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FANTASY OVER IP
panning more than 100 acres and welcoming almost 10
S thousand visitors each day, Unique Henan: Land of Drama
is recognized as the world›s largest fantasy city. This self-
guided, multi-media and immersive live performance expe-
rience tells the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization around the
Henan region. A range of dramatic, full-immersion, panoramic story-
telling encompasses 21 theaters and dozens of outdoor spaces, includ-
ing 56 maze-like courtyards, multiple themed restaurants and food and
beverage areas, and employs more than 800 performers. The attraction’s
construction took four years to complete and cost nearly $930 million.
“It’s like a theme park, but it’s all theater and AV experience-based.,”
said Steven Cai, Marketing Manager, APAC, Audinate. “For sound
design, each theater has very different venue characteristics, different
performance forms, and different construction conditions. Each theater
is unique. The only way to manage such a set of venues and bring con-
sistency and reliability to the project was to design all audio systems
around a Dante network with many Dante-enabled products.”
The facility’s many lighting, video, and sound systems are controlled by
a mix of preprogrammed, synchronized, time-code-based presentations,
audio-triggered routines, as well as live production and mixing. At Unique
Henan: Land of Drama, many elements of the global sound system and the
many stand-alone systems are all built upon Dante audio networks man-
aged and monitored with the Platinum version of Dante Domain Manager.
Steven explained that the vast number of loudspeaker points through-
out the Land of Drama dictate that a very flexible sound system architec-
ture be created to accommodate evolving, ongoing production and space
changes. The main theaters, micro theaters, and outdoor scene spaces are
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all built on a Dante system architecture, which significantly simplifies
the cable installation and connections between large systems. The three
main theaters work as independent networks, and the micro theaters and
the scene spaces interconnect through an optical fiber network.
“The AV integrator for this project, Advanced Communication Equip-
ment (International) (ACE), did an amazing job,” said Steven. “As you
can imagine, this is essentially more than 100 AV installations all
wrapped up in one huge project. Many spaces work independently, and
many are tied together. Some sound systems are hidden for background
music, and some are large full-on line-array, concert-level productions.
They even have mobile sound systems that can be relocated and posi-
tioned as needed to better cover larger crowds.”
Andy Wei, Solution Manager, APAC, Audinate explains that: “Much
of the sound system architecture is based on centralized control. The
sound source equipment and the primary and backup digital mixers are
located in a master control room. System digital processors and ampli-
fiers are installed across four separate equipment rooms. Optical fiber
interfaces are located at the performance venues, which can be connected
to on-site mobile broadcast computers, wireless microphones, and other
equipment as needed. All devices in different locations are connected
through fiber to form a complete network enabling quick access, con-
figuration, and management of the system at any network point.”
With such a large and complex system, hundreds of Dante-enabled
devices are connected to the network. Some of the core Dante-enabled
components include multiple Soundcraft Vi1000 and Vi2000 digital
mixers, Shure ULX-D Series digital wireless microphones, a range of
BSS digital processors, and much more
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VEGAS SCALE
Thousands of AV Over IP endpoints work together
esorts World Las Vegas, the first integrated resort to be built
R on the Strip in over a decade, has partnered with Q-SYS to
create distinctive experiences for patrons in their luxury
suites, event spaces and common areas. The Q-SYS Plat-
form is a software-based solution that supports large-scale centralized
processing comprised of over 2,000 end points throughout two towers,
over 3,500 rooms, and multiple dining and event experiences, plus a
massive casino floor. In addition, Q-SYS can accommodate growth
plans and ever-changing requirements.
Powered by two Q-SYS Core 5200 Enterprise Cores, one for each
hotel tower, the luxury suites offer twelve different room types with
fully automated systems including AV distribution, ceiling loudspeak-
ers, in-wall touch screen controls, and environmental controls. To pro-
vide real-time visibility of each of these spaces, the One Touch Living
integration team developed a series of custom Q-SYS I/O dashboards.
“I discovered I can use CSS to build out some really nice user inter-
face dashboards, and there’s so much that we can do with it,” says Corey
Brushia, President, One Touch Living, a partner in the project.
The nightlife hub of the resort includes a nightclub, a dayclub, a social
gaming, and dining experience as well as an experiential dining venue,
all of which must function independently, while also integrating with
each other for special events. With a wide array of end users utilizing
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these spaces, control also needs to strike a balance between functional-
