The recent update to BroaMan’s Route66 video router will see its commercial debut on the European leg of Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams tour, courtesy of Wigwam Acoustics.
The first adopter of the new system – which now offers auto routing and an intelligent fibre patch bay – Wigwam is one of Optocore/BroaMan’s long-term rental partners. After extensive testing and training, the company is to use the router on the tour commencing in May. ‘The Route66 Auto Router will enable us to create a fibre distribution network, which will be able to expand or contract depending on the context in which it is being deployed,’ says Wigwam Acoustics Digital Audio Technical Specialist, Alex Hadjigeorgiou. ‘It will also allow the network to be built and tested in sections (loops) allowing us more flexibility when installing it.’
Wigwam has used an Optocore solution to run its SR infrastructure for a number of years – for both d&b audiotechnik and more recently Meyer. ‘Therefore this addition was a natural progression, which allows us to improve on our existing methodology and move the whole system design forward,’ Hadjigeorgiou says.
On the Coldplay tour, the Route66 will be used as a dedicated fibre optic patchbay: ‘It will effectively be invisible to the network and its main benefit is that we do not have to change any fibre cabling to add/remove parts of the network – the transition between arenas and stadia can be seamless. What this has given us is real scalability.’
‘This is the only product in the industry which can route audio links and networks of any format – such as Madi, SDI, Ethernet and Optocore – making it a perfect match for a number of premium console manufacturers,’ says BroaMan MD, Tine Helmle. ‘We are delighted that Wigwam has immediately recognised the benefits, and that the system will make its debut on such a high-profile tour as Coldplay.’
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