Miranda in control
Miranda's master control solution is based on
in the Imagestore channel branding processor. This product
offers a variety of essential functions, traditionally
available as separate products. Configured as a control
master, an Imagestore is used for each channel transmitted and the
System can support up to 200 channels.
The PresStation, control panel master, allows an operator to access and control any of the the available Imagestore processors. The control panel is it divides into two parts: first, a hardware panel, and second, a graphical user interface that can be operated with a mouse or with touch-sensitive screen.
The hardware panel exposes the essential functions with one button for each function. All Important buttons are available to each user, such as the keyer control, transition and shooting control. The graphical interface user, on the other hand, displays an overview of the string of signals, displays the signal to the air and sources audio and video presets and displays even images in miniature of the branded media that are available and the selection that the user makes. This interface allows, also, access to control functions, as well as important but less used, such as logo positioning or the adjustment of the voice-over.
The advantages of taking out some of these hardware control panel features indicate that this way we achieve that the panel is smaller, a important consideration in modern master controls, and it also means that the interface is easier to learn and critical manual errors can be avoided in the air, says a Miranda official consulted on the matter.
Miranda also offers the Intuition, a graphical device based on templates, whose content and control can be exposed through the PresStation master control. According to the company, it is the only one system in the industry that allows this unified interface between master control applications and advanced CG graphics from hardware and software interfaces.
Miranda sees a great need: the of smaller master control panels. The space in the Desks are often a luxury and large panels Traditional are a problem in multichannel operations.
Miranda is developing many solutions to allow a traditional broadcaster or a playout installation accessing new video media with a single master control interface. An example of this is the Vertigo XG, which can simultaneously produce SD, HD and video clips in 3gp files compatible with mobile devices.
PresStation is a good solution to the problem of complex control panels. Migrate features less common to a graphical interface. This causes the hardware be more compact and easier to learn how to use and reduce possibilities of operator errors in the air. The interface of the user provides all the time an overview of the status of the channel and offers access to features that don't deserve to be in the button control panel.
Miranda develops a project of master control, in which the operator panel is located on the West Coast of the United States and video processing and the broadcast is in London. The PresStation is ideal for this type of operation, because of the way in which the panel of control communicates with the rest of the transmission equipment, via a secure IP link along with a serial control traditional in real time. This type of project is being carried out becoming more common to the extent that we see channels with intentions to attack remote markets but maintaining the control at the base.
