Ise 2015: DiGiCo connects its consoles on an Optocore/Broaman network at its partner booths

With the aim of demonstrating the potential of your system to transport different signal protocols to various locations, DiGiCo has connected its consoles in multiple booths at its booth at ISE 2015 via an Optocore/Broaman network.

Fiber Optic Network Ring DiGiCo Optocore/Broaman created in Ise 2015 It starts with three digital consoles installed at the company's booth and continues to the Martin Audio, in which a digital interface Optocore DD32R connects speakers from this audio manufacturer via AES EBU. In addition, an Optocore DD4MR located in the Allen & Heath is responsible for copying the multitrack through the MADI protocol, which is also connected to an Optocore X6R AES EBU unit located on the stand Renkus Heinz.

In addition, a second DD32R AES EBU unit installed at the Powersoft, together with another in the Optocore space connects this network to a Broaman MUX22, which in turn links to another MUX22 unit at the DiGiCo booth to close and complete the ring.

A technological deployment carried out at the Amsterdam RAI that, as Jaap Pronk points out, responsible for TM Audio (Booth 7-K175), DiGiCo distributor in the Netherlands, "This year we showed with total transparency. DiGiCo SD5 Units, SD7, SD9, SD10 and SD11 are connected (some of them together in an Optocore loop) to different stands of the venue. We also have a laptop with a multitrack (simulating a live band) connected via a DiGiGrid MGB coaxial MADI interface to the SD10, which in turn connects via Optocore to the SD5 and SD7".

The multirack installed in DiGiCo's exhibition space combines the SD10 units at the same time, SD5 and SD7, "Simulating, For example, A monitor room with live broadcast, an audience control PA table (Foh), -Pronk continues-. At the same time, mixes are sent to the new Powersoft amplifiers, Martin Audio and Renkus Heinz, that are located in different locations, while the multitrack is copied to an Allen mixing system & Heath that you can do a separate mix for another location".

In addition, the Broaman units located in the DiGiCo and Optocore booths "don't just act as the tunnel of this ring that we've formed at ISE 2015 -This person in charge points out-, they are also connected to the video camera and screens at the event venue. All of this results in a powerful combination of multiple lines of high-quality video, intercom systems and hundreds of audio channels between all these booths, so that, For example, at the Optocore booth you can see and hear what's happening at the DiGiCo booth, and vice versa".

DiGiCo's console is the only one that is manufactured as an Optocore OEM and runs the native protocol 2.21 Optocore. Users can remotely view each Optocore interface in real-time as part of the DiGiCo/Optocore network and how their X6R pre-amplified microphone can be controlled directly from this console thanks to the fiber connection between DiGiCo cabinets.

As Jaap Pronk points out, "DiGiCo together with Optocore offers a connected system that can now be found in many facilities, as in theatres, live events, Etc. The key advantage is that it is a fully redundant and synchronous network, without any added latency for each additional unit in the network.".

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