• About Modular interfacing and conversion
  • Features
  • Most versatile system in the industry
    • Single Form Factor
    • Cooling
    • Cortex Control and Monitoring
    • Other control options
    • Rack contollers
    • Fiber & CVBS outputs
• Analog Audio Distribution
• Analog Video Distribution
• Audio A/D Conversion
• Audio D/A Conversion
• Video Processing
  • Aspect Ratio Converters
  • Color Correction
  • Frame Synchronizers
  • Integrity Checking and Probing
  • Graphics Insertion and Keying
  • Format Conversion - Down
  • Multi-image and DVI output
  • Video Delay Solutions
  • Miscellaneous Video processing
  • Format Conversion - Up
  • Format Conversion - Up/Down/Cross
  • Format Conversion - Standards
  • Format Conversion - Transmission
• Audio for Video
  • Embedding
  • De-embedding
  • Embedded Audio Processing
  • Dolby Processing
  • Re-embedding
• Audio Processing
• Digital Audio Distribution
• Digital Video Distribution and fiber
• Video A/D Conversion
• Video D/A Conversion
• Miscellaneous Synapse
• Housing / Frames

 Local control directly into the frame

The local control panel uses the same path as a remote control, hence contributing to the ease of use of the system.

The control panel

All card settings are modified and maintained via an intuitive control panel. The menu is an easy to understand treestructure that facilitates safe and fast local control.

SCP08 Universal Remote Control Unit
The SCP08 is a stand-alone Synapse control panel that operates with the TCP/IP protocol (Ethernet) and can control 8 different parameters on one screen or more (a maximum of 64 screens). This means that the total amount of controllable parameters/status information is no less than 512.
Within Cortex all settings and status monitoring can be specified. The panel has software to select/browse all desired parameters of all the cards in all the Synapse frames that are connected. Any parameter per screen can be user-defined, in complete freedom. In other words, a parameter of each and every card within each networked frame can be selected.

Infrastructure of remote control SNMP compatible
Each Synapse frame is fitted with a rack controller (RRC18 for the SFR18, RRC08 for the SFR08 and RRC04 for the SFR04) which stores all user settings and houses the input for the genlock signals. The standard Ethernet interface features a UDP/IP stack. The rack controller can store all parameters of each card in the frame. This information can be updated as soon as a card in a previously used slot has been replaced. All parameters on each individual card are stored into flash memory. In the event of rack controller failure, each card will operate independently. Changing the settings can be done remotely (Cortex), or by using the front panel user interface.
The system supports several levels of remote control:

• For low level control a dedicated protocol, based on TCP/IP, is available,

• SNMP support is optional (RRS18/08/04) allowing easy control by 3rd parties.

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