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 Magenta Research’s video over Cat5 technology has long been a staple for casinos looking to deliver high-quality video/audio/serial signals over UTP cable, whether the application is for something as specific as providing video to casino restaurant menu boards (right) or as in-depth as routing signals throughout an entire location.
MultiView equipment reliably delivers QXGA resolution (2048x1536) video at 1000 feet (305 meters) and UXGA resolution (1600x1200) at 1500 feet (457 meters). All Magenta-enabled displays, regardless of distance, also retain sync with each other, important when multiple displays with the same content are viewable in a single location. Plus, unlike wireless, multiple channels can be
distributed to displays within the same area.
Launched in early 2006, Magenta’s Mondo Matrix™ scalable Cat5 switch has
quickly become the solution for casino A/V routing and command-and-control
applications. A 64x16 Mondo takes up 4U of rack space and requires only a single Cat5 connection for each input and output, versus traditional BNC-based switches that can entail up to five connections per link, a tally that adds up quickly when factoring in the labor costs needed to terminate cable and attach connections. For more on the “hidden costs” of labor in A/V installations and how MultiView can reduce costs, examine the Coax vs. Cat5 Comparison done by an independent consultant.
MultiView equipment passes audio or serial signals (or both when using MultiView SA equipment) on the fourth pair of the Cat5, which the Mondo Matrix can switch independently. This allows for a single audio input to be switched to any or all outputs. Additionally, if the same model display is being
used throughout an application, a single UTx transmitter can infuse simplex serial
into a Mondo Matrix, and then be used to send one-way control signals (turn on/turn off)
to any or all of the displays.
For casino applications that feature a high-density of sources in a central A/V or
 command room, utilizing a Morph-It chassis with Morph-It Dual MultiView transmitter cards further reduces an installation’s footprint by allowing up to 32 transmitters to be stored in—and draw power from—a single 4U rack-mountable Morph-It frame, leading to an elegant rack space.
When routing remote sources to a Mondo Matrix switch, Morph-It also accepts MultiView Dual EQ cards, which can null up to 500 feet of cable distance before a switch. This “source-centric” approach allows varying input cable lengths on the source end of the matrix switcher to be nulled, so that when sources are switched to the various destinations, optimum video fidelity is maintained without the need for adjustment.
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