Cam Racer

12G-SDI Dockable optical fiber transmission unit


CAM Racer is a complete camera fibre optic transmission solution for OB Van, Studio and Cinema applications. It comprises a camera dockable transceiver and a 1RU base station unit.
Product Highlights

With two 12G-SDI channels plus two 3G-SDI channels the CAM Racer will fit any camera from ENG to 4K and 8K Cinema devices.
CAM Racer can deliver up to 140 Watts of power to the camera over 450 metres of standard 9.2mm SMPTE cable. An optional automatic battery backup provides additional power in the case of a sudden increase in demand.
Signal control and setup is provided through an internal web server. Signal status is also reported on an LED display on each unit. The base station Oled display gives direct access to optical receiving levels and server IP address. An internal audio mixer allows the user to mix between talkback, programs inputs and local audio channels for Eng and Reporter headsets.
Camera control channel supports: Ethernet, RS422 Serial, Canon RC-V100 protocol (Enhanced Lanc).
Camera synchronization supports: Two Composite Video signals and one Timecode.

Cam Racer


Cam Racer

Further Options

  • 2 extra 12G / 6G / 3G / HD / SD signals from Camera (board add on),
  • 2nd Talkback in/out with headset interface at camera side +
    • 2nd Tally (Green) Contact closure from base station +
    2nd Serial data RS 232/422/485 (connector add on).
Standard signal set

  • 2 3G / HD / SD signals from Camera,
  • 1 Viewfinder HDSDI from base station,
  • 1 Monitoring HDSDI from the camera (HDMI or BNC input autoswitch),
  • 2 Genlock from base station (Composite video / Black burst / Tri-level),
  • 2 Bidirectional audio with mic preamp and phantom power at camera side,
  • 1 Talkback in/out with headset interface at camera side,
  • 1 Time code from base station,
  • 1 Ethernet 10/100 Mbps,
  • 1 Serial data RS 232/422/485,
  • 1 Canon RC-V100 protocol (Enhanced Lanc),
  • 1 Red Tally Contact closure from base station.


CAM Racer can be remotely powered from its base station. Up to 140W of power is available at the camera unit over 450m of 9.2mm SMPTE 311 cable.

An optional V-lock battery support enables the CAM racer and its camera to be locally powered by a battery.

A key feature of the CAM Racer is the automatic switching between remote power and battery power without power loss to the CAM Racer and its camera. On very long lengths of SMPTE a temporary sudden extra power demand (e.g. camera or accessory startup) may draw too much power. In this situation the CAM racer will detect the power drop and switch to the battery, returning to the remote power supply when the extra demand drops to save battery life.

Cam Racer