EEG - The Captioning Solutions Company

openGear Modular Suite

openGear™ is an open-architecture, modular frame system that offers users the freedom to choose technology from a wide range of products to meet the needs of a broadcast, production, or distribution facility. EEG’s highly comprehensive openGear modular frame card solution combines captioning, data routing, VANC monitoring and more into a compact all-in-one system, enabling a unique flexible configuration for any CC workflow.

The DE1285 DE1285 HD Caption Decoder / VANC Monitor, 1480 HD Encoder Card, and ComCC 1250 iCap Interface Card can work together as one powerful solution, or used separately as needed within the highly flexible openGear environment.

 

DE1285 HD Caption Decoder / VANC Monitor

The DE1285 HD Caption Decoder / VANC Monitor Card provides all the functionality of EEG’s popular DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor, a comprehensive VANC monitoring solution that combines HD-SDI overlay of closed captions, audio measurements, and key broadcast metadata, with a powerful browser-based VANC analysis tool.

Live monitoring features include VANC packet presence detection and sorting, highly customizable pause-and-resume triggers, and fully automated packet logging. This all-purpose decoder and monitoring functionality is now available in a single modular frame card.

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ComCC 1250 iCap Interface Card

The ComCC 1250 iCap Interface Card is a flexible I/O-driven tool for broadcast data routing and Closed Captioning. ComCC 1250 provides a powerful center of operations for a wide variety of key captioning-related needs for broadcasters and their data providers.

Enabled by the EEG iCap system, the ComCC 1250 greatly enhances workflow for local and remote communication over IP, modems, and serial ports, providing an unprecedented level of redundancy and reliability. ComCC provides a powerful interface between the iCap system and multiple EEG Smart Encoder frame cards, HD480 and EN530 standalone encoders, and even other third-party encoders, while allowing captioners to connect simultaneously through IP and modem-based methodologies.

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1490 HD Encoder Card

For closed captioning and XDS encoding, the 1490 HD Encoder Card brings the functionality of EEG’s industry standard HD480 Smart Encoder V to the openGear platform.

Like the 1RU HD480, the 1490 streamlines and integrates the Line 21/HD-VANC encoding process into one powerful solution, supporting a wide variety of powerful ancillary data software on-board.

The 1490 includes connection software for EEG’S iCap™ Realtime Captioning System, and in combination with the ComCC 1250 card can provide an unprecedented level of reliable and redundant connectivity solutions.

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1430 HD Encoder Card

The 1430 HD Encoder Card for the openGear platform is the latest addition to EEG's Modular Closed Captioning System, providing broadcasters, content producers and live venues with a cost-effective new captioning solution for broadcasting and streaming content.

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1450 AFD FormatGuard Card

EEG’s industry-leading HD-SDI encoding tools for 608/708 Closed Captioning, XDS, and AFD are available on the high-density openGear platform.

The 1450 AFD FormatGuard card enables frame-accurate AFD processing including preset insertion, rules-based code transforms, and socket-driven automation.

The 1450 complements EEG’s 1480 HD Smart Encoder card, which provides real-time caption encoding using iCap, modem, and local serial methodologies

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