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  • Page 1 Carbonite Black Operation Manual v14.0...
  • Page 2 9. We will go above and beyond in times of crisis. If there's no one to authorize the required action in times of company or customer crisis - do what ii • Thank You For Choosing Ross — Carbonite Black Operation Manual (v14.0)
  • Page 3 Software upgrades for switchers may occur from retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by time to time, and are determined by Ross Video. The any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or upgrades are posted on the Ross Video website, and are otherwise, without the prior written permission of Ross free of charge for the life of the switcher.
  • Page 4 Ross Video Limited has reviewed all components and processes for compliance to: At Ross Video, we take pride in the quality of our products, but if a problem does occur, help is as close “ Management Methods for the Restriction of the Use as the nearest telephone.
  • Page 5 • Upgrade Notes (4802DR-500) — upgrade Carbonite Black Operation Manual • instructions, new features, and known issues for a (4804DR-110) — operational instructions for all given software version Carbonite Black switchers • Software Licenses (4802DR-502) — third-party • Carbonite Setup Manual (4802DR-120) — software licences setup and configuration instructions for Carbonite, Carbonite+, and Carbonite MultiMedia frames...
  • Page 6 • GVG100 Supported Command (4802DR-401) — connection and GVG100 commands supported by the switcher • RossTalk Commands (4802DR-403) — supported commands using RossTalk protocol • Device Setup Sheets (4802DR-6xx) — setup information for controlling external devices from the switcher • Robotic Camera Control (4802DR-131) — overview of the operational interface when controlling a robotic camera from the switcher •...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents To Perform a Transition.........21 To Override the Pre-Delay Setting......22 To Abort a Transition During the Pre-Delay... 22 Cut Transitions..............23 Dissolve Transitions.............. 23 To Set Up a Dissolve..........23 WhiteFlash................23 Features...............9 To Set Up a WhiteFlash........23 Clean Feed Output..............
  • Page 8 Index.............62 To Set the Transition Type Attribute...... 42 To Set the Next Transition Attribute.......42 To Set the Run Auto Trans Attribute..... 42 To Set the Key Bus Sources Attribute....42 To Set the Key On-Air Attribute......42 To Set the Key Type Attribute....... 43 To Set the Key Mask Attribute......

  • Page 9: Features

    Thank you for buying a Ross Video Carbonite Black Series Multi-Definition Live Production Switcher. The Carbonite Black series builds on the Ross Video reputation for designing switchers that fit the needs of any production environment. Clean Feed Output...

  • Page 10: Mediamanager

    MultiViewer non-full screen images like logos are loaded from USB. Each MultiViewer allows you to view up to 16 video MediaManager sources, in 45 different layouts, from a single output BNC. Any video source on the switcher, including ME The MediaManager allows you to easily manage stills Program, Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be and animations on the switcher in a graphics interface.

  • Page 11: Tally Outputs

    XPression Live CG Seamlessly combine the creative power of the Ross ® XPression Designer software with the ease of use of your Ross ®...

  • Page 12: Control Panel Overview

    Control Panel Overview 7. Key Type Buttons — These buttons are used to choose the type of key you want to use. Use these buttons with the key select buttons to select the This chapter provides a basic introduction to the keyer and the type of key you want to use.

  • Page 13: Cb9 Panel Top

    16. Manual Transition Fader Bar — The fader is panel is assigned to. Each button can be assigned used to manually control the rate of a transition. to a different selection. What is being transitioned, and the type of 9. User Select Buttons — These user select transition, are controlled from the Transition Area.

  • Page 14: Menu System

    Menu System The menu system is accessed either by pressing MENU and the Menu Selection button for the menu you want to access, or through an auto-follow for selected functions. Menu Navigation The menu system allows you to access all of the setup and configuration information for the switcher.

  • Page 15: Switcher Basics

    Switcher Basics Before using your switcher, it is important to become familiar with how audio and video is handled by the switcher. Some important concepts includes video sources, video layering and re-entry, and preview. For information on setting up video inputs, refer to the Setup Manual that came with your switcher.

  • Page 16: To Select A Source On A Bus

    To Select a Source on a Bus valid, you will not be able to select the bus on the ME, MiniME , Aux, chroma key, or keyer. ™ To select a video source on a bus, you must identify • Background Bus —...

