Specifications

Mica Installation Planning Guide - Sept 2011
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Expand the Team with an iPhone or iPod
You can also add a team member on an iPhone or iPod Touch. For example, if the
primary switcher operator has his or her hands full switching a complex production,
they can have an assistant use an iPod to find the next graphic or clip. Since the iPod is
wireless, it can be anywhere.
The iPixPad application replicates a Slate’s PixPad, the bank of 12 buttons on the
Broadcast Pix control panel that allows the user to fire off macro memories, as well as
select clips and graphics. The iPixPad can also be used to augment control of a larger
production by providing an additional operator, or even the director, with a wireless
controller that can be used to run macros or select graphics or clips. Each Mica system
has its own IP address, so iPixPad can control a specific system.
Installation: Go the Apple apps store and download the free iPixPad app from
Broadcast Pix to your iPhone (or iPod Touch). Connect the Mica Content Server to a
wireless router. On the iPhone start the iPixPad app, and enter the IP address for the
Mica Sever. For long production you may wish to attach a power cable to the iPhone.
Expand the Team with an iPixPanel on a iPad
Expand the Team with a SoftPanel on Android
A standard SoftPanel can be opened on an Android.
Team Operation, Continued
Technical Director
(Shown on 2000
control panel)
Graphics/Clips OperatorWireless Network
Switch
iPhone
iPixPad app
iPhone Wiring
The iPad is large enough to hold an entire
Broadcast Pix 1 M/E panel. It is installed in the
same way that the above iPhone app is, expect
that the iPad app is not free, but has a small cost.
It can be used to control anything a 1M/E panel
can control except knob and joystick functions,
and is handy for a wide variety of applications,
from team members helping to using its wireless
freedom of movement during set-up
iPixPanel app