Riedel’s New Artist-1024 Node Redefines Communications Connectivity With Higher Port Density and Native IP Support

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17/04/2019

The new Riedel Artist-1024 is equipped with higher port density and native IP support.

The Artist-1024 node complements the Artist family and further expands its capabilities with 1024 nonblocking ports in just 2RU, significantly reducing rack space requirements. Plus, we’ve introduced a range of technical innovations cantered around software definable Universal Interface Cards (UIC). UIC is an entirely new type of interface card that combines networking, mixing, and management. It can be configured to act as an AES67 (SMPTE 2110-30/31) or MADI subscriber card, or as an Artist fi ber/router/ processor card. Changing the connectivity type is as easy as reconfiguring the UIC with the click of a button in the Director confi guration software.

The frame provides 10 bays for UICs, with two reserved for routing and networking UICs. The remaining eight bays can be equipped with UICs of various configurations to provide subscriber connectivity. The integral mixer on each subscriber card can be scaled from 8 to 128 ports per card and can access all 1024 ports of the Artist backbone. In addition, four expansion slots are available for various GPIOs or synchronization applications. Artist-1024 also introduces a new customer-friendly, flexible licensing scheme with frame-level licensing instead of connectivity-type licensing.

Each node starts with a Virtual Artist Matrix (VAM) license which includes a defined number of ports (16 to 1024) that can be freely distributed across the node’s subscriber cards. Besides these node-locked licenses, there are also flexible licenses that allow for a fast reconfiguration of the system by simply moving capacities between cards or nodes.

Riedel’s newest Artist node has been architected with redundancy at its core. By supporting multiple redundancy schemes including N+1, NIC, and SMPTE 2022-7, it can provide an unprecedented degree of robustness and reliability. All control logic and data links within the frame are redundant, and additional security is provided by two load-sharing PSUs and a fan module with redundant fan units. The sum of these measures equals the most comprehensive comms safety net available on the market.

The Artist-1024 node will suit new clients looking to have a comprehensive and future-ready system today, as well as those clients who have supported Riedel for years and are now ready to take the step to IP infrastructures.

“System compatibility and the sustainability of client investments are of the utmost importance to us,” said Thomas Riedel, President and CEO of Riedel Communications. “The Artist-1024 node will suit new clients looking to have a comprehensive and future-ready system today as well as those clients who have supported us for years and are now ready to take the step to IP infrastructures.”