TSL Products, a designer and manufacturer of broadcast workflow solutions, has updated its advanced broadcast control panel offerings with its new AIB-4, Web-keys for control panels and PTZ camera control through its TallyMan Virtual Panels. TSL’s control systems allow broadcasters to visualise their control workflows and bring all key operations together into an unified interface.

For customers regularly moving between multiple production locations where connectivity may be unknown, TSL’s AIB-4 can bridge systems to achieve key functionality required. The AIB-4 has the ability to provide a choice of communication paths (IP, audio channels, open intercom channel paths and POTS connection) back to the station, which is especially beneficial for sports broadcast applications as these live events are commonly presented at a range of facilities. TSL’s AIB range has also been designed for remote control, interfacing old and new kits or simplifying device monitoring for large and small projects.

Recent customer demand calls for software-based solutions for remote device control. This need led to the company’s development of a virtual screen-based “Web-Key” for use with the Universal Control Switches (USP3). By deploying a system controller at network operation centres and regionally located production control rooms, Under-Monitor Display (UMD) information, as well as triggers to cue and activate assorted devices, can be seamlessly back hauled in real-time to where they’re needed. In this case, the USP3 panels act as “glue” devices that help disparate subsystems communicate while maintaining a seamless workflow. Both virtual and physical control buttons can advance a MOS-enabled newscast rundown, initiate a live-event commercial breakthrough station automation, reroute signals and much more. Furthermore, TSL’s TallyMan now features a range of new protocols, allowing customers to continue to interface and integrate their systems.

“Our control panel solutions allow broadcasters to coordinate facility-wide operations and get information to those who need it, when they need it, where they need it,” says Mark Davies, Director of Products and Technology at TSL Products. “From advanced control systems built on an open architecture with an extensive protocol library, to virtual panels that allow you to take visual control of your configurations, our universal panels are designed to work alongside any existing infrastructure, or standalone without the need to invest in an additional system controller.”