set up. A better understanding of how the switcher is processing these signals help you to achieve the production you want.
- Video Sources
  The switcher has access to three basic types of video sources, external, internal, and follows.
- Video Layering
  How video is layered in the output of the switcher depends on how an ME is re-entered onto the other, and what keyers are on-air for the ME.
- Video Preview
  Video preview allows you to use an additional monitor to preview what the next shot is going to be.
- Matte Source
  Matte color backgrounds (BG) are color signals that can be applied to backgrounds and keys. Color selection is done either by picking a preset color, or by adjusted hue, saturation, and luminance to create a custom color.
- Copying
  You can copy the content of an ME or keyer to another ME or keyer.
- Transitions
  Transitions are used to change the background video and take keys on and off-air. A transition can include any combinations of background and keyers for an ME, MiniME™, or Canvas. The background and each keyer can be transitioned independently.
- Keying
  Keying is the term used to describe when you insert (or electronically cut) portions of one scene into another, or place titles over background images. Keys are made up of two basic components, an alpha, that cuts the hole in the background video, and a fill, that fills the hole with different video.
- Memory Functions
  A memory register is a snapshot of the current state of the switcher that can include one or multiple ME, MiniME™, Canvas, scenes, or chroma key outputs. Up to 100 memory registers per ME, MiniME™, Canvas, scene, or chroma key can be stored and recalled on the switcher. Each of these memory registers can store as little as the information of one ME, or as much as the current state of the entire switcher, including all ME, MiniME™, Canvas, scenes, chroma key outputs, Aux Buses, and DVE settings.
- Audio Mixer
  The audio mixer node in DashBoard provides a graphical interface to all the audio sources and mixer layers. An audio channel must be routed to the switcher to be controllable by the audio mixer interface. Audio sources can come from the embedded audio on an input BNC, through the 1RU Audio Breakout Unit, or from the Media-Store.
- Switcher Sets
  The switcher stores configuration and operation data in a number of registers that contain the individual entries for items such as memories or personality settings. These registers can be stored as a single archive file, or as a register set that contains all the individual register of that type; all memories for example. These files are stored into Sets on USB drive. Different Sets can be created for different shows or applications, allowing you to quickly locate and recall the switcher configurations.
  - To Store a Set
    Store the switcher set to retain a copy of the current configuration of the switcher.
  - To Load a Set
    Load the switcher set to restore a copy of the previous configuration of the switcher.
  - Importing a Set
    Import a switcher set from another Ultra or Ultrix Carbonite.
    - Importing a Set from Carbonite
      Import a switcher set from aCarbonite family of switcher.
    - To Import a Set
      Importing a set from your computer to the switcher.
  - Exporting a Sets
    Export a switcher set to the DashBoard computer.
- Media-Store
  The MediaManager interface to the Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, or audio files from the USB drive and make them available across all MEs. Up to 4 (2 in UHDTV1) independent channels of video with alpha for playout of stills and animations are available switcher-wide.
- Clip Player
  The clip player offers a single playout channel for clips in the ITU-T H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) codec in specific HD formats 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.
- Custom Controls
  Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or as complex as recalling a specific memory register on an ME, performing a switcher transition, and selecting a group of keys.
- Sequencer
  The Sequencer allows you to create a playlist of custom control events.
- UltraScene
  UltraScene provides a simplified interface for creating a show with multiple key layers and basic transitions.

Importing a Set from Carbonite

Import a switcher set from aCarbonite family of switcher.

Important: This feature is only available with sets exported from Carbonite version 15.6.0 or higher.

When you export the working set from Carbonite it is converted into a format that is compatible with Ultra. Not all setting can be converted and should be reviewed after the set is imported.

Keep the following in mind:

Keep the following in mind when importing a set from Carbonite Black:

Modified color schemes in Carbonite cannot be imported into Ultra or Ultrix Carbonite.
If a video source used in a set (custom control, bus map, or GPI) does not exist in the switcher it is imported to, black will be selected instead.
When a set is imported to Ultra from Carbonite the ME numbering will be different. In Carbonite the highest numbered ME is the program ME. In Ultra ME P/P is the program ME.
- ME 1 -> ME P/P
- ME 2 -> ME 1
- ME 3 -> ME 2
When a Memory is imported to Ultra or Ultrix Carbonite from Carbonite the ME numbering will be different. Only memories are mapping in this way.
- ME 1 -> ME 2
- ME 2 -> ME 1
- ME 3 -> ME P/P
When a set is imported to Ultra from Carbonite some outputs (such as PGM, PRV, and CLN) are not available and must be re-assigned. For example, ME P/P replaces PGM.
Custom controls imported to Ultra from Carbonite cannot have memory recall events. These custom controls will not be imported.
When exporting memories or custom controls that load Media-Store media items, the media item IDs and attributes must match between the switchers you are exporting from and importing to. This information is not included is the sets. If the media items do not match, the memories and custom controls may load the wrong media items or with the wrong attributes.
When loading exported memories or custom controls that load Media-Store media items with an alpha, the alpha will be loaded twice. Carbonite uses one of the other Media-Store channels to load the alpha. Ultra has dedicated alpha channels for each Media-Store channel. When the exported memory or custom control is loaded in Ultra the alpha is loaded in the correct alpha channel as well as the channel that Carbonite was using for the alpha.
If you do not have a USB drive, the set is imported to the temporary storage set. Temporary storage is cleared when the switcher reboots.