NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) - Manual (Page 23)

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• The central Live Control section is home to the Switcher , Transition, DSKs (o verlay channels ) and
M/E controls ( Mix Effect panes can be minimized, and are hidden from view in Figure 2).
• By default, the bottom third of the Live Desktop is home to tabbed control modules, including Media
Players, Buffers, and the Audio Mixer .
SECTION 2.2
FEATURES
Let’s take time for a brief overview of just some of the key features of your system.
2.2.1
PHYSICAL
• 3RU rack mountable chassis with 650W redundant power supply.
• Backplane audio and video, monitoring and network connectors for convenient installation in
industry standard mounting.
2.2.2
MULTI-TIER FAILSAFE
‘Always on Air’ features provide multi -tiered redundant failsafe mechanisms in both hardware and software.
To name just a few of these:
• Multiple software failsafe systems continually monitor and safeguard the live performance. Any
recoverable software error conditions are quickly and unobtrusively dealt with.
• Video pass-through option ensures that as long there is power, audio and video from the highest
numbered
hardware input are routed to Output 1 in a case of catastrophic software condition.
• If at all possible, streaming output and recording also continue even if all else fails.
• Your live production system also has a comprehensive integrated system restore feature. You can
quickly reset the system to factory defaults or create and use a custom drive image on an external
volume to restore the system to a more recent configuration.
• If a control panel connection fails, the system attempts to reconnect automatically.
Note: Powering off, rebooting and/or closing a session will not trigger a passthrough.
2.2.3 A/V INPUT AND OUTPUT
It’s worth taking a moment to consider that each and every NDI output potentially substitutes for multiple
traditional outputs. For example – it is not unusual to need multiple physical outputs from a traditional video
switcher for a single source – one for recording, another to broadcast, one for local monitoring and so on,
with each destination consuming precious hardware connections. This is not the case with NewTek live
production systems, which allows multiple downstream connections to a single NDI output.
Thus, it requires no hyperbole to state that your NewTek system provides virtually unlimited outputs,
without expensive additional hardware.
And if you do require more standard SDI outputs than the eight provided, the system is easily extended using
any number of rack-mountable output modules.