FieldCast Fiber Node System One - for 4 PTZ Cameras

FieldCast Fiber Node System One is a compact turnkey solu8on for four 3G SDI PTZ camera systems with Ethernet control.
It provides you all the necessary fiber op8c products to have your PTZ cameras controlled and monitored over fiber at different loca8ons; a local strategic posi8on in the field and a remote spot that can be further away from the venue, typically being an OB Van or control room.
The system is powerful and s8ll mobile and flexible. It comes with one SMPTE cable and four lightweight fiber op8c cables suitable for the world of small PTZ cameras.

The basic concept behind the system is simple: collect all signals from one PTZ camera with FieldCast PTZ Monk, transport it over one cable per camera with FieldCast 2Core SM Hybrid on drum, create a local control spot at the other end of the cable with FieldCast Fiber Node One, and create a remote control spot with SMPTE cable connec8ng FieldCast Fiber Node One to FieldCast Fiber Base One.

FieldCast Fiber Base One is the unit that is the most far away from the PTZ camera. Typically, Fiber Base One will be placed in a control room or OB Van, in a 19-inch rack where it can connect to the switcher.

Fiber Base One is the unit that receives AC mains power from the power outlet and from there on basically delivers the power needed to power up converters, PTZ controllers and PTZ cameras, all along the way to the stage. It does so by transpor8ng AC power over one SMPTE 311M/304 fiber op=c cable to Fiber Node One, that in its turns does the AC/DC conversion for the rest of the equipment.

The SMPTE cable is also used to extend the monitoring and Ethernet func8onality of the local Fiber Node One to the remote Fiber Base One. So all control data and SDI video that Fiber Node One processes from four PTZ cameras, are also sent to Fiber Base One, and all go over one SMPTE cable!

FieldCast Fiber Node One is in the middle of this turnkey solu8on, typically placed locally, at the venue, and mounted in a flight case that connects to a portable mul8viewer. Func8oning as a central hub, it receives and sends signals from and to four PTZ cameras, using four FieldCast 2Core SM Hybrid Main Cables.

Fiber Node One brings you four channels of 3G SDI output so you can connect straight to your monitor or portable mul8viewer. You can connect your PTZ controller directly to the Ethernet I/O port of Fiber Node One, and it will act as a standard Ethernet switch between your controller and your cameras, but now over fiber. Furthermore, Fiber Node One features a four channel 24VDC power supply to power all four cameras over the FieldCast hybrid cable.

And here it comes all together. For every channel, Fiber Node One connects to FieldCast hybrid cable, and this light and robust cable contains two strands of fiber for data transport and two copper conductors for power transmission. Just imagine, each camera only needs one flexible cable to transmit uncompressed SDI video, control data, and power!

At the other end of each hybrid cable you only need to abach FieldCast PTZ Monk, a one channel fiber op8c converter with 3G SDI input, Ethernet I/O and 12VDC output. Once your PTZ camera is connected to FieldCast PTZ Monk, it can start up, it will listen to the PTZ controller you connected to FieldCast Fiber Node One, and a video signal will neatly show up at one of the Dock's four SDI monitor outputs