P-AVN-6-S · 12G-SDI ⇄ IPMX / ST 2110
SDI in.
IP out.And back.
One transceiver, a third of a rack unit wide. It takes any SDI signal up to 4K60 and puts it on your network uncompressed. Two 25G fiber paths with hitless redundancy (ST 2022-7), so losing one never drops a frame. Genlock straight from PTP. The SDI you already own keeps working, and your network finally gets invited to the show.
01 · Front
A front panel you can actually drive.
- Color LCD shows IP address, stream state and boot status
- Six buttons for setup, no laptop needed
- Front panel lock once the unit is commissioned
- Dark and sleep modes for the show
- Status and UID LEDs on front and rear
02 · Form factor
A third of a rack unit. Three across a shelf.
- 1RU high, 1/3 RU wide: three units across one shelf
- Front-to-back airflow
- User-serviceable dust filters
- Under 30 dBA at full load, quiet enough for any control room
03 · Build
Built to be thrown in a road case.
- Metal enclosure built for rental and staging
- Side mounting points, 1RU shelf compatible, rubber feet for the desk
- Full boot and stable I/O in under 60 seconds
- 3-year warranty
04 · Rear
Everything on the back, where your cabling lives.
- 12G-SDI and genlock on BNC
- HDMI loop out for local monitoring
- Two SFP28 cages plus 1GbE RJ45 with PoE+
- USB-C for KVM, balanced audio and RS-232
Rear panel
Every port earns its place.
Tap a port. Each one replaces something you'd otherwise buy, rack, power and troubleshoot separately.
The shift
SDI is everywhere.
IP is where it's all going.
Your cameras, routers and trucks speak SDI. Your next LED wall, your IT team and the broadcaster's new truck speak IP. The P-AVN-6-S sits in the middle and speaks both, fluently, in either direction.
Dual simultaneous streams
Two streams.
One box.
Same time.
Uncompressed ST 2110-20 on 25G for the LED wall and the broadcast truck. JPEG XS on the 1GbE port for IPTV, overflow rooms and control. Both from the same SDI input, both live, both included. No license key to buy later.
Sub-frame latency either way, so IMAG stays locked to the lips on stage.
Why 25G? Do the maths.
uncompressed ST 2110-20Estimate: active picture × sampling × frame rate, plus ~5% RTP/UDP/IP overhead. Real figures vary with ST 2110-21 sender type and blanking.
ST 2022-7 · Hitless redundancy
Pull a fiber.
Nobody notices.
The same stream leaves on two independent networks at once. The receiver rebuilds the picture packet by packet from whichever copy arrives. Lose a switch, a cable or a clumsy stagehand's footing, and the output doesn't drop a frame.
Go on. Try it.
PTP → Genlock
Every frame lands on the same line.
Cameras, media servers and LED processors all need to hit the frame at the same moment. Miss it and cuts tear, graphics stutter and the director notices. The P-AVN-6-S takes network time and turns it into a genlock reference the rest of the rig can follow. No separate sync converter in the rack.
- Listens to PTPIEEE 1588-2008 per SMPTE ST 2059-2, with redundant clock domains. Falls back to RTCP when there's no grandmaster.
- Generates genlockBlack burst or tri-level sync out of the Genlock BNC, derived from network time.
- Everything locks±12 pixel phase accuracy. At 4K60 that's about 20 nanoseconds.
Count the boxes
Six boxes in. One comes out.
Compare it on what it replaces, not on list price alone. One unit is encoder, decoder and format bridge, with sync, monitoring and KVM built in.
P-AVN-6-S
1/3 RU · one power budget · one IP address to manage
Built for
Wherever SDI meets the network.
Specifications
The fine print, in full.
Open standards, top to bottom. Mix vendors, keep your control system, and negotiate at every refresh cycle.
Video
- Uncompressed
- IPMX TR-10-2 / SMPTE ST 2110-20, up to 18 Gbps
- Compressed
- JPEG XS / FIP / TDC, up to 2.5 Gbps
- Resolutions
- Up to 4Kp60 and 1080i60
- Sampling
- YCbCr 4:2:0 / 4:2:2 / 4:4:4, RGB · 8 or 10-bit
- Color
- BT.709, BT.2020, DCI-P3 · HDR10, HLG
- Switching
- Seamless across color gamuts · instant stream switching in PTP mode
SDI & baseband
- 12G-SDI
- 1× BNC 75 Ω, in (encode) or out (decode) · 12G / 6G / 3G / HD auto-detect
- Standards
- ST 2082, ST 2081, 424M, 292M
- Drive level
- 800 mVpp ±10%
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1a Type-A loop out for local monitoring
Network
- SFP28 1 / 2
- MSA SFP+ / SFP28 · 10GbE (802.3ae) · 25GbE (802.3by, 802.3cc)
- Redundancy
- SMPTE ST 2022-7 hitless redundancy, independent primary and secondary paths
- RJ45
- 100M / 1000M · PoE+ 802.3at · management, JPEG XS, redundant power
- ST 2110
- -10, -20, -21, -22, -30, -40 · ST 2059-2 · ST 2022-7
Timing & genlock
- PTP
- IEEE 1588-2008 (PTPv2) per ST 2059-2 · redundant clock domains · RTCP fallback
- Genlock BNC
- Output in encode mode (PTP-derived) · input in decode mode
- References
- NTSC / PAL black burst · tri-level 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 576i, 480i
- Accuracy
- ±12 pixels phase · offset ±½ lines, ±½ pixels
Audio
- Transport
- AES67 · Dante up to 8×8
- Formats
- PCM, Dolby Digital / Plus / TrueHD / Atmos, DTS 5.1 / HD / X · 16 and 24-bit
- Channels
- Sender 2, 6, 8 · receiver 1, 2, 6, 8
- Analog
- Balanced L/R on 5-pin Phoenix, input or output
Control & security
- Interfaces
- HTTPS WebUI · versioned REST API · RS-232
- NMOS
- IS-04, IS-05, IS-08, IS-09, IS-11, BCP-003-01
- Management
- PlexusAV Visual Array, including video wall control
- Security
- HTTPS, Active Directory, LDAP, 802.1X, PEP / HKEP
- USB
- USB-C 2.0 · 1× host (computer), 2× peripheral · KVM over IP
Physical & environment
- Size
- 1RU high, 1/3 RU wide
- Mounting
- Side mounting points · 1RU shelf (P-AVN-M-1RU) · rubber feet
- Cooling
- Forced air, front to back, dynamic fan control · <30 dBA
- Operating
- 0 to +45 °C · 10–90% RH non-condensing
- Boot
- Full boot, stable I/O in under 60 s
- Warranty
- 3 years limited
Power
- Main
- External PSU (regional A / C / G / I plug kits)
- Redundant
- PoE+ on ETH1 alongside the main supply
See it live
Thirty minutes on a fiber network.
A live demo beats any datasheet. Bring your trickiest signal path. We'll bring the P-AVN-6-S and pull a fiber mid-stream to prove the point.