ity and simplicity.
To deliver this flexible, yet integrated event experience, integration
company Solotech utilized the open architecture of Q-SYS to custom-
ize an overarching system and easily integrate third-party devices,
while leveraging Q-SYS as the heart of the routing capabilities.
“The Q-SYS Platform is incredibly inclusive of their third-party part-
ners, so the diversity you can build in is by far one of the nicest things
I’ve ever had with any product,” says Ben Baczenas, Integration System
Designer at Solotech.
Encompassing the gaming floor, hotel lobbies, gaming salons, corri-
dors, hallways, vestibules, elevators and more, these common areas are
each part of a larger system, but each also have their own unique require-
ments. The software-based relationship between Q-SYS and Dante as a
licensed feature allows for simple additions to the network, everything
from Bluetooth audio to DJ inputs.
In addition, with an installation as large and variable as Resorts World
Las Vegas, Q-SYS Open technology enabled the team to standardize
regardless of the space type. Programmers can quickly conceptualize
and adjust globally; the in-house AV team can quickly master the system.
Resorts World Las Vegas partnered with Technology West Group
to implement a gigantic AV-over-IP network that comprised of over
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2,000 Visionary Solution endpoints and 2,000 Q-SYS audio channels,
encompassing almost every area of the property. With multiple plugins
readily available, Visionary Solutions endpoints seamlessly integrate
into Q-SYS making the combination an ideal partnership to act as the
Resorts World Las Vegas network foundation.
“The support is one of the greatest stories of Q-SYS – it’s very rare
now in the industry that you have a great product matched with great
support,” says Richard Reisig, Vice President, Technology West Group.
SUITES
For the suites, Resorts World Las Vegas turned to integrator partner One
Touch Living. With the smallest of the twelve suite types having four tele-
visions and five audio zones and the largest containing eighteen televi-
sions and twenty-four audio zones, these systems are anything but simple.
All suites also feature audio-visual distribution, ceiling loudspeakers, in-
wall touchscreen controllers, and environmental controls.
“These are fully automated systems,” Brushia describes. “When guests
walk through the door, the room greets them by turning on the lights,
which are specific to the time of day. The shades and drapes then open to
give a view of the outside Strip.”
To effectively manage each of these incredible spaces, the One Touch
Living team developed a series of Q-SYS driven dashboards. From there
they can see exactly what is happening, manage the inputs and outputs,
see what’s playing on the video and make sure the video sources are
working and distributed properly. “While tech support has been really
responsive, we haven’t had to leverage it too often, even though it was
my first-time using Q-SYS. All it all, it was pretty darned easy to learn,”
Brushia recalls.
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NIGHTCLUB
The nightlife hub of Resorts World Las Vegas is made up of four ven-
ues: Zouk Nightclub, the resort’s state-of-the-art nightclub, Ayu Dayclub,
a dayclub that includes the pools and cabanas, Redtail, a social gaming
bar and dining experience and Fuhu, offering experiential dining with
a modern Asian flair. While each of these spaces can and does function
independently from one another, all also needed to integrate for special
events. For example, Fuhu’s wall of sliding glass doors connect directly
into Ayu Dayclub, allowing both spaces to tie into one other. Similarly,
Zouk Nightclub and Ayu Dayclub can merge to act as a single combined
space for large concerts.
On the other side of the spectrum, there was still a need for individuals
to have granular control over such elements as volume and input source
controls, for example within Ayu Dayclub’s cabanas and bungalows, or
Fuhu’s private dining rooms, or Redtail’s private karaoke rooms. Q-SYS
enabled Solotech to develop an overarching system that allowed for spe-
cific areas to operate independently of the main source system, while
also still being able to immediately revert back into the main system if
required. This provided a huge amount of customization capability to sup-
port client needs and in-house teams. Ben Baczenas, Integration System
Designer of Solotech explains, “With Q-SYS we have the ability to dictate
very specifically within one distributed system to address client require-
ments, while another system is doing something completely different.
Room combiners and all of the great functionality within Q-SYS gives
each of these spaces the potential to be incredibly transformative.”
All four of these venues communicate across a diverse network of dif-
ferent devices within Q-SYS OS. The openness of Q-SYS to third-party
devices enabled Resorts World Las Vegas to leverage Q-SYS as the heart
of the routing capabilities and to handle most of the heavy lifting. “Q-SYS
has become this centralized hub because it is much more flexible to build
considering the varied status of our integrations,” describes Ben. “It feels
much more like a distributed audio router than it does a mixing console.
Q-SYS also gives us that ability a la carte. For example: when the venue
scheduled a festival style weekend, programming could be implemented
