Ross carbonite Configuration Manual
Carbonite
Configuration Guide
v11.1
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• Ross Part Number: 4802DR-100-11.1
• Release Date: September, 2015.
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2 • Document Information — Carbonite Configuration Guide (v11.1)
Contents
Features..............................................................5
Custom Controls.....................................................................5
Device Control.........................................................................5
OverDrive®Caprica Support...................................................5
DVE (Fly Key)..........................................................................5
Effects Dissolve.......................................................................5
General Purpose Interface (GPI)............................................5
LiveEDL...................................................................................5
Media-Store.............................................................................5
MediaWipe..............................................................................6
UltraChrome............................................................................6
MemoryAI Recall Mode...........................................................6
Memory System......................................................................6
ME Effect System....................................................................6
Half ME...................................................................................6
MiniME™..................................................................................6
MediaManager........................................................................6
MultiViewer..............................................................................6
Clean Feed Output..................................................................7
MultiScreen.............................................................................7
Pattern and Matte/Wash Generators.......................................7
Matte/Wash Generator............................................................7
Tally Outputs...........................................................................7
Panel Dimensions............................................18
CB1.......................................................................................18
CB1S.....................................................................................18
CB2.......................................................................................18
CB2S.....................................................................................18
CB3S.....................................................................................19
CB3X.....................................................................................19
Frame Dimensions...........................................20
Carbonite Frame...................................................................20
Carbonite eXtreme Frame.....................................................20
Carbonite Black Frame..........................................................20
Product Comparison..........................................8
Carbonite Black Control Panels..............................................8
Carbonite Frame.....................................................................8
Standard System................................................9
Carbonite Black Control Panel................................................9
Carbonite Frame.....................................................................9
System Options................................................10
Specifications...................................................14
Switcher Resources..............................................................14
Environmental Characteristics..............................................14
Video Input Specifications.....................................................14
Video Output Specifications..................................................14
Audio Specifications..............................................................14
Jitter......................................................................................15
System Timing......................................................................15
Power Consumption — Control Panel...................................15
Power Consumption — Frame..............................................15
Option Summary..............................................16
Frame Options.......................................................................16
Control Panel Options...........................................................17
Carbonite Configuration Guide (v11.1) — Contents • 3
Carbonite
Designed for Live!
Carbonite builds on the Ross Video reputation for
designing switchers for live studios, trucks, and
post-production. At the center of the action, it is
important that the switcher be powerful and versatile,
yet maintain its ease of operation. This frees the operator
to concentrate on the programming instead of the
equipment, delivering a cleaner, more professional
production.
Carbonite eXtreme represents the cutting edge in video
production innovation. By combining the video
manipulation power of the Carbonite video production
switcher with the robust signal routing and management
of the NK-3G144-X router you have a combination that
offers tremendous exibility in operation and
conguration with a signicant cost savings. Whether it
is a mobile application where space is paramount, or an
event based application where destination based routing
is the norm, Carbonite eXtreme delivers.
Carbonite Black improves on the highly popular
Carbonite series by bringing up to 3 MEs, 4 MiniME
outputs, more I/O, dedicated AES audio outputs, and full
DashBoard integration with a touchscreen display. All
this in the same compact 2RU frame form factor and
intuitive control panel you have come to expect.
Designed for Automation!
The Carbonite family of switchers support the highly
advanced OverDrive®Caprica automated production
control system. Caprica takes advantage of the years of
device integration that Ross®has developed in the large
switcher product lines and puts it into an independent
server. The Caprica server takes the place of the
production switcher for controlling over 200 additional
production elements (such as robotics, graphics, audio
mixers, servers, etc.), timing the show and creating
production macros.
Designed for You!
With Ross®Video products installed in well over 125
countries world-wide, our sales, demonstration, and
training people get a lot of ongoing feedback from
customers. This feedback is carefully tracked and
considered in the design and feature-set development of
our products. Key members of the design teams are part
of an ongoing program in which they provide product
demonstrations, assist with product installation, and train
operators. As a result, the complete line of Ross Video
products continues to offer our legendary combination
of power and ease of use.
