Routers and Signal Management
Grass Valley™ infrastructure solutions include routing (balanced and asymmetric), routing control, multiviewer, modular, and master control solutions to fit every requirement.
All Grass Valley routers are designed with four key attributes in mind: signal transparency, reliability, serviceability, and density, whether your choice is coax, fiber, or both in the same frame.
As exemplified by Trinix NXT's superior 3 Gb/s performance, signal transparency is a top requirement for Grass Valley router designs. You can also be assured that all of our products meet or exceed SMPTE and EBU specifications.
Observe Grass Valley routers in operation and witness first-hand their proven reliability. We have meticulously designed the architecture and airflow to provide long life. With thousands of routing switcher chassis installed—with over 60 million crosspoints—the Grass Valley product line is a proven winner.
Once you have your Grass Valley router installed, you will benefit from its ease of continuous operation. All of our Trinix NXT, Apex, and Concerto routing switchers include full, frontloading, hot-swappable modules for easy servicing and maintenance.
All Grass Valley routers are designed with adequate density to keep their footprint small. However, they are not so small as to sacrifice signal integrity or long-term reliability. Providing superior heat density and using standard-sized BNCs are examples where signal integrity and long-term reliability are more important than density. Each of our product families is a leader in size/performance, including the Apex line with a depth of only 11 inches.
Grass Valley offers three routing control solutions, from basic control all the way up to sophisticated router control with integration to master control and production switchers as well as machine control.
With thousands of installed systems worldwide, and building on years of experience and customer research, the expandable distributed architecture of Jupiter™ combines performance, efficiency, and reliability in one complete system. Jupiter configures the crosspoints of a single routing matrix and can expand to control multiple matrices as large as 4096x4096 across the room or across the country via IP LAN/WAN connections. Up to 96 router levels can be configured. A line of eight hardware control panels and virtual software panels run on a PC provides distributed management of all devices on the Jupiter network. Some hardware panels use full-color LCD displays for enhanced monitoring of the routing system. Jupiter can also set up tie-lines for transparent inter-matrix operations and support multiple users with unique access privileges and restrictions. Jupiter controls a wide range of Grass Valley routers by means of its proprietary crosspoint bus connection, and it interfaces with our various master control and production switcher products.
The Encore™ facility control system offers a scalable approach to LAN/WAN facility control with configuration, control, monitoring, and diagnostics. It offers routing switcher control for Grass Valley and third-party routing switchers from 10x1 to 4096x4096 configurations, server integration, machine control, tally, and automation system interfaces. The user interface offers large, uncluttered windows, shallow menu trees, and large buttons for touchscreen friendly control, configuration, and status monitoring.
The Prelude™ router control system leverages the Encore control system to provide an affordable alternative for simple routing systems. The Prelude system is designed for small- and mid-market facilities as well as adjacent markets, including small studios, sports arenas, corporate and university media centers, and space-constrained settings such as mobile production trucks.
The Trinix NXT Multiviewer is a fully integrated, internal component of the Trinix NXT router and represents a unique, next-generation approach to live event broadcast and production multiviewer solutions in 3G. It optimizes space by eliminating secondary external components and connections that consume valuable rack space, as well as the need for additional cabling and other hardware—all of which lead to a more reliable multiviewer. Any existing Trinix can be upgraded quickly and easily to support the Trinix Multiviewer solution. This includes every Trinix frame sold since the product's introduction in 2001. No other manufacturer can make this claim.
Grass Valley modular products are designed and engineered to be mission-critical components to keep your facility up and running.
From single-function applications to complex processing of multiple program streams, our modular products offer a range of analog, SD, HD, and 3G-SDI signal processing and distribution capabilities. Most modules can be set up with the easy-to-use NetConfig™ application and status monitored via NetCentral™ SNMP-based remote monitoring software.
You can quickly download the Grass Valley Modular Products Catalog (MOD-1017M-5) by clicking here.
The Maestro™ SD/HD Multi-Channel Master Control and Channel Branding system offers expandability, digital effects, channel branding, and control options. It includes SD or HD video and AES discrete and embedded audio on a single board and fits in a Concerto Series routing matrix frame, offering the convenience of master control and routing in the same frame. It features a comprehensive modular control panel and separate computer-based GUI that mirrors all of the functions of the hardware panel.