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to maintain everyday operations while allowing for integration of touring
systems. That’s much simpler to automate in Q-SYS, whereas we’d have to
bypass distributed house systems, or constantly have house staff repatch-
ing things on the fly.”
The system was structured with an end user ideology, asking ques-
tions around who is using the space and how, as well a striking a bal-
ance between functionality and simplicity. Users did not just include audio
engineers, lighting engineers or staff, but also the artists themselves.
Because new and interesting uses of the spaces are continually being dis-
covered, the design is likewise a constantly evolving process, one that
Q-SYS facilitates though continual firmware upgrades. “It makes every-
thing much more attainable for an end user, especially if they aren’t com-
ing in with a deep engineering background. This also allows us to easily
continue to build upon what has already been created,” says Ben.
The entire Resorts World Las Vegas process was one of collaboration,
multiple different parties coming together to develop something truly spe-
cial via communication and collaboration. In this way, the internal life of
the system very much mirrors the process of its designers: a diverse net-
work of devices seamlessly communicating to create unforgettable experi-
ences. Ben concludes “Q-SYS is incredibly inclusive of their third-party
partners, so the diversity you can build in is by far one of the nicest things
I’ve ever had with any product.”
COMMON AREAS
Integrator partner National Technology Associates collaborated with the
Resorts World Las Vegas team to bring the gaming floor, hotel lobbies,
gaming salons, corridors, hallways vestibules, elevators, and more to their
full potential. “Each space has its own requirements,” explains Shane
Snell, Project Manager, National Technology Associates. “For example,
a private gaming area might need Bluetooth audio, while the casino floor
needs DJ microphone inputs and a lounge might require a piano input.
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Each area is a part of a larger system, but delivers a different experience.”
Adjusting to the particulars of every space might have been daunt-
ing, but the software-based relationship between Q-SYS and Dante
as a licensed feature allows for simple additions to the network. Shane
describes his experience as being, “So easy! There’s not a lot you can do
wrong – between Dante and Q-SYS, it is just a network switch to an end-
point. Q-SYS is fully supportive of Dante, so all of these different areas
with different requirements became much more straight forward.”
The Resorts World Las Vegas team maintains a similar structure within
all Q-SYS Designer Software files, no matter if it’s a gaming salon, or
a restaurant, or a private salon. Programmers then able to quickly con-
ceptualize and adjust due to the structural consistency within different
space types and Q-SYS Designer Software’s intuitive interface. Shane
elaborates, “Other manufacturers will make you select a device, and use
some sort of crazy ID or command code, whereas with Q-SYS all we have
to do is name what we want controlled and it will present itself to the
programmers.”
This intuitive design extends from supporting programmers to facilitat-
ing front-of-house success. Resorts World Las Vegas sports a highly adept
in-house audio-visual team, including AV operators that act as a technical
concierge for salons hosting VIP guests. Manned with an iOS device run-
ning the “Q-SYS Control” app, these individuals ensure that the space is
meeting the environmental expectations of high value patrons.
NETWORK
The Resorts World Las Vegas team collaborated with Technology West
Group, who designed and implemented the overall AV system and prop-
erty-wide network specifications. Their involvement ran the gamut in
everything from sourcing additional partners to troubleshooting poten-
tial issues in the final days before opening. The end result: a gigantic AV-
over-IP network that comprised of over 2,000 endpoints encompassing
almost every area of the property and estimated to be the largest of its
kind. Richard Reisig, Vice President of Technology West Group explains
the scope, “The Resorts World Las Vegas network consists of over 2,000
Visionary Solution endpoints (including video, Dante, DMX channels)
and 2,000 Q-SYS audio channels, designed to supply one gigabit of band-
width to any location on the property with virtually no latency. This is
truly a groundbreaking installation.”
A key component to the structural success of a project of this magni-
tude is the open architecture offered by Q-SYS Open as well as Q-SYS
Partner Visionary Solutions. Having developed multiple plugins, Vision-
ary Solutions endpoints coordinate seamlessly with the Q-SYS platform,
making the combination an ideal partnership to act as the Resorts World
Las Vegas network foundation. This system is so comprehensive that one
could network content from anywhere, to anywhere, including suites,
meeting rooms or the 100,000 square foot LED screen building display
illuminating the Strip. “The open relationship between the Q-SYS Plat-
form and the Visionary Solutions was a complete game-changer for the
project,” says Richard.
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UNDER CONTROL
t Rolling Hills Casino and Resort in Corning,

