Wohler To Demo iON At IBC2014

Wohler is to showcase its modular iON™ monitoring platform, enabling broadcasters to perform signal monitoring of baseband and stream-based signals, at this year's IBC.

It enables users to access, view, control, and manage a range of signals and associated data remotely from any Web-enabled PC, Mac, smartphone, or tablet device, with video and audio content streamed in real time.
"As a future-proof solution with a customisable interface that accommodates ongoing advances in media technology, iON bridges the gap between dedicated hardware for baseband monitoring and the new monitoring models of today and tomorrow," said Craig Newbury, vice president sales at Wohler. "While current monitoring solutions are limited to one box, one location, and one person, iON lets users move into a world in which they can work with any input in a range of applications while deploying an intuitive monitoring user interface on multiple devices used anywhere."
The solution supports a range of monitoring interfaces, including baseband, ASI, IP, and RF. The modular platform evolves alongside users' business and engineering needs, enabling monitoring of both baseband and stream-based signals and presenting monitored content in a browser for review.
Built on a base chassis capable of high bitrate processing, iON can handle large numbers of channels within a 1-RU footprint. Designed to be remotely operated, the platform brings video, data, and up to 64 audio channels onto smartphones, tablets, and laptops via a device-independent Web-based GUI.
Multiple iON chassis can be located globally yet form a single monitoring system. By monitoring the alarm output, either with the iON GUI or taking XML alarms out into a third-party NMS, users can address alarms by streaming a live proxy of the broadcast signal and examining the real-time impact of any issues on broadcast content.

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