Starfish Promotes Non-Profit Organizations Using Ensemble Designs
February 4th, 2008At Starfish we have installed an SDI with embedded audio signal chain that relies heavily on Ensemble Avenue. All of our national network feed goes through the Avenue frame. Client tapes are ingested into the 360 Systems MAXX server. The 360 server broadcast signal as well as a secondary signal path are both routed to an Avenue 5160 bypass protection switch. The secondary/backup feed into the 5160 is a Chyron ChyTV unit with a loop of graphics and music. The 5160 monitors audio presence, video threshold and video freeze.
If the primary incoming signal drops below any of the parameters, the 5160 automatically selects the ChyTV as a secondary feed. When the 5160 makes a switch to the secondary feed it also sends an email to a number of our Starfish employees. The 5160 will also send an email when it switches back to the primary signal source. That way we know exactly when a clip did not play out of the server. And we also know when the system is back to a normal status. This email feature has been a great benefit in trouble shooting.
The output of the 5150 bypass switch goes into the Avenue 5420 logo inserter for station ID branding. Finally the signal goes through the Avenue 5470 legalizer for video shaping. When the signal goes to air I know it’s right.
Andy Carleton, our new Production Engineer, selected all of the equipment including the Ensemble Designs Avenue for signal processing. Knowing the reputation of Ensemble Designs and the caliber of their products, I didn’t think twice about depending on their products. Together, Andy and I designed the facility and hired Greg Campbell from 3CI as the integrator to assist with installation.
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