A California, the 20-year-old casino was due

for an upgrade. In addition to over 800 slot
machines and table games, the casino is a draw
for golfers, hunters, and equestrians, with a golf course,
hunting range, and equestrian center on the grounds. Last
year, the facility was completely gutted and remodeled from
top to bottom, doubling the square footage. This included a
new 5,720-square-foot meeting and conferencing space that
can be divided into up to five separate meeting rooms.
Casino principles wanted more than just an expansion,
they wanted the remodel to visually enrich the visitor expe-
rience with 60 new displays, two video walls, and a handful
of digital signage and wayfinding displays all throughout
the facility. They also wanted to be able to use an integrated
control system that could bridge across the wide range of
professional and value end-points and could mitigate the
headaches that can go with divisible spaces. The casino
turned to Fluid Sound, San Diego-based AV integration experts, to design
an AV distribution and control system that could be easily managed by
Rolling Hills staff and inexpensively scaleable for future needs.
Fluid Sound designed a system that would allow the staff to quickly
select and distribute a range of available video sources to each screen.
Video sources included DirectTV receivers, BrightSign digital signage
media players, and computer software housed in four network IDF clos-
ets located throughout the sprawling casino, along with some remote
video sources for video walls and presentation inputs in the new event
space and sports pub.
“We had a 40GB fiber-optic trunk between all the closets — a signifi-
cant amount of bandwidth, which was going to require a pretty robust
AV distribution solution when you have that many network closets that
are lit up with dedicated Cisco network switches,” said Dennis Pappen-
fus, CEO of Fluid Sound. “While Rolling Hills had a sizeable budget, it
wasn’t endless because it was a large renovation. They needed a distrib-
uted AV-over-IP solution that would also be easy to program with their
chosen control system and eliminate the common challenges that come
with distributing video into divisible conferencing spaces.”
Having previously used J+P for the Barona Resort & Casino, Fluid
Sound specified it again for this project, and incorporated much-needed
value engineering on the project while retaining functionality and flex-
ibility. Just Add Power fit the parameters of their budget while providing
unlimited source and screen capacity. The network-based system uses
a modular approach to video distribution, pairing every screen with a
simple compact receiver that mounts onto the back of the screen and
every source with a transmitter. (The system offers ultra-low latency
from source to screen and instant switching between any resolution
HDMI source as well as support for uncompressed lossless multichannel
audio formats including Dolby Atmos. It supports resolutions up to 4K
UHD, HDCP 2.2, and PoE). Expanding the system with an additional
screen or source is as simple as adding another receiver or transmitter.
This topology allowed Fluid Sound to put all of Rolling Hills sources
onto the network, run fiber between the IDF distribution closets to create
the fiber trunk for the Just Add Power platform to ride on, and eliminate
expensive cable runs from all the screens back to a main head-end. Now,
all sources and inputs in the Just Add Power system are available at
any video display anywhere on the property. Fluid Sound equipped each
display with a VBS-HDIP-508POE or VBS-HDIP-518AVP receivers.
Source transmitters included seven Just Add Power VBS-HDIP-707WP2
wall plates in the meeting and event center; the VBS-HDIP-747POE and
VBS-HDIP-749AVP for DirecTV, digital signage players, and other
sources; and the Dante and AES-67-compatible VBS-HDIP-767DSS in
the casino’s private dining room. The receiver supports both serial con-
trol and CEC over HDMI control.
“Casinos tend to look at displays as a napkin — a disposable commod-
ity that they’ll use until it needs to be replaced, which is fairly quickly
considering they’re on all the time,” said Pappenfus. “So, you’ll find a
mix of higher-end commercial displays and value displays. Just Add
Power allows all the displays to be controlled in the same manner.”
Further, Just Add Power solved the programming and control challenges
that are common with divisible spaces. From Crestron TSW-570-X-S wall
mount controllers, facility operators can easily select the presentation wall
plate input that goes with the correct screen in the event center.

