Riedel presents Artist 1024: a key piece that redefines IP intercom

Following the design of your stand at NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, the manufacturer has presented the next very important piece of the artist intercom ecosystem puzzle, which has 1.024 Non-blocking ports in only 2 RU.

It was precisely ten years ago in the contest NAB in Las Vegas when Riedel Communications presented MediorNet, which would become one of the flagships of the manufacturer and was the first platform for media networks and distributed signal transport and based on IT technologies.

By radically changing the way broadcasters move their signals, MediorNet introduced a new technology for data transmission, and currently there are more than 5.000 frames installed worldwide.

A decade later and also at NAB, Riedel has gone further with the development of Artist 1024, an intercom matrix that aims to redefine communications connectivity with higher port density and native IP support, and that its leaders have described as "the next piece of the puzzle", with features and capabilities requested by customers.

Thomas Riedel, CEO of Riedel, "System compatibility and sustainability of customer investments are of paramount importance to us.. The Artist-1024 node will adapt to new customers looking for a complete and future-proof system, as well as for those who have supported us for years and who are now ready to take the step to IP infrastructures.".

Complying with the SMPTE standard 2110-30/31 (AES67), Artist-1024 is the next evolutionary step in the development of the Artist intercom ecosystem. This node has 1024 Non-blocking ports in only 2 RU, reducing rack space requirements, in addition to introducing a number of technical innovations focused on Universal Interface Cards (UIC) software-defined.

specifically, This new type of interface card combines networking, Mixing and management, plus it can be configured to act as an AES67 or MADI subscriber card, or as a fiber/router/processor card. Changing the type of connectivity is as easy as reconfiguring the UIC with a simple click in the Director configuration software.

The plot provides ten positions for UIs, two of which are reserved exclusively for routing and networking. The remaining eight bays can be equipped with UICs of various configurations to provide connectivity to subscribers.

The mixer integrated in each board can be scaled from 8 to 128 ports per card and access the 1.024 Artist backbone ports. In addition, has four expansion slots available for various GPIO or sync applications.

Riedel Artist-1024 also introduces a new flexible and easy-to-use licensing system, that focuses Framce level instead of connectivity type. Each node starts with a Virtual Artist Matrix license (VAM), which includes a defined number of ports (16 to 1.024) that can be freely distributed through the node's subscription cards. Added to this are flexible licenses for rapid system reconfiguration, simply moving capabilities between nodes.

The new Riedel Artist node has been designed with redundancy in its core. By supporting multiple redundancy schemes, including N+1, NIC and SMPTE 2022-7, Provides unprecedented reliability.

All control logic and data links within the structure are redundant, and additional security is provided by two load-sharing power supplies and a fan module with redundant drives. The sum of these measures is equivalent to the most comprehensive communications security network available to date on the market..

Another of the differentials of Artist 1024 is that it is already operational in some projects, like the one that the Canadian public broadcaster CBC / Radio-Canada is taking place at its new production centre in Montreal. This time, has opted for an intercom system based entirely on IP with Riedel technology (More details in the NAB Special 2019 of Audiovisual Panorama).

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