Optocore used the 2012 Pro Light & Sound Show to launch the BroaMan enterprise.

Conceived by Optocore founder Marc Brunke, BroaMan (Broadcast Manufactur GmbH) has been set up in order to apply Optocore’s network technology to the broadcast and video postproduction industries. It was prompted be a request for a challenging and scalable bespoke routing task for Sveriges Television.

At the PL&S presentation, Brunke introduced and explained the devices that make up the company’s new DiViNe (Digital Video Network) environment. These include the various base frames – Route66, Route33, Repeat66, Repeat33 for flexible applications and Repeat48 and Repeat32WDM as standalone 3G/HD/SD-SDI and MADI to fibre converter (with or without WDM multiplexers).

These self-contained, energy-efficient devices can also be interfaced to audio and data network systems, such as Optocore, Sane (Synchronous Audio Network plus Ethernet), Madi and Ethernet, to provide a complete transmission solution.

‘This was one of the stand highlights along with the first fruits of Optocore’s collaboration with RTS/Telex – the RTS versions of the very successful V3R-Intercom-FX and X6R-Intercom-FX devices,’ says Optocore Support Engineer, Kari Eythorsson. ‘This allows us to connect audio and control to and from RTS four-wire intercom devices.’

Also at PL&S, Optocore demonstrated for the first time the Health feature of the OptocoreControl software that gives the operator additional information on the status of devices placed on their network. ‘Significant’ orders were written for both Optocore and BroaMan during the course of the show – even in non-prime territories – and a record number of new relationships established.

‘This suggested that the industry generally is in high spirits and the outlook for Optocore looks very bright indeed,’ Eythorsson says.

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