  • Page 17: Flexiclean Clean Feed

    Re-Entry Timing To maintain proper video timing through the switcher, each MiniME ™ exists in a specific timing window relative to the ME. These windows restrict what can be re-entered into what. Figure 8: MiniME Timing Windows ™ FlexiClean Clean Feed FlexiClean provides a second program output that is derived from a different location than the standard program output.

  • Page 18: Dashboard

    TSL UMD commands. The DashBoard control system allows remote access • Allocated DVEs — where DVE channels are to multiple pieces of Ross Video equipment, including allocated in the switcher. openGear ® cards, Carbonite production switchers,...

  • Page 19: Viewcontrol

    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 Figure 11: Bus Selection Buttons sources, perform transitions, and run custom controls.

  • Page 20: To Set Up The Custom Control Buttons

    To Set up the Custom Control Buttons If you want to assign icons to the custom control buttons, you must have the images you want to use for the icons stored on a USB drive installed in the frame. After the images have been assigned you can remove the USB drive.

  • Page 21: Transitions

    Transitions The options that are available depend on the type of transition that is selected. Transitions are used to change the background Table 1: Transition Menu Items video and take keys on and off-air. A transition can Menu Description include any combinations of background and keyers Item for an ME.

  • Page 22: To Override The Pre-Delay Setting

    perform a transition, you must select what sources you cannot preview the independent key-only transitions or a MiniME transition. ™ want to transition on what buses, and how you want the transition to appear. • Auto Transition — press AUTO TRANS. The transition is performed at the set transition 1.

  • Page 23: Cut Transitions

    Cut Transitions 5. Use the Key X knobs to select the length of the key transitions. A Cut is an instantaneous transition between video Tip: Press KEY RATE in the Effects Memory area sources. Unlike all the other transition types, there are repeatedly to select the Keyer you want to set the rate no intermediate steps between the video source that is for, use the keypad to enter the new rate, and press...

  • Page 24: Wipe Transitions

    7. Use the Onset, and Offset knobs to select the for, use the keypad to enter the new rate, and press Enter. (Does not apply to CB1 or CB2.) percentage of the transition that each phase of the WhiteFlash takes. 3.

  • Page 25: Dve Transitions

    5. Select a default or custom color for the border. 3. Use the Dirctn knob to select the direction that the wipe travels. • Default — use the Load knob to select a 4. Press the Dirctn knob to select whether the wipe preset color for the border.

  • Page 26: To Set Up A Mediawipe

    screen image in the animation at the cut point so that 7. Press EditMT. the cut is not visible on-air. 8. In the pattern selection area, select the type of transition you want to use under the MediaWipe. Keep the following in mind when performing MediaWipe: •...

  • Page 27: Transition Limits

    2. Use the Layer knob to select where the 4. Toggle the Limit knob (On) to set the transition MediaWipe will occur. limit point. • Auto — MediaWipe occurs over highest The segment on the transition progress bar next to number key in the transition.

  • Page 28: To Override A Gpi Output

    To Override a GPI Output The RlClip personality option must be set to User for you to override GPI output triggering. 1. Prepare the transition as required, but do not perform the transition. 2. Press the transition type button again to bring up the transition menus.

  • Page 29: Patterns, Washes, And Mattes

    Patterns, Washes, and Washes Mattes Washes are applied to matte generators selected on the background or key buses and allow you to apply a two- color effect based on a selected pattern. Patterns, Washes, and Mattes are internally generated Related information graphical elements that can be used for key or Mattes on page 29...

  • Page 30: To Set Up A Matte Color

    To Set Up a Matte Color When a matte generator is assigned to a background or key, the matte setting are displayed. Selecting the source button again, or KEY SEL button returns to this menu. When a matte generator is assigned to a key border or wipe border, the matte settings is part of the setup menu, and become active when Border is set to greater than 0.

  • Page 31: Keying

    Keying Menu Description Item Keying is the term used to describe when you insert (or Invert reverses the polarity of the key alpha so that the holes in the background are cut by dark areas of electronically cut) portions of one scene into another, the key alpha instead of bright areas or place titles over background images.

  • Page 32: Self Keys

    Self Keys 9. Use the Mode knob to override the shaped setting for the key. Click a Keyer Mode button to A Self Key is a key in which the luminance, or override the shaped setting for the key. brightness, values of the key source are used as the •...

