FieldCast Fiber Dock One

FieldCast Fiber Dock One is a 1RU four-channel fiber converter designed for 3G SDI
PTZ camera systems with Ethernet control.

Overview

As a four-channel solution, Fiber Dock One gives you four channels of 3G SDI output, so
u can connect directly to your switcher or monitor, but instead of coaxial cable
uses fast and reliable fiber optic connectivity to carry the video signals generated by
your PTZ cameras.

You can connect your PTZ controller directly to Fiber Dock One’s Ethernet I/O port,
and it will act as a standard Ethernet switch between your controller and your cameras,
but again, instead of copper cable, it uses fast and reliable fiber optic connectivity to
communicate with them.

In addition, Fiber Dock One features a four-channel 24 VDC power supply to power all
four cameras over the cable.

And here it all comes together. For each channel, Fiber Dock One connects to FieldCast
hybrid cable, and this light and robust cable contains two strands of fiber for data
transport and two copper conductors for power transfer. Imagine, each
camera needs only one flexible cable to transfer uncompressed SDI video, control data,
and power!

At the other end of each hybrid cable, all you need to do is connect a Vach FieldCast PTZ Monk
fiber channel converter with 3G SDI input, Ethernet i/o and 12VDC output. Once
your PTZ camera is connected to FieldCast PTZ Monk, it will power up, it will listen to the
PTZ controller you connected to FieldCast Fiber Dock One, and a video signal will neatly
appear on one of the four SDI monitor outputs from the Dock.

Basic Concept

Fibre Dock One is part of the simplest FieldCast fiber system, designed for high performance PTZ cameras with uncompressed 3G SDI output and Ethernet control.

The basic concept behind the system is simple. A multi-channel converter uses hybrid fiber optic cables to connect to the PTZ cameras. Each cable has a small active box on the
end, powering the camera and connecting to the SDI output and Ethernet connector.
And here you are: power, video and control data via just one cable!

How do you connect it all?

Fiber Dock One comes with a power cable. It receives 110/220V AC power and sends
24 VDC power to devices in the chain.

To run Fiber Dock at a minimum functional level, you need at least 1 FieldCast
PTZ Monk and 1 FieldCast hybrid main cable. Connect the FieldCast hybrid main cable
to Fiber Dock One on one end and to PTZ Monk on the other end.

Now connect the third-party products. Use FieldCast PTZ Monk to connect to your PTZ camera. Use Fiber Dock One’s Ethernet I/O port to connect to your PTZ controller.
Use Fiber Dock One’s SDI output to connect to your switcher and, alternatively,
use the dual SDI output to connect to a monitor.

You can now control and monitor 1 PTZ camera with 1 PTZ controller and only need 1
fiber optic cable to power both camera and controller and carry video and camera
control data over the same cable.

Fiber Dock One allows you to connect up to 4 PTZ cameras using 4 FieldCast
PTZ monks and 4 FieldCast hybrid main cables. Is 1 PTZ controller in your setup not
enough? No problem. Simply use Fiber Dock’s Ethernet I/O port to connect to an Ethernet
hub, then connect to as many PTZ controllers as you want.

Features

• Fiber Dock One is supplied with a power cable that can be connected to the 110 / 220V AC
  input of the unit . Inside, the A/C power is converted to 24 VDC power, so it can run low
  voltage over fiber optic cable to power PTZ controllers, FieldCast PTZ Monks,
  and PTZ cameras.
• The front includes 1 Ethernet I/O port to connect to a PTZ controller or Ethernet
  hub. You do not need to power the PTZ controller with its own power supply. You can
  let Fiber Dock One provide the power for your PTZ controller. Simply use the XLR plug on the back of Fiber Dock One and connect to the DC In of your PTZ controller. Now the PTZ controller is powered by Fiber Dock One.
• At the rear, Fiber Dock One contains 4 FieldCast hybrid chassis connectors
  connecting to 4 FieldCast hybrid main cables. Each chassis connector contains two strands
  of fiber for data transport and two copper conductors for power transfer.
• Through fiber, each connector receives uncompressed SDI video from a PTZ camera and carries
  ethernet (camera control data) i / o Across the copper conductors, each chassis connector
  provides 24 VDC output voltage to power a FieldCast PTZ Monk and a PTZ camera. Just
  Imagine each camera needing only one flexible cable to transmit uncompressed SDI
  video, control data and power!
• The back of Fiber Dock One also houses 4 channels of 3G SDI out , with double SDI
  output per channel. For example, you can connect each channel to your switcher and
  use the dual output to locally monitor the SDI video generated by the PTZ camera.