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IPMX AND INTEROPERABILITY
PMX is built on SMPTE ST 2110 and is supported
I
by a large base of manufacturers. Critical
announcements from some new adopters of IPMX
have now been showcased in live demonstrations,
demonstrating capabilities not possible with any other AV-
over-IP protocols.
At the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), most of our members
have been in the broadcast and Pro AV markets for many years. So, it
was a natural step for our organization to support a proposed set of open
standards and specifications to enable the carriage of compressed and
uncompressed video, audio, and data over IP networks for the pro AV
market. The result of that work is IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Expe-
rience), which builds on foundational work from SMPTE ST 2110 (pro-
fessional media over managed IP Networks suite of standards), AWMA
(Advanced Media Workflow Association), and VSF (Video Services
Forum) to ensure accessibility and ease of use in the implementation of
AV-over-IP workflows and operations.
However, as we reached out to the Pro AV market, we realized that we
need to show the standards in a pro AV context. InfoComm 2022 gave
us a chance to put IPMX in front of people to prove how useful open
standards could be in the field. The results were fantastic.
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By Samuel Recine
Here is a recap of key IPMX demo
highlights from InfoComm 2022 as well
as some examples of common Pro AV
pain points solved by the smooth interac-
tion between production and presentation
workflows and devices.
IPMX DEMONSTRATES
INTEROPERABILITY
Because IPMX is built on SMPTE ST
2110, it is already supported by a large
base of manufacturers, and that number
has grown at a good clip since it was
first introduced. ISE in May 2022 and
InfoComm in June 2022 marked critical
announcements from some new adopters
of IPMX and showcased live demonstra-
tions of capabilities simply not possible
with any other AV-over-IP protocols.
That is why AIMS decided to use InfoComm to feature equipment
from a dozen manufacturers that showed IPMX working perfectly in live
production and presentation workflows, while also interoperating seam-
lessly with synchronized ST 2110 systems. During the show, a SMPTE
ST 2110 network operating with broadcast facility-grade specifications
ran alongside two asynchronous enterprise AV-over-IP networks, one
for uncompressed media while the other was running sub-frame latency
AV-over-IP content on a 1Gb/s network.
At the center of the demonstration, a Unilumin LED wall was powered
by a Megapixel VR dvLED wall processor. The LED wall showed uncom-
pressed IPMX sources from each vendor, sending perfect 4K computer (PC)
desktop as well as live 4K camera content through a mixed Cisco and Arista
Networks infrastructure.
PTP (Precision Time Protocol) on the SMPTE ST 2110 network was
powered by an Arista switch, while devices such as the Ross Video NEWT
and Matrox Vero produced SMPTE ST 2110 signals into the system. An
Intel server handled the conversion of the uncompressed IP media into
JPEG-XS while sustaining the incredibly low latency necessary to keep the
entire series of networks operating with sub-frame latency.
The second interconnected network was running on NETGEAR M-Series
Pro AV switches. The JPEG-XS content from the Intel server on the SMPTE
ST 2110 network was sent to the NETGEAR Pro AV switch operating an
asynchronous IPMX environment. The IPMX senders and receivers on
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this network consisted of both hardware and software endpoints. The com-
pressed pro AV network showed IPMX content on Macnica and Nextera
Video hardware aimed at developers. Macnica also showcased a laptop run-
ning the IPMX media on its software toolchain and displayed the content in
a window on a Microsoft Windows OS and intoPIX showed a NUC running
an nVidia GPU and powering the IPMX demo in software decode, as well.
As an important bonus, the compressed pro AV network featured a
HDBaseT to/from IPMX gateway demo. The AIMS booth demo showed
this gateway acting as an AV-over-IP receiver with an HDBaseT output.
The HDBaseT Alliance booth showed this gateway acting as an HDBaseT
capture to AV over IP sender.
Finally, for control, the equipment in all three interconnected networks
leveraged IPMX’s Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS), and
two NMOS system controllers from different vendors controlled the
NMOS endpoints: one in a dedicated application, and one in a browser-
based application.
MORE TO COME
This demonstration of interoperability among so many different systems
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was validation of the power of IPMX to enable the pro AV media flows
of the present and future.
Just as we at AIMS had hoped and planned, the development of an open
standards-based protocol has not only simplified implementation and
interoperability issues, but also freed manufacturers to deliver IPMX-
ready products and solutions to support AV-over-IP workflows. We’re
seeing the momentum grow, and we’re confident the benefits to the pro
AV market will continue to increase, as well.
Author’s note: This demonstration included contributions from AIMS
members Arista, Cisco, intoPIX, Macnica, Matrox, and Ross. Guest con-
tributors included Intel, MegaPixel VR, NETGEAR, Nextera Video, and
STAGENET.
Samuel Recine is the Pro AV Working Group Chair for the Alliance for
IP Media Solutions (AIMS), and the Vice President of Sales for the AV/
IT Group Americas & Asia Pacific at Matrox Graphics Inc. Recine joined
Matrox in 1997 amidst the rise of PC-based standards and surging PC
sales. He has held commercial and product management roles at Matrox
and is currently focused on contributing to the growth of performance
media over IP markets.
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IHSE DRACO
TERA IP GATEWAY
Announced last month, this
new product provides users
with the ability to bridge
multiple KVM matrices over
existing IP networks within
buildings, across campuses,
and between remote corporate
offices. Integrating the high
levels of security and perfor-
mance of the Draco tera KVM
system with the flexibility and
ease of connectivity inherent
in IP-based communication, users can access remote computers and interact in real time with minimal latency and no visible artifacts. Via
a LAN or WAN, users have the ability to connect globally to KVM systems as one flat matrix. It currently supports up to eight bidirectional
IP connections for bidirectional KVM operation with video resolutions of up to 4K. In addition to the high level of security data transmitted
throughout IHSE’s KVM switching and extension systems, the Draco tera IP Gateway features IHSE’s Secure Core technology, which prevents
direct access to data within the KVM system from the IP network.

