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Router Control
Modern broadcasting technology offers a huge range of signal types which can vary hugely in complexity and that can have a big effect not only on the supporting engineers but the operational staff who are making the content. TSL Control offers a manufacturer-agnostic and cost-effective approach to the control of routing media regardless of format.
From a TSL control panel, whether hardware or virtual, operational staff can control the routing of media using the same routing control workflows for all different media types. TSL Control includes industry-standard workflows such as dynamic XY routing, multi-level routing and breakaways, take/multi-take functions, salvos, audio follow video, virtual loops, reverse routes and many more.
TSL Control enables manufacturer-agnostic control of any router (or routers) regardless of signal type or format - this includes both IP (ST 2022/2110) and baseband signals. The TSL X-Connect product is fully compliant with NMOS IS-04 and 05 and utilises any of the wide range of protocols used within the broadcast industry to control baseband routing. TSL Control may also allow you to extend the life of your existing router control panels, keeping your operators with familiar user interfaces while you transition to the latest technology for signal distribution and routing.
The outcome is a single control system that bridges and controls all the various routers across your broadcast system reducing the number of control systems and interfaces that the broadcaster will be required to purchase and allowing for hybrid operation.
Use Case: Berklee College of Music (Berklee NYC)
To remove the requirement of hired OB truck facilities, Berklee College of Music built an IP-based infrastructure into their facility based on Riedel technologies endpoints and gateways.
TSL’s X-Connect is responsible for the media flow management and real-time routing control across the multi-switch system. This allows any of Berklee NYC's four recording studios to operate separately or share audio and video resources on larger projects.
More on Router control
Traditional Baseband Routing vs TSL's X-Connect IP Routing Control System
Router control sits at the very heart of all advanced control systems. Users need to be able to manage signal routes throughout a facility. This might include routing video, audio and data signals between the various elements of a network, for example:
- Route a camera signal to a vision mixer, as well as through other processors, before it arrives at its destination.
- Have an external event trigger a complete reconfiguration of a multi-router setup.
- Route several sources simultaneously.
- Make set routes or multiple routes via a single button press.
