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IP Transition

More and more broadcasters are moving to IP-based infrastructure over traditional SDI. The promise is that the equipment required (IP switches, router, etc) is more cost-effective than their SDI equivalent as well as opening up broadcast to a huge amount of industry-standard tools that are used in the IT industry.

The problem is that doing reliable real-time media over IP is hard. There is a significant learning curve and a very different methodology used than with SDI.

TSL can help ease the transition to IP by offering a path towards migrating to IP infrastructure while making it compatible with existing control infrastructure.

Utilising NMOS, TSL’s multi-award-winning X-Connect takes care of the end-point discovery and media flow subscriptions while presenting it to the new or existing SDI router control system so that the operators can gain familiarity with controlling IP media flows.

X-Connect allows broadcasters to incorporate IP with a lower cost of entry with their existing router control system while retaining the familiarity of an SDI routing system.

Use Case: Berklee College of Music

To remove the requirement of hired OB truck facilities, Berklee College of Music built an IP-based infrastructure into its facility based on Riedel technologies’ endpoints and gateways.

TSL’s X-Connect is responsible for the media flow management and real-time routing control across the multi-switch system. This allows any of BerkleeNYC’s four recording studios to operate separately or share audio and video resources on larger projects.

 

Discover X-Connect

The multi-award-winning X-Connect is a control layer that ensures all the individual pieces of a broadcaster’s audio and video kit can easily be found and managed across a network that is utilising IP media routing. The simple-to-use software can be added to any existing infrastructure as it utilises NMOS and is vendor-agnostic, making it compatible with virtually all media devices.

X-Connect marries TSL’s virtual control processor, the GTP-V1, which creates a virtual router and enables it to be connected to a control layer, such as TSL’s TallyMan. It can then be managed by the user through TSL’s renowned Virtual Panels or a range of hardware control panels, for a simplified, easy-to-use solution for IP media routing.

From an operator and engineering point of view, X-Connect resembles the workflow of the more common baseband router, but instead, it utilises IP endpoints and technology. This provides a great benefit to those who have not yet been fully trained using IP routing or are in the early stages of deploying a fully IP workflow.

Facilities can reuse legacy broadcast controllers and operator control surfaces while allowing engineers to add modern 2110 endpoints to their facility, which will:

  • Save money
  • Reuse existing skills
  • Maintain productivity
  • Increase sustainability

For greenfield or standalone 2110 systems, X-Connect can provide a complete 2110 broadcast control solution, with tally, at a much more affordable price than other 2110 control solutions.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Routing Options

Traditional Baseband Routing

Modern IP Fabric Routing

 
 

❌ Expensive to control

❌ Introduces a new operator workflow

❌ Has a complex deployment

X-Connect IP Gateway

X-Connect Routing

 

 ✔️ Extend the life of the baseband router

✔️ Expand capacity and capabilities

✔️ Add islands for UHD or HDR Processing

✔️ Common operations workflows smooth transition

✔️ Less expensive intro to IP

✔️ Increase Sustainability

 ✔️ Greenfield low-cost solution with TallyMan and TMVP

✔️ Adds facilities control

✔️ Includes integrated tally

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Router Control

Modern broadcasting technology offers a huge range of signal types which can vary hugely in complexity and that can have a big effect not only on the supporting engineers but the operational staff who are making the content. TSL Control offers a manufacturer-agnostic and cost-effective approach to the control of routing media regardless of format. Discover more

HMI Interfaces

TSL hardware panels give you solutions to niche problems in a simplified way, allowing control of external devices from the button panels without having to go via a control system. It’s direct control. They have their own logical functions and GPIO. Plus, a wide variety of comms mechanisms, that can talk of over IP, over serial and over GPIO. With a small footprint and big performance, the panels can control any GPIO, IP, RS422, or RS232-enabled device, located anywhere, with a single button push.

