solution Use Case
ST2110 Signal Management – using DataMiner or any third-party controller
With the upcoming dataminer.MediaOps solution, DataMiner can act as an SDN controller to directly manage your ST2110 signals. It communicates with media endpoints via NMOS IS-04 & IS-05 or any proprietary protocol, and comes with off-the-shelf user interfaces.
However, if you have a preferred controller of choice, that’s perfectly fine. DataMiner integrates with numerous third-party control systems. In these cases, DataMiner uses the northbound interface of your broadcast or SDN controller to initiate “crosspoints” in your network. Additionally, DataMiner Low-Code Apps makes it easy to build DataMiner routing panels. No matter how you control your signals, even with a mix of controllers, the look and feel remain the same.
You can also continue using the routing panels that come with your own controller. Many controllers allow much more than just settings crosspoints, such as dynamically changing labels, or managing categories and router levels. With DataMiner, these third-party control panels are made event-aware.
For example, DataMiner has all the information required to plan and orchestrate a live production. This includes all sources and destinations needed for the upcoming production, but also information like the names of the camera operators. Before the production starts, DataMiner Automation prepares the signals (e.g. routing all external feeds to a multiviewer in the studio), changes source labels to show the name of the camera operator, and creates a new category for all signals required in the production. This allows operators using third-party router panels (hardware of software) to instantly access all signals with the correct labels.
This use case starts with our Control Surface app, part of our upcoming dataminer.MediaOps solution for live productions, and highlights a few integrations with third-party broadcast/ SDN controllers:
- EVS – Cerebrum (This app is available in the DataMiner Catalog)
- Broadcast Solutions – hi human interface
- Nevion – VideoIPath (This app is available in the DataMiner Catalog)
Additionally, check out this use case to see how DataMiner dynamically manages router panels on the hi controller from Broadcast Solutions.
USE CASE DETAILS
Let's start with the dataminer.MediaOps Control Surface app. Source and destination buttons represent multiple ST2110 streams, and by clicking Connect, DataMiner initiates NMOS IS-05 commands to the media endpoint to establish the connections. If sources and destinations are incompatible (e.g. SDI to ST2110), DataMiner automatically loops in a processor from a reserved pool of processor units to convert SDI into ST2110, all seamless and transparent to the operator.
This is a DataMiner low-code app demonstrating an integration with Nevion VideoIPath. Via the Nevion REST API, DataMiner not only can configure Nevion services (setting crosspoints), but also has access to tags and profiles configured within Nevion VIP. This allows easy filtering and ensures that only compatible signals will be connected with each other.
This GIF showcases our integration with "hi" from Broadcast Solutions. All ST2110 source and destination groups are exposed via the SWP-08 protocol.
Additionally, our integration with the Cerebrum Broadcast Controller from EVS exposes all ST2110 signal groups via its REST API, including categories, labels, and levels. The Level Take commands route all levels at the same time, but individual levels can also be managed separately.