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REVIEW, RETHINK & RESTRUCTURE
Lynx Technik’s greenMachine
consists of three components: A hardware
processing platform; apps that can be mixed, matched
and combined to customise and reconfigure greenMachine to suit various
applications; and the greenGUI control software application.
A new game changer
in a green Universe
Lynx Technik, a provider of modular interfaces for
broadcast and professional AV signal processing
applications, has launched its greenMachine concept.
With greenMachine, Lynx Technik
is offering a new approach to
purchasing, upgrading and building
a foundation of signal processing
solutions for any broadcast or
professional video application.
Adopting a three-pronged
approach to product definition and
function, greenMachine, rather than
being a fixed application-specific box,
is a combination of general purpose
hardware, downloadable apps for
customisable functionality and control
software.
First, users select a hardware
processing platform (or platforms),
which is essentially an inactive signal
processing appliance with a variety
of I/O connections and internal
processing channels. The first in
the series of these appliances is the
greenMachine Callisto, which was
introduced at IBC 2016.
A compact, self-contained general
purpose A/V processing platform,
the two-channel signal processing
greenMachine Callisto includes an
integrated colour display with an
intuitive user interface for local content
and signal monitoring. An external
primary power supply is included
with every greenMachine hardware
purchase, and an optional second
power supply can be added for
redundancy.
By the first half of 2017, Callisto
will be joined by Callisto IP, Titan and
Titan IP. Callisto IP adds video-over-IP
and IP functionalities to the Callisto
through an additional Ethernet port for
dedicated video-over-IP connectivity,
and will also include H.264 processing
hardware acceleration.
Bearing the same footprint as
Callisto (1/2 RU), Titan is a four-channel
signal processing appliance that adds
an additional two 3G processing
channels to the greenMachine
hardware. 4K/Ultra HD (UHD)compatible, Titan offers four 3G-SDI
Introduced at IBC 2016, Callisto is the first in a series of greenMachine signal processing appliances offering a
variety of I/O connections and internal processing channels.
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review, rethink & restructure
inputs and outputs for 4K/UHD
connectivity, as well as a 12G-SDI input
and output connectivity.
Like Callisto IP, Titan includes
video-over-IP and IP functionalities
through an additional 10G Ethernet
port. Similar to Callisto IP, users
would be offered a dedicated H.264
processing hardware acceleration
function.
Basic greenMachine hardware does
not