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www.inbroadcast.com | IBC2016 InShow Guide | 9-13 September

Bluebell Opticom Demonstrates
the Building Blocks of an
Efficient Fibre Infrastructure
Paul McCann, Managing Director, Bluebell Opticom, examines the
foundations of an effective arrangement for fibre interconnections...

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t the 2016 IBC Show, Bluebell
Opticom
will
demonstrate
products that serve as the foundation
for a versatile, scalable infrastructure
- one that can expand, contract, and
adapt to suit the application.
One-Cable Alternative
Foremost on display will be products
that provide a single coax or fibre
connection to a 12 Gbps SDI video
interface for 4K/UHD applications.
Such a connection gives broadcast
studios and outside broadcast
operators a SMPTE 2082-compliant,
one-cable
alternative
to
the
cumbersome quad-link HD solutions
required for 4K broadcasts today.
Next up is the new BCX-760 Series
10G Ethernet point-to-point fibre link,
a camera-back interface that allows
easy connection and signal transport
between a camera and an OB truck
or a base station. In a first for the
industry, BCX interfaces map all signals
presented at the back of any broadcast
camera onto a 10G Ethernet pointto-point link, ensuring safe, robust,
interference-immune,
high-quality
transport over much longer distances
than have been possible before.
The BCX-760 Series products are
designed to create rugged connections
in a range of OB environments such as
special-event venues, ENG sites, sports
arenas, and golf courses. They can
also serve as a replacement for heavy

SMPTE hybrid connections on cameras
in a studio setting, and in certain
variations can be deployed to link and
control remote robotic cameras. The
BCX range will transport both digital
3G-SDI programme video and return
video, as well as composite feeds for
genlock, analogue audio for intercom
signals, and Gigabit Ethernet for
network access. A single, lightweight
fibre cable eases rigging, and
customers can link multiple cameras
over the same cable using Bluebell's
muxing and wavelength management
systems.
Camera Multiplexing
One such system is the BC364
wavelength-management
system
with remote monitoring. The BC364
multiformat interface takes in multiple
optical signals and retransmits them at
wavelengths that can be inserted into
a CWDM mux. On the other end of the
link, the signals are returned to their
individual state. This functionality,
coupled with Bluebell's ShaxX powerinsertion technology, is what makes
camera multiplexing possible.
ShaxX is a rugged system designed
to provide full bidirectional signalling
and power for broadcast cameras
fitted with standard SMPTE 304M
hybrid connectors. The ShaxX unit
allows OB and remote production
crews to forgo SMPTE hybrid cables
and take advantage of pre-installed

fibre networks on location, in order to
cut rigging time and position cameras
freely wherever they are needed,
regardless of distance or the location
of mains power sources.
ShaxX works with Bluebell's Shax
hybrid alternative interface to provide
power to the camera without having
to transport it from a remote CCU.
Users can multiplex complete camera
chains onto a single duplex singlemode fibre and power them locally.
Furthermore, using Bluebell's popular
BC Series footprint, such as the
BC364 above, ShaxX offers complete
wavelength-management
capability
while providing all camera and CCU
communications. In this way, users
can easily deploy up to 16 cameras
and connect them over a single cable.
We will be showing the latest addition
to the range, ShaxX-GT, for the Grass
Valley LDX cameras.
Single Path
Making its European debut at IBC
will be the TDM-750, a rack-mounted
module for single-direction transport
of HD-SDI and 100BaseT Ethernet
signals. Requiring only two fibres with
an option for single-fibre operation,
the TDM-750 is perfect for smaller
robotic/POV camera systems that
require only a single video path and
bidirectional data via Ethernet. The
unit can be used widely in broadcast
and security applications.

BC365 12G-SDI
Ultra HD fibre link

High-Density
For
high-density
transport,
Bluebell will show the WB170, an
ultra-compact, 19-inch rack-mount
media converter for converting up
to 32 independent 3G-SDI, HD-SDI,
SD-SDI, or ASI signals onto fibre.
The WB170 can be populated with
WB172 transmitter or receiver cards
inserted in the front of the frame. At
IBC, Bluebell will introduce additional
frame options for the WB170 range
that come in a fixed format and
popular configurations. The new,
attractively-priced variants will include
electrical-to-optical conversion and
optical multiplexing.
Also new to IBC will be the latest
addition to the WB170 system, the
WB172-63 card for format conversion
and HDMI monitoring within the
WB170 frame. A compact, rack-based
multiformat converter for use with
a wide range of broadcast signals,
the WB172-63's base unit comprises
two SFP cages. By using different
SFP converter modules, the unit's
functionality can be adapted to suit
different applications. The WB17263 card offers a cost-effective range
of options such as distribution,
format conversion, monitoring, and
wavelength management including
CWDM.
More information is available at
www.bluebell.tv
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