Carbonite Black UltraChrome
User Manual
v1.0
Page 1: ...Carbonite Black UltraChrome User Manual v1 0...
Page 2: ...our employees are a special group Our employees truly care about doing a great job and delivering a high quality customer experience every day This code of ethics hangs on the wall of all Ross Video l...
Page 3: ...tective Earth PE terminal which is provided for connection of the supply system s protective earth green or green yellow conductor Important This symbol on the equipment refers you to important operat...
Page 4: ...al shock disconnect all A C power cords from the chassis rear appliance connectors before servicing 23 This product contains safety critical parts which if incorrectly replaced may present a risk of f...
Page 5: ...are the responsibility of the customer Software upgrades for switchers may occur from time to time and are determined by Ross Video The upgrades are posted on the Ross Video website and are free of c...
Page 6: ...il General solutions rossvideo com Website www rossvideo com Technical Support At Ross Video we take pride in the quality of our products but if a problem does occur help is as close as the nearest te...
Page 7: ...To Create an FTP Connection with Windows 7 23 Default IP Addresses 23 Video Reference 24 Supported Reference Formats 24 Reference and Video Mode Setup 24 To Set a Video Mode 24 Frame Sync and Format...
Page 8: ...System 38 Frame DIP Switches 39 Specifications 40 Environmental Characteristics 40 Video Input Specifications 40 Video Output Specifications 40 Audio Specifications 40 Jitter 40 System Timing 40 Powe...
Page 9: ...c area of functionality Status provides a read only overview of the state of a number of important switcher components and equipment Configuration provides a graphical interface to switcher settings s...
Page 10: ...sition where an auto transition stops When active the point in the transition where the auto transition will stop is indicated by a flashing segment on the transition progress bar next to the fader ha...
Page 11: ...color or by adjusted hue saturation and luminance to create a custom color To Set Up a Matte Color 1 Click Navigation Menu Live Assist Matte 2 Click the Global Matte preset color you want to use or cl...
Page 12: ...et to a linear keyer for an unshaped source Additive set to an additive keyer for a shaped source The Key Invert function is disabled in this mode Full set the alpha to fully opaque white The Clip Gai...
Page 13: ...box shape to mask out part of the key 1 Click Navigation Menu Live Assist MiniME and select the MiniME MiniME X and key Key X that you want to set up Tip To apply a box mask to a chroma key navigate...
Page 14: ...r the keyer you want to view the chroma key on 3 Click Auto Select 4 Click Key Fill and select CKX for the chroma key you want to use To Set Up a Chroma Key Set up the chroma key with the source you w...
Page 15: ...is just removed Setting it too high will reduce edge quality Gain use this setting to lift the fill image You are looking to achieve solid fill content Tip Setting the gain too high may introduce dar...
Page 16: ...that was masked out is now visible and the portion that was visible is masked 4 Use the X Position and Y Position sliders to position the mask 5 Use the Size slider to adjust the size of the mask reg...
Page 17: ...to perform the memory recall on 3 In the Memory Recall area click the Bank X button for the bank you want to recall a memory from 4 Click the Mem XX button to recall the memory Tip Click Undo to undo...
Page 18: ...alled Next Trans how the next transition area is recalled Run Auto whether a transition is performed after the memory is recalled PGM Bus how the sources selected on the program bus are recalled PST B...
Page 19: ...wait 5 seconds for the switcher to recognise the USB drive 2 Click Navigation Menu Configuration System Save Sets 3 Click the Select Set button for the set you want to store to 4 Click the Save butto...
Page 20: ...nim_100 tga Together these files are treated as a single animation named Anim that is 100 frames long Note An animation must start with _001 as the end of the name of the first frame Files names canno...
Page 21: ...gure 2 MediaManager Window Tip The film strip symbol on a thumbnail indicates that the media item is an animation the key symbol indicates that the still or animation has an alpha and the speaker symb...
Page 22: ...p and Down Move the currently selected item up in the playlist Up and Down Move the currently selected item down in the playlist Delete Delete the selected item from the playlist This does not delete...
Page 23: ...o your switcher You can use the FTP connection to copy still images and animations to and from your switcher as well as copy Edit Decision List EDL files from your switcher The procedure for creating...
Page 24: ...perate the switcher in any format of the same frequency however the use of 480i or 576i Composite Sync reference signals for High Definition 720p 1080i or 1080p video modes is not recommended The use...
Page 25: ...s and can send out of spec video to the switcher which can have unexpected results Supported FSFC Video Formats FSFCs can only convert between specific video formats at a given frequency The switcher...
Page 26: ...elay settings Consult a facility engineer for assistance in configuring these settings To Set Up an Output Reference Sync If you are using one of the output references to time external devices ensure...
