Be Sure - Reliability

Reliable operation and straightforward fault detection are fundamental to any broadcast console design. A resilient product needs more than redundant components to provide real world protection. Max Air includes special techniques in its design. Max Air is not a single CPU based product. It is a scalable distributed modular system in which every surface section always contains the complete console set up and can control such as needed. The system communicates within a star formatted network via 100Mb/S Ethernet connections, and is an inherently fault tolerant design. If, for example, a surface section failed, all the other sections remain totally unaffected, leaving the console in otherwise normal working operation.

With Max Air:

• System still fully functional in the event of a surface module failure, and the operator can decide when to re-synchronize components
• No audio is lost and full control of the console is still practical from the remaining channel strips, central section or touch screen
• Full control of audio is still practical from the control surface even if system PC fails
• All channels can be accessed on all functioning faders with no interruption to audio, if a local surface module fails. In the unlikely event that all surface modules fail, full operation is still practical from the central section or touch screen.
• Available second VGA screen, mouse and keyboard for use as additional back up if required.