Roland Adds Seven New Expansion Interface Cards for V-1200HD Switcher and M-5000 Console

	Roland's XI Expansion interface cards

Roland is launching several new expansion interface cards at the 2015 NAB show that significantly extend the audio and video I/O capabilities of both the V-1200HD broadcast and live video production switcher -- also debuting at the NAB Show -- and the M-5000 live sound mixing console. Roland's new XI-Expansion interface cards future-proof the V-1200HD and M-5000 by enabling them to interoperate with any equipment supporting the REAC, Dante, MADI, SDI, Waves SoundGrid, DVI, and SFP digital audio and video transport protocols.

Previously introduced for use with the M-5000 audio console, the XI-REAC, XI-Dante, XI-MADI, and XI-WSG (Waves SoundGrid) cards also expand the flexibility of the new V-1200HD video switcher by enabling it to operate in a wider range of broadcast and live production applications. Similarly, the new XI-SDI, XI-DVI, and XI-SFP cards allow de-embedding and embedding of audio directly from or to video signals by the M-5000. Both the V-1200HD and the M-5000 feature two available XI-Expansion interface card slots.

When used with the M-5000, the XI-SDI, XI-DVI, and XI-SFP expansion interface cards add direct audio I/O capabilities for video workflows. The XI-SDI and XI-SFP cards both support 16 audio inputs from embedded SDI audio and outputs at 48kHz plus video throughput, fixed as through one to two and three to four. The XI-DVI card provides two audio I/O channels from HDMI signals at 48kHz plus a single video throughput fixed in a configuration of through one to two.

When installed in an expansion slot in the V-1200HD, the XI-SDI, which features two built-in video scalers, allows 16 channels of audio at 48kHz to be embedded/de-embedded via each of the four bidirectional BNC terminals. Video handling capabilities of the XI-SDI card may be configured as four inputs, three inputs and one output; two in and two out; one in and three out; or four outputs. Similarly, the XI-DVI card features two built-in scalers and can handle either one video/48kHz audio input and output, two video/audio inputs, or two outputs, via a pair of bidirectional DVI connections.

The new XI-SFP expansion card adds space for two non-MSA compatible (INF-8074i, rev 1.0) small form-factor pluggable video transceiver modules. The four video signal paths through the card may be configured as four inputs, three inputs and one output; two in and two out; one in and three out; or four outputs. The XI-SFP also features two built-in video scalers and supports 16 bidirectional channels of audio at 48kHz.

The XI-REAC when used with the M-5000, provides two REAC ports that each handle 40 audio inputs and 40 audio outputs. The XI-Dante card offers a primary and a secondary port, plus a control port, and supports 64 bidirectional audio channels at 48kHz or 32 bidirectional channels at 96kHz. The XI-MADI features two sets of connections, each offering BNC and optical connectors, plus a video sync BNC connector. Two sets of 32 bidirectional MADI channels at 96kHz or two sets of 64 bidirectional channels at 48kHz are supported. The XI-WSG adds three 48kHz- or 96kHz-capable SoundGrid Ethernet ports to the I/O capacity of the M-5000.

When an XI-REAC card is installed in a V-1200HD expansion slot, a single port is available, operating in slave mode, offering 16 bidirectional audio channels at 48kHz allowing for bidirectional communication with other Roland REAC enabled devices. The XI-Dante card also supports 16 bidirectional audio channels at 48kHz. The XI-MADI expansion interface card also adds a single port, and is capable of passing up to 16 bidirectional audio channels at 48kHz. The XI-WSG card provides a single 48kHz-capable SoundGrid port.