openGear Overview
Ross Video is pleased to lead the industry with the open architecture, openGear platform standard. openGear provides the industry with the most flexible and advanced terminal equipment possible with the opportunity to select products from a wide range of technology leaders, all in one platform under one control system.

*Choices with best in class products
*Wide portfolio from industry leading manufactures
*One Control System!
*No longer a need for multiple frame standards
*No longer single sourced for solutions
*Designed by Ross Video

DashBoard Control & Monitoring
Take control of your Gear with the TCP / IP based, DashBoard Control and Monitoring application.

*Remote control and monitoring
*Java based application
*Automatic discovery of frames and devices
*Practical real time control
*Alarm reporting
*Multiple frames on a single control network
*Multiple DashBoard applications on a single control network
*TCP / IP based communication
*In field upgradability of devices
*Multi-vendor control

SNMP
SNMP allows you to incorporate openGear into a system wide SNMP monitoring application.

*Direct to the Frame (no Gateway required)
*Runs on a separate software port to DashBoard
*Software option (on MFC-8320-N) field upgradeable
*MIB's (Management Information Base) posted on Ross Video website

8300 Series Frames
openGear offers the choice of a standard 10 slot frame and a high density 20 slot frame to meet the needs of any application. Common features to the openGear platform are:

*Dual reference inputs
*Redundant power supplies
*Locking AC retaining clips
*Front to back cooling
*Ethernet control
*Flexible I/O
*Robust design