For most traditional head-end applications, the core is the SDI router which is now often controlled through an IP network. Cobalt can plan your infrastructure properly so you can do a lot remotely. Cobalt offers the WAVE line of routers, that go from 12×12 and 24×24 openGear based routers, all the way to 32×32 and 64×64 standalone units, all seamlessly integrated. They all support a wide range of signals. Cobalt also offers the WAVE control panels which can be controlled remotely or via the very intuitive web interface.

If you need the Cobalt general-purpose processing elements, such as framesyncs, up/down/cross converters, ancillary data inserters just connect their inputs and outputs to the router now you can easily switch in and out these resources.

You can see your sources remotely with one of the Cobalt multiviewers, such as the 9970 or 9971, and feed that to the 9992-ENC Cobalt encoder. These encoders support several protocols that allow you to see the video in realtime in any device.

To debug something you can run a line to the Cobalt 9960-TG2-REF1 test signal generator to have known test patterns available as sources and connect a Cobalt 9978-ANC-MON to monitor the outputs. Now, you can do all this from the comfort of your home!