Outside broadcast and live sport
One director in the truck. Camera operators, commentators and runners spread across the venue — or across several venues at once.
- Camera operatorsPhones, on 4G, 5G or the venue Wi-FiTalkback both ways; camera tally from ON Comms
- CommentatorsPhones, or the Mac and Windows clientTalkback both ways
- DirectorIn the truck, in a browserTalkback both ways
- ON CommsA cloud site, or ON Comms Server in the truckForwards, never mixes; AES-256-GCM
- The truck’s tallyTSL UMD from TallyMan or the vision mixerCamera tally into ON Comms
- Truck intercom or deskThrough an audio interface or DanteTalkback both ways
- Stream DeckThrough Bitfocus CompanionPush-to-talk keys into ON Comms
What goes wrong, and what ON Comms does
The crew are spread further than any cable runs.
Every phone is a beltpack: iPhone or Android, over 4G, 5G or the venue’s Wi-Fi. Hold a key to talk, double-tap to lock it open.
Tally has to reach people nowhere near a monitor.
ON Comms listens to the truck’s tally system over TSL UMD 3.1, 4.0 or 5.0 — or reads an ATEM or vMix directly — and turns each operator’s whole screen red on program and green on preview.
A dropped connection must not take anyone off comms without them knowing.
The app keeps its session when a phone moves between Wi-Fi and 4G, a line locked open stays open, and a lost connection is shown and sounded until it is back.
15–18 ms
from the truck’s tally system changing to an operator’s panel hearing about it. TSL UMD, measured on a local network.
How it all fits together: How it works. What it runs on: the spec sheet.
Put it on your next OB.
Tell us about the truck and the venue, and we’ll walk your engineers through ON Comms on your own setup.