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Setup
Reference and video I/O setup, canvas layouts, and signalling setup.
Video Reference
The switcher uses the REF A or B input reference signal on the router directly as a reference clock. The switcher does not rely on the reference settings in Ultrix™ for a reference signal.
Switcher Modes
Set the video format the switcher is operating in as well as the resources and options that are available.
Switcher Mode Resources

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.
- System Access
  Enable or disable system access and control methods such as RossTalk and FTP.
- Video Reference
  The switcher uses the REF A or B input reference signal on the router directly as a reference clock. The switcher does not rely on the reference settings in Ultrix™ for a reference signal.
  - Supported Reference Formats
    The switcher supports a number of reference modes for both internal and external reference signals. References to 1080p 59.94Hz (A) and 1080p 50Hz (A) refer to 1080p Level A only.
  - Switcher Modes
    Set the video format the switcher is operating in as well as the resources and options that are available.
    - To Set the Switcher Mode
      Set the type of video formats that you want the switcher to operate in. This also selects the features and resources that are available on your switcher.
    - Switcher Mode Video Formats
    - Switcher Mode Resources
  - Reference and Video Mode Setup
  - Switching Field (HD Only)
    The switching field is the field in an interlaced video format that the switcher uses to transition from one video source to another. An interlaced video format is made up of two fields, field 1 (odd lines) and field 2 (even lines).
- 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.
- 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 switcher crosspoint.
- 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
  Software options allows you to expand the functionality or resources available to the switcher as well as operate in UHDTV1. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your switcher, purchased and installed later on, or temporarily licensed through the Ross Platform Manager (RPM).
- 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 a Tria 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

Switcher Mode Resources

When the switcher is operating in a UHDTV1 video format, the number of available resources is reduced to provide the additional processing power required for UHDTV1 production. The following table provides a quick overview of how the resources are re-allocated.

Note: Values represent maximum resources with all options installed.

Table 1. Switcher Mode Restrictions
	HD 2 ME 4 MM	HD 3 ME	UHD
MEs (Max)²	2	3	2
MiniME™ Engines	4	0	2
Keyers per ME	6 + Trans
Canvas Generators	2¹		1¹
UltraScene Scenes (Max)	4		0
Video Processor MultiViewer	2		1
Input FSFC (Min/Max)²	0/22		0/4
Frame Delay (Max Frames)	13		7
Proc Amp/Color Correctors (Min/Max)²	0/22		0/4
HDR Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
WCG Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
2D DVE Channels Switcher Wide	12		6
Chroma Keys (floating)	4		2
Media-Store Channels (Video + Alpha)	4		4
Video Inputs	22
Video Outputs	22

Notes:

¹ Each Canvas consumes MiniME™ engines to generate the output. The number of Canvas outputs that are available depends on the number of MiniME™ engines that are available.

² Software options are required to be installed to activate the maximum number of resources.