Regional Television Stations

Our implementation of the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards helps professionals communicate and share content between different kinds of devices more easily and efficiently than ever before.

In this example, a mixing console is added to the IP-based production comms workflow, adding to its utility value and ROI, while the simple integration of a camera control unit allows video signal management to be brought into the same workflow.

The ODIN at the center of Figure 1 is the central audio router. Analog program audio comes in from a mixer. Four keypanels are shown here for Director, Producer, Teleprompter, and Audio. A light technician and a stage manager each use wired partyline. In this example, there are two “talents” – one is using a wired IFB, the IFB-325, and one is using a wireless IFB, the TR-16. An IFB is a listen-only device. On-air talents typically have an ear-piece, in which they hear the program audio, also referred to as non-interrupt audio. However, when the on-air talent needs to hear an important message – the interrupt audio – the non-interrupt audio is dimmedor muted, to allow the important message to be heard. The message may be ‘going to commercial break in ten seconds’ or ‘wrap up your interview within 30 seconds’. Figure 2 shows how the IFB works.

In this example, non-interrupt audio comes from the audio mixer. The interrupt audio – which may be coming from the producer or director, is coming from the ODIN. The two audio sources converge in the IFB-828. In the RTS two-wire format, three wires are available. Interrupt and non-interrupt audio are transmitted on different pins. The IFB-325 is an active device that allows the user to control the headset volume. Interrupt audio is fed trough a ¼’ mono plug for a CES-1 talent earset. A wireless IFB system is also available. The transmitter is called TT-16 and the receiver is TR-16. The principle is the same but there is no wire to worry about. TT-16 / TR-16 operate in the VHF spectrum.

CHANNEL-BY-CHANNEL SELECTABILITY
Users can choose if a channel speaks SMPTE ST 2110, OMNEO, Dante, etc. This provides the greatest degree of flexibility in configuring protocols across the system.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
Users can add SMPTE ST 2110 capability with a simple upgrade to existing equipment. Backwards compatibility helps extend the life of the user's investment and is a core value of RTS.

SIMPLIFIED NATIVE IMPLEMENTATION
Dante Domain Manager no longer required*

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• Supports configurations from 2 to 255 intercom systems with 10,000 assignable trunk lines.
• Includes dual AC power supplies for full redundancy in mission critical applications.
• Supports dual 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet connections for redundant or segregated network topologies.
• Supports geographically separated Trunk Masters for disaster recovery planning.
• Ethernet and RS-485 trunk data connections are both supported.

RVON is a solution for establishing communications over long distance and across different subnets. One of four user-selectable voice encoders– codecs – is used to compress digital audio to a low bitrate suitable for transmission over internet. The high compression audio codec is intended for long-distance satellite transmissions, whereas the low compression codec is commonly used when higher bandwidth is available. With RVON, a matrix can communicate with another RVON-enabled matrix or keypanel anywhere in the world.

Your private matrix communications cloud and interoperability solution can be provisioned in minutes and is ideal for interfacing communications systems from disparate locations. The possibilities are limitless.

VLink truly ignites the imagination with all the potential of new age communications, coexisting with traditional matrix intercom frames, supplementing traditional hardware intercom panels, and operating locally or thru internet-based cloud services.

Trunking allows networked matrices to be tied together seamlessly. A central node, the Trunkmaster, finds the best possible path for each audio connection, from the originating matrix to its destination, and possibly traversing another matrix on the way. This increases the network availability and allows for more efficient use of transmission resources. The largest trunked network in the world – a major US broadcaster – has been using RTS Trunking for two decades. A trunked network can be expanded virtually without limits: Trunking can grow up to 225,000 ports and is supported by all RTS matrices.