Platinum™ IP3
Installation and Operation Manual
Introduction
© 2016 Imagine Communications Corp.
Proprietary and Confidential.
September 2016 | Page 18
Introduction
Platinum IP3 Overview
The
Platinum IP3™
Intelligent Signal Routing System provides unprecedented scalability and flexibility to
designers of new broadcast facilities, OB production vehicles, and other television switching, monitoring,
and transmission facilities worldwide.
The Platinum IP3 features enhanced crosspoint and switching architectures which allow scalability to
extremely large systems, coupled with a new frame design for improved density and reliability in large
system configurations.
The Platinum IP3 Router is available in the following frame sizes:
28 RU (PX-FR-28) frame supporting matrices up to 576x1024
15 RU (PX-FR-15) frame supporting matrices up to 288x512
Product Description
The Platinum IP3 routing switcher system extends both the matrix size and functionality of Imagine
Communications' routing switcher product line. Its 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 Platinum IP3 routing switcher system provides video matrix expandability (9x16) to
576×1024 in a
single 28 RU frame
or
288x512 in a single 15 RU frame
. The 9×16 building block provides ideal growth
and flexibility for mixed applications such as high definition and serial digital interface, and other
integrated processing opportunities such as analog and/or digital conversion. With its ability to route
signals ranging from 3.0 Mb/s to 2.97 Gb/s, the IP3 router offers a clear growth path from lower bit rate
signals to high bandwidth, high definition format signals. This router will also handle both AES and
polarity sensitive ASI/SSI signal formats.
Platinum IP3 28 RU (PX-FR-28) and 15 RU (PX-FR-15) Frames
The flagship frame in the Platinum IP3 system is a
28RU
frame, featuring 576 wideband video inputs
distributed across 64 modular slots, and 1024 wideband video outputs distributed across 64 modular
slots. This can expand to 1152x1024 in two 28RU frames, while providing 2N redundant crosspoint (XPT)
modules. See Video Matrix Expansion.
The 28RU Platinum IP3 frame provides a large matrix size via new crosspoint (XPT) modules, a new
backplane (MI), and new Input/Output (I/O) modules. A new resource module (PX-RES) provides greater
processing capacity, and an upgraded version of the Platinum TDM crosspoint module allows for the
increased matrix capacity.
