BirdDog Launches NDI Wallplates

BirdDog has announced the launch of NDI Wallplates, further extending the reach of NDI into the world of Professional AV. Debuting at ISE and shipping from December 2020, the BirdDog NDI wallplate features include:

• NDI Hardware for permanent mounting on walls and boardroom tables
• Two models: Wallplate output for playing out NDI to two destinations simultaneously such as dual boardroom TV Screens and Wallplate Input with EDID for encoding two sources such as laptops into NDI to send to Wallplate output for display
• Crestron control library
• RESTful API for automation
• One Ethernet cable for Power (PoE), Video, and Audio
• Soft glow status that is customisable in the Web GUI

Wallplates are built upon BirdDog's custom NDI chip and can be totally automated via the newly released RESTful API,feature PoE for single Ethernet cable functionality, Mic Input, Speaker output, interchangeable faceplates, soft glow status indicators, and an easy to use web management console to change settings.

Designed to be flush-mounted inside walls, lecterns, and boardroom tables, NDI Wallplates are the perfect solution for new builds and retrofitting in large education campuses, office buildings, hospitals, stadiums, conference centres, hotels, casinos, houses of worship, government and military buildings, broadcasters, and any facility where distributed content is required.

"Since its inception, NDI has been blazing the path for content distribution as an alternative to easy to deploy Gigabit Ethernet networks," said Dan Miall, BirdDog Co-Founder and CEO. "Here at BirdDog we are always pushing the boundaries of this technology and are excited about its possibilities. With the release of NDI Wallplates, we believe the vision of NDI as a true distribution format has come to fruition."

NDI Wallplates are a modular design allowing shell installation in advance meaning AV installers simply clicking in the electronics. NDI Wallplates are PoE so it's truly a single cable installation using Ethernet for power, video, and audio.

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