The INDIGO ST 2110 adds native SMPTE ST-2110 support to Cobalt Digital’s 9904-UDX-4K and 9905-MPx audio/video processor cards. INDIGO includes multiple 25G Ethernet interfaces to support uncompressed 4K. Support for ST-2022-7 redundancy switching is incorporated for improved network reliability as well as IS-04/IS-05 NMOS for automatic discovery and configuration. This included support makes interfacing to an existing network very straightforward, as the devices are auto discovered by the network management.

“The transition from SDI to IP has been underway for a few years now,” explained Suzana Brady, SVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing. “In most deployments, however, this is achieved with gateways; an SDI signal is ingested and converted to an IP stream by a gateway, traverses the network, and a gateway converts it back to SDI for processing (scaling, color correction, etc.). After processing, yet another gateway is used to convert the SDI to an IP stream.

"Adding native ST-2110 interfaces to the audio/video processing elements provides a cost-effective, integrated solution. Customers no longer need to put multiple boxes or processing elements in the data path switching between IP and SDI. By processing natively over IP, all this complexity is streamlined and costs are reduced significantly. The combination of INDIGO ST 2110 and our 9904/9905 card-based processing solutions provides a compelling high-density native IP processing solution.”