RASCULARS HELM RUNS LIKE CLOCKWORK with NEW TIME-OF-DAY SCHEDULED EVENTS FUNCTIONALITY

Rascular, the leading supplier of PC-based multi-device control, has today announced the expansion of its flagship PC-based control and monitoring technology Helm with Clockwork. This brand new application allows users to create scheduled events where simple or more complex workflows can be triggered automatically at a pre-defined time of day, freeing up operators to concentrate on other vital tasks.

Clockwork - via the creation of a simple Helm panel - allows broadcasters and playout providers to schedule a huge range of different events using Helms control of third-party hardware (branding devices, routers, video servers, VTRs, multi-image display processors and modular gear). These events could include switching a router, triggering a server to record an incoming feed, or the automated control of audio ingest the list goes on.

For example, to record material at a pre-set time Clockwork could automatically switch the router source, configure any modular gear in the chain and put the server into record mode for the required length of time. Events may also be configured to repeat daily or weekly if required. This is ideal for international sports events or global election coverage, for example, and means operators are free to carry out other work. This all takes place without tying up the resources of an automation system or operator.

In addition, Clockwork can also control logo generators to put up promotional placeholders when a channel is off-air, informing viewers when the channel will be on-air again. This could be a carousel of images used to promote upcoming content.

Roddy Pratt, Technical Director with Rascular, said, Helm is all about providing operators with a quick and easy way to set up complex workflows for example for repeat ingest functionality and Clockwork now allows time-of-day events to be scheduled on a set-and-forget basis. This is independent of an automation system and without ongoing operator intervention. Helms unique architecture PC-based, with user-configured, soft panel operation is key to this.

Helm allows customers to pick best-of-breed systems be that branding devices, routers, video servers, VTRs, multi-image display processors and modular gear, or any combination - from a range of different manufactures and provides a single, integrated, user-defined, PC-based control/monitoring surface for operators. This allows users to control channels, or pods of channels, from a single screen using bespoke, pre-defined buttons for complex workflows.

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