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  • Page 1 Carbonite Setup Manual v13.0...
  • 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 you 2 • Thank You For Choosing Ross — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 3 The third prong is provided for your safety. specific requirements. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Document Information • 3...
  • Page 4 Limited could void the user's authority to operate this hazardous voltages. For continued safety, replace equipment. all barriers after servicing. 22. Certain parts of this equipment still present a safety hazard with the power switch in the OFF position. 4 • Document Information — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 5 Ross Video. The upgrades Cet appareil numérique de la classe « A » est conforme are posted on the Ross Video website, and are free of a la norme NMB-003 du Canada. charge for the life of the switcher.
  • Page 6 Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Technical Support Electronic Products (China RoHS) At Ross Video, we take pride in the quality of our Ross Video Limited has reviewed all components and products, but if a problem does occur, help is as close as processes for compliance to: the nearest telephone.
  • Page 7 • Configuration Guide (4802DR-100) — product description and marketing codes for switchers and options • CarboNET Installation (4805DR-100) — installation instructions for the Carbonite PMC translator. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Document Information • 7...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    To Set the Auto Remove Key Behavior....36 Auto Trans Second Press............36 To Set the Auto Trans Second Press Video Input Setup..........21 Behavior............36 MultiMedia Inputs ..............21 Background Double-Press............36 ™ HDMI Inputs............21 Analog Inputs............21 8 • Contents — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 9 Video Output Specifications..........55 GPI Trigger Types..............45 Audio Specifications..............56 GPI Setup................45 Jitter..................56 To Set Up a GPI Input..........45 System Timing...............56 To Set Up a GPI Output.........45 Power Consumption — Control Panel........56 GPI Output Triggers..............46 Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Contents • 9...
  • Page 10 Power Consumption — Frame..........56 Ports..............57 Serial Port................57 GPI Port.................57 Tally Port................57 Glossary............59 10 • Contents — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 11: Features

    Custom Controls Features This feature brings the power of macros to the switcher Thank you for buying a Ross Video Carbonite Series operator. Button presses, menu selections, event Multi-Definition Live Production Switcher. The commands, or even the switcher state can be recorded to Carbonite series builds on the Ross Video reputation for a custom control with pauses or holds between the events.

  • Page 12: General Purpose Interface (Gpi)

    Media-Store to play over a background or key transition. When the transition starts, the switcher plays the selected The half ME option is available for any 2 ME Carbonite animation over top of the background and keys that are or Carbonite eXtreme switcher and adds a third ME with being transitioned.

  • Page 13: Minime

    BNCs. broadcast-quality integrated MultiViewer generators. Note: If the switcher is operating in 3G video mode, the number of video sources and layouts is reduced. Figure 3: HD in SD Layouts (480i 4:3) Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Features • 13...

  • Page 14: Clean Feed Output

    Any one of the color generators can be assigned to MATTE, or wipe pattern edges. An additional simple color generator is available for an Aux Bus. 14 • Features — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 15: Video Reference

    480i 16:9 If you are using an external reference, ensure that a 720p 59.94Hz proper reference is connected to the REF IN input BNC on the frame. 1080i 59.94Hz 1080pSF 29.97Hz Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Reference • 15...

  • Page 16: Frame Sync And Format Conversion

    • In a 3G mode, the Carbonite and Carbonite eXtreme The Carbonite frame has up to 6 FSFC channels that are switchers only accept synchronized 1080p inputs. shared between all inputs. The Carbonite MultiMedia •...

  • Page 17: Fsfc For Carbonite

    1080p 50Hz 1080p 50Hz 1080p 50Hz on a Carbonite frame. 1080i 50Hz* Note: The Carbonite switcher can be configured to have 6 FSFC resources, or 0. 1080p 59.94Hz** 1080p 29.97Hz 1080p 29.97Hz 1080p 29.97Hz Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Reference • 17...

  • Page 18: Fsfc For Carbonite Multimedia/Carbonite

    5. Use the Bus knob to select the bus you want to want to apply an FSFC to. assign the FSFC to. 3. Turn on FSFC for the selected video input. 18 • Video Reference — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 19: Output Reference Synchronizers

    The available output reference formats depend on aspect ratio. the video format that the switcher is operating in. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Reference • 19...

  • Page 20: Zoom

    1 (odd lines) and field 2 (even lines). Note: If you are running in a progressive video format, selecting an even or odd fields will cause the switcher to only allow transitions on every second frame. 20 • Video Reference — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 21: Video Input Setup

    If there are color • 720p 59.94 errors in the video, select the other color-space. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Input Setup • 21...

  • Page 22: Auto Key Setup

    3. Use the Alpha knob to select the key alpha source that you want to assign to the key video. 22 • Video Input Setup — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 23: To Assign A Tsl Id To A Video Input

    For the labels on the MultiViewer, a combination of the TSL name and switcher source name are used. The new TSL name is passed from the switcher to any downstream TSL devices. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Input Setup • 23...

