SDPE Reconfiguration for Switcher Type

The Software Defined Production Engine (SWR-SDPE) can be used as either an Acuity® or Carbonite switcher. To switch between Ultrix Acuity and Ultrix Carbonite you must access the blade from the switcher you want to convert from. For example, if you have an SDPE in your Acuity® switcher that you want to convert to Carbonite, you must use the Acuity® menus to convert the blade to Carbonite.

The following software versions are required to reconfigure the SDPE from the menus:

Ultrix Carbonite 7.0.0 or higher
Ultrix Acuity 11.0a or higher

Note: You can only convert an SDPE blade to Carbonite from Acuity®, or to Acuity® from Carbonite.

Important: When you reconfigure the SDPE as Carbonite it will boot up with the last software and IP address that was assigned to it as Carbonite. This may be the factory default settings. When you reconfigure the SDPE as Acuity® it will pull the latest software from the Acuity CPU.