Ross Video
Ultrix Carbonite

Ross Video

Ultrix Carbonite

Discover the full specifications of Ross Video Ultrix Carbonite—hyperconverged production switcher with UHD, HD, and IP support, flexible I/O, advanced audio mixing, powerful keyers, frame sync, format conversion, and seamless integration for live broadcast, studio, and event production.

Product code
ULTRIX-CARBONITE
Category
Video
Weight
5.44 kg

Specifications

Chassis
FR2 FR5 FR12
Number of Slots
3 Standard slots 1 Fixed Slot (HD-SDI) 8 Standard slots 1 Flex Slot (I/O Blades only) 16
Maximum SDPE Blades per Chassis
2 4 Configuration dependent
Maximum UHD Gearboxes per Slot
3 in/3 out 3 in / 3 out 3 in / 3 out
Maximum Ultriscape MV Head Licenses per Slot
3 SDI or 2 IP 3 SDI or 2 IP 3 SDI or 2 IP
Maximum 3Gb/s Input Frame Syncs per Chassis
72 160 288
Maximum 12Gb/s Input Frame Syncs per Chassis
12 27 48
Maximum 12Gb/s Clean/Quiet Outputs per Chassis
72 160 288
Audio Matrix Size (with Optional MADI SFPs)
1536 x 1536 3456 x 3456 6144 x 6144
Maxium Size of Ultrimix-MXR Audio Mixer
128 x 64 128 x 64 128 x 64
Width
17.5″ (445mm) 17.5″ (445mm) 17.5″ (445mm)
Depth
7.9″ (201mm) 7.9″ (201mm) 7.9″ (201mm)
Height
3.48″ (88mm) 8.7″ (221mm) 21″ (534mm)
Frame Weight
12 lbs (5.44kg) 14 lbs (6.35Kg) 76 lbs (34.47 Kg)
I/O Card Weight
3 lbs (1.36kg) 3 lbs (1.36 kg) 3 lbs (1.36 Kg)

CARBONITE SDPE

Supported Video Formats
720p /50 /59.94

2160p /23.98 /24 /25 /29.97 /30 /50 /59.94 /60

Maximum ME (Mix/Effects Banks) per Blade
2
Keyers per ME
7 (6 Full Keyers + 1 Transition Keyer)
MiniME Banks per Blade
4 (HD/3G) 2 (UHD)
Keyers per MiniME
2
Floating UltraChrome Chroma-Key Engines
4 (HD/3G)

2 (UHD)

Floating 2D DVE
12 (HD/3G)

6 (UHD)

Number of Media Stores
4 Channels (with Alpha)
Media Store RAM Capacity
8GB (shared)
USB Media Player
1 (HD only)
Event Memory & Custom Control Macro Systems
100 Memories per ME & MiniME & 256 Custom Controls per setup file
Tally/GPIO per Blade
24/24
N+2 Redundant Power Supplies
2 Fully Loaded Ultripower Rack-Mount PSU Chasses

CARBONITE SDPE – SYSTEM OPTIONS

ME 1 License
Base Configuration with 1 ME
ME 2 License
Enables second ME
UHD License
Enables selection of UHD operation modes
Frame Sync / Format Converter License
HD: Frame Sync with Format Converters on every input Converts SD to 1080i, 270p to 1080i, 1080p to 1080i, 1080p to 720p, 720p to 1080p, 1080i to 1080p

UHD: 4 User Assignable Fram Sync with Format Converters to any input Converts HD 720p/1080i/1080p of the same Frame Rate to UHD system format

Proc Amp / Colour Corrector License
HD: Proc Amp / Colour Corrector on every input

ULTRIX HDX-IO #

Number of HD BNC Inputs
16
Number of HD BNC Outputs
16
Audio Channels per I/O
16
SFP Aux Ports*
2*

ULTRIX IP-IO BLADE #

Media Ports
(4) 25GE SFP28*
Video Streams per Card
3G/HD: 16+16 redundant, 16 non-redundant

6G/UHD: 4+4 redundant, 8 non-redundant

IP Transport Standard Support
SMPTE ST 2110 suite, including:

– 30, PCM Digital Audio

System Timing & Reference
PTP Slave (SMPTE 2059, AES67 & IEEE-1588 default profiles)
Control & Setup
NMOS IS-04 & IS-05 for AIMS-compliant discovery, registration & connection control

ULTRIX SFP-IO BLADE #

Number of SFP cages
16 Bidirectional SFP Cages plus 2 Aux Ports*
I/O Specification
See SFP manufacturer spec sheet for I/O specification

TOUCHDRIVE TM CONTROL PANELS #

Multi-Panel Operation
1 Master, 2 Satellites, 1 SoftPanel
Number of Panel Models Available
6

Available Touchscreen DashBoard Monitor

Redundant Power Supplies (optional)
Bricks or Ultripower

Specification from Ross Video