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

Following the design of their booth at NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, The manufacturer has unveiled the next and all-important piece of the puzzle of the Artist intercom ecosystem, 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 introduced MediorNet, which would become one of the manufacturer's flagships and was the first distributed network and signal transport platform 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 in NAB, Riedel has gone further with the development of Artist 1024, an intercom matrix with which it aims to redefine communications connectivity with higher port density and native IP support, and which its managers have described as "the next piece of the puzzle", with the features and capabilities requested by customers.

Thomas Riedel, CEO of Riedel, He stressed that "the compatibility of systems and the sustainability of customer investments are of utmost importance to us. The Artist-1024 node will accommodate new customers looking for a complete, 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".

SMPTE compliant 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, as well as 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 card/router/processor. Changing the connectivity type is as easy as reconfiguring the UIC with a simple click in the Director configuration software.

The plot provides ten positions for the UICs, 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 built into each card can be scaled from 8 to 128 card ports 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 user-friendly licensing system, which focuses on the level of framce rather than connectivity type. Each node starts with a Virtual Artist Matrix license (VAM), which includes a defined number of ports (16 to 1.024) which can be freely distributed through the node's subscription cards. Added to this are flexible licensing for rapid system reconfiguration, Simply moving capabilities between nodes.

Riedel's new Artist node has been designed with redundancy at 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 fabric are redundant, and additional safety 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 Artist's differentials 1024 is that it is already operational in some projects, such as the one that the Canadian public broadcaster CBC / Radio-Canada is taking place at its new production site in Montreal. On this occasion, a fully IP-based intercom system with Riedel technology has been opted for (More details on the NAB Special 2019 of Audiovisual Panorama).

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