14.0a Features

3D DVE Warp

With the addition of the SDxE blade, Ultrix Acuity has access to 3D DVE Warp effects and additional floating 3D DVE channels.

Note: 3D DVE Warp requires the SDxE blade to provide the hardware resources.
  • Film
  • Heart
  • Lens Flare
  • Magnify
  • Melt
  • Obscure
  • Page Roll
  • Pixie Dust
  • Ripple
  • Split
  • Stretch

Software Defined xRossCompute Engine (SDxE)

The SDxE installs in the Ultrix FR5 and Ultrix FR12 frames to provide the 3D DVE Warp resources for the switcher.



  • 3D DVE Warp Channels (Floating) — 4 (HD), 1 (UHDTV1)
  • 3D DVE Channels (Floating) — 8 (V+A)(HD), 4 (V+A)(UHDTV1)
Note: The input and output HD-BNCs, SFPs, and ethernet port are not supported at this time.

TDx Series Panels

Support has been added for the new TDx3 and TDx4 panels. These new panels come with the Dual Delegation Keyer row supporting two independent keyer rows with integrated mnemonics in the buttons.

TDx3 Panel



TDx4 Panel



RossTalk VTR Commands

A number of commands have been added to RossTalk to allows a VTR connected to the switcher to be controlled externally through the swicther.

  • ACTIVEID vid-source — Returns the name of the clip loaded into the video server channels assigned to the video source (vid-source).
  • PLAY vid-source — Sends the VTR/VDCP play command to the server channel assigned to the video source (vid-source).
  • PAUSE vid-source — Sends the VTR/VDCP pause command to the server channel assigned to the video source (vid-source).
  • EJECT vid-source — Sends the VTR/VDCP eject clip command to the server channel assigned to the video source (vid-source).
  • CUECLIP vid-source:clip-name — Sends the VTR/VDCP cue clip clip-name command to the server channel assigned to the video source (vid-source).