QSC Announces Q-SYS Plugin for Christie Series 2 Cinema Projectors
QSC announces a plugin that allows users to discover and control Christie Series 2 cinema projectors within the Q-SYS Ecosystem . Christie is a global visual and audio technologies company . With thousands of projectors deployed around the world , this new plugin enables automated functionality within Q-SYS . The plugin mirrors what is displayed on the projector touch panel , including channel , power , lamp , douser , test pattern , and lens adjustments , along with key status indicators .
" Christie is pleased that QSC has added support for the Christie Series 2 cinema projectors to Q-SYS Designer Asset Manager ," says Allan Fernandes , Director Product Management , Cinema , Christie . " The ease of integration into the Q-SYS Ecosystem allows cinema technicians to easily control and monitor cinemas , saving time and money ." " The new Christie plugin for Q-SYS-enabled cinemas is the latest in a series of plugins that will expand the scope of what Q-SYS can do to streamline operations in a multiplex ," says Barry Ferrell , Head of Cinema Product Development , QSC . " Cinema technicians will be able to use one UCI to control the audio , projector , and media server within a theatre , making remote control and management as easy as the push of a button ."
The Q-SYS Christie plugin is now available via Q-SYS Designer Asset
Manager within Q-SYS Designer Software . Asset Manager is a cloudbased feature that allows system designers to quickly and easily download and install new Q-SYS plugins for third-party devices , without waiting for new Q-SYS Designer Software releases .
QSC Cinema Announces New Q-SYS Core Processors
QSC announces two new audio , video , and control processors native to the Q-SYS Ecosystem - the smaller Q-SYS Core 8 Flex and Q-SYS Core Nano . Driven by the proliferation of networked endpoints and the expanding processing needs of a wider variety of spaces and topologies , the Core 8 Flex includes on board analog audio I / O and GPIO plus network I / O while the Q-SYS Core Nano offers network-only audio I / O processing and control . Built on the same flexible and scalable software foundation as the rest of the Q-SYS processor portfolio , including the best-in-class Q-SYS Core 110c , these new Cores expand design options to meet a wider variety of cinema applications including 5.1 / 7.1 and immersive audio rooms , arcade gaming areas , background / foreground music for food service areas , event rooms and much more .
The Q-SYS Core 8 Flex includes a 64 x 64 networked I / O channel capacity with eight on board FLEX audio channels and eight GPIOs to quickly and easily integrate analog audio and control devices into the Q-SYS Ecosystem . Q-SYS Core Nano offers the same 64 x 64 networked audio I / O without the on board analog I / O to support installations with smaller spaces with centralized processing and fully networked endpoints . Both of these new Q-SYS Core processors occupy a smaller half-width , 1RU footprint and include pre-installed 8 x 8 Softwarebased Dante audio channels ( license upgradeable up to 32 x 32 channels ), driverless USB audio , and AV bridging capabilities .
These smaller Core processors utilise the same , robust software-based architecture , control engine and design software suite ( Q-SYS Designer Software ) as the rest of the Q-SYS Core processing portfolio . They both offer powerful and scalable DSP processing , video routing and bridging for web conferencing , as well as third-party endpoint integration without the need for separate dedicated control processors . " These new processors join a growing Ecosystem of AV & C processors built on a flexible software foundation that deliver features and functionality without relying on dedicated , single-purpose hardware ," says Barry Ferrell , Senior Director , Cinema Product Development , QSC . " They are our most cost-effective cores yet , giving installers the ability to choose either a single Core 8 Flex or Core Nano for each room in a multiplex , or choose to run several 5.1 / 7.1 rooms from one single Core without compromising on features or performance ."
" The introduction of these two new Core processors bring even more design flexibility to the Q-SYS Ecosystem , delivering on the promise of a standards-based software platform that can easily scale-up or scale-out . I ' m proud of the innovation and engineering strength of our research and development teams , who continue to deliver solutions that meet the evolving needs of the markets we serve , while reducing complexity and cost for our partners and customers ," says Jatan Shah , Executive Vice President , Chief Operating Office and Technology Officer , QSC .
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March-May 2021