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AURORA VPX-TC1 PRO SERIES
This 1G IP streaming solution uses Aurora’s new Mimix CODEC technol-
ogy. Mimix compression allows for near perfect reproduction of video and
graphic images at resolutions up to 4K60 4:4:4 over 1G networks. It has
only one frame (16.6ms) of latency and seamless switching for fast lag free
content. The VPX-TC1 uses as little as 8 watts with no fan and a small form
factor. Audio, video, data, and control can be sent securely to one or many
units using off-the-shelf 1G RJ-45 Ethernet switch. When the VPX-TC1 is
set up to be a transmitter, the 2 HDMI inputs become a source switch and the
HDMI output becomes a potential loop out. When set up as a receiver, a user
can select the local HDMI inputs or an IP source. Audio can be de-embed-
ded at any location, and/or be sent to or received from a Dante-enabled
device. The USB is also flexible, working as a KVM and/or a high-speed
data transfer (100Mbps) for memory sticks & cameras. Each VPX-TC1 USB
feature can also be set as a host or a device. To keep the system friendly, an
OSD and integrated web server are available for easy navigation and setup
of features.
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YAMAHA UC ADECIA
The ADECIA ceiling microphone
and line array speaker solution has
been certified for medium-sized
Microsoft Teams Rooms. ADECIA
is comprised of four Yamaha prod-
ucts: the RM-CG ceiling array microphone and RM-CR signal processor,
as well as Yamaha’s PoE switches and VXL Series line array speakers. Fea-
turing Yamaha’s dynamic beam tracking technology, the ADECIA ceiling
microphone utilizes four beams to automatically track voices within the
room simultaneously, ensuring conversations are picked up and delivered
clearly to the far end while eliminating unwanted background noise.
The complete solution immediately detects all components of the system
and configures them to be optimized for the room environment, account-
ing for the location of the speakers, microphones, reverberation and echo
behavior. The system also comes with USB, Bluetooth, Dante and ana-
log connections. ADECIA is currently available as part of a hybrid room-
ready bundle from Yamaha, Lenovo and AVer, which includes Yamaha’s
ADECIA complete audio system, an AVer AM520 Pro2 conference camera
and a ThinkSmart Core + touchpanel and controller.
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EVERTZAV NUCLEUS
This AV routing platform has been developed to be
a simplified, all-in-one AV over IP, distribution,
presentation, collaboration, and control system.
The design grew out of Evertz’ decades of experi-
ence in broadcast infrastructure. The NUCLEUS
platform is comprised of the NUCLEUS Session
Manager and UXP AV Gateways (standalone and
modular available). Any combination of modu-
lar and standalone UXP AV Gateways can be
interconnected using a COTS switch and then
configured, controlled, and managed using the
NUCLEUS Session Manager. The platform can
be integrated using existing standard 1GbE IT
infrastructure/IP network. NUCLEUS also sup-
ports 2.5GbE and 10GbE networks.

CONVERTIP ENCODERS AND DECODERS

Built on SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS API, and IPMX-ready
technologies, Matrox ConvertIP standards-based encod-
ers and decoders empower you to build interoperable,
cost-effective, and scalable infrastructures to deliver a
new era of compressed and uncompressed 4K IP signal
transport. ConvertIP is a versatile platform that supports
visually lossless 4K over 1 GbE and 2.5 GbE networks
with imperceptible latency, or lossless 4K over 10 GbE
and 25 GbE networks with zero-latency performance.
In addition, the Matrox ConductIP NMOS-based signal
routing platform simplifies media distribution in net-
works of any size by enabling you to discover, moni-
tor, and route any AMWA NMOS-enabled ST 2110 or
IPMX-ready signal.

ATLONA + NETGEAR
In April, Atlona and NETGEAR
announced they have joined forces
to simplify and AVoIP deploy-
ments for their common customers.
Available through Atlona partners
in the United States, the pre-vali-
dated, interoperable solutions bring
Atlona OmniStream AV over IP
products together with preconfigured NETGEAR M4250 managed network switches for an out-of-the-box integration. Users simply power up the
switch and follow basic instructions to confirm settings and connect to OmniStream endpoints. This removes the need to configure DHCP address
assignments, VLANs, and IGMP for multicast streaming. Customers who have acquired NETGEAR M4250 products outside Atlona can benefit
from a similar out-of-the-box installation experience by simply uploading an OmniStream configuration file to the network switch. Atlona custom-
ers can order NETGEAR M4250 switches with 8, 24 or 40 ports to cover systems of nearly any size. The NETGEAR M4250 switches can supply
ample power to OmniStream endpoints from all their PoE-equipped network ports.

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JUST ADD POWER
718KVM/748KVM
In September, J+P upgraded the
718KVM/749KVM transmitters to offer full
AVP functionality with Dolby chipsets, now avail-
able for order. The transmitters support KVM as well as
stereo audio breakout right out of the box. With the installa-
tion of the new Dolby chipset, the transmitters can be modified
in the field to deliver full AVP performance. Just Add Power’s new
718KVM and the rackmount 749KVM will replace the out-of-stock 718AVP and 749AVP indefinitely. Like the AVP models, the new PoE trans-
mitters encode a 4K or lower-resolution source device into an IP signal and send it over the network with ultra-low latency and instant switching.
They support HDCP 2.2 and USB 2.0 and feature image pull, 3.5mm stereo audio output with adjustable delay, and RS-232, IR, and CEC control of
sources. With the chipset upgrade, the 718KVM and 749KVM will enable Dolby DSP, the re-encoding of Dolby Digital 5.1 as Dolby Pro Logic II
for HDMI distribution to both multi-channel and stereo audio zones and provide two analog audio inputs that are mixable with HDMI audio.

