Tasmanian Parliament

Using the The Parliament of Tasmania Captures Important Telemetrics Governmental Proceedings With Telemetrics Robotic EDCS central server, Camera Systems the system allows the parliament’s he mission video production of the TParliament of staff to control any Tasmania, where one of their seven official proceedings meeting rooms from are held at the historic Parliament any one of four House In Hobart, separate control Tasmania, Australia, rooms. ” has always been to provide complete transparency for the citizens of Tasmania. The internal Parliament video team produces both live video feeds and video on demand content of the official proceedings conducted in the Parliament and makes them no space for camera operators in these chamber freely available online. rooms so robotics was the correct option for In July 2019, to help improve the recording of most parliamentary operations,” said Matt its open governmental meetings, Asia-Pacific Feeney, Director of Projects for Techtel. “The system integrator Techtel—with offices in systems are networked so that they can move to Sydney, Singapore, Auckland, and Melbourne— any of four separate control spaces to operate installed four multi-camera robotics and camera their equipment.” control systems from Telemetrics in four Using the Telemetrics EDCS central server, the separate control system allows the parliament’s video production rooms that each staff to control any one of their seven meeting include a Robotic rooms from any one of four separate control Camera Control rooms. This offers unparalleled redundancy and Panel with LGS flexibility. The Telemetrics DS-4 allows any of software, Pan/ the Telemetrics serial control panels and robotic Tilt Heads, and devices to communicate with each other through EDCS central the Parliament’s IP/Ethernet network. server, CNA1 kits and DS-4 In each control room, a Telemetrics RCCP-1A gateways. The control panel with LGS Control System helps Telemetrics operators spotlight different speakers and control panel direct the cameras to pan or tilt in whatever operates six way is required at the time. A number of camera Sony BRCH900 presets can be stored in the panel to make cameras in each proceeding recording run smoothly. The LGS main chamber software running on the control panel includes and three a large touchscreen display that includes access cameras in each to special camera control software designed of three separate for government applications that have a need committee to capture multiple speakers, sometimes meeting rooms. simultaneously, while using a single controller. “There really is With the LGS software, an operator with limited

The on-site production skills can pick any number of support the cabinet members provided by in a large chamber Telemetrics has been they want to feature superb and the on camera and store their facial profile performance of the into the system. The system is exactly operator then simply what Tasmanian pushes an icon for that Parliament was person on the control panel’s touchscreen looking for.” interface and the corresponding camera moves to that person. It can also intuitively acknowledge when a person has left their seat and a new title can be displayed automatically. The LGS software also includes a selectable Tasmanian Parliament chambers, which include Robotics Status display to show all major the House of Assembly, Legislative Council, robotics parameters—such as pan/tilt angles, Committee Rooms and function rooms. When elevation height, rotational status, lens a room is loaded as a show in the Telemetrics information—for any selected camera, at a control panel, the robotic camera feeds are glance. routed to the Kula switcher and the RCCP-1A panel takes control of the robotic Pan/Tilt heads. Quick access to custom overlays, stored presets It can also remotely control lens functions on and built-in intelligence for all robotic cameras the Sony cameras. within a system allows the user to easily select the best camera angles, and add graphics, with In each of the chamber rooms, the Sony cameras one button press. The system also includes the are mounted on the ceiling to provide the most internal ability to snapshot thumbnails for shots coverage area. The Sony BRCH900 PTZs include and live video preview. fiber-optic cards that leverage the Parliament building’s existing optical fiber infrastructure. Rounding out the Tasmanian Parliament system Each room has a selection of cameras available is a Grass Valley Kula production switcher, to it at any given time. Techtel Inflo™ capture engine, a GV Kumo router, “Our customer is very pleased with the final and a PixelPower LogoVision CG system, which solution,” Mal Chandler, CEO of Techtel, said. are all tightly integrated with the Telemetrics “The on-site support provided by Telemetrics camera robotics systems. has been superb and the performance of the The four separate control rooms are designed system is exactly what Tasmanian Parliament so that any control room can manage any of the was looking for.”

About Telemetrics, Inc. Founded in 1973, Telemetrics revolutionized television camera control with the development of Triax control systems and continues to be a pioneer of innovative robotics and camera control systems used in the Studio, Legislative, Military, and Education markets. The company began designing, manufacturing and supporting its own camera robotics systems in 1979, and ceiling and floor camera track systems in 1981. Today, Telemetrics offers the OmniGlide® Robotic Roving Platform, the ever-expanding series of Robotic Camera Control Panels, the S5 line of Pan/Tilt heads, the Televator® family of motorized columns, and ceiling- or floor-mounted TeleGlide® track systems. Telemetrics is committed to making the most reliable, durable, and dependable television broadcast robotics ecosystem in the world…products that can be built on for decades, not just years.

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