Evertz has introduced Fiber X-LINK, the latest addition to the NEXX processing and routing solution. This solution provides broadcast facilities, OB trucks, venues, and stadia with all the building blocks necessary for 3G/12G-SDI and future transitions to IP. Designed for robustness, the Evertz NEXX router enables access to UHD (4K) and HDR technology, ensuring readiness for the evolving needs in broadcast media.
The NEXX routers are based on a compact modular frame with a passive main interface/backplane, available in 5RU (348×348) and 3RU (96×96) options. They support SD/HD/3G/6G/12G data rates, allowing seamless transitions to SMPTE ST 2110 and the adoption of cloud services within workflows.
Fiber X-LINK (FX-LINK) serves as the next generation X-LINK for Expansion and Router Distribution Architectures, facilitating interconnections between NEXX frames. By connecting three NEXX routers, users can create a single 960×960 I/O unit, the largest 12G-SDI router in the industry. FX-LINK connections can be enabled in various ways on the NEXX platform, with the XC module being key to its flexibility. Due to its modular design and absence of active components in the frame, NEXX offers total flexibility for both new and existing frames.
Internal links between the XC and I/O modules allow for a multiframe NEXX setup, which can extend the router with FX-LINK public ports that function as a distributed floating backplane (DFBP). This enables interconnection over fiber within a facility without compromise. The maximum multiframe NEXX configuration allows for up to 30 I/O modules (960×960 12G signals) and six NEXX frames. This setup maintains the user-friendly experience characteristic of a single-frame router.
Simplifying interconnections among NEXX frames and utilizing FX-LINK minimizes cabling to other system devices. The orchestration of MAGNUM-OS and VUE context control enhances cohesion from a comprehensive system perspective.
“NEXX is hugely popular with many broadcast facilities and OB trucks around the world because it offers very high levels of flexibility,” says Joshua Vanarnhem, Evertz Product Manager for Routers. “With its additional processing capabilities, uncompromised mono audio routing, multiple multiviewer options, and the ability to handle both SDI and IP, this multifaceted router is incredibly versatile and can be tailored to suit every broadcaster’s needs.”
All NEXX products provide fully redundant control and hot-swappable components, fans, and I/O modules. NEXX also features native full audio shuffling among embedded audio, MADI, and TDM (for analog, AES, and Dante), alongside an integrated, penalty-free, software-enabled multiviewer with over 40 pre-configured layouts.
The NEXX system protects investments made by broadcasters opting to remain with SDI for HD, 1080p, or UHD. The addition of NEXX-670 and NEXX-SCORPION modules provides integrated flexibility within the physical chassis without compromising core routing capabilities, paving the way for a future beyond SDI.
With MAGNUM-OS managing operations, it consolidates control of core routing, multiviewing, and additional functionalities from the NEXX-670 and NEXX-SCORPION modules. This comprehensive control enables MAGNUM-OS to offer common, consolidated controls to various user interfaces, including traditional hardware router control panels, virtual web-based control panels, and VUE intelligent workflow context-aware panels.
Additionally, NEXX provides real-time analytics to MAGNUM-OS, making user information readily available, including real-time performance and health data on user-defined dashboards, along with direct operator alerts. MAGNUM-OS orchestration can accommodate both simple routing needs and extend beyond basic routing to enhance operational and engineering experiences.
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