Facility Integration
Stress-free set up & maintenance
The C100 raises the bar regarding the integration of control data and audio signals into the broadcast facility, greatly reducing the cost and complexity of installation as well as maintenance and set-up demands.
Ethernet front panel simplifies installation
Each tile of the C100 control surface connects to Blackrock over redundant Ethernet. As a result, the console’s installation is significantly simplified, requiring very little cabling and therefore minimising the installation cost and the potential for wiring failures.
SNMP fault reporting for ease of maintenance
The console offers SNMP logging for essential elements of the console’s operating status, allowing potentially harmful conditions to be detected and fixed before they cause a fault. This method of pre-emptive maintenance assists in keeping the C100’s maintenance requirements outstandingly low.
If a fault cannot be corrected pre-emptively, the console’s software is able to trace any failure down to an individual component on any card, or an individual line in more than one million lines of code. SNMP is then used to transmit instant notification of the failure, and enables SSL engineers to find and fix faults quickly, and generally without having to arrange a site visit.
MADI audio connectivity
AES10 standard interfaces provide easy integration of bulk IO, reducing both the cost and time involved in cabling.
Router Control
The SSL MORSE router provides an extremely reliable, cost effective and scalable solution for sharing audio I/O between control rooms and managing related control data, supporting over 6,000 audio paths and 9 million crosspoints, with full ownership arbitration to avoid conflict. Control of I/O parameters and crosspoint routing is fully integrated into the C100’s user interfaces, resulting in seamless operational experience. An optional serial interface is available, allowing external control of the MORSE Router’s crosspoint matrix in parallel with SSL consoles.