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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 5 | May 2019

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New from Lawo at NAB 2019
At NAB, Lawo introduced a brace of new products with Director, Marketing
and Communications Andreas Hilmer declaring that "IP is the topic"...
LiveView Decoding Engine
Lawo introduced its new LiveView
Decoding Engine which enables the
V__matrix vm_dmv multiviewer to show
both production (ST2110/ST20226) and compressed transmission
(HEVC/H.264/MPEG/OTT) formats on
the same screen for complete end-toend visibility.
The LiveView Decoding Engine is a
pure software application running on
COTS x86 servers or as a virtualised
appliance.
The Lawo V__matrix vm_dmv distributed
multiviewer now provides full support
of 4K/UHD, 3G, HD and SD compressed
and uncompressed formats. It scales
linearly to any size by adding more
V__matrix C100 processing blades.
The integrated IP capability and
the software-defined nature of the
processing blades make V__matrix a
future-proof multiviewer solution for
any project - baseband SDI, hybrid or
pure IP. It supports embedded and
discrete audio and works with pixel
perfect mosaics with ultra-low latency.
Intuitive drag'n'drop layouts are easily
done with Lawo's 'theWALL'.
Lawo's vm_dmv is a distributed
multiviewer where multiple modules
network together. These modules may
be hosted in the same V__matrix frame,
in different frames or even at different
geographical locations as long as they
are networked via IP. Every vm_dmv
has an input stage capable of receiving
up to 24 sources of any combination
of 4K/3G/HD/SD which is limited only
by the physical (up to 18 SDI inputs)
or network (2x 40GbE) I/O. These
sources are downscaled by the vm_dmv
and returned to the network as Lawo
LiveViewTM streams.
In parallel to the input stage, every
vm_dmv also features an output stage
capable of creating up to eight 3G
mosaics (or two UHD mosaics) with up
to 64 sources/PIPs each (128 each in
UHD).

SMART System
Monitoring
Lawo
introduced
several new features to
its smartSCOPE Deep
Packet Inspection &
Network Analyser and
its smartDASH System
Monitoring and Realtime
Telemetry
solution,
a
vendor-agnostic
enterprise software suite
designed to provide full network and
media visibility across an all-IP, allSDI or hybrid WAN/LAN broadcast
infrastructure.
In addition to existing transmission
format support, smartSCOPE now also
supports SMPTE ST2110-20/21/30/40
and ST2022-6/7 live production video
formats. As a result, smartSCOPE
allows integrated monitoring of both
compressed
and
uncompressed
streams in high capacity hybrid
systems. This new approach to signal
and network probing provides full
confidence and precision analysis
for operations and engineering over
managed and unmanaged networks.
smartDASH's
new
Auto-Topology
Microservice automatically discovers,
registers and documents the IP
network topology by leveraging
OPENCONFIG, a vendor-neutral modeldriven communication protocol, to
present device status in real time.
If it's on the network, the AutoTopology's inter/intra-facility discovery
functionality will find it, analyse it and
present it in smartDASH's topology
view with clarity.
The new PTP Monitoring Microservice
detects, classifies and analyses PTP
at the network layer, and acts as
a referenced, locked receiver for
essential timing measurements for
video, audio and data streams. New
features include auto detection of PTP,
type modes, histograms, slave ports
and lock state.

Compact dual-fader surface for mc256

mc256 Dual Fader Panel
Lawo showcased a new option for
its third-generation mc256 audio
production console: a dual-fader
operating
surface
that
increases fader count while
keeping console size small.
With this new option, Lawo
claims that the mc256 becomes

Complete end-to-end visibility
on the V__matrix vm_dmv multiviewer

the only audio mixing console in its
category that can host up to 144 faders
within such a compact footprint.
The dual fader option also incorporates
Lawo's
revolutionary
LiveView
thumbnail previews of associated video
streams directly in the fader strips,
enhancing user accuracy in fast-paced
production situations.
The mc256 is optimised for a complex
IP-video production environment. It
features native support for SMPTE
2110, AES67 / RAVENNA, DANTE and
MADI audio streams. And because
downtime isn't an option, mc256 has
adopted the SMPTE 2022-7 standard
for Seamless Protecting Switching
(SPS), delivering dual-redundant IPnetwork links to its Nova73 routing
engine.
All-In-One Power CoreRP
Lawo announced that its Power CoreRP
Audio DSP & I/O Node is ready to ship.
Power CoreRP is a powerful 1RU device,
featuring high-density AoIP and MADI
I/O, eight modular I/O expansion slots,
64 DSP channels, IP streaming via WAN
or LAN, and network-link redundancy
via SMPTE 2022-7 Seamless Protection
Switching. Its Class-C jitter/network
latency robustness eliminates the need
Power CoreRP is
now shipping

for dedicated third-party WAN
gateways, drastically simplifying
remote setups.
Although its 1RU form factor is
small, Power CoreRP provides
dual-redundant 1GbE SFP ports
for AoIP and one MADI port (with
redundancy option) are standard;
the eight rear-panel modular
I/O slots can be filled with any
combination of Mic, Line or AES3
cards. A studio card with Mic/Line
I/O plus two headphone outputs is
also available.
DSP capabilities are also huge, with
64 processing channels - perfect for
low-latency on-site monitor and IFB
mixing. mc2 consoles can directly
control DSP channels, and can also
control up to 64 input channels and
16 Aux busses. Even remote channels
can be mapped to console fader strips
for full control of Mute, EQ, Filters,
Dynamics and Delay, and remote inputs
and Auxes from Power CoreRP can even
be linked to a host console's local DSP
channels to ensure continuous linking
of parameter values. Remote lockout of
any kind of on-site operation can also
be accomplished right from the host
console.

VisTool Solo

VisTool Solo Touchscreen
Lawo introduced its VisTool Solo, a new
lightweight software product designed
to give broadcasters better access to
the controls they use every day.
"Graphical user interfaces have
revolutionised broadcasting," says
Lawo Radio Marketing Specialist
Clark Novak. "Broadcasters routinely
use touchscreen GUIs for routing
control, playout systems and even
virtual mixing consoles. VisTool Solo
brings that same ease of use to talent
positions, too."
Based on Lawo's popular VisTool GUIbuilder software, VisTool Solo
enables broadcasters to design
custom single-page displays
that run on Windows-based
tablet PCs - replacing
hardwired
pushbutton
panels with a modern,
graphical
interface;
perfect at producer, host,
guest and news positions.
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