Optocore & BroaMan Take Pole Position at PL+S

Unmissable for its slot car scale racetrack, the booth featured milestones from the company’s 20-year history right up to the present — including this year’s new blockbuster releases.

First up was BroaMan’s upgraded Route66 video router, now offering Auto Routing and an intelligent fibre patch bay. The new functionality is powered by Optocore, and is ideal not only for Installation but equally for Live Events or Broadcast.

The first customer is Wigwam Acoustics — and their long-term digital specialist Alex Hadjigeorgiou, the man responsible for the acquisition, flew in from South America to address the assembled press. Now an independent designer, he announced that Coldplay would be the first user of the system when the European leg kicks off in Nice on May 24.

Speaking of his historic close relationship with Optocore’s Marc Brunke and Tine Helmle, he said “The Route66 Auto Router will enable us to create a fibre distribution network, which will be able to expand or contract depending on the context in which it is being deployed. It will also allow the network to be built and tested in sections — or loops — allowing us more flexibility when installing it. This addition to our Optocore system was a natural progression, which allows us to improve on our existing methodology and move the whole system design forward.”

As more people gathered, Optocore founder Marc Brunke spoke of the latest interface developed specially for Fohhn’s Linea Focus line source speakers, frequently found in transportation hubs and a wide range of public buildings.

First Uli Haug, and then Oliver Mack explained the advantages of being able to network their beam-steering solution via Optocore optical fibre, using a ring-shaped cable configuration to connect all the devices on an Optocore network — thereby improving reliability and reducing costs.

A SANE FX module, mounted inside the housing, enables direct fibre connection to the speaker which is often used in combination with the security and evacuation system in large public spaces and entertainment buildings. As the Optocore fibre network is a modern IT-based ‘copper free’ audio infrastructure, it fulfills all demands in this area, thus greatly simplifying installation in respect of security, weight and flame-retardant design.

Summarised BroaMan MD, Tine Helmle: “Once again we showed we can provide unique solutions for all our core sectors — Broadcast, System Integration and Concert — touring at the top level. The entire show was a major success for both brands.”

About Optocore
Based in Munich, Germany, OPTOCORE is the world market leading provider of high bandwidth, low latency, resilient, scalable and flexible fibre optic based networks for the transmission of audio, video and data. For 20 years, Optocore has been continuously innovating and setting new standards with regards to digital network technology. OPTOCORE builds and develops synchronous optical fibre and CAT5 based network solutions for broadcast professionals — for fixed installations and live event applications. Utilising leading-edge technology and high-quality components Optocore guarantees durability and therefore long-term market and customer satisfaction. Due to the open system architecture, Optocore’s platform offers other manufacturers the option to transfer conventional standard audio, video and data formats used in the pro audio industry, via an Optocore network. Technical expertise, QoS and an extensive support structure are guaranteed to all customers, together with the highest level of quality.

About BroaMan
BroaMan (Broadcast Manufactur GmbH’s) high quality products are aimed at the broadcast and installation markets as well as production companies, sport facilities, professional AV integrators and many more applications. The company offers customised solutions for every application that requires video, audio and data transport or routing – whether a big and complex system for broadcast studio or OB Van, or a simple point to point for a small church, conference hall, etc. With DiViNe (Digital Video Network) all open standards can be integrated — digital video, audio, Ethernet and intercom — on the same fibre infrastructure.