RGB Spectrum Zio BB4K – 4-Port HDMI 2.1 Input Card

Product Overview

The Zio BB4K input card adds four HDMI 2.1 baseband inputs to a Zio 4000 series wall processor, and it is the card to specify when the sources sit in the same rack or the same room as the chassis. All four inputs support HDCP 2.2, so protected sources such as media players, streaming appliances and conferencing codecs are handled without a handshake problem on the video wall. Integrators use this Zio 4000 HDMI 2.1 input card to grow baseband input capacity on a control room video wall processor already in service, without replacing the chassis. It is ordered as a field-installed card and populates an available slot in the chassis.

Product Description

A Zio 4000 wall processor is built up from cards rather than sold as a fixed I/O box, and the Zio BB4K covers the baseband half of that build. Four HDMI 2.1 connectors accept locally cabled sources — workstations, video management system clients, broadcast playout, encoders, cable and satellite receivers, room codecs — and present each of them to the processor as a window that can be placed anywhere on the wall. Because the card carries HDCP 2.2, content from protected sources does not have to be routed around the processor or stripped upstream, which is the failure mode that most often derails a video wall commissioning visit. In a command center or operations center, the practical value is that the same wall can show locally cabled 4K sources next to network content on one canvas.

Specify the BB4K alongside a Zio 4000 chassis when the source devices are close enough to cable directly; use the IP decode cards instead when sources arrive over the network. Common companions are the Zio IP4K input and IP decode card for network sources, an output card such as the Zio AD-4D-6 to drive the displays, and Zio Plus Software where the deployment needs LDAP authentication and VNC/RDP virtual inputs. On a 4RU build, the Zio W4028 chassis with Zio RS28 rack slides is the usual mechanical starting point.

Card slot capacity differs across the Zio 4000 series chassis, and the preconfigured W4008 models ship with their input and output complement already set. The chassis this card is ordered against are:

• Zio W4008 wall processor chassis — 1RU card-based chassis for compact control room and edge deployments.
• Zio W4008-A, Zio W4008-B, Zio W4008-C, Zio W4008-D and Zio W4008-E — the five preconfigured W4008 models, ordered when the input and output mix is fixed at purchase.
• Zio W4024 wall processor chassis — 4RU chassis for mid-size video wall and multi-display systems.
• Zio W4028 wall processor chassis — 4RU multi-slot chassis with dual redundant power for 24/7 operations centers.
• Zio W4040-A wall processor chassis — dual-processor 4RU chassis for the largest Zio 4000 video wall builds.

Creation Networks quotes the card against your chassis model, confirms the slot allocation with RGB Spectrum, and supplies the whole processor as one line-item build so the card count, output card mix and licensing all match at delivery.

Key Features

• Four HDMI 2.1 inputs — One card covers four locally cabled sources, so a four-source control room wall needs a single slot rather than several.
• HDCP 2.2 support on every input — Protected sources such as streaming appliances and room codecs pass through the processor without a handshake workaround.
• Field-installed card format — Baseband input capacity can be added to a Zio 4000 chassis already in service instead of replacing the processor.
• Mixes with IP decode cards — The same chassis can carry baseband and IP input cards, so locally cabled and network sources share one video wall canvas.
• Specified across the Zio 4000 range — The card is ordered against the 1RU W4008 and the 4RU W4024, W4028 and W4040-A chassis, which keeps one input standard across differently sized rooms.
• Supplied as part of a configured build — Creation Networks confirms card, slot and licence counts with RGB Spectrum before the order ships.

Typical Applications

• Control room — Brings four locally racked sources onto the wall for operators who need constant visibility of primary systems.
• Command center — Feeds directly cabled 4K sources into a shared situational picture alongside network streams.
• Operations center — Adds baseband input capacity for network operations and utility monitoring positions as new systems come online.
• Emergency operations center — Handles protected broadcast and cable feeds that must appear on the wall during an activation.
• Broadcast studio — Accepts playout and monitoring sources cabled from equipment in the same rack row.
• Government space — Supports briefing and watch-floor walls where sources are cabled locally for security reasons.
• Boardroom — Presents cabled laptop, codec and signage sources on a multi-display executive wall.

Technical Specifications

RGB Spectrum publishes no product page, specification table or datasheet for this card part number. The list below reproduces only what the RGB Spectrum Gold Integrator price list states for the part, with nothing added or estimated.

• Part number — Zio BB4K
• Product line — Zio 4000 series wall processor cards
• Card type — Input Card
• Inputs — 4x HDMI 2.1
• Content protection — HDCP 2.2 supported

RGB Spectrum does not publish a datasheet for this part number. Contact Creation Networks for confirmed specifications before ordering.

Specifications published by RGB Spectrum.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which chassis does the Zio BB4K fit?
It is a Zio 4000 series input card, ordered against the Zio W4008, W4024, W4028 and W4040-A chassis and the preconfigured W4008-A through W4008-E models. RGB Spectrum does not publish a per-chassis card table, so Creation Networks confirms slot availability for your specific chassis before quoting.

How many BB4K cards can go in one chassis?
The price list does not state a card maximum for the BB4K, unlike the output cards. The limit is set by the free slots in your chassis model, which Creation Networks confirms with RGB Spectrum as part of the configuration.

Does this card decode IP streams?
No. The BB4K is a baseband input card for directly cabled HDMI sources. For network sources use an IP decode card such as the Zio IP4K, Zio IPDP or Zio IPSDI-E, which can populate other slots in the same chassis.

Can it be installed in the field or does the chassis go back to the factory?
The Zio 4000 cards are designed as installable modules, and Creation Networks will confirm whether your chassis can be populated on site or should be returned for configuration, since that depends on the chassis model and its current card layout.

How does the card fit into a wider AV-over-IP system?
The Zio 4000 processor operates standalone or as part of a Zio AV-over-IP system, so a chassis holding BB4K baseband inputs can also present streams from Zio encoders elsewhere on the network on the same wall.

Why are there so few specifications listed for this card?
RGB Spectrum does not publish a product page or datasheet for the Zio 4000 card part numbers, so the only vendor-published wording for this part is the price list line reproduced in the Technical Specifications section. Creation Networks will request confirmed figures from RGB Spectrum for your project rather than quote values the manufacturer has not published.

What warranty covers this card?
The RGB Spectrum manufacturer warranty applies to the card as supplied. Creation Networks supports specification and procurement, confirms the part against your chassis configuration before the order is placed, and routes warranty claims to RGB Spectrum.