  • Page 33: Ultrachrome 2 Chroma Key

    to remove lower-saturated colors from the video luminance value or alpha signal. The color is removed image. and replaced with background video from another source. The default color is blue. 5. Use the Gain knob to adjust the transition between the video image and the parts of the video UltraChrome 2 can work in two modes, depending on image that are removed.
  • Page 34 1. Select the chroma key engine that you want to use. key. Too much gain will produce hard and undesirable edges. Tip: You can either press the user select button assigned to the chroma key, press and hold the CHR Tip: Adjust the Gain with the Bkgd Luma Suppress KEY button and press the corresponding keyer button, or...

  • Page 35: Dve Keys

    10. Use the Type knob to select Global and the ME and select the ME and key that you want to set Cntrl and Values knobs to adjust the parameters. • ChrAng — use this setting to select the fill Tip: You can use the same procedure for a MiniME ™...

  • Page 36: To Apply A Dve To A Key (Fly Key)

    To Apply a DVE to a Key (Fly Key) 10. Crop the key vertically as follows: a) Use the VCrop knob to crop the key The DVE resources for this key may not be available. vertically on both the top and bottom sides at Depending on how your switcher is configured, you the same time.

  • Page 37: Masks

    7. Select a default or custom color for the border. 10. Adjust the position of the left and right sides of the box mask as follows: • Default — use the Load knob to select a a) Use the Left/R knob to adjust the position of preset color for the border.

  • Page 38: Key Copy

    To Perform a Key Swap 4. Click the Key Fill or Key Alpha button and select the new source for the key. This procedure swaps the contents of Key 2 and Key • Key Fill — select a different source for the 3 as an example.

  • Page 39: Memory Functions

    Memory Functions 1. Press and hold STORE and select the source buttons on the key bus to select where you want to store the memory for. A memory register is a snapshot of the current state • 1 — ME 1 of the switcher that can include the ME, MiniME ™...

  • Page 40: Recalling Memories

    3. Use the numbers on the mnemonic buttons to then use the mnemonic buttons to select the bank and select the bank and register you want to store the register to recall the memory from. memory to. 1. Press and hold RECALL and select the source buttons on the key bus to select what you want to Tip: The button will be lit if that memory register already...

  • Page 41: Memory Recall Mode

    To Set the Effects Duration to select the bank and register to recall the memory from. Effects duration applies to Effects Dissolves, and 1. Press RECALL next to the display. sets the length of time that the switcher will use to 2.

  • Page 42: To Set The Program Bus Source Attribute

    To Set the Program Bus Source Attribute 3. Use the ME knob to select the ME, MiniME , or ™ chroma key that you want to set the attribute for. 1. Press MENU > RECALL (or ME 1 RECALL) > 4.

  • Page 43: To Set The Key Type Attribute

    4. Use the Value knob to select whether the selected 4. Use the Value knob to select whether Media-Store key is recalled on-air (active) or not. image and settings for the selected channel are recalled. • Memory — settings come from the memory being recalled •...

  • Page 44: To Set The Roll Gpo Attribute

    4. Use the Value knob to select whether the chroma key bus inclusion setting is overridden. • Memory — settings come from the memory being recalled • NoRcl — chroma key is not recalled • Recall — chroma key is recalled (default) To Set the Roll GPO Attribute 1.

  • Page 45: Switcher Sets

    Switcher Sets menu, that register already exist in the set and will be overwritten. • All — store all registers to the set. The switcher stores configuration and operation data • Mems — store only the memory registers to in a number of registers that contain the individual the set.

  • Page 46: Media-Store

    Media-Store Related tasks on page 49 To Set Media-Store File Attributes Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, Working With Media-Store Audio or audio files from the USB drive and make them available across all buses on the switcher. Audio can be added to the playout of a Media-Store channel either by loading the file directly, or by Keep the following in mind when working with the naming the audio file the same as the animation or still...

  • Page 47: To Assign Media-Store Audio To An Aes Output

    To Assign Media-Store Audio to an AES • Output • Anim_100.tga Together, these files are treated as a single animation 1. Press MENU > System > NEXT > NEXT named Anim that is 100 frames long. > NEXT > Output Config > NEXT. Click Navigation Menu >...

  • Page 48: Media-Store Capture

    A still or animation can be loaded using the Media 5. Use the P/B or E/E knob to select the video Number for the still and the pattern buttons. source that you want to perform the capture of. Related information 6.

