Platinum™ IP3
Installation and Operation Manual
Introduction
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Proprietary and Confidential.
September 2016 | Page 20
Audio Routing
Digital audio signals including balanced and unbalanced (coaxial) AES
Analog stereo audio via conversion to/from AES on I/O modules
MADI audio - Embedded audio with the use of Audio De-multiplexing and Multiplexing boards
Module I/O in groups of 8 or 9 inputs and 8 or 16 outputs
Route to/from digital and analog signals with no external processing
Front-loading, hot swappable modules
Redundancy (power supplies, resource modules, signal paths) throughout
Enhanced control and monitoring capabilities
Secure access rights with restrictions by level, source, and destination
CCSP, SNMP, and third-party protocol support
Platinum IP3 Architecture
The Platinum IP3's flexible modular architecture accommodates standard definition, high definition, and
1080p digital video signals while keeping a versatile frame and control system. This combination allows
high performance, multi-format video, audio, and embedded audio routing within a single, flexible
frame. The IP3 can switch signals from 3 Mb/s to 3Gb. It can pass and reclock SD-SDI (including 143, 177,
270, 360, and 540 Mb/s), HD-SDI (1.485 Gb/s), as well as 3G-SDI signals, supporting routing of SD/HD/3G
signals in the same router.
The Platinum wideband video and audio TDM switching fabrics (which allow for non-blocking audio
processing) have been retained.
To support audio matrix expansion between two IP3 frames, the internal Audio Time Division
Multiplexed (TDM) buses are Time-division multiplexed onto a higher speed TDM bus operating at 3
Gbits/s each and carried over 16 DensiShield channels. This requires a minimum of two DensiShield
cables – one for outputs distribution and a second for input distribution or four cables if redundancy is
desired. With the Platinum IP3's Audio Expansion option, a two frame system is fully non-blocking,
meaning that audio inputs (embedded or discrete) in frame one can be routed to any output in frame
two.
