Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:13 pm
If you really want rack mount, There are Open Gear setups you can do. Most Open Gear frames are 2RU, and hold 12 or so cards, but can cost around $1200 up to $2500 or so for the frame. AJA does have a 1RU smaller frame that holds 4 Open Gear cards sideways for about $790. They also have some cards that are dual channel transmit or dual receive, so you can put in one 2T card, and do two sdi to fiber on one card. Then reverse that with a 2R at the other end. The signal is cross compatible with BlackMagic and many other company's SDI over optical signals - just make sure you have the frequencies correct on the SFP transceivers.
https://www.aja.com/category/rackframesEDIT - Oh, I see you may already use OpenGear stuff. My oversight? The 1RU frame might still interest you. I liked the idea of the Tereanex Mini as well, just to have the confidence monitor and data - like resolution and frame rate on the screen. It would be very helpful in some locations, like comm closets. But that is too obviously a product they should make.
Scott R Smith
BMD Stuff I use: ATEM 2-M/E, 4 x ATEM PS 4K, Broadcast Videohub, 6 Hyperdeck Pros, 4 Hyperdeck Shuttles, Multidock, Smartscope Duo, Smartview, Intensity Extreme, Decklink Studio, and lots of Miniconverters and Open Gear Converters.