05/2007

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KSC Manager for NEXUS
tv productioncenter Zurich, an important user of NEXUS audio
routers,
expressed the desire for a supervisor control system for their main switching room.
The unique controller would be able to work with any
type of router and should be event-based and object oriented. This
was the principle idea behind the so-called KSC Manager, which is now
offered as an independent product by the BFE company based in Mainz.
Thanks to its multiple control interfaces, Nexus has always been able
to be controlled by the KSC manager. Since 2007, BFE and STAGETEC
are offering yet more: a real integration of NEXUS control into the KSC
Manager. A specially developed NEXUS Server receives all the instructions
about planned audio connections from KSC Manager and implements
these at exactly the intended moment by setting NEXUS crosspoints.
So, the KSC manager database only needs to communicate with the
NEXUS Server.
All of the time-critical operations are executed directly by NEXUS
Server. The advantage is that changes can be executed extremely
rapidly regardless of the number of simultaneous switching operations.
Further, the comprehensive NEXUS diagnostic tools can be used to
create a detailed service log, providing signifi cant assistance in
controlling the entire system.
NEXUS Server will be delivered to two customers this year. Radio
Bremen will soon open its brand-new digital broadcasting house with a
NEXUS STAR main switching room and in the second half of the year,
HR in Frankfurt plans to expand its NEXUS main switching room with
NEXUS STARs and a NEXUS Server combined with KSC Manager.
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