Essential Install | Matrix And Signal Management
simple two-way HDMI splitter (Antiference HDMI0102S)
can divide the Sky Q HDMI signal to a local TV set and the
modulator. The Antiference Remotelink IR adaptor (RLIR)
features a handy stick on IR blaster enabling control of the
Sky Q box from the remote locations in the home using
Antiference ME200 magic eyes and Sky bypass amplifiers
such as the Antiference Remotelink or 75 Series ranges.
Crestron’s offering here very much routes around
its DigitalMedia (DM) platform which offers not only
matrix solutions, but multiple signal taming and
distribution products.
Perhaps the most significant recent announcement
has been the availability of the DM 4K/60 fiber end-toend solutions. Comprised of 4K/60 fiber transmitter and
receiver endpoints in both box and card-based options,
the platform delivers full DM 4K/60 support, end-to-end
HDCP 2.2 support, support for all IT industry-standard
fiber types, flexibility to adapt to changes in fiber types
and local HDMI switching for added flexibility.
The new 2-rack-space (2RU) DigitalMedia Fiber Card
Chassis (DMF-CI-8) accommodates up to eight of the new
4K/60 fiber cards and is typically located near a traditional
DM matrix switcher. Not a matrix switch, the chassis serves
as a power supply and consolidation point. It can be used
with any DM solution, from the smallest HDMI switcher, to
an 8X8, or even a 128X128 to extend 4K/60 over fiber.
The DigitalMedia fiber transmitter card (DMCF-TX4K-SFP) and DigitalMedia fiber receiver card (DMCFRX-4K-SFP) are independent and rely on the chassis for
power only. Any combin ation of transmitter or receiver
CYP is one of the
manufacturers
adding audio
matrixing to its
platform
card can be loaded into the chassis to deliver custom
configurations. The fiber transmitter and receiver
cards can be thought of as extenders from and to DM
4K/60 HDMI inputs and outputs. The DigitalMedia fiber
transmitter (DMF-TX-4K-SFP) and companion DigitalMedia
fiber receiver (DMF-RMC-4K-SFP) are endpoints that can
be connected to each other on a one-to-one basis for
simple extender applications. Or they can be deployed as
endpoints connected to cards in the chassis.
The other required element for DM 4K/60 fiber
solutions is SFP+ (Small Form-factor Pluggable) modules.
The DM OUT and DM IN ports on the transmitters
and receivers are configurable using SFP+ transceiver
modules to enable compatibility with single-mode,
multimode, and CresFiber fiber types.
Each DM 4K/60 fiber card and transmitter and
receiver box is sold as a packaged kit containing an
SFP+ module. These modules separate the optics from
the electronics and plug-into the SFP+ slots in the
transmitters and receivers to match the industry’s most
common fiber types.
A company with a voracious appetite for supporting
the market with new applications, CYP is very proud
of its PUV-1082-4K22, a 10 x 10 HDMI HDBaseT matrix
with audio matrixing (4K, HDCP2.2, HDMI2.0, PoH, LAN,
OAR, 100m).
The unit supports the transmission of video (resolutions
up to 4K2K@60Hz, HDCP 2.2, HDMI2.0) and multi-channel
digital audio from 10 HDMI sources to eight HDBaseT
outputs and two independent HDMI2.0 outputs. HDBaseT
The only matrix with
native Alexa integration
Find out more at www.pulse-eight.com
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