Model BB101
Now with V2 Firmware!

Crawl Line and Video Bug Generator with Audio

The ultimate message generator for cable systems, distributed video systems, corporate, institution, nursing homes, college, public school and government channels, retirement communities, shipboard video systems, and digital signage networks. Perfect for running telethon or fund raising phone numbers.

WEB browser based. Control it from home or even your Blackberry ® smartphone. It doesn't get any easier than this!

• Ethernet web server interface
• Solid or transparent backdrop under text
• Single or dual crawl lines - ideal for bilingual messages
• Crawls can include warning sounds or voice together with text
• Static logo (branding bug)
• A/B switching can bring up an alternate video source
• Logo insertion in the crawl line
• NTSC analog video in and out - 10 bit 4:2:2 processing

The ultimate crawl and message generator

At a price any station or distribution network can afford.

Embedded web server

• Users access the system to publish messages from any computer on the network. (Password protected. Works with standard web browsers.)
• In multi-unit systems, only one Ethernet connection is needed. Firmware is upgradeable through the Ethernet connection as well.

Video text and graphic crawl

• The crawl can have a transparent background for a professional look.
• Insert a logo in the crawl line or use the system to position a fixed logo bug.
• Multiple message files can be pre loaded and programmed to play back at preset intervals or triggered to play immediately.
• Two lines of static or crawling text.
• Can have one line at the top and one line at the bottom, or run then on top of one another. Position anywhere on the screen.
• Large or small global text size.
• Network ID Text. White letter on a black box background.
• Trigger the video bug with the GPI input.
• Designed to be installed at an NTSC video head end, the BB101 will allow you to superimpose a text crawl over video for community information or other types of messages without interrupting a video program.

Audio warning tones or voiceovers

• Audio capacity allows you to accompany the video with a sound file of a warning tone or recorded voice. The system lowers the program sound level when the inserted sound is playing.
• Audio monitor function, with headphone jack, allows you to balance the sound file level with the program audio before going live.

A/B switch with fade

• A built in A/B switch can be triggered via computer or GPI contact closure (general-purpose input). The "B" or auxiliary input has a looping output jack so that multiple units can be connected to the same video source.
• Program the GPI to trigger any important announcement with the touch of a button - for example a severe storm warning stored in a text buffer.
• Fade function can fade to black or fade from A to B input.
• Switch to a full screen bitmap for announcements or technical difficulties.
• The system can detect loss of sync and can be programmed, on sync loss, to switch to the B input, the pre-stored bitmap, or close a GPO contact (general purpose output) to activate another device.

Connections

• Program video, (“A” input and output), uses F connectors to match the standard connectors on cable modulators for easy installation.
• Mono in and out (RCA connectors) for program audio, (“A” input and output). Program audio also has balanced stereo input and output on a terminal strip.
• Aux video, (“B” input and output), uses BNC connectors.
• Balanced stereo on a terminal strip for “B” channel audio.
• Control connection to a computer or network via an Ethernet jack.
• Can be connected to cable modulators, IP video encoders, MPEG encoders and fiber drivers.

Accessories

• Optional 1RU rack mount can accommodate up to three units.

Dimensions

5-1/2” W x 1-5/8” H x 10” D
Weight: 1.6 lbs (.73 kg)

Made in the U.S.A.