Control Systems: Conducting the Symphony

As television stations continually tighten their belts to survive amidst higher channel counts and more competition from internet and cable, the importance of lowering operating expenses while maintaining or improving workflow efficiency becomes paramount to their success. By condensing multiple functions within a router, thereby reducing power and cooling costs; operational expenses are lowered, but the complexity of the system is increased. — As routers become larger and more complex, the issue of control and the functionality of control systems becomes a greater consideration with regards to designing or upgrading a facility. Historically, a router was just a glorified patch panel and control allowed a user to operate it without having to manually move connectors. However, routers have grown both in size and functionality, moving beyond handling a few crosspoints or connections to handling thousands of crosspoints and allowing traditionally external processing to occur internally, thereby streamlining the overall workflow while reducing operational costs.

Published

2011-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

Control systems, hybrid router, reduce operational costs, streamlining workflow

DOI

10.5594/M001106

ISBN

978-1-61482-940-9