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www.inbroadcast.com PRODUCT GUIDE | Sept 12 - 16, 2014 Bryant Unlimited Complete The Circuit Bryant Unlimited started life in 1982 as Bryant Broadcast when Ross Scott saw a gap in the market for the manufacture and supply of cable assemblies for the Broadcast and Data Networking industries... S 72 elling for a cable manufacturer Ross Scott was often asked whether they would supply cables with connectors fitted and luckily for him his then employer turned down the concept. Bryant was established and one thing led naturally to another as customers then wanted their connectors mounted onto metal panels and the panels mounted into 19" racks. Thus began the company that today is known as Bryant Unlimited. The change of name reflects that as an ISO 9000 manufacturer with in-house wiring workshops and a fully equipped metalworking facility Bryant is not just the System Integrators friend when it comes to the three Is of signal management (Interconnection, Interface and Installation) in the broadcast and communication industries. Bryant has grown consistently to become an acknowledged service leader across many other sectors including fibre optic cables, equipment for AV installations; data networking and supplies to medical, educational and military markets worldwide. Alongside manufacturing, Bryant's Website and distribution hub offer 'best choice' solutions for the technical install, sourced from World leading manufacturers or designed and built in-house to solve the engineer's dilemma. The initial vision of satisfying the customers' needs has been taken forward by the Reverend Ingrid L. Scott and her team into constantly evolving eco-friendly areas like optical fibre camera cables and power distribution units for broadcast and IT racks. Optical Fibre Camera Cables Bryant Unlimited has evolved to become the UK's leading manufacturer of optical fibre interconnects for audio and high-definition video broadcast plus network and high-end A/V applications. Bryant has invested heavily in the equipment and expertise necessary to assist installers in using fibre to transport HD, 3Gb/s and Gigabit Ethernet over fibre optic media. By monitoring customer demand Bryant were able to take the lead and transfer their wiring skills from multipair and coax/triax cabling to optical fibre camera cabling. Bryant sell SMPTE 311M, single-mode fibre optic and copper hybrid camera cable, manufactured using Furukawa 2SM-9.2-37.5 ARIB specification cable, terminated with Lemo SMPTE 304M connectors including sleeves, dust caps and gaiters, for high definition video camera to CCU interconnect. As well as being a franchised LEMO SMPTE 311 camera cable manufacturer, Bryant is an approved Neutrik OpticalCON assembler and repairer. This 'system' is based on a standard optical LC-Duplex connection, but helps to eliminate its inherent weakness to produce a more rugged connection. Bryant can not only manufacture but also rebuild most makes of SMPTE camera cables in their Croydon, UK premises; thus avoiding the costs of sending imported cables back to the USA or Asia for repair. To complete the circuit, Bryant also sells Broadata Bryant Unlimited has in-house wiring workshops and a fully equipped metalworking facility. Bryant's state-of-the-art intelligent eyePower mains distribution unit. Communications, Inc. marketdriven products for the transmission of digital multimedia (video, audio, and data) over fibre. eyePower MDU Unleashed Bryant Unlimited have manufactured 'intelligent' Mains Distribution Units since the 1990s and the eyePower MDU is the very latest design. eyePower is a newly developed platform again based purely upon customer demand for functionality hence offering the highest standard of monitoring and power status reporting in mission critical installations such as Broadcast and IT, where loss of on-air time or data is a killer. This super stable, highest resolution Power Monitoring MDU for broadcast and IT racks has control and monitoring deliberately performed by separate microcontrollers. An intelligent MDU available in many configurations with 14 IEC outlets; 20A powerCON single or dual inlet auto-changeover from main to back-up power in event of power failure; comprehensive control and monitoring of inlet and outlet parameters over multidrop serial or optional Ethernet interface with PoE; 1-Wire sensors for environmental monitoring - all in a 1U rack mount unit. Like all Bryant Unlimited mains units eyePower does not rely on PCB tracks for power distribution; all units are hand wired with crimped cables and soldered busbars. eyePower Outlets are 10A rated to the unit maximum of 20A. Factory fit is 3.15A fuses which suits most loads and provides clear discrimination between supply and outlet fusing. Supply voltage is detected after each fuse and after each relay, using a circuit which consumes 0.25W total for over 30 measurements. Current measurement is performed with high sensitivity current transformers. Unlike cheap, PCB mounted shunt resistors there are no heating issues and reliability is maintained by simply passing the output cable through the centre of the transformer rather than routing via the PCB. Currents from mA to 40A (Crest Factor 2) can be monitored. The PSU is high quality, a linear supply with over-specified components that runs much cooler than a cheap switched mode unit with limited life. Linear supplies are more tolerant to supply harmonics and voltage dips. Bryant Unlimited As a company Bryant are large enough to offer the best in service and product availability whilst small enough to still pay attention to detail at the design and manufacturing level. The only constant thing in system install is change, but with Bryant Unlimited as your partner, you will be kept up-to-date with the latest cable and connector technology, designed to the highest standards and performance requirements, and delivered with the highest levels of service.
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