PTZOPTICS MOVE
PTZOptics has announced a new Move series of cameras, with the first
camera of the Move Series scheduled for release later this year. The Move
camera features SDI, HDMI, USB, and IP output, and comes native with
NDI|HX. It is capable of 4K at 60fps (1080p at 60fps over SDI). The
Move offers built-in auto-tracking capabilities — no need to run soft-
ware on another computer — freeing teams of the need for a camera
operator and offers a built-in tally light. With 12x and 20x optical zoom
available, the Move can fit seamlessly into any production scenario, PTZ
Optics reported. Designed in response to user feedback it incorporates
intelligence features that are increasingly in demand. In addition to the
Move’s auto-tracking features, users will also have access to PTZOp-
tics’ latest Web UI — updated to provide everything users need in one
simple menu. Almost every feature in the Web UI has a tutorial function,
perfect for novice producers navigating the settings for the first time.

TELOS INFINITY VIP INTERCOM PLATFORM

The VIP was designed to be the first fully featured Cloud-based intercom system. It delivers sophisticated comms virtually, making Cloud-based media
production workflows available on any device—smartphone, laptop, desktop, or tablet. Users can alternatively use third-party control devices, like
Elgato’s Stream Deck, to control Telos Infinity VIP. The platform supports intercom at home, on premises, site-to-site or in the cloud. The platform was
designed to require less maintenance, infrastructure, and space to interact with familiar devices and to be scalable to support flexible deployment and pay
as needed options. As users pursue a path to
visualization, VIP can scale with them from
a few remote smartphone VIP instances to
an enterprise solution requiring hundreds of
instances. The Telos Infinity VIP hardware
appliance can be used with an onsite server.
For both On-Prem or Cloud versions, Telos
Infinity VIP can be integrated with Telos
Infinity hardware comms, or any third-
party intercom or audio subsystem using
AES67 or SMPTE 2110-30 connectivity.

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DATAPATH VISIONSC-S2
This new 4K/60 capture card meets the SDVoE Alliance’s parameters for minimum latency
and high-quality resolution and is compatible with the SDVoE Alliance’s broad
range of multi-manufacturer hardware solutions. With Datapath’s dedicated
SDVoE capture hardware, enough PCIe bandwidth is provided to prop-
erly transfer the full quality available in the SDVoE
feed into an application, and with minimum added
latency to ensure the end-to-end solution is fit for
real-time applications. Furthermore, SDVoE is ideal
for routing to Media Severs for long-distance real
time signal processing where minimum latency is crucial. This
broadens the SDVoE catalog beyond standalone encoders and decod-
ers providing a direct video path into PCs.

Q-SYS CORE NANO

Built on the same technology as the other Q-SYS
processors, the Core Nano is designed for lower net-
work channel capacity and/or targeted processing
requirements; it can support multiple rooms and/or
installations that rely solely on networked, IP-based
endpoints. Users can unlock the processor’s full
potential with Q-SYS Scaling licenses. The Core
Nano offers purely network AV&C processing and
can process and route up to 64x64 network channels
and include 8 x 8 channels of software Dante (with
the option to license up to 32 x 32 Dante channels.)
Rather than deploying an AV&C processor with unused analog I/O that occupies a full rack space, Core Nano offers a smaller, space-efficient solution
while delivering a fully integrated and customized Q-SYS experience, from paging and background music distribution to control, automation, and more
(the same feature set as the larger Cores in the processor portfolio). Optimized for collaboration spaces, the Core Nano features USB integration with
all major web conferencing applications, eight channels of acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) and a full featured control engine for third-party device
integration.

DANTE BROOKLYN 3 AV NETWORKING MODULE

In October, Audinate announced that the Dante Brooklyn 3 audio network-
ing module is now shipping to customers. Announced in June at InfoComm
22, the new module is a pin-compatible replacement for one of Audinate’s
most popular products, Dante Brooklyn 2, which has been redesigned to
ensure continuous availability while delivering support for current and
future Dante features. The Dante Brooklyn module family is the most
widely deployed implementation of Dante and is used in hundreds of prod-
ucts including mixing consoles, DSPs, and amplifiers. The new Dante
Brooklyn 3 audio module is available in 8x8 to 64x64 channel SKUs, deliv-
ering ultra-low latency networked audio in a complete module supporting
the complete suite of Dante audio features. Dante Brooklyn 3 is compat-
ible with all other Dante devices and can be routed, managed, secured and
monitored using Dante Controller and Dante Domain Manager.