  • Page 49: To Set Media-Store File Attributes

    4. Use the Attrib knob to select the attribute you Menu Description want to set, and the Value knob to select the value Item you want to assign to the attribute. selects the GPI output that you want to trigger •...

  • Page 50: Mediamanager

    JavaScript ® cookies enabled. Icon Name Description • Ross Video recommends that you do not connect Play Play the animation loaded in more than 5 MediaManager clients to a single the Media-Store channel. switcher at the same time. 50 • Media-Store — Carbonite Black Operation Manual (v14.0)
  • Page 51 Icon Name Description Icon Name Description Looping Turns Looping of the Delete Delete the selected item from animation on or off. the playlist. This does not delete the item, or clear the Media-Store channel. Reverse Toggle the direction that the animation is played in.

  • Page 52: Custom Controls

    Custom Controls • Diagnostic Functions • Confirmation Dialogs • Panel-Specific Functions Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control Note: It is recommended that you use a control panel for can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or recording custom controls.

  • Page 53: To Insert A Special Event Into A Custom

    To Insert a Special Event into a Custom custom control, or used when creating a new custom control. Control A special function can be inserted into any existing Table 6: Special Functions custom control, or used when creating a new custom control.

  • Page 54: Running A Custom Control

    Resume — enter the bank (Bank) and 2. Select the bank that the custom control you want to run is on by pressing the bank button. custom control (CC) you want to resume • Cancel — use the Bank knob to select the 3.

  • Page 55: Naming Custom Controls

    7. Insert an event into a custom control as follows: 10. Use the Inv knob to swap the color of the text and the background. a) Use the left knob to select the event you want to insert an event before. You can also use the The Invert (Inv) selection is not applied when the PREV and NEXT buttons.
  • Page 56 3. Use the CC knob to select the custom control that you want to copy, or select the custom control on the bus directly. If the custom control has a macro recorded, an * is shown next to the number. Click the custom control that you want to copy.

  • Page 57: Switcher Soft Reset

    Switcher Soft Reset 5. Use the Value knob to select whether the Media- Store channel is reset with a switcher reset or not. • NoRst — the Media-Store channel is not reset If required, the switcher can be reset to return it to a •...

  • Page 58: Factory Default Settings

    Factory Default Settings You can restore the switcher to the factory default state. All installation and personality settings are reset. To Factory Reset the Switcher 1. Press MENU > Reset > NEXT > NEXT > Factry Reset. 2. Press the Confrm knob to load the factory default settings.

  • Page 59: Glossary

    Glossary Field One half of a complete picture (or frame) interval containing all of the odd, or all of the even, lines in Interlaced interlaced scanning. One scan of a TV screen is called An Interlaced video format starts at the top of the a field;...
  • Page 60 RossTalk An ethernet based protocol that allows the control over Key Alpha Ross devices using plain english commands. The video signal which cuts a hole in the background video to make a key effect possible. Also called Key Standard-Definition Video or Source.
  • Page 61 Shaped Key An additive key where the Key Alpha cuts a hole based on the monochrome value of the alpha. Shades of gray are translated into either white or black, giving the key a hard edge. Shaped Key alphas are sometimes used with Character Generators to cut very precise holes for the fill.
  • Page 62 Index Pause Resume Abort Transition State AES Out TrnKey AES Output Custom Controls (CC) Allocated DVEs Cut Transitions Ancillary Mode Animations Audio Audio Mixer Control DashBoard Audio Out, Media-Store Configuration Audio Output, Media-Store Custom Controls Auto Select Keys Live Assist MediaManager PaneLINK Status...
  • Page 63 DVE 35, 35, 35, 36, 36, Memories Invert Access Mode Key Priority Attributes Mask Bus Hold Menu Overview Effects Dissolve MiniME MemoryAI Self Key Recall Mode Split Storing Split Keys Memories, clear Keying, Copying Memory AI Memory Undo Menus Auto-Follow Navigating Live Assist Overview...
  • Page 64 Software Version Sources Washes Selecting WhiteFlash Sources, Layering Sources, Re-Entry Wipe Transitions Split Key Split Keys Status Storing Memories XPression Control Temperature OK Timecode Timing Windows, Re-Entry Transition Flip-Flop Pre-Delay Override Transition Buttons ViewControl Transition Limit Transition Rate Transitions Aborting Cuts Direction Dissolves...

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