Mercury Communicator Unit (MCU)

Description

The MCU (Mercury Communicator Unit) is a small form-factor device that can simultaneously function as a mission critical operator station, a host to numerous virtual panels and interact with a variety of SIP endpoints.

Operator Station Component

The MCU’s primary function is to provide support for single operator connectivity. With three variants of interface options, the MCU facilitates various connection options for headset + PTT, along with an additional 4-pin LEMO connector. The virtual control surface can be accessible through either the connection of a touch-screen (or non-touch) monitor directly to the MCU’s HDMI and USB ports on the rear of the unit or alternatively with the navigation of a browser to the IP address or hostname of the MCU.

Peer-to-Peer Architecture

The MCU is able to operate peer-to-peer, allowing each device to function in a fully independent manner, relying on no other resource to perform any of its functions. It also can seamlessly interface with other Mercury products (MCU, MMU and MIU), along with any SIP capable endpoints. As a result, the resilience of the Mercury system coupled with the ability to seamlessly integrate with the certified Mercury Cross Domain Solution enables the MCU to operate in any mission critical environment where security is paramount.

Hosting of Virtual Panels

Up to 32 virtual panels can be hosted on a single MCU. The IP connected clients can run on either Windows, iOS or Android devices and have the ability to communicate with any resource that is available to the MCU, including other MCUs, MMUs or MIUs.

SIP Interfacing

Each MCU can use up to 64 of the shared DSP resources to intercommunicate with any SIP enabled endpoint, either through a SIP server, PBX or directly point-to-point using a SIP URI.