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Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic 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 Mosaic Hardware Setup
The router and switcher components of Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic must be set up separately before they can work together.
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.

Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic 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 Mosaic Hardware Setup
  The router and switcher components of Ultrix Carbonite Mosaic 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.

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.

Note: To power off the system, follow the same procedure in reverse. Power off the router first and then the switcher.

Connect to the Carbonite - Ultripower through DashBoard.
Click on the Control tab and click Change for the Carbonite Device State to power up the output power.
Click on the PSU tab on the left and wait for the Avg Output (W) to rise to a steady state. The exact number will vary depending on the number of blades in your system
Connect to the Ultrix™ - Ultripower through DashBoard.
Click on the Control tab and click Change for the Ultrix Device State to power up the output power.
Click on the PSU tab on the left and wait for the Avg Output (W) to rise to a steady state. The exact number will vary depending on the number of blades in your system

Tip: You may have to restart your switcher control panel to have it connect.

The router will come up in DashBoard and the switcher will power up at the same time.