A new module from Optocore is being claimed to be ‘a revolutionary, total network solution suitable for all manufacturers and professional integration clients’.
The module, designed to be built into third-party product boards, will bring flexibility, interoperability and integration to any product – on fibre, and fully IP-based. Optocore conceived the interface to be fully functional within a single form factor.
The Optocore SFX7 Network Interface Controller offers direct fibre connectivity, which features not only thousands of channels of audio but also data for advanced control purposes. As a full IP system it will offer the built-in Ethernet switch to create one large IP network with all other nodes – without any external equipment. Designed for plug-and-play operation, it also claims the lowest latency performance on the market.
‘The Optocore SFX7 Network Interface Controller is bulletproof, and provides fully-intelligent FPGA-based node and gateway to the Optocore ring and star network,’ says Application Engineer Manager, Maciek Janiszewski. ‘It will provide access to thousands of products already in the marketplace, owned by rental companies, theatres, arenas and transportation hubs, with much more to come. That basically means any product can be integrated with the most powerful audio network in the world – the complete Optocore portfolio, as well as other manufacturers’ products equipped with the module.’
The SFX7 boasts up to 512/512 channels per module, and features: two redundant Optocore links (hot-swappable SFP slots for multimode or single mode LC); two SANE (Synchronous Audio Network with Ethernet) Cat5 extension of Optocore ports; two LAN ports, and third-party board integration slot.
Other advantages include the high channel matrix between products, redundant fibre connectivity and LAN (IP-based control of products from one point, without the need for an additional network). It also offers super-accurate Word Clock generation, with no more digital audio clicks, and distribution between products.
The Network Interface Controller is also assured the support of an experienced R&D team during the implementation stage and further back-up from Optocore’s Application Engineering team in terms of sales, system design and training, both for the OEM company and its customers.
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