Join our Growing Customer Base!
Deciding to purchase a Carbonite switcher will put you
in good company, with many thousands of Ross switchers
installed worldwide. Carbonite continues to build on a
family of multi-denition switchers that have been
delivering the goods every day in live sports, stadium
scoreboards, and drama productions, mobile productions,
as well as local and network newscasts.
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Experience Great Support!
Ross®has designed and manufactured production
switchers for over 40 years, with signicant year over
year growth for the past 20 years. We believe that an
important factor of our success is our focus on providing
a superior customer experience. We continually
benchmark our warranty and technical support to ensure
that they are the best in the industry.
We hope that you join the many thousands of satised
video professionals around the world that are proud
owners of Ross®production switchers. Please do not
hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments
you have related to this Conguration Guide at Tel:
+1-613-652-4886, Fax: +1-613-652-4425 or email us at
solutions@rossvideo.com.
Designed for Linear!
The Carbonite family of switchers continues to build on
Ross®Video's reputation for setting the standard for
multi-denition linear editing suites. The traditional
layout and familiar controls of other Ross®switchers
provide the power and ease of use you have come to
expect.
Carbonite cleanly connects to virtually any editor using
the industry standard GVG100/110 protocols.
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Features
Source
Effect
Destination
Effect
Thank you for your interest in the Ross®Carbonite Series
Multi-Denition Live Production Switcher. The
Carbonite series builds on the Ross®reputation for
designing switchers that t the needs of any production
environment.
Custom Controls
This feature brings the power of macros to the switcher
operator. Button presses, menu selections, event
commands, or even the switcher state can be recorded to
a custom control with pauses or holds between the events.
A simple button press can play these events back again.
Step through complex show openings as easily as
pressing Custom Control buttons 1, 2, then 3.
Device Control
The switcher can control a number of external devices,
such as video servers and robotic cameras. For a complete
list of supported devices, and information on how to set
up and control these devices, visit the Ross Video website
(rossvideo.com/production-switchers/carbonite/interface-list).
OverDrive®Caprica Support
Carbonite can be controlled from OverDrive®using the
Caprica interface. This interface allows OverDrive®to
perform memory recalls, transitions, and run custom
controls on the switcher. For information on setting up
Caprica to interface with the switcher, refer to the
documentation that came with your Caprica server.
The switcher must be in a 2.5 ME mode or have 3 MEs
installed to be controlled by Caprica.
DVE (Fly Key)
The advanced 2D DVE comes standard with each
switcher, and can be used for performing over the
shoulder, or picture in picture shots. This allows all key
types to be zoomed, cropped, and repositioned
horizontally and vertically to create the look you want,
or you can use one of the useful pre-built 2D effects to
perform 2D background transitions.
The Carbonite+ and Carbonite MultiMedia frames have
8 channels of DVE, or 4 channels in a 3G MiniME™or
3G 2.5 ME switcher mode. The Carbonite and Carbonite
eXtreme frames can select between 8 channels of DVE
and 0 FSFCs, or 4 channels of DVE and 6 FSFCs.
Effects Dissolve
The Effects Dissolve feature allows you to interpolate
from one memory to another using a memory recall. The
switcher will interpolate from the starting memory to the
destination memory, creating a smooth, two key frame
effect.
Only elements such as clip level and pattern position can
be interpolated in the effects dissolve. Other elements,
such as crosspoint selection, pattern, and next transition
data are recalled rst, and then the switcher will slew to
the recalled memory.
An effects dissolve can be performed on as many
elements and MEs as required, based on the memory that
is being recalled.
General Purpose Interface (GPI)
The switcher is equipped with 34 GPI I/Os that can be
assigned as either an input or output independently.
The GPI inputs allow the switcher to interface with
peripheral equipment such as editors. Each GPI input
can be used to perform simple editing and switcher
functions such as fade to black or an auto transition.