  • Page 24: Bus Maps

    BusMap. • XX — video inputs 1-24 2. Press the Confrm knob to reset the bus map. • BK — black • NoSrc — no source is selected. 24 • Video Input Setup — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 25: Gpi Device Control

    The length of the pre-delay is usually the length of time your video server requires to start playing a clip or your character generator requires to load a page. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Input Setup • 25...

  • Page 26: Video Outputs

    CLEAN is done if the MiniME is used as part of a MultiScreen. FEED Figure 14: Possible Clean Feed Points Keep the following in mind when working with clean feeds: 26 • Video Outputs — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 27: To Set Up Clean Feed

    BNC. Any video source, or 1. Press MENU > SYSTEM > MultiView. bus, on the switcher, including Program, Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be assigned to any box on Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Outputs • 27...

  • Page 28: To Set Up A Multiviewer Clock

    • Label — red or green boxes are shown inside switcher (hh:mm:ss:ff) the label area of the MultiViewer box • LblRev — the same as Label, but the placement of the tally boxes is swapped 28 • Video Outputs — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 29: Multiscreen / Minime

    DVE resources to the switcher when a keys per screen of the MultiScreen. As a key crosses MultiScreen is turned on. from one screen to the next, a key from either of the Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Outputs • 29...

  • Page 30: To Set Up A Pre-Tiled Source

    MultiScreen the Add knob to select the tally and press the Edit, layout. The bezel compensation and data doubling setting or Delete, knob. should be set up on the source generator. 30 • Video Outputs — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 31 • MMXPrv — preview bus of MiniME • MultSX — program bus of MultiScreen X • MSXPrv — preview bus MultiScreen X • AuxX — program bus of aux bus X 6. Press the Tally knob. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Video Outputs • 31...

  • Page 32: Color Correction

    Use the Cntrl knob to select LmGain. b) Use the Value knob to adjust the luminance gain only. 7. Adjust the hue rotation as follows: 32 • Color Correction — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 33: To Apply A Rgb Color Correction To A Video Source

    9. Adjust the gamma offset of the selected color component(s) as follows: a) Use the Cntrl knob to select GamOff. b) Use the Value knob to adjust the gamma offset of the component(s). Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Color Correction • 33...

  • Page 34: Viewcontrol

    1. Press MENU > SYSTEM > MultiView. Note: An external converter is not required if you are using one of the HDMI inputs on the Carbonite MultiMedia frame. 2. Use the MView knob to select MV1. Ensure that the resolution is not changed.
  • Page 35 11. Use the Box knob to select box two. 12. Use the In/Out knob to select PGM. 13. Assign additional sources to the remaining MultiViewer boxes. These are the sources that will be available in ViewControl. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — ViewControl • 35...

  • Page 36: Switcher Personality

    • HltRev — the transition is halted and then 3. Press Next. reverses directions when the transition button is 4. Use the Adjust knob to select the key (KeyX) you pressed again want to set the color for. 36 • Switcher Personality — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 37: To Select A Panel Color Scheme

    • Legacy — the next bank is selected every time the button is pressed, cycling through all banks (For example, to access bank 5, press BANK repeatedly until bank 5 is selected.) Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Switcher Personality • 37...

  • Page 38: Memory Button Behavior

    The switcher does not act on the button, knob, or fader control that wakes it from 2. Use the Func knob to select the second function of sleep mode. the Next button. 38 • Switcher Personality — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 39: To Set The Power Save Mode And Timer

    If the user button is assigned to an Aux, it To Set the Shift Toggle will allow you to select a different Aux. 1. Press MENU PERS > NEXT > Toggle. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Switcher Personality • 39...

  • Page 40: To Set A User Button

    Select Select if you want to be able to press and hold the user button and select the custom control bank on the key bus. 40 • Switcher Personality — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 41: Switcher Modes

    Formats 29.97, 29.97, 1080p 1080p • In a 3G mode, the HDMI inputs on the Carbonite 59.94, 59.94, MultiMedia switcher only support 1080p. The analog 1080p 1080p inputs are not supported in a 3G mode.
  • Page 42 • 2.5 ME 3G — 2.5 ME with 3G video formats, not including 1080p 29.97Hz or 1080p 25Hz. 3. Press the SwitcherMode knob. 4. Press the Reboot knob to restart the switcher in the new mode. 42 • Switcher Modes — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 43: Network Connections

    Due to the nature of DHCP, your switcher may get a different IP address each time it is powered on or 4. Use the Value knob to select Static. re-connected to a network. You must have the switcher 5. Press NEXT. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Network Connections • 43...

