AJA - KONA IP25

AJA'S 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 which 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, OBS, 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 favourite 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. 

Features

• ST 2110-20 Video: Supports up to 2 Rx and 2 Tx simultaneously
• 10-bit 4:2:2 up to 3840x2160p
• 12-bit 4:4:4 up to 2048x1080p (coming soon)
• SDR/HDR support for Transfer Characteristics, Colorimetry, and Luminance via SDP file
• ST 2110-30 Audio: Supports up to 2 Rx and 2 Tx simultaneously
• Up to 16 channels of audio per stream
• ST 2110-40 Ancillary: Supports up to 2 Rx and 2 Tx simultaneously
• ST 2022-7 redundancy
• ST 2059-2 (PTPv2) accessed only via media network SFPs
• LLDP (Link Layer Description Protocol)
• DNS SD (service discovery)
• In-Band / media network (via SFPs): PTPv2/ST2059-2, control via NMOS
• Out-of-band / management network (via 1 GigE RJ-45): control via NMOS
• Single slot 8-lane PCIe 4.0, Full height
• 2x SFP cages supports 10 GigE or 25 GigE SFPs*
• macOS, Windows, and Linux Support
• Three year warranty

*SFPs not Included

KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 Live Graphics Insertion

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

KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 Playback/Monitoring Workflow

Use your KONA IP25 on macOS, Windows, or Linux to playback any file to ST 2110. Depicted here are the two control networks, In-Band and Out-of-Band, showing the redundant control capability.

Use your KONA IP25 on macOS, Windows, or Linux to playback any file to ST 2110. Depicted here are the two control networks, In-Band and Out-of-Band, showing the redundant control capability.

KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 Ingest Workflow

Connect your KONA IP25 via an SMPTE ST 2110 network to cameras that feature ST 2110 direct playout. Long SDI or fibre cable runs will be a thing of the past with the ability to directly ingest uncompressed UltraHD into your video infrastructure via the KONA IP25.