AJA KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 Uncompressed IP Converter

AJA KONA IP25 Cross-Platform SMPTE ST 2110 Uncompressed IP I/O Card

The AJA KONA IP25 delivers the power, quality, reliability, and ease of use of the KONA family to support your transitions from SDI to SMPTE ST 2110 workflows. The KONA IP25 is an 8-lane PCIe Gen 4.0, SMPTE ST 2110 IP I/O card supporting bidirectional uncompressed video. KONA IP25 has two SFP cages that support 10 and 25 Gigabit Ethernet (10/25 GigE) SFPs and also includes a 1 GigE RJ-45 connector.

The KONA IP25 is your complete solution for SMPTE ST 2110 processing with onboard PTP and NMOS control. To your computer, the KONA IP25 appears as any other KONA card that carries the control load, so it’s not placed on the host PC. ST 2110 Configuration and Control is supported by both in-band (media network via SFPs) and out-of-band (control network via RJ-45).

On the desktop, KONA IP25 transparently supports Apple® Final Cut Pro, Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, Avid® Media Composer, AJA Control Room, and other leading editorial, effects, and production tools via AJA’s robust and feature-rich desktop software.

For creative users, the operational experience of using your favorite creative tool remains unchanged, and with AJA Control Panel additions to set up capture and playout, you are assured to have a seamless expansion into ST 2110.

For developers, the same AJA SDK used for baseband KONA I/O cards is also used for KONA IP25, offering an easy way to develop applications and create systems for SMPTE ST 2110 workflows.

Wide Software Compatibility

AJA’s powerful drivers and the AJA Desktop Software Suite ensure that KONA IP25 supports the widest range of creative and workflow applications—the tools you use every day to get your work done. KONA IP25 supports leading NLE, composing, and streaming applications via our industry’s best plug-ins and the AJA software you rely on, including AJA Control Room, a standalone application for capture and playout, and AJA Control Panel for I/O configuration and control.

Throughput

KONA IP25 supports multiple ST 2110 uncompressed video streams, up to UltraHD 59.94/60 over IP via dual 25 GigE SFP cages. This is complemented by support for up to 16 channels of audio and ancillary data.

Complete Control

All SMPTE ST 2110 configuration, control, and timing functions (NMOS and PTPv2) are handled on the KONA IP25, independent of the host computer, with configuration and control options for either in-band (media network via SFPs) or out-of-band (control network via RJ-45) capability.

NMOS enables discovery, registration, and control within software-defined video networking environments via IS-04 and IS-05.

KONA IP25: The New Standard for Seamless SMPTE ST 2110 I/O

The KONA IP25 is designed to fit into any ST 2110 infrastructure, bridging the familiar KONA experience that professionals rely on for critical work into ST 2110 workflows. The KONA IP25 offers support for the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards:

• ST 2110-10 (System Timing)
• ST 2110-20 (Uncompressed video)
• ST 2110-21 (Traffic shaping for Uncompressed Video)
• ST 2110-30 (PCM Audio)
• ST 2110-40 (Ancillary Data)

Further, the KONA IP25 supports ST 2022-7 for both Rx and Tx via the dual 25G SFPs to provide hitless redundancy and ensure peace of mind for broadcast ingest and playout scenarios.

The KONA IP25 Operating Systems Compatibilities

It supports macOS, Windows, Linux, and Ubuntu/Royal. Please see Release Notes for details and version information, which can be found in the Downloads, Software tab.

KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 Live Graphics Insertion

The KONA IP25 keyer overlays the foreground over the background. As depicted here, an ST 2110 source is used as the background, and server playout is used as the foreground (such as a weather widget or news banner). Another method is to overlay an ST 2110 foreground over an ST 2110 background.

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