The Ignite™ Konnect Live Control Room Automation System is a software and hardware system that lets customers add production automation to their existing Grass Valley Kayenne or Kalypso switcher and choose the level of automation required. It's perfect for non-scripted events, such as election coverage, talk shows, live entertainment segments, and late-breaking news stories. An Ignite Konnect system allows a broadcaster to produce more live content cost effectively, speed the transition to digital production, improve a station's on-air look and feel, and virtually eliminate technical errors.

Transition to automation at your own pace

• Ignite Konnect scales up to meet your needs while leveraging the power of your existing Kalypso or Kayenne switcher. To ensure a comfortable transition, users can use both systems simultaneously during production.
• Access the effects, E-MEMs and Macros already built on the switcher directly from Ignite.

• Unlike other automation systems which merely trigger external MOS lists, requiring additional workstations, Ignite Konnect extracts the production data directly from the NRCS keeping all on-air playout elements in sync.
• Ignite Konnect provides access to the new features in the Kayenne switcher such as Source Rules and DoubleTake.

• The Ignite Konnect event-based system allows the user to quickly execute complex production elements in any order, producing a better paced, high-quality, consistent live production.
• Ignite Konnect handles multiple production tasks, which are usually performed by individual operators at separate workstations, with the press of a single button, thereby eliminating errors caused by multiple operational processes.

• Ignite Konnect allows users to store complex production events within late breaking news (LBN) buttons which can be immediately recalled within an existing list of events, or completely independent of the NRCS rundown, with the press of a single button.
• With Ignite Konnect LBN technology, you no longer have to wait for your news production staff to arrive during off hours, but can easily train a person to be able to execute the pre-built, LBN production events to get breaking news to air quickly.

• Ignite Konnect is able to handle the production demands of large-market stations, which typically require the ability to handle fast-paced dynamic changes.
• Ignite Konnect provides small and medium markets production consistency that rival the look and feel of fast-paced large-market stations.
• Ignite Konnect can be used in corporate and educational applications to produce more content, cost-effectively, utilizing the latest production tools and automated techniques.

• The Ignite Konnect event-based system allows the producer to incorporate segmentation information throughout the entire broadcast production process, thereby eliminating the need to re-cut the material before distribution on new platforms.
• Ignite Konnect allows the director to add descriptive data, such as URL links at specific times, for later use in creating on-demand clips, requiring no additional manual intervention for distribution.

• Partial redundant system offers CPU backup which provides security for the most critical functions in control room automation. Partial redundant systems may be upgraded to full redundancy at any time.
• Partial and fully redundant systems can be configured with a secondary workstation, so that you can prep one show while producing another.

• With the addition of the optional audio mixer, Ignite Konnect can manage the mix, timed transition, dynamics (including EQ, compression, expansion, delay), mix-minus, and aux routing of all audio sources without the need for a separate audio operator.
• While other solutions may only do very simplistic audio follow video routing, the audio capabilities of Ignite Konnect allow it to manage all audio functions required, even during the most complex broadcasts.