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Hi All,
How many others have received their Blackmagic Studio Fiber Converter and Camera Fiber Converters yet? We've received ours to demonstrate to our clients and prospective URSA Broadcast owners.
We're disappointed to learn that Blackmagic hasn't enabled the DB25 port on the back of the Studio Fiber Converter. This prevents us from testing and demonstrating some of the pivotal features of the system including external Tally support and external Intercom support.
The manual explains the DB25 connector and pinouts but fails to mention it isn't active yet, unfortunately.
So I'm curious how many other users are relying on those features before investing in the system? Are we the only ones? We, and many of our clients, are wanting to use these cameras with existing gear from other manufacturers, such as switchers and intercom systems. Or are most of you going to be using these Fiber Converters with the ATEM line and won't rely on that DB25?
Full disclosure: we're a Blackmagic Design Authorized Dealer and cannot wait to continue selling these SMPTE fiber systems -- we're very excited that BMD finally introduced the URSA Broadcast and associated SMPTE fiber systems. We just wish the full functionality was available because we've been pitching this system to a couple of our clients and they're just as excited to test it as we are!
Brian
How many others have received their Blackmagic Studio Fiber Converter and Camera Fiber Converters yet? We've received ours to demonstrate to our clients and prospective URSA Broadcast owners.
We're disappointed to learn that Blackmagic hasn't enabled the DB25 port on the back of the Studio Fiber Converter. This prevents us from testing and demonstrating some of the pivotal features of the system including external Tally support and external Intercom support.
The manual explains the DB25 connector and pinouts but fails to mention it isn't active yet, unfortunately.
So I'm curious how many other users are relying on those features before investing in the system? Are we the only ones? We, and many of our clients, are wanting to use these cameras with existing gear from other manufacturers, such as switchers and intercom systems. Or are most of you going to be using these Fiber Converters with the ATEM line and won't rely on that DB25?
Full disclosure: we're a Blackmagic Design Authorized Dealer and cannot wait to continue selling these SMPTE fiber systems -- we're very excited that BMD finally introduced the URSA Broadcast and associated SMPTE fiber systems. We just wish the full functionality was available because we've been pitching this system to a couple of our clients and they're just as excited to test it as we are!
Brian
Brian Scheffler
ScheffTech Productions, LLC
brian[AT]schefftech.com (309) 524-5865
Blackmagic Design Authorized Dealer
ScheffTech Productions, LLC
brian[AT]schefftech.com (309) 524-5865
Blackmagic Design Authorized Dealer