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J U LY 2022
Lightware Builds TPX Extenders to Meet Market Demands for Extending 4K over a CATx cable
The TPX devices are Lightware’s newest development
classrooms, auditoriums, conference rooms, meeting
and a natural progression from the widely popular
spaces, and other large-scale applications. TPX
HDMI-TPS-TX/RX97 series. Based on Semtech’s
extenders also feature innovative bidirectional PoE
AVXT technology, the TPX extenders boast plug-and-
technology that allows for flexible, remote powering of
play functionality with Software Defined Video over
the transmitter or receiver.
Ethernet (SDVoE) endpoints to streamline AV network configuration and enhance collaboration in large-scale
In many collaborative rooms, a USB C extension has
applications.
become a need. Therefore, the TPX technology will be incorporated into other Lightware solutions, including
The first products in the TPX suite, HDMI TPX 107 and
the popular Taurus platform. This will allow customers
TPX 106, are point-to-point extenders that offer HDMI
to extend audio, video, and USB data, such as web
2.0 signal management over a single CATx cable while
cameras. As part of Lightware’s open API advantage,
also supporting HDCP 2.3 and Dolby Vision. Both
future releases will take advantage of the open API to
the HDMI TPX 107 and TPX 106 provide a solution
allow integrators to diagnose the quality of the cable
for extending true 4K60 4:4:4 resolution without
and the signal quickly and efficiently.
compromise. Lightware’s TPX extenders, which support distances up to 100 metres, are ideal for WWW. SYSTEMSINTEGRATION ASIA.COM
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