Video extension manufacturer Magenta Research, recently announced an installation at Indiana University (IU)/Simulated Learning Center Indianapolis to allow remote transmission of high definition video and audio.
The Clarian Health Simulation Center is a 30,000-square-foot high-fidelity complex jointly operated by Clarian Health and Indiana University schools of nursing and medicine. The simulated environment was created to provide advanced clinical training for IU nursing, medical and health students as well as Clarian health care personnel, staff physicians and residents.
The facility features a simulated surgical suite, emergency room, transport room/ including ambulance, OBGYN area, 1,000-square-foot open classroom for skills training and a 12-seat computer lab. All these areas were connected via video feeds such that students in the classroom could observe those in the simulation rooms.
According to Magenta, the biggest challenge in this project was how to design and install a medical grade imaging system over a copper infrastructure with round trip distances up to of 700 feet. In this case, due to the number of sources and destinations in the 63 rooms, it was cost-prohibitive to use a typical system where a fiber optic switch is used or signals are encoded and then sent over a LAN. Instead Magenta’s RGBHV over CAT- 5 solution was chosen.
Magenta’s Mondo Matrix scalable switcher, configured for 96 inputs and 80 outputs, and working in conjunction with the Morph-IT EQ cards, allowed the company to balance the signals to a standard length and balance the signals coming from its MultiView Transmitters and Receivers. This allowed medical quality images (high-resolution images of up to 1900 x 1200) to be sent to points throughout the facility, the company said.
“We tested the solution with 1920x1080 resolution Excel spreadsheets and HD video content. Video performance exceeded the project requirements; the Mondo Matrix and the MultiView extension product passed the tests with flying colors,” said Brian Macauto, sales engineer with New Milford, Conn.-based Magenta Research. “Magenta’s products were able to create a solution with ease; well within the 2,000-foot capability.”