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 Challenge
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| Today's broadcasting organizations rely on a broad array of equipment and systems to deliver timely and relevant news and entertainment each day. To improve operations, these media outlets need to integrate serial-based equipment such as field scanners and remote microwave antennas over an IP network. |
Solution |
| Precidia's Remote Access products, including the iPocket232 and Ether232Plus connect serial broadcasting equipment to an IP network, allowing it to be remotely monitored and controlled from a central location. The solution is as simple as plug and play; the user simply connects the serial port of the legacy device to the serial/Ethernet adapter, instantly network-enabling it by connecting to the company's LAN/WAN or other IP network. These devices provide stations with an extremely flexible and cost-effective way to network-enable serial equipment. |
| Using a Precidia device reduces the personnel costs associated with monitoring serial broadcasting equipment in local and/or remote areas, such as microwave stations, weather sensors, and transmitters, because the equipment is monitored in real time from a central location on the network, using a standard PC. Additional cost savings are realized as the solution extends the service life of broadcasting equipment, prolonging new capital investment. |
| While users most commonly choose to connect serial broadcasting equipment to an existing LAN/WAN, Precidia offers products which can connect via a point-to-point protocol (PPP) dial up connection to an ISP, or even to a wireless IP network where there is no existing network infrastructure. |
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Benefits |
- Reduced personnel and communications costs
- Remote administration & diagnostics
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- Extend service life of serial equipment
- Simple, seamless installation and performance
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| Customer Testimonial |
| KFOG radio station uses the iPocket232 to connect RDS equipment to the studio via the LAN. "I tried the iPocket232 to send the RDS data from the studio to the transmitter via a LAN bridge. It took about 5 minutes to set up and it worked perfectly. My boss loved it so much that he insisted that we set up our second FM station ASAP." |
Erick Steinberg
Director of Technical Operations
KFOG |
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