Power supply | Internal: 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz |
Power use | 0.8 A, 100-240 VAC |
Operating temperature | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° Celsius) |
Cooling | Fan air flow: Bottom front to back |
Enclosure | Metal |
Form factor | 19" rack mountable model |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | Pearl-2 Rackmount: 19-1/8" x 3-1/2" x 10-7/8" (485 mm x 89 mm x 276 mm) – dimensions include mounting tabs |
Weight | Pearl-2 Rackmount: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg) |
Regulatory compliance | - FCC compliance: Part 15
- CE compliance:
- Directive 2014/30/EU – Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Directive 2014/35/EU – Low Voltage Directive
- Directive 2011/65/EU – RoHS
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Video inputs |
Local video inputs | - (2) 12G SDI
- (2) HDMI™ 1.4a1 / DVI2
- (2) 4K HDMI™ 1.4a (UHD/DCI)3 / DVI2
- (2) USB 3.0 (UVC) – rear panel
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Video over Ethernet5 | - RTSP4
- NDI® 4.6, or NDI|HX6 (alpha channel support)
- SRT (push)6
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Connectors | - (4) HDMI type A (female)
- (2) BNC (female)
- (2) USB-A (female) – rear panel
- (1) RJ-45
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Aspect ratios | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and custom aspect ratios |
Standard resolutions | PAL, PAL wide, NTSC, NTSC wide |
Input resolution range | 640x480 to 4096x2160 |
Frame rate | Up to 60 fps7 |
Video input color spaces | - HDMI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2, YCRCB 4:4:4
- SDI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2
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Deinterlacing | Yes |
Maximum cable length for SDI | 300 ft |
Maximum cable length for USB 3.0 | 6 ft |
Audio inputs |
Analog audio inputs | - (4) XLR pro line level (+4.0 dBu) up to 12.3 VRMS +24 dBu (balanced/unbalanced, mono or two L/R stereo pairs)
- (1) RCA consumer line level -10 dBV (L/R stereo pair)
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Connectors | - (4) XLR (female)
- (2) RCA (female)
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Digital audio inputs9 | - (2) SDI8
- (4) HDMI
- (3) USB (rear panel)
- (6) RTSP (from RTSP input over Ethernet)
- (3) NDI (from NDI input over Ethernet)
- (6) SRT (from SRT input over Ethernet)
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Connectors | - (2) SDI (female)
- (4) HDMI (female)
- (2) USB (female) – rear panel
- (1) RJ-45 (female)
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Audio gain control | 0 dB to +30 dB |
Audio mute | Yes |
Configurable audio delay | -300 ms to +300 ms |
Video processing |
Video output color space | 4:2:0, 8 bits per color |
Video codec | - H.264/AVC (ITU H.264, ISO/IEC 14496-10) 4:2:0, 8-bit color
- – Encoding profile: High, Main, Baseline
- – Profile levels: 3.0, 3.1,3.2,4.0,4.1, 5.1
- Motion JPEG
- NDI
- NDI|HX
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Bitrate | 1 to 50 Mbps (selectable) |
Bitrate control | Constant |
Video scaling | Software and hardware |
Chroma keying | Upstream/downstream keying |
Key frames | 1/2 s and 1 s up to 5 s in 1-second intervals |
Audio processing |
Compression | MP3, AAC, and PCM |
Sampling rate | - MP3: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz
- AAC: 16 kHz, 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz
- PCM: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz
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Bitrate | 64 to 320 kbps (MP3 and AAC) |
Video output |
Signal types | - (1) HDMI 2.0 (port 1)
- (1) HDMI 1.4a (port 2)
- (6) H.264/AVC digital video over Ethernet
- (2) NDI (unicast)
- (6) RTSP
- (6) SRT (push)
- (6) HLS (push)
- (6) MPEG-DASH (push)
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Connectors | - (2) HDMI
- (1) RJ-45 (female)
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Encoded channels | Up to six 1080p channels at 30 fps or one 4K channel at 30 fps (recommended) |
Streaming protocols | - MPEG-TS and FLV
- RTSP over TCP/UDP
- SRT (push) over UDP
- HLS (push) over HTTP/HTTPS
- MPEG-DASH (push) over HTTP/HTTPS
- Multi-publish to streaming server / CDN (SRT, RTSP, RTMP, RTMPS)
- HLS (pull) – Native Apple HTTP/HTTPS stream for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
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Multicast streams | - RTP, MPEG-TS and RTP, and MPEG-TS over UDP
- UPnP and SAP
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Resolution ranges | - Recorded: 480p to 2160p
- Streamed: H.264: 480p to 2160p
- NDI streamed: 480p to 1080p
- HDMI output ports: 480p to 2160p
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Frame rate | Up to 60 fps |
Formats | - H.264/AVC (ITU H.264, ISO/IEC 14496-10) 4:2:0, 8-bit color
- – Encoding profile: High, Main, Baseline
- – Profile levels: 3.0, 3.1,3.2,4.0,4.1
- Motion JPEG
- NDI
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Network traffic shaping (multicast streams) | 4 Mbps to 95 Mbps (configurable) |
Audio output |
Analog audio output | (1) 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack – front panel |
Digital audio outputs | - RTSP, SRT, and NDI audio over Ethernet
- HLS and MPEG-DASH audio over HTTP/HTTPS
- HDMI audio (embedded)
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Monitor and control |
Touch screen | 4.3 inch touch screen monitor (built in) resolution: 800x480 |
Recording and storage |
Record formats | AVI, MOV, MP4, and MPEG-TS |
Upload image formats | JPEG, PNG |
Internal hard drive | 512 GB SSD10 |
File transfer protocols | FTP, SFTP, SCP, AWS S3 client, and WebDAV client RSync |
Network file share protocols | CIFS/SMB |
File system for USB storage | FAT16, FAT32, XFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, NTFS |
External USB ports | - (1) USB 3.0 – front panel
- (2) USB 3.0 (UAV/UAC) – rear panel
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Bitrate | Up to 50 Mbps |
Communication |
USB standards | - USB 1.1, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0
- HDCP compliant
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Serial port | (1) Bidirectional RS-232 (female) |
Serial port protocols | - Data bits: 7 or 8 (default)
- Stop bits: 1
- Parity: None
- Flow control: None, Hardware or Software
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Serial port baud rate | 19200 bps |
Ethernet host port | (1) RJ-45 (female) |
Ethernet data rate | 10/100/1000 Base-T, half/full duplex with autodetect |
Maximum Transmission Unit | 68 to 1500 MTU (configurable) |
Network discovery/announce | UPnP, SAP |
Network security |
802.1x EAP methods | PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS |