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Ultrix Carbonite Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Carbonite on the Software Defined Production Engine (SWR-SDPE) blade. This includes setup of the Ultripower units, DashBoard connections, the matrix database, and the UltriScape Multi-Viewer.
Ultrix Carbonite Hardware Setup
The router and switcher components of Ultrix Carbonite must be set up separately before they can work together.

Ultrix Carbonite Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Carbonite on the Software Defined Production Engine (SWR-SDPE) blade. This includes setup of the Ultripower units, DashBoard connections, the matrix database, and the UltriScape Multi-Viewer.
- Ultrix Carbonite Hardware Setup
  The router and switcher components of Ultrix Carbonite must be set up separately before they can work together.
  - To Setup The Ultripower
    The Ultripower units must be set up so that you can control how the switcher and router power up.
  - To Power Up the Switcher and Router
    The switcher and router must be powered up and down in the proper order to avoid errors or damaging equipment.
- DashBoard Connection
  Ultrix™ has a separate ethernet connection to DashBoard and appears as a separate node in the DashBoard tree view.
- Video Routing in Ultrix
  Sources and destinations in the router must be connected to the inputs and outputs of the switcher.
- Audio Routing in Ultrix™
  Audio is handled independently in the router and is separate from the switcher. You can output Media-Store and Clip Player audio.
- Routed Tallies
  The switcher must pass tally information to the router so that the router can tally the correct video source that is being passed to the switcher.
- UltriScape Multi-Viewer
  Some of the outputs from each ME are available as PiPs for the software defined UltriScape MultiViewer in the router.

Ultrix Carbonite Hardware Setup

The router and switcher components of Ultrix Carbonite must be set up separately before they can work together.

To get your system up and running you must set up the Ultripower units for the switcher and router, connect them, and then power them up one at a time to bring the switcher up and then the router.

The switcher consists of the a single SDPE blade that supports up to 3 MEs in HD and 2 in UHDTV1. You can install multiple independent switchers into the same Ultrix FR5 or Ultrix FR2, but they cannot be linked.

Tip: Even though Slot 1 is the second slot in the Ultrix FR5, the database will start counting destinations and sources starting with the Flex Slot.