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Rediffuison is the antiquated closed circuit broadcast network that was installed in the university in the 60s. | Rediffuison is the antiquated closed circuit broadcast network that was installed in the university in the 60s. | ||
YSTV and URY used this network from the early 90s until around 2008 when it was replaced by an IP-Based system. | YSTV and URY used this network from the early 90s until around 2008 when it was "replaced" by an IP-Based system. | ||
There are a few points around campus | There aren't many ways of sending video via cable accessible to YSTV anymore. Although we still technically own the broadcast network. The university estates dept have done a pretty good job of hiding what is left of the Reddiff / ystv system, although there are still a few points where you can still witness the mammoth network. Likewise, there are a handful of known continuous cable runs around campus: | ||
====known cable end locations==== | |||
* G/046 techie room ceiling: if by any random chance YSTV is not located in G046 anymore, G046 is here: ##location description##. In the back right corner of the tech room (the awkward tall L shaped cupboard space) Two lines of Reddiff Core (really thick twisted pair multicore) appear. | |||
** One line to derwent | |||
** One line to unkown location. | |||
* G/046 windows: This, until 2007/8 was the main exit for the network. It consists of: | |||
** 2 satellite COAX's to some (probably rusty) dishes ontop of G/169 (computer room upstairs). These used to carry the sky (analogue!), Astra etc feeds for simulcasting onto the campus network (we used to have 1 TV licence to cover all campus communal areas!). | |||
** 1 Analogue feed for UHF reception for simulcasting - the nearest broadcast tower is at Elmly Moor, somewhere off in the Yorkshire Dales. We even used to have the phone number of the duty technician! | |||
** 2x campus COAX, known herein as "Physics Video send & return". | |||
** 2x campus XLR, for Physics send and return audio. | |||
*** The physics send & returns go out the window, over the roofs, drape onto the covered walkways, turn left at YUSU (student centre / Daww Suu), along towards physics, and enter via various methods into the PX/002 loft space - YSTV used to be based in the chair store, so when forced out, new cables were just chained to physics. | |||
