During a global online event German IP broadcast manufacturer Lawo unveiled its new .edge IP video infrastructure platform at NAB Show in Las Vegas. .edge’s compact 2RU housing accommodates up to four 25/100 GbE .edge processing blades and rear I/O plates with best-in-class signal conversion density.
Hyper-density SDI/IP Conversion
Each rear I/O blade provides 48 HD-BNC connectors for SD/HD/3G/UHD SDI interfacing, resulting in 192 SDI/IP conversions per 2RU. .edge provides full support for the SMPTE ST2110 suite of standards with ST2022-7 redundancy built in, providing not only advanced essence-based handling but also ensuring seamless protection switching of audio, video and ancillary data streams in both local and wide-area network operations.
.edge complements Lawo’s established V__matrix video processing and multiviewer solution with a hyper-density SDI/IP gateway. It’s designed from the ground up to be a HOME-native client. It is automatically discovered and registered within our HOME network environment and benefits from all of HOME’s next-generation management features: user access control, quarantining of unknown devices, network security, parameter tweaking and real-time health monitoring, explains Phil Myers, Lawo’s CTO.
Baseband-like Routing in IP
.edge’s board design is unique: it does not have an audio TDM bus, nor a video matrix in the middle of its architecture. Video is switched on the IP packet level, in one of two ways: “make before break” (MBB) and “break before make” (BBM). Audio signals are switched in MBB mode using a V-fade curve for clean and quiet transitions. .edge’s local loop support allows users to route local inputs to local outputs while the packet replication capability allows a packet received once can be used many times without additional stream management or logic operations: packets in the packet buffer are available to any SDI output.
Software-Licensable Infrastructure
Designed as software-licensable infrastructure, .edge can deliver maximum OPEX flexibility for a hardware-based tool. Each .edge blade can be used in a variety of scenarios simply by unlocking the required feature sets, via a flexible licensing system. In addition to its base license for use of 16 BNC connectors, there are options to unlock additional I/O up to its full 48 BNCs. Additional feature licenses are available for Input Frame Synchronizers, 100GbE port activation and 3G UHD Gearboxing including Lawo’s unique “UHD Link Rotate” feature. This function automatically reshuffles the legs of a four-wire 3G-SDI link whose cables were connected in the wrong order.
Easy drop-in SDI Router Replacement
Para reemplazar fácilmente el enrutador SDI directo, los paquetes .edge todo incluido están disponibles para capacidades de matriz de 288 x 288, 576 x 576 y 1152 x 1152, completos con la elección de los clientes de conmutadores de red y una licencia HOME completamente agrupada. Para los sistemas de control de transmisión, el paquete .edge /HOME se comporta como un enrutador SDI tradicional, lo que significa que no hay cambios en las interfaces de usuario o los flujos de trabajo de los usuarios. Esto permite a los organismos de radiodifusión mantener en funcionamiento todos sus equipos SDI existentes.
Con .edge, se beneficia inmediatamente de una migración fácil de un solo paso a IP al ahorrar espacio en rack, peso y consumo de energía. Después de migrar a una solución de reemplazo de enrutador .edge /HOME, puede hacer más: entonces tiene un enrutador SDI que puede escalar según sus necesidades. Si sus requisitos crecen, simplemente puede conectar más E/S .edge a su conmutador de red. Dado que su sistema de enrutamiento central ahora se basa en IP, su enrutador no tiene que permanecer como un monolito en un solo lugar. Se puede distribuir por toda la instalación. Coloque las E/S donde se necesitan y ahorre costos de cableado significativos. Los usuarios pueden distribuir su .edgeinfraestructura de enrutamiento en múltiples instalaciones, en todo el país o incluso en todos los continentes, dice Andreas Hilmer, director de marketing de Lawo.