  • Page 44: Ftp Connection (Rosslinq)

    The switcher will set these requirements automatically based on the username. • xpression – used when creating a connection ® from a Ross XPression Motion Graphics System directly to the Media-Store channels on the 44 • Network Connections — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 45: Gpi Control

    1. Press MENU > CONFIG > GPIO. 4. Press the Edit knob. 2. Use the GPIO knob to select the GPI pin that you <image audience="print" href="EffDiss.png" align="center" placement="bre want to configure as an output. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — GPI Control • 45...

  • Page 46: Gpi Output Triggers

    You can set a pre-delay, or pre-roll, that will specify when the GPI is triggered in relation to taking the video source on-air. This is useful for VTR pre-roll delay and other situations where an input source is not immediately 46 • GPI Control — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 47: Live Edit Decision Lists

    Use the Value knob to set the starting time in so that it can be used in the non-linear editing suite along the selected field. with the feeds from the video servers. The timecode data Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Live Edit Decision Lists • 47...

  • Page 48: Liveedl Data Capture

    You must wait 5 seconds for the switcher to recognise the USB drive. b) Press the Save knob. c) Press the Confrm knob to store the LiveEDL file to the USB drive. 48 • Live Edit Decision Lists — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 49: Carbonet

    (Default Gateway) you want to use. link and then the CarboNET connects to the frame over ethernet. 4. In the Carbonite IP Address field, enter the IP address of the frame you are connecting to. Note: The CarboNET requires the frame to have a fixed IP 5.
  • Page 50 • Verify the ethernet settings being displayed on the panel with those set in DashBoard for the CarboNET. • Verify the IP address for the frame that the CarboNET should be connecting to. Are they both on the same network? 50 • CarboNET — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 51: Multipanel

    A single control panel can be connected to the frame using a serial connection and up to two panels over ethernet. The ethernet connection can be from a Carbonite Black control panel, or a Carbonite panel with a CarboNET.

  • Page 52: Diagnostics And Calibration

    2. Move the positioner backwards and forwards, left (strip or pass) to right, and twist the positioner left and right a few • Temperature — status of the ambient temperature times. in the frame 52 • Diagnostics and Calibration — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 53: System Real-Time Clock/Date

    Tests > Disply Test. • PS2 — is lit when power supply two is getting power A series of letters, numbers, and symbols scroll across the displays and the mnemonics cycle colors. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Diagnostics and Calibration • 53...

  • Page 54: To Run The Ram Test

    There is a three (3) second delay between each GPI output being triggered. Once the last tally has been triggered, all the GPI outputs blink on and off three times. 54 • Diagnostics and Calibration — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 55: Specifications

    This table assumes that all options are installed. ™ • ** Each MultiScreen consumes MiniME engines to generate the output. The number of MultiScreen Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Specifications • 55...

  • Page 56: Audio Specifications

    100 - 120V~, 220 - 240V~, 47-63Hz Voltage Power Consumption — Frame Carbonite Carbonite+ Carbonite MultiMedia Consumption 90W 7.5A 12V 110W 9.2A 12V 125W 10.4A Input Voltage 100 - 120V~, 220 - 240V~, 47-63Hz, 1.6A 56 • Specifications — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 57: Ports

    The tally pin must be connected to the proper common GPI I/O 9 to complete the circuit. For example, tally 6 on pin 7 must be connected to the common on pin 31. GPI I/O 10 GPI I/O 11 Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Ports • 57...
  • Page 58 Table 15: Tally Pinouts Tally # Common (pins 2-6, 20-25) Common (pins 13-18, 32-37) Common (pins 7-12, 26-30) 58 • Ports — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

  • Page 59: Glossary

    Moving the gamma offset point allows you to select An Ethernet protocol where a device, such as the which part of the input video signal receives the gamma switcher, is given an IP address by the network host. This Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Glossary • 59...
  • Page 60 Shades of gray the key source instead of bright areas. are translated into either white or black, giving the key 60 • Glossary — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 61 Shades of gray are translated into transparency levels, giving the key a soft edge. Unshaped Key alphas can also be considered true linear alphas. Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Glossary • 61...
  • Page 62 LiveEDL, Store Status Date, System Time Device Control Diagnostics Memories Diagnostics, Copy Logs Recall Behavior Diagnostics, Software Version Memory Bank Button DIP Switches Memory Button Double-Press Rate Memory Undo, Personality Option MiniME 13, 62 • Index — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)
  • Page 63 Trigger GPO Personality, Memory Bank Button TSL UMD Personality, NEXT Button TSL UMD Port Personality, Next Trans Toggle Personality, Shift Toggle Personality, Transition Rate Units Personality, Undo Memory User Buttons Power-Save Mode Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0) — Index • 63...
  • Page 64 Auto Key Video Outputs Button Names Video Server Control Component Video Source, Bus Map Composite Video Inputs, GPI Device Control Video Inputs, HDMI Video Inputs, Names XPression Control Video Mode 15, Setup 64 • Index — Carbonite Setup Manual (v13.0)

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