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News Release from: Bryant Broadcast and Data Communications | Subject: USB and FireWire patch panels
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 October 2003
Patch panels bring USB and FireWire to
studio use
Bryant Broadcast has launched "back to back" patch panels for both USB and FireWire/IEEE1394a protocols.
Bryant Broadcast has launched "back to back" patch panels for both USB (A to B), and FireWire/IEEE1394a protocols Both models are available with 16 ports to a 19in, 1U panel
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Plug and Play USB devices can transfer data at up to 12Mbit/s - almost 50 times faster than serial connections - and are increasingly used in the broadcast sector in audio and even digital speakers and microphones.
The very "hot-plugging" nature of USB lends itself to the rack mount patch panel.
However, within the digital audio/video domain FireWire is the interface of choice for interconnects of up to 4.5m.
FireWire is a high-speed serial input/output technology for connecting digital devices such as camcorders and cameras to desktop and portable computers and has been widely adopted by Sony, JVC, and Canon among others.
The six-pin Cat5e receptacles on both front and rear of the FireWire panel enable patching of digital editing kit, cameras, servers etc at 400Mbit/s bandwidth - more than 30 times faster even than USB.
Each patch panel comes complete with a designation strip and tie bar to the rear and is available in black or dawn mist finish.
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