LiveEDL
Edit Decision Lists (EDL) are les used by non-linear
editing (NLE) suites to aid in post-production. Your
switcher can capture EDL data in a le that you load into
your NLE suite.
For information on using the LiveEDL feature, visit the
Ross Video Website (rossvideo.com).
Media-Store
Up to 4 independent channels of still/animations are
available switcher-wide, allowing for thousands of full
screen stills and logos that can be cached and used on
the switcher.
Media-Store provides 8 GB of cache. Channels 1 and 3
have 4 GB, and channels 2 and 4 have 4 GB. The number
of images cached increases considerably when smaller,
non-full screen images like logos are loaded from USB.
Carbonite Configuration Guide (v11.1) — Features• 5
MediaWipe
A MediaWipe allows you to use an animation from the
Media-Store to perform background and key transitions.
When the transition starts, the switcher plays the selected
animation over top of the background and keys that are
being transitioned. A cut is then performed behind the
animation to bring up the next shot when the animation
ends.
advanced chroma key for each ME and is available to
each keyer.
Half ME
The half ME option is available for any 2 ME Carbonite
or Carbonite eXtreme switcher and adds a third ME with
limited functionality.
Table 1: Half ME vs. Full ME Comparison
UltraChrome
The UltraChrome chroma keyers uses advanced video
processing technology to provide exceptional blue spill
reduction and clean edges, even with difcult source
material. Glass, smoke, translucent materials, and natural
shadows are handled superbly.
There are 2 oating Chroma Keys that are available
across all MEs.
MemoryAI Recall Mode
We take the guessing out of memory recalls by ensuring
that a memory recall will not affect what is currently
on-air. MemoryAI uses the content of the memory to
congure the Next Transition area and Preview bus for
the background and keyers so that the next transition
takes the same sources on-air that were on-air in the
memory.
For example, store a memory that has a key on-air with
CAM1 and CAM2 selected on the background. When
this memory is recalled normally, it pops the same key
on-air with CAM1 and CAM2 on the background. When
the memory is recalled with MemoryAI turned on, CAM1
is selected on the preset bus, and CAM2 is selected on a
key that is not on-air. The transition area is then set up
for a background transition to bring CAM2 onto the
background, take any on-air keys off, and take a key
on-air with CAM1.
Memory System
Storage for 100 complete switcher snapshots per ME,
MiniME™, and MultiScreen comes standard with all
switchers. All of these memories can be stored to a USB
media drive, providing custom tailored memories for
every operator and every show.
ME Effect System
The ME (Multi-level Effect) systems are standard. The
number of MEs depends on the chosen switcher model.
Each ME provides 4 keyers supporting pattern mask,
box mask, self-key, linear key, and UltraChrome
Full MEHalf ME
™
Yes (if frame
supports it)
Auto Select, Self
Key, Chroma
Key, and DVE
Dissolve, Cut,
Wipe, DVE, and
MediaWipe
Key Types
Transition Types
MiniME
NoFloating FSFCs
Auto Select and
Self Key
Dissolve, Cut,
and MediaWipe
™
The MiniME™is an additional ME that is provided with
the switcher to perform basic dissolves and cuts. Each
MiniME™has 2 keyers, background, and preset buses.
Unlike a full ME, the MiniME™only supports dissolves
and cuts, restricts key 1 to DVE keys only, and has no
preview output. Key 2 on a MiniME™is the same as an
ME keyer. The MiniME™shares all the same sources as
the ME.
MediaManager
The MediaManager allows you to easily manage stills
and animations on the switcher in a graphics interface.
MultiViewer
Each MultiViewer allows you to view up to 16 video
sources, in 32 different layouts, from a single output
BNC. Any video source on the switcher, including ME
Program, Preview, and Media-Store channels, can be
routed to any box on the MultiViewer. All boxes on the
MultiViewer output include mnemonic source names
and red and green tallies.
All Carbonite and Carbonite Black switchers come
standard with 2 broadcast-quality integrated MultiViewer
generators.
YesNoMiniME
YesNoMultiScreen
42Keyers
Key
YesNoPattern Mask
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