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The Blackmagic Design Universal Videohub 288 is a customizable rack frame that lets you build the ultimate 3G/HD/SD deck control routing switcher. At 18 rack units high and only 6" deep, the Videohub 288 is designed to accept a mix of SDI interface, crosspoint, and power supply cards, upgradable as your application demands. Add up to 72 BNC SDI or optical fiber SDI interfaces along with a single 72 x 72 or dual 288 x 288 crosspoints, and up to 2 power cards. Other features include a removable fan tray, full auto standard detection, re-clocking, 3Gb/s SDI support, 288 x 288 deck control, and ethernet/serial control.
Universal Videohub lets you add SDI interface cards and crosspoints for a fully redundant design that keeps working 24/7.- With no electronic components on the router motherboard, every single part can be replaced simply by hot-plugging cards.
- Cross-points are monitored constantly, and instantly change when a fault is detected!
- Router control software included free for Windows and Mac OS X.
- Firmware upgrade provided via included firmware updater application.
- Redundant power supply options are available, as well as a GPI alarm for connecting external alarms.
- Router connections preserved and restored instantly at power on independently of host computer.
- When you're ready to upgrade, all SDI interface cards, crosspoint and power supply cards can be swapped in or out as needed.
Blackmagic Design VHUBUV Specification |
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Connections | SDI Video Input: Up to 288 x SDI/HD-SDI, 3Gb/s SDI and ASI. Can be BNC SDI or optical fiber SDI. SDI Video Output: Up to 288 x SDI/HD-SDI, 3Gb/s SDI and ASI with SDI re-clocking. Can be BNC SDI or optical fiber SDI. Multi Rate Support: Auto detection of SD, HD or 3 Gb/s SDI. Simultaneous routing of 2K, HD, SD video and DVB-ASI. Device Control: Up to 288 bidirectional Sony compatible RS-422 deck control ports via breakout cable. Router Control: Use either RJ45 Ethernet or USB 2.0 high speed interface or Smart Control shared over IP network. Router Configuration: Use either RJ45 Ethernet or USB 2.0 high speed interface shared over IP network. RS-422 Control: 1 x input for controlling router crosspoint switching. Updates: USB 2.0 high speed (480Mb/s) interface. Re-clocking: On all SDI outputs. Reference Input: Blackburst and TriSync for SD, HD and 2K. |
Standards | SD Format Support: 625/25 PAL and 525/29.97 NTSC. HD Format Support: 1080p23.98, 1080PsF23.98, 1080p24, 1080PsF24, 1080p25, 1080PsF25, 1080p29.97, 1080PsF29.97, 1080p30, 1080PsF30, 1080i50, 1080i59.94, 1080i60, 1080p50, 1080p59.94, 1080p60, 720p23.98, 720p24, 720p25, 720p29.97, 720p30, 720p50, 720p59.94, 720p60. 2K Format Support: 2048 x 1556/23.98/24/25. SDI Compliance: SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 310M, SMPTE 425M-A, SMPTE 425M-B, ITU-R BT.656 and ITU-R BT.601. SDI Video Sampling: 4:2:2 and 4:4:4. SDI Video Rates: SDI video connections are switchable between standard definition, high definition and 2K. SDI switches between 270 Mb/s standard definition SDI, 1.5 Gb/s HD-SDI and 3 Gb/s HD and 2K SDI. SDI Color Precision: 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 10 bit. SDI Color Space: YUV, or RGB. SDI Metadata Support: Video payload identification ancillary data as per SMPTE 352M. SDI Audio Sampling: Television standard sample rate of 48 kHz and 24 bit. SDI Auto Switching: Automatically selects between SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3 Gb/s SDI and DVB-ASI on each input so that each input can be running a different television standard. |