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Flex Control Network Control the Devices That Control Your Broadcast

Flex Control Network® is DNF’s modular Flex Control Network unleashes more power The Business of Flex platform of professional IP-based machine than ever for integrating production equip- controllers. The Flex platform consists of 25 ment, workflows, and the multitude of Flex Control Network provides a complete types of intelligent devices and interfaces playout platforms. With Flex’s native Web- control and connectivity infrastructure that can combine to create systems for based configuration interfaces, wide range that: solving even the most complex control of tactile control surfaces, and onboard ‡ Integrates with existing equipment, problems. Customized combinations of Flex bridging of control technologies, it affords protecting equipment investments products create an infrastructure that vast new, more affordable ways to meet delivers both centralized and distributed your control challenges head-on. Whether ‡ Incorporates new equipment and control over machinery and workflows in any you are replacing an impossible-to-support technological advances to streamline industry or scenario. With its advanced custom solution, extending the life of your processes and increase efficiencies, design and secure embedded OS, Flex is equipment, or integrating sophisticated minimizing expenses and increasing unlike anything on the market. control with multiformat delivery, the DNF profitability Flex Control Network is the cost-effective Flex offers infinite possibilities for controlling, solution you need. ‡ Maintains tried and proven existing monitoring, and managing networked workflows and integrates new devices over LAN, WAN, and the Internet. Innovation for Flexibility and Efficiency workflows that support time-accurate With Flex, you can control almost anything in Today's media facilities comprise more delivery of quality product, maximiz- your facility from anywhere in the world using disparate technology than ever before, and ing staff productivity and training DNF’s Web services from your computer, all these systems need to be networked, efficiency tablet, smartphone, or any other Web- managed, and controlled in fundamentally enabled device. No one offers more new ways. Designed for enhanced scalabil- ‡ Improves system reliability, supports advanced capabilities or custom functional- ity, the Ethernet-based Flex Control Network system expansion, and simplifies ity for integrating your products and is engineered from the ground up for easy system maintenance while minimiz- workflows, and we’re always there to assist integration. You can easily add control ing short-term and long-term cost of with system design and technical support. resources on-site or remotely via the network ownership

‡ Fits your application and budget Production Control Remote Room #1 Production/Facility ‡ Gives you peace of mind − no more custom boxes, hand-built relay systems, one-off kluged solutions, or Broadcast/Network custom software Production Control Operations Center Flex Control Network is designed and Room #2 configured for your specific needs and is backed by the leader in control solutions.

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Flex Control Network offers infinite possibilities for centralized and distributed control infrastructures

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without rewriting code or rebooting the for live events; and when manual interven- Leveraging 20+ Years of Must- system. The result is highly reliable perfor- tion is required, control of remotely located Work Control Solutions mance and dramatically simplified upgrad- resources in the next building or around the ability with minimal downtime, you scale world. Flex Control Network is based on DNF’s and adapt the system as your requirements Remote Production Control — The Flex more than 20 years of experience provid- change. Control Network makes it easy to roll late ing “must work,” mission-critical control breaking news to air using resources at a systems for broadcast and production More than a mere controller, Flex Control remote facility. It simplifies remote produc- operations. Any industry can benefit from Network represents a distinctively robust, tions and allows multiple facilities to share that experience with the Flex Control dynamic, and secure infrastructure to resources, saving time and money. A Flex Network. elevate your system designs to higher levels of performance and reliability. Compared to Control infrastructure also provides tally DNF Controls’ core competencies: other control systems, Flex provides a integration for any remote location. pronounced increase in processing power ‡ Extensive knowledge, understanding, Tally Control — Flex provides simple-to-use and speed with rock-solid networking and IP and use of equipment control protocols studio and facility wide on-air tally control. for television broadcast, television operation, and a unique modular distrib- production, live and sports production, uted architecture for responsive real-time GTP-32 Control Processor — As a facility’s industrial video, military, and profes- control. central control infrastructure, the GTP-32 sional corporate uses provides powerful GPI routing, serial and Control Made Easy Ethernet monitoring, control, and interfac- ‡ Extensive knowledge and understand- Flex consists of a wide variety of intelligent ing. Adaptable and extensible, it is easy to ing of human interaction with equip- devices and interfaces for controlling configure, simple to use, and requires no ment and technology to provide fast, production playout systems, multiviewers, programming or scripting. easy, reliable, and repeatable control routers, video switches, production switch- and workflow ers, camera/on-air tallies, master control Control Your Whole Facility From switchers, VTRs/DDRs, video servers, Anywhere ‡ Providing control integration solutions graphic playout devices, logo inserters, Manage any device via RS232, RS422, Ȥ technology, hardware, and software audio mixers, camera pedestals, and more. GPI/O, SNMP, UDP, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, VPN, Ȥ that enable a wide range of equip- The Flex Control Network offers hardware- and Internet. Because you can control all ment from different manufacturers based tactile control surfaces, browser- your equipment from the same room, with dissimilar control protocols to based interfaces for ease of use and between floors, across campus buildings, or co-exist successfully in an integrated deployment, and simple push-button opera- around the world, Flex links geographically system under human and machine tion for sophisticated, automated control. separated facilities and connects countries. control Production Control — Flex provides fast, This exclusive point-to-point and shared reliable control over video and graphic control structure permits easy redistribution playout devices for scripted and live of your broadcast, production, or automa- programming such as news, sports, and tion workload for staffing flexibility. Opera- talk shows under manual or MOS driven tors and supervisors can manage the same playout. Whether filling in the control gaps device, and quickly and easily change of your existing production systems or as a control locations for one-time, special, and complete, live production control system, remote events. Flex is equally at home. Flex Control Network is deployed at leading Playout Center/BOC/NOC/Master Control broadcasters and production facilities — Flex is mission critical 24/7 control for around the world, including ABC, CBS, FOX, automation playout and backup, emergency NBC, HBO, CNN, TURNER, ESPN, Fox News, bypass control for primary and backup MLB Cable, TV GLOBO, RAI, NBC Olympics, on-air signals and tactile, manual override and more.

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