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Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
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.
RGB Color Correction
The RGB color correctors allow you to adjust the red, green, and blue component gain, offset, and gamma of the video signal.
To Apply RGB Color Correction to a Video Source
An RGB Color Corrector applies color correction in the RGB color space for switcher sources.

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.
- Video Reference
  The switcher uses the REF A or B input reference signals on the router directly as a reference clock. The switcher does not rely on the reference settings in Ultrix™ for a reference signal.
- Video Inputs
  Video sources come into the switcher either from the router matrix, or through the HD-BNCs on the SDPE blade. 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
  Switcher outputs are routed to destinations in the router matrix or to the HD-BNC on the SDPE blade directly.
- 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.
- Frame Sync and Format Conversion
  The frame synchronizer / format converter (FSFC) and input i-to-p converters can be used to convert video signals as well as correct mistimed, or drifting, video input signal. The frame synchronizers cannot completely correct badly formatted video, mistimed switches, signal drops, or similar issues.
- Frame Delays
  A delay of up to 13 frames in HD, or 7 frames in UHDTV1, can be added to any input that an FSFC 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.
- AES Audio Output
  Audio sources from the audio mixer, clip player, and Media-Store can be sent out the AES outputs of the frame.
- 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.
  - To Assign a Color Corrector to a Source (UHDTV1 Only)
    You must assign a color corrector to an input to correct the color of the video.
  - Proc Amp Color Correction
    The Proc Amp video correction allows you to adjust the gain, offset, black level, and gamma of the video signal.
  - RGB Color Correction
    The RGB color correctors allow you to adjust the red, green, and blue component gain, offset, and gamma of the video signal.
    - To Apply RGB Color Correction to a Video Source
      An RGB Color Corrector applies color correction in the RGB color space for switcher sources.
  - High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) Conversion
- 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
  The switcher comes with all the hardware required for the available options. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your switcher, or purchased and installed later on.
- 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 the BlackStorm 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.
- SDPE Reconfiguration for Switcher Type

To Apply RGB Color Correction to a Video Source

An RGB Color Corrector applies color correction in the RGB color space for switcher sources.

Click Navigation Menu > Configuration > ProcAmps > Color Correction.
Click the source button at the bottom left of the page and select the video you want to apply the Color Corrector to.

Tip: If correction has already been applied (ON), press Reset to return the Proc Amp and Color Correctors to the default values.
Click an Enable button to turn the color corrector on (On) for the selected video input.

Tip: The HDR presets are not available in UHDTV1.
Click the Component button for the individual color component (Red, Green, Blue) you want to adjust, or RGB for all of them.
Use the sliders to adjust the color components.

Tip: Click a Color Temperature button to apply a temperature color correction to the video.
- Gain — adjust the gain of the component(s).
- Offset — adjust the offset of the component(s).
- Lower Offset — adjust the lower offset of the component(s).
- Gamma — adjust the gamma value of the component(s).
- Gamma Offset — adjust the gamma offset of the component(s).
Optional: Click an HDR button to set the RGB color corrector to convert between HDR and SDR color spaces. You can adjust the color correction to fine tune the conversion if required.
- SDR to HLG1200 — convert the video signal from Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) to the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) 1200 dynamic range.
- HLG1200 to SDR — convert the video signal from the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) 1200 dynamic range to the Standard Dynamic Range (SDR).