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Engineering Reliability
Built to Perform Under Pressure
The C10 HD offers the exceptional level of reliability which the broadcast industry demands, and which SSL customers have come to know. The C10 HD is manufactured to the very highest standards at SSL HQ in Oxford, England with all of the pride and tradition of UK manufacturing.
Proprietary, robust, virus-proof hardware and software systems
Unlike other broadcast audio systems, all of the C10 HD’s console computer systems are 100% proprietary, so the C10 HD is extremely stable and robust.
Internal processor simplifies installation
The C10 HD’s Blackrock processor is built into the console’s chassis. As a result, installation is significantly simplified, requiring very little cabling, minimising installation cost and the potential for wiring failures.
Fully redundant audio and control systems
The C10 HD comes with a high degree of redundancy as standard, with the option of including full redundancy for all mission critical elements of the console. Individual control surface tiles, or bays can be switched off during operation without affecting the audio, and their operation seamlessly transferred to other tiles/bays. Full DSP redundancy is also
available as an option. All PSUs are dual redundant.
Internal self-testing, error-correcting software
Self-healing DSP provides fast, fault-tolerant processing recovery in under 1/5th second. A portion of the console’s code consists of SSL’s own built-in self-checking, self healing software. Conditions which might result in a fault are therefore quickly detected, and resolved before they are ever realised.
Diagnostics and Fault Prevention
Internal SNMP diagnostics monitors key critical system elements and generates alerts to help prevent problems. In addition to SNMP, C10 HD features extensive Remote Diagnostics capability, available either to client support teams within client Firewalls or by SSL support staff located externally if Firewall access is permitted.
Control Access Levels
‘Feature Match’ tailors the operator’s access to console functions to reflect their experience, preventing less experienced operators from becoming dangerously embroiled in configuration pages, and ensuring that important settings are not accidentally altered. C10 HD enables Administrators to create Show and Channel Presets that will improve the quality of content output and reduce the time required for staff training.
Production Automation to maximise productivity
The C10’s Production Automation interface maximises productivity by enabling the console to be fully integrated into newsroom automation.
Seamless Facility Integration
The C10 HD’s high level of audio and data integration means that resource reallocation, and even console maintenance, can be performed remotely with the minimum of disruption, and allows the console to be conveniently integrated into all components of the broadcast environment.
Quick Reallocation of Projects and Signals
While Alpha-Link modules provide cost-effective IO over fibre-optic cable, the console can be connected to a MORSE Router for powerful, fully integrated resource sharing throughout the facility, enabling seamless reallocation of signal feeds without any re-plugging, using no external computer systems or third party hardware. Because C10 HD and C100 HD operations are mutually compatible, C10 HD and C100HD consoles can share resources within the same installation.