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ACCESS PORTABLE ... Small, compact, powerful IP audio codec 
Broadcasters have long dreamed of complete flexibility and ultimate mobility for remote broadcasts without having to lug around unwieldy racks of gear or clumsy setups too difficult to configure in the field.  ACCESS PORTABLE delivers on that dream in a sleek, compact, handheld unit capable of sending mono, stereo or dual mono audio over POTS, DSL, Cable, Wi-Fi, 3G cellular (EVDO/UMTS), satellite — plus some services you may not have even heard of. 

ACCESS PORTABLE was designed for fast and easy connections in the field via a wide variety of data connections regardless of whether in the hands of “non-technical” personnel or seasoned remote “road warriors.”  Complete with a 7-hour Lithium-Ion battery with built-in charger and combined with an integrated CardBus slot for wireless IP cards and modems, ACCESS PORTABLE will allow you connect from virtually anywhere!  Your remotes will never be the same.

ACCESS will work on a wide variety of wired and wireless data circuits, including:
• Cable, DSL and POTS
• Wireless Networks-802.11b (Wi-Fi), WiMax
• 3G cellular Data Networks --EVDO, UMTS
• Satellite terminals
• Public Internet—Uses Revolutionary BRIC Technology, designed to overcome the innate unreliability of the public Internet

ACCESS is also a full-featured POTS codec
• Use ACCESS to make a POTS-to-POTS connection. Dial up a Comrex POTS codec (including Matrix, Vector or BlueBox).
• You can deliver 15 kHz Stereo on a single POTS line when connecting to another ACCESS.

Wireless
BRIC technology can also deliver wideband audio over 3G cellular data networks like EVDO and UMTS, as well as the increasing number of publicly available of Wi-Fi hotspots. ACCESS Portable has a built-in CardBus slot for easy connection to data cards supporting these services. ACCESS Portable has a built-in CardBus slot for easy connection to data cards supporting these services.  For a list of tested 3G wireless cards, click here. To learn more about 3G Wireless Data Services, click here.

Features and Benefits
• Uses BRIC technology to deliver broadcast audio over the public Internet
• User interface via integrated LCD/touch screen for display menus and metering
• Web browser included for connection to Wi-Fi access points that require log-in
• Built-in Ethernet port
• Built-in rechargeable battery supplies 7 hours of talk-time (5 hours with mixer)
• Connection to a wide range of data networks via integral Cardbus slot including:
     — Modem Connections
     — 3G Cellular Links
     — Wi-Fi or Wi-Max Access cards
• ACCESS Portable includes a CardBus-style 802.11b Wi-Fi Card and 56k POTS modem card
• Ethernet port acts as Internet sharing device, allowing use of laptops on circuits utilizing Cardbus cards
• Backward compatibility to Comrex POTS codecs
• Optional MPEG 4/AAC algorithms available for extremely high quality audio. For details, visit the AAC page
• Optional Mixer provides up to 6 Mono inputs/headphone outputs as wells as stereo inputs when connected to ACCESS Portable
• Optional custom cases are available to protect your ACCESS Portable from the rigors of the road

 
No IT Guy Needed
OK, that may be overstating the case a little bit, but there has never been an IP codec as easy to use as ACCESS. ACCESS Portable is designed for fast and easy connections, no matter what kind of IP circuit you have available.  The integrated PDA-style screen will guide even your most “non-technical” user through the simple steps required to connect.  And even if that proves too challenging, ACCESS Portable can be preconfigured to auto connect on “power up” thereby minimizing setup time in the field.

ACCESS—The Smart Codec
Using BRIC technology means you won’t have to mess with ACCESS advanced settings. The sophisticated engine of ACCESS is clever enough to assess circuit conditions and adapt on the fly without user intervention. ACCESS is constantly working to compensate for deficits in the quality of service, so no one has to hear how bad the public Internet can be.

For the technically advanced, the menus are there. So, if you are a power user, you can configure ACCESS to be whatever you need. You can increase the delay cushion or twiddle the “frames per packet” to your heart’s content. But isn’t it great to know that you probably will never need to?

ACCESS—The Powerful Codec
Whatever the audio transmission job, whatever the circuit, ACCESS has a mode for you. From linear mono or stereo audio to an ultra-low bit rate algorithm, there is a wide range of audio choices to fit virtually any programming need.

In addition to the ability to do linear uncompressed mono or stereo, the basic ACCESS codec includes three BRIC algorithms:

     1- BRIC-HQ1 (High Quality 1) This algorithm keeps delay low (around 1/10 second) but allows for full fidelity (15 kHz) audio transmission. It delivers music or voice audio equally well and runs at a data rate of 28 kb/s. This mode also allows dual mono transmission, so that two independent audio signals (using twice the network bandwidth) can be sent to the same location. HQ1 settings offer choice of mono, dual mono or stereo. 

     2- BRIC-HQ2 (High Quality 2) This mode minimizes artifacts and encodes speech and music equally well, providing a 12 or 15 kHz fidelity signal over 24 kb/s of network bandwidth. BRIC-HQ2 also allows for stereo operation at the lowest data rate of 24-30 kb/s, making stereo over a single modem connection possible. BRIC-HQ2 has moderate delay of about 1/3 second, which is in the range of many ISDN codecs. HQ2 settings offer choice of mono 12K, mono 15K, stereo 12K or stereo 15K. Selecting 12K further reduces artifacts.

     3- BRIC-ULB (Ultra Low Bitrate) This mode is designed for speech transfer only but has a remarkable compression ratio of around 25:1, allowing it to deliver 7 kHz at an astonishingly low bitrate (around 10 kb/s). The voice quality of BRIC-ULB is comparable to the old codec standard G.722 (7 kHz), but uses less than 1/6th the amount of data. MPEG-4 AAC algorithms, licensed by Fraunhofer IIS, are available as an optional upgrade.

    
BRIC Technology 
Because telephone networks are migrating to packet-based technology, the use of traditional POTS and ISDN codecs will become increasingly difficult. BRIC technology provides a natural evolution for broadcasters to utilize the ever-increasing availability of broadband Internet access, while maintaining the high quality and low delay required for their application.

BRIC innovations:
• The first broadcast codec to work reliably over most Internet connections
• 7 kHz bi-directional low-delay audio over challenging IP networks using BRIC-ULB algorithm
• Less than 100 mS coding delay using BRIC-ULB or BRIC HQ1
• 15 kHz bi-directional stereo or mono audio over typical networks (or a single dial-up phone line) using BRIC-HQ1 algorithm
• Usable on networks with high packet loss and packet jitter such as the public Internet
• Utilizes BRIC Transversal Server (maintained by Comrex) to allow easy connections from behind firewalls and routers. Use is optional. 

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