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AV SUPPLY CHAIN
By Justin Kennington

e talk a lot about SDVoE

W being sustainable, flexible,

and available. These days,
availability might be the rar-
est and most valuable of those attributes.
After all, AV professionals cannot do
their job without installation equipment.
SDVoE products are widely avail-
able, while many proprietary AV-
over-IP products are back-ordered for
over a year. Many of the industry’s
most prominent manufacturers can’t
meet their customers’ demands due to
component shortages. It’s challenging
for them to obtain the chips needed to
build products. Why?
Every electronic device has one main

chip that delivers the product’s function-
ality: the CPU. It’s in every laptop or cell
phone, the system-on-chip in a televi-
sion, the microcontroller in a toaster, or
the CODEC engine inside an AV-over-IP encoder. Surrounded by resistors,
capacitors, power supplies, and other components, this central device com-
pletes the product.
As you can imagine, today’s consumer demands have accelerated the
need for semiconductors. In 2021, the global semiconductor industry
shipped a record 1.15 trillion semiconductors. These core devices come
in three primary flavors, including CPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs. The type
of device used has a massive impact on availability. Let’s start by under-
standing these devices.
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THE FPGA
An FPGA, or field-programmable gate array, shares some of the flex-
ibility of a CPU, but achieves this in a vastly different way. An FPGA
is programmable hardware, which means it does not run instructions.
Instead, the programmer re-shapes the hardware to perform a specific
task. An FPGA can be programmed to perform any computational task
with very high performance. It can only change tasks by being repro-
grammed. The extra transistors that make the FPGA incredibly flexible
add cost and power consumption to the package. FPGAs are great for
high-performance applications, but volumes are relatively low.

THE CPU
The most familiar device is a CPU. It is at the heart of the PC or mobile
device. A CPU, or central processing unit, is a hardware device that exe-
cutes a series of predefined instructions. The instructions are wide-ranging
and allow a CPU to perform any computational task possible. A CPU can
also change tasks virtually instantaneously. Although, the overhead of
running pre-defined instructions means that a CPU (yes, even your blis-
teringly powerful 24-core monster) is relatively slow and power-hungry
compared to the other chips. For this reason, AV-over-IP streaming on a
CPU is relatively new and rather rudimentary, though it is possible and
likely to gain popularity over the long term.
THE ASIC
An ASIC, or application–specific integrated circuit, is optimized to
compute one single function or a set of functions. It does nothing
except what it was initially built to do, and that’s all it will ever do. It
performs with the highest performance, lowest power consumption,
and lowest per-device cost possible. Why would anyone use anything
else? Well, sometimes, the flexibility of a CPU is essential. For a
minute, imagine a PC that could only run Microsoft Word. Addition-
ally, developing a single ASIC costs $10 million or more. They’re
very cheap after the first one, though.

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AV SUPPLY CHAIN
Now, how does this impact the AV supply chain? As mentioned above,
FPGAs are a great choice when the cost of developing an ASIC is not
justifiable. For a single AV manufacturer, it is impossible to justify
spending $10 million upfront to develop an ASIC. Instead, using an
FPGA makes a lot of sense. Manufacturers pay more per unit but practi-
cally nothing upfront. Performance is good and the power consumption
issues, fans, and special PoE adapters become something that’s widely
accepted. The business model works, but only in the pre-pandemic world
when all chips are easy to source all of the time.
Currently, the entire semiconductor supply is in a crunch as the mar-
ket for complex chips, such as microcontrollers, microprocessors, and
FPGAs does not have enough supply to meet today’s growing demand.
Due to their flexibility, FPGAs are important to all electronics manu-
facturing industries – not only professional AV. Now that these chips
are limited, they are being rationed to the highest-volume customers.
An example is the automotive industry chip shortage. Who do you think
gets to the front of the line for FPGAs? An AV manufacturer or General
Motors? For specific FPGA devices, customers report an average lead
time of 52 weeks or one year. Does that figure sound familiar?
AVOIP
On the other hand, ASIC devices are built to perform one single func-
tion, limiting customers for a particular device. Who needs an AV-over-
IP-only chip? Pro AV manufacturers only!
Today, SDVoE is powered by the BlueRiver ASIC from Semtech, a Steer-
ing Member of the SDVoE Alliance. A BlueRiver ASIC combines AV pro-
cessing, encoding/decoding, and network connectivity onto a single chip,
which interfaces to the SDVoE API in a standardized way – regardless of
who integrates the ASIC into their product. The combination of BlueRiver
ASIC and SDVoE API gives SDVoE products natural interoperability.
The chip is limited to the pro AV environment, demand is easier to
predict, and it has not been subject to the significant shocks seen in other
electronics industries (or, more pertinently, in the combination of other
electronics industries). A BlueRiver ASIC is available and shipping
today to companies across the community.
The flexibility, availability, and sustainability of BlueRiver ASIC are
exactly why SDVoE members have products in stock and ready to ship.
As a result, the SDVoE Alliance is poised to support a global customer
base with a flexible ASIC solution to meet customer delivery demands
amid ongoing supply chain disruptions.
Justin Kennington is the President of the SDVoE Alliance.

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