VIRTUAL PANELS

The TallyMan Virtual Panel (TMVP) is an incredibly powerful addition to the TallyMan control system. The fully customisable user interface brings signal flow management, monitoring and device management to users in an intuitive control surface, enhancing operational workflow to bring flexibility to outside broadcast and transmission facilities throughout the world. Discover more

Tally (UMD, Camera Delegation)

The modern broadcast system contains a vast array of devices that either produce, display or “consume” tallies. Most of these devices will produce or receive the tally information in different ways using different protocols and interfaces. Tally requirements can be very small and contained, but some can be very large systems that are spread across geographical locations. Discover more

Orchestration

Broadcasters deploying ST 2110 infrastructure face complex challenges in orchestrating media flows across diverse IP endpoints. TSL provides a scalable and cost-effective control layer that simplifies IP routing, reduces training overhead, extends the life of legacy systems, and accelerates adoption of ST 2110 without operational disruption. Discover more

Anything-to-Anything (Machine Control Routing)

A broadcaster may wish to have an array (or pool) of devices that can be dynamically allocated or routed flexibly on a production-by-production basis. These devices may be from different manufacturers (EVS, Evertz, Grass Valley, Black Magic etc) and have different control panels, interfaces, and protocols. Discover more

Dynamic Insertion (SCTE)

For broadcasters navigating the thrilling world of live sports and news, the unpredictability of highly reactive content can make signalling ad insertion challenging. Rapid changes in content increase the likelihood of failing to deliver ad breaks at the right time, risking reputational damage with advertisers. Discover more

Facility Control

The modern operator can be faced with a bewildering array of control surfaces, web pages and graphical user interfaces to control even a simple production. This can lead to delays and errors, affecting production values and output, and perhaps even causing a financial penalty (service Credits) from the broadcasters' customers. Discover more

Protocol Translation

Most broadcasters have a wide variety of new and legacy equipment that they need to work together in one cohesive system. These devices will utilise a vast array of different protocols and interfaces, everything from GPIs to xml. Do you need to use your old Evertz control panel with your new Grass Valley Router? Do you need to control your graphics keyer when it is routed to air? This all requires some form of protocol translation. Discover more

Monitoring (SNMP)

Monitoring the status of devices within a broadcast system is vital to its operation: Do you want to know where a fault occurs with a broadcast chain, which device has lost its input or reference, and whether there has been silence on a channel for too long? Has the power supply failed in a key unit? Discover more

IP Transition

More and more broadcasters are moving to IP-based infrastructure over traditional SDI. The promise is that the equipment required (IP switches, router etc.) are more cost-effective than their SDI equivalent as well as opening up broadcast to a huge amount of industry standard tools that are used in the IT industry. The problem is that doing reliable real-time media over IP is hard. There is a significant learning curve and a very different methodology used than with SDI. Discover more

Server/Clip Control (DDR)

Broadcasters may have a number of record/replay devices (DDRs) that they wish to control from a remote operational position, this device could be from a number of different manufacturers (EVS, Blackmagic, Evertz and GrassValley to name a few). It is common practice to bring in rental equipment for some productions, so the make and model can change frequently. Discover more

Disaster Recovery

Many broadcasters need to provide a disaster recovery playout chain but cannot afford a full additional channel of automation from one of the larger broadcast manufacturers. Discover more

Control Room Snapshot and Recall (Presets)

Modern broadcast systems often require reconfiguration, for example, where a production gallery switches the studio floor it has been assigned to or where you switch to a backup system. This action requires the reconfiguration of multiple devices or systems, which can be complex and time-consuming. Discover more

Graphics Management

Modern live news networks will prepare many graphics ahead of time for potential future events, such as various outcomes of elections or sporting events. Managing this workflow and ensuring that the proper versions of graphics make it to air can often fall on the graphics department which can make their daily work more complicated. Discover more

Scheduled Actions and Secondary Events

One of the primary pillars of modern broadcast workflows is reducing the number of manual functions that operators are responsible for. Many functions happen on a daily or weekly basis at specific times of day and can be easily automated to free operators up for more important tasks. Discover more

Control Servers and Other Hardware Solutions

From signal routing to remote device control, by grouping multi-level actions into a single, user-configurable interface, you can do things that will make your production much more efficient. By providing just the controls needed, from simple interfaces for specific tasks to unleashing the full power of a system built on a logic-based and open control layer, customers are able to maintain complete ownership of their systems.

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