Page 27: ...ing Field If you are using a Frame Sync or Format Conversion FSFC transitions are locked to F1 1 Click Navigation Menu Configuration System Configuration 2 Click a Field Dominance button to select whi...
Page 28: ...BNC on the back of the frame 2 Click the Vidmode button for the input you want to set the video mode for and select a video mode HD 3G the video input on this BNC is in an HD or 3G video format SD th...
Page 29: ...C OUT and SDI OUT video streams from the ACID camera connected to two input BNCs on Carbonite Black UltraChrome 2 Click Navigation Menu Configuration Inputs Physical 3 Click the 0 4 4 Source button fo...
Page 30: ...iViewer X to select the MultiViewer you want to set up 3 Click the Layout button and select the arrangement of the boxes that you want to use for the selected MultiViewer 4 Use the Transparency slider...
Page 31: ...whether the number of frames for a timecode is displayed On or not Off 5 For a System clock click a Time Display button to set how the time is displayed 24 hr time is displayed in 24 hour format 12 hr...
Page 32: ...Configuration Outputs 2 Click the Source button for the AES output you want to assign an audio source to and select the Media Store or MediaWipe you want to assign to it Note When one of the AES outpu...
Page 33: ...gain only Hue Rotation adjust the Hue Increasing the Hue Rotation turns the color wheel clockwise and decreasing the Hue Rotation turns the color wheel counter clockwise Black Level adjust the black...
Page 34: ...enu Configuration ProcAmps Color Correction 2 Click the ProcAmps and Color Correctors button and select the input or output that you want to apply the RGB color corrector to Tip If correction has alre...
Page 35: ...ct the action you want to assign to the selected GPI input pin none no action is taken CC run a specific custom control enter the custom control bank in the Bank field enter the custom control in the...
Page 36: ...ggered 7 For level triggers click a Mode button to select how you want to GPI output to act Normal when assigned to a video source and RollClip is active will trigger with the source going on air and...
Page 37: ...the ambient temperature in the frame CPU Temperature C the temperature of the frame CPU in degrees Celsius FPGA Temperature C the temperature of the frame FPGA in degrees Celsius I O FPGA X Temperatu...
Page 38: ...and save them as a user defined custom reset 1 Click Navigation Menu Live Assist Memory RState 2 Click AuxX MediaX MiniMEX and MultiScreenX to select the buses or channels that are reset with a switc...
Page 39: ...port 1 on the frame to the default value 192 168 0 123 and ethernet port 2 to DHCP It must be in the up off position to set another IP address for the frame 4 This DIP switch prevents software upgrade...
Page 40: ...on Value Audio Depth 24 bit AES3 in HD 20 bit in SD Channels 1 Stereo Pair 2 channels Output AES Specification Value File Format Multi channel Waveform Audio File wav Impedance 110 Ohms differential M...
Page 41: ...4 GPI I Os Table 8 GPI I O Pinouts Pin Signal 1 GPI I O 1 2 GPI I O 2 3 GPI I O 3 4 GPI I O 4 5 GPI I O 5 6 GPI I O 6 7 GPI I O 7 8 GPI I O 8 9 GPI I O 9 Pin Signal 10 GPI I O 10 11 GPI I O 11 12 GPI...
Page 42: ...3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 6 8 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 17 16 18 17 19 Common pins 13 18 32 37 20 18 21 19 22 20 23 21 24 22 25 23 26 24 27 25 28 26 29 27 30 28 31 Common pins 7 12 26 30...
Page 43: ...interlaced scanning One scan of a TV screen is called a field two fields are required to make a complete picture which is a frame Force Mask An effect that forces the masked region to the foreground b...
Page 44: ...this signal controls when a video mixer circuit will switch from background to key fill video Key Invert An effect that reverses the polarity of the key source so that the holes in the background are...
Page 45: ...a source for a key than the fill alpha associations that are set up during configuration or to use a separate alpha source for a Self key Tally An indicator which illuminates when the associated butto...
Page 46: ...to Black 35 Fan 1 OK 37 Fan 2 OK 37 Format Conversion 25 FPGA Temperature 37 Frame Setup Ethernet 23 Frame Synchronizer 25 FSFC Input 25 FTP Connection 23 G GPI 35 GPI Setup 35 GPO Tally 36 H HDR 34...
Page 47: ...ync 26 Video Switching Field 26 Reference OK 37 Reference Source 37 Reset Custom Saving 38 RGB 33 RossLinq 23 RossTalk Port 37 RState Save 38 S Save Custom Reset 38 SDR 34 Self Key 12 Serial Number 37...
