By Eric Olson Almo Professional AV So, you’re putting together your next AV project and the need for a network switch comes up. This could be due to many factors, most commonly for Audiovisual over Internet Protocol (AV-over-IP) applications, control, monitoring or internet connectivity. But if you’re not an experienced IT person or not very […]
Aurora Multimedia’s new IP-24PoE+, a 24 port PoE+/PoH+ injector to deliver power on a 10G connection, made its U.S. debut during InfoComm. Compatible with any standard 1G or 10G network switch, it delivers up to 30 watts of power per port thus, eliminating the need for local power supply. Aurora designed the IP-24PoE+ for its […]
At InfoComm 2019, in the Legrand | AV Commercial Solutions booth, Luxul showcased its latest family of Gigabit switches designed for AV-over-IP applications. Luxul’s newest 18-port/16 PoE+ L2/L3 AMS-1816P and 12-port/8 PoE+ XMS-1208P managed Gigabit switches, featuring Self-Healing with PoE Auto-Recovery and PoE Power Scheduling, will be on display. Auto-Recovery allows the switch to power […]
Aurora Multimedia announced at ISE this year the IP-24PoE+, what the company says is the first 24 port PoE+/PoH+ injector to deliver power on a 10G connection, which is now shipping. It’s compatible with any standard 1G or 10G network switch and will deliver up to 30 watts of power per port. This allows for […]
By Erik Indresøvde AV Target Network configuration is a key consideration when deploying AV over IP, so if you’re in the AV industry, you should probably familiarize yourself with the terms “Multicast“and “IGMP” sooner rather than later. Multicast is basically a group communication where a single stream of data is addressed to a group of […]
Luxul today announced “self-healing” capability for select managed network switches. Available via a free upgrade to firmware version 4.1.1 or greater, the new functionality offers integrators two new features — auto-recovery and power scheduling. Luxul’s self-healing capability is currently available on the company’s 12-port/8 PoE+ AMS-1208P, 26-port/24 PoE+ stackable L2/L3 AMS-4424P, 26-port/24 PoE+ AMS-2624P, 26-port/24 […]
QSC introduces new Q-SYS Networking Solutions, including Q-SYS NS Series network switches and networking resources aimed at integrators doing AV-over-IP. Prior to this, the only purpose-built AV-over-IP was from NETGEAR in the form the M4300 Series. QSC’s Q-SYS NS Series is a range of enterprise-grade, manageable 1/10GbE network switches that are pre-configured for the Q-SYS […]
In a move to, no doubt, be watched by both Luxul and Pakedge, Extron’s new IPCP Pro 360 is a control processor with three dedicated AV LAN ports and one standard Ethernet port. The control processor provides PoE+ to external devices, eliminating the need for additional power supplies. It features security standards and Gigabit Ethernet ports, which ensure compatibility with multiple […]
Pakedge Device & Software has announced some new switches — the SE-8P with eight ports of PoE or up to four ports of PoE+, and the gigabit SE-8P4 with up to four ports of PoE or two ports of PoE+ power. These are ideal for powering Wireless Access Points, touch panels, or IP Security cameras. […]
Extreme Networks and AVnu Alliance are announcing a new series of AVnu-certified AVB switches. The Extreme Networks Summit X460 Series of stackable switches has passed all testing for certification and will now bear the AVnu-certified Logo. AVnu Alliance says they have built comprehensive testing requirements for products based on the market requirements and they claim […]
Pakedge Device & Software’s new line of PoE Pass-Through switches will debut at CEDIA and the first to see production is the SE-5P2-EP. The Pakedge PoE Pass-Through switches address a problem that they say has long plaguing AV technicians — the inability to install switches and devices at the edge of the network, near the […]
