Bluebell Opticom will unveil the new products at the NAB Show 2019 in Las Vegas. Bluebell designs and manufactures high-quality Fibre Optic links for the broadcast, satellite, telecommunications, and professional AV industries. Its products are used for the critical delivery of video, audio, and data services at live, world-class sporting events and venues requiring the transport of high-bandwidth signals over long distances.
   

New - BC160i Intelligent 1RU Rack Frame

Bluebell will demonstrate the new intelligent 1RU Rack Frame. Featuring a Touchscreen display that mimics the SNMP Network Monitoring system. Complete with a drill down intuitive menu the rack screen reports full card parameters and performance with signal type and strength indication with immediate notification of any alarms. Six Cards and a Network Monitoring Card. This makes for a seriously dense, (48 I/O’s), high tech point of presence in any broadcast application.

New - BC100i Intelligent 3RU Rack Frame

As with its smaller stablemate the BC100i rack frame shares the same intelligence. A large 7” Touchscreen with a drill down intuitive menu structure, this 3RU frame is brighter and packs in more tech and information than ever before. Each of the 120 I/O’s can be reported on individually if required. Signal format, signal bitrate, input signal strength and optical transmission power are all available easily and in a few clicks. There is also a power meter function on each of the optical inputs in the form of a very recognisable red/orange/green stack VU meter. The next generation of our highly successful 3RU Rack frame has arrived. Still with Dual Redundant Hot-swappable front-loading Power Supplies and open architecture SNMP Network Monitoring Card, this big rack is as robust and reliable as ever.

New - TDM700-4K-x1000 Robotic Camera Pedestal Adaptor

New at NAB Show 2019 is our Robotic Camera Head Fibre Optic Pedestal Adaptor. Made to look like the camera it supports the clean lines blend in with the surroundings. We already have well established systems for the Panasonic AW-HExxx series. The new launch is our adaptor of the Sony BRC-x1000 4K UHD camera head. Featuring Dual 3G-SDI 4K video transport Genlock and PoE+ insertion this unit, it’s a very simple upgrade for these very popular cameras. This is a very sturdy aluminium reinforced ABS construction designed for field use.

New - BB450-IP SMPTE IP 3G-SDI + 8Ch Audio Edgware Product

The BB450-IP is the logical next step in the IP world of Broadcast. Eight Analogue Audio channels along with one 3G-SDI Video signal are Encapsulated in either SMPTE 2022-6/7 or SMPTE 2110 and presented on a 10G Ethernet fibre network. Unicast or Multicast for maximum performance. This unit is controlled either by the Front Panel Touchscreen or via the in-band GUI hosted on any PC on the network. Compatible with Ember+ Control systems, in SMPTE 2110 mode the BC450-IP can also be used and a Dante Edge device. This is a very versatile compact unit that can be placed many miles away from the Network Switch because it is a Singlemode system.