InBroadcast - April 2023 - 43

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InForm
MultiDyne Heads into the Wilds
with HoneyBadger
M
ultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic
Systems comes to NAB Show
2023 with a new bulk fiber transport
platform that brings several classic
MultiDyne strengths
together
into one common platform with
exceptional signal density for HD, 3G
(quad-link 4K) and 12G (single-link
4K) productions.
Ideal
campus
for stadiums, arenas,
and
venue-wide signal
extension, metropolitan intra-facility
connections and classic
point-topoint
links between trucks, control
rooms
and
new HoneyBadger
studios, MultiDyne's
offers
an
expansive, unparalleled feature set
for production-based fiber transport.
With support for eight camera feeds
and SDI return channels - both
expandable through HoneyBadger's
modularity - MultiDyne's
latest
innovation takes several decades of
bulk fiber transport product design
experience into account.
With HoneyBadger, there are no
limits
for local signal connectivity
and
extension, thanks
to its high I/O density
and
two independent
1Gb local-area network
(LAN) extensions - the
latter of which enables IP
connectivity
over
intercom
singlemode
fiber strands. As
users
four
can also extend
partyline
channels
eight
(wet or dry),
bi-directional
eight
mic-pre
line
level analog audio outputs
and
inputs
with phantom power over
two cost-efficient
singlemode
fibers, customers can
manage all
bulk fiber
from one box.
long-distance
transport needs
That
also
includes analog tri-level or bilevel
genlock outputs, legacy GPIO/
serial control signals and more.
" HoneyBadger doesn't care about
the size of your university campus
or the expanse of your remote
sports
production
coverage, "
said
President
Jesse Foster,
of
Vice
Products and
Western Sales, MultiDyne.
" Everything the content
producer needs
for multicamera
or multi-announcer
productions converges within
the HoneyBadger design, which
is essentially an active broadcast
junction box that is easy to transport,
manage and maintain. It is a field
fiber solution for a new generation
of
content
producers
faced with
a broader array
signals
formats,
connectors
of
and
than ever
while seeking to bridge
the gap between fiber
and IP. "
A typical HoneyBadger
application
for
live
production will employ
a 5RU remote unit
media contribution and
transport and a 4RU unit
at the receiving location.
They both provide standard
connectivity
for
full-size
BNCs for video, XLRs for
audio, and
terminable
Phoenix connectors for serial
data and GPIO control signals.
Foster adds that the HoneyBadger
is designed to install into an actual
JBT junction box that venues and
other users
can build
into the
architecture of a facility or building
and is usually a stainless-steel, wallmounted
enclosure.
See HoneyBadger at Booth C4730.
http://www.multidyne.com
for

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