We have been dedicated to the development and deployment of control, management, monitoring and automation systems in the broadcasting industry for over a decade, accumulating extensive product and project experience. Our products are highly adaptable and widely applied to system management and control in studios, playout, transmission, Master Control Room (MCR), earth stations, OB Vans (outside broadcast vans), satellite uplink vehicles / DSNG vehicles, flyaway stations, equipment rooms / machine rooms, and more. We also provide comprehensive solutions for building large-scale broadcast command & dispatch centers.
Matrix Control System
I. Overview
Matrix switching software is divided into the following two parts:
- Matrix Visual Switching Software Products, primarily used for signal and video wall scheduling;
- Matrix Automated Switching Software Products, which integrates with task system playout lists and rundown lists to enable automated switching.
Figure 1: Matrix output port protection and actual display correspondence diagram
II. Matrix Visual Switching
Figure 1: Matrix output port protection and actual display correspondence diagram
- Supports matrices from all major manufacturers on the market;
- Supports all common operations including controllable matrix switching and protection;
- Supports monitoring of hardware panel switching, with real-time display of non-software switching operations.
Figure 3: System connection diagram
- A unified matrix server abstracts device differences;
- Controllable ports can be restricted per workstation;
- Customizable virtual port wall for frequently used ports based on operational habits;
- Supports background color editing.
Figure 4: Simultaneous multi-matrix operation
Video tracking: one-click monitoring. When a user clicks a monitoring area on the visual video wall, the Visual Switching Software executes the monitoring path switch, displaying the signal source on the operator's assigned workstation monitor. Each workstation can configure its own monitoring path.
Figure 5: One-click monitoring diagram
Different production scenarios (sports, entertainment, large-scale conferences) require different video wall layouts. This software saves the crosspoint information and current layout on the visual video wall as a scene, referred to as a macro.
During production, different macros can be activated for scheduling signals to achieve the required production scenario. Scene switching is completed with a single click.
Figure 6: Custom scene macros
III. Automated Switching System Features
The matrix switching system performs time-based automated switching by editing switching tasks.
The matrix switching system consists of two parts:
- Editing: generates switching tasks through editing; - Execution: generates a switching list from edited tasks and performs switching accordingly.
System functions:
- Flexible creation of fixed and ad-hoc tasks;
- Editing of channel information and device information;
- Querying edited task lists and historical tasks;
- Selective deletion and viewing of task editing logs;
- Real-time and accurate display of matrix switching scheduling system execution status;
- Display of matrix port status;
- Receiving playout system reservation orders (xml files).
Screenshots on this page show the Chinese user interface. English materials are available on request.
