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Deck Control though a router
hi all,
i’m running an older version of FCP (4.5) at a local news station.(in the creative dept) we are connected via a router and use DeckLink’s HD Plus capture cards which feeds into the Betacam SX (DNW-A75) deck (when routed appropriately).
Now i can wild capture using FCP, but have no deck control – it reads the deck as a non-controllable device.
I’m using the Blackmagic 8 or 10 bit setup.
Anyone know if it’s possible to get deck control via a router?
Help
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4 Replies
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See markertek and Comprehensive supply for a mutli-machine DV/FW controllers, there are several models on the market made by LairdTelemedia. This is an active device that routes DV from and to several machines and one edit controller via Firewire. A router does not do the same thing.
bogiesan
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Hi
Deck control in a Broadcast environmnet is usually executed via An rs 422 connection using a specific control protocol (no doubt sony)
Talk to your engineering dept about runing an RS422 cable from your BM card to the deck. If the deck is shared with another controller, like station automation or linear editing, you can get a simple switch to go between fcp and the other apphope this helps
bee eph
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[dante pignetti] “Anyone know if it’s possible to get deck control via a router?”
You can also use a device like a BlackBox switcher to route all your rs 422 connections from all decks to all work stations while you’re
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[dante pignetti] ”
Anyone know if it’s possible to get deck control via a router?”I don’t know about a router, but we use a Cat-5 Patch Panel with our four RS-422 decks to feed our three AJA Kona systems with zero issues.
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