Aion Enterprise is a GPS-disciplined ST 2110 grandmaster clock, 8-channel Ultra HD overlay platform, and complete facility timecode distribution hub — in a single 2U rack appliance. Download White Paper Download Brochure 8UHD Channels 100GDual Media Ports <1µsPTP Accuracy 4Time Sources 2URack Format One Box. The Whole Timing Problem. Grandmaster clock, 8-channel overlay engine, dual independent hardware LTC channels, Art-Net, and RTC with separate offsets — all GPS-disciplined, all coherent, all in a single 2U appliance. Aion Enterprise was designed as one system from the ground up. Built on a Proven Architecture. Aion Enterprise is built on the same timing architecture, LTC subsystems, and backend platform as Aion — a shipping commercial product with paying customers in broadcast production environments today. Enterprise scales that foundation to the demands of full ST 2110 infrastructure. All 8-channel overlay processing runs on the i9-14900K CPU — proven, pragmatic, and measurably capable. Timecode Distribution Every time source your facility needs.Routed from one GPS reference. Four independent timecode distribution mechanisms operating simultaneously — all derived from the same GPS-disciplined UTC reference, all mutually coherent, zero inter-source drift. PTP / IEEE 1588 ST 2110 Grandmaster — Dual 10GbE linuxptp in grandmaster mode distributed over dual hardware-timestamping 10GbE interfaces. Sub-microsecond accuracy, GPS-traceable to UTC. IEEE 1588-2008 (PTPv2) under the SMPTE ST 2059-2 broadcast profile — the spec every ST 2110 device currently shipping conforms to. Hardware forward-capable to 1588-2019 via software update. Hardware LTC / IRIG Four Dedicated Timecode Subprocessors Four proprietary 600 MHz subprocessors handle hardware LTC and IRIG I/O with dedicated roles: Subprocessor 1 — LTC generator (pure LTC, XLR). Subprocessor 2 — LTC reader (pure LTC, XLR). Subprocessor 3 — LTC or IRIG A/B generator (mutually exclusive, XLR/BNC). Subprocessor 4 — LTC or IRIG A/B reader (mutually exclusive, XLR/BNC). Two independent LTC outputs and two independent LTC inputs are available simultaneously when IRIG is not in use. Art-Net / TSL / UDP Network Protocol Distribution Art-Net timecode for lighting consoles and show control. TSL-UMD v5.0 for under-monitor display systems and multiviewers. Extended UDP — the proven Aion UDP control and timecode protocol, expanded for 8-channel configuration and Enterprise-specific parameters. All GPS-coherent, all on the management plane. RTC + Offsets RTC with Independent Per-Channel Offsets Real-time clock output with independently configurable offsets per channel. UTC on one feed, local time on another, show time on a third — all derived from the same GPS source. Deterministic arithmetic offsets: no independent drift, no accumulated error, just GPS time plus a precise offset. Core Capabilities Every role the ST 2110 fabric demands.In a single 2U box. From GPS antenna to outgoing 2110 streams — and every legacy and show control device in between. PTP / IEEE 1588 GPS-Disciplined Grandmaster Clock linuxptp grandmaster distributed over dual hardware-timestamping 10GbE interfaces. Sub-microsecond PTP accuracy, GPS-traceable to UTC. The authoritative timing reference for the entire ST 2110 fabric. ST 2110-20/30/40 8-Channel Ultra HD Overlay Engine Eight simultaneous UHD channels — ingest, overlay rendering, independent LTC timecode embedding per channel in ST 2110-30 audio, and egress. All locked to GPS. All independently configurable. 4 Subprocessors Hardware LTC & IRIG Distribution Four dedicated 600 MHz subprocessors handle hardware timecode I/O: two dedicated LTC channels (in and out), plus an LTC/IRIG A/B generator and reader pair. Two independent LTC outputs and inputs operate simultaneously when IRIG is not in use. SMPTE 2022-7 Dual 100G Redundant Media Paths Two QSFP28 100G Ethernet ports providing SMPTE 2022-7 seamless protection switching. One path fails — the system doesn’t notice. No interruption to any of the 8 overlay channels. Art-Net / TSL / UDP Network Protocol Distribution Art-Net timecode for lighting and show control. TSL-UMD v5.0 for under-monitor display systems. Extended UDP for custom integrations. All GPS-coherent, all running simultaneously on the management plane. N+1 Redundancy Hot-Swap Redundant Power Industrial redundant PSU — two independent 500W modules, N+1 architecture, fully hot-swappable. A power module can fail or be replaced mid-operation without interrupting any active channel. Operator Interface Three views. One coherent system. Fully web-based — accessible from any workstation on the management network. No client software, no local display required for operation. 01 Time Display View Full-screen GPS-locked precision time display — UTC, local time, PTP grandmaster status, and stratum level. Designed for large-screen TOC and control room contexts. Carried from Aion 02 TCV Application View Timecode verification and monitoring — real-time LTC status across both hardware input channels, software timer status for all 8 overlay channels, and frame-accurate timing chain monitoring from GPS to embedded LTC. Carried from Aion 03 Enterprise Admin View Workstation-class multi-channel control. Per-channel overlay configuration across all 8 ST 2110 channels. Dual LTC routing and offset management. Art-Net configuration. Grandmaster clock dashboard. Full system health panel. New in Enterprise Value Proposition What this used to require.What it requires now. Aion Enterprise consolidates hardware that facilities have historically sourced from multiple vendors across multiple budget lines. Traditional Infrastructure —Standalone grandmaster clock: $8,000–$15,000 —8-channel overlay system: $15,000–$30,000 —LTC distribution hardware: separate —Art-Net timecode: separate system or none —Multiple vendors, multiple support contracts —Integration engineering required —$30,000–$50,000+ total Aion Enterprise ✓GPS-disciplined grandmaster clock — included ✓8-channel Ultra HD overlay engine — included ✓Dual independent hardware LTC channels — included ✓Art-Net timecode output — included ✓RTC with independent per-channel offsets — included ✓N+1 hot-swap redundant power — included ✓Single box. Single support relationship. Aion Enterprise — Pre-Release Inquiries Open Priced significantly below comparable infrastructure assembled from individual components. Contact us to discuss deployment requirements or obtain formal pricing for your facility. Contact Us Download White Paper Download Brochure Deployments Where Aion Enterprise works. Any environment requiring precision time distribution, synchronized IP video, and multi-protocol timecode at scale. Live Event — Large Venue Stadium and arena productions with screens, scoreboards, lighting, and broadcast feeds all requiring synchronized timing. Single GPS grandmaster for the entire fabric. Dual LTC outputs to production and broadcast separately. Art-Net keeps lighting locked to the same reference as video. Broadcast Facility — Master Control Master control rooms operating multiple simultaneous program channels over an ST 2110 backbone. SMPTE 2022-7 dual-path redundancy and N+1 power provide the uptime demanded by on-air operations. Mobile Production Broadcast trucks and fly-packs requiring a self-contained 2110 grandmaster with GPS lock anywhere in the world. Full-range 90–264 VAC input. Dual LTC outputs for truck-internal and external venue distribution simultaneously. Hybrid SDI / IP Transition Facilities migrating from SDI to ST 2110. Both hardware LTC channels bridge to legacy equipment that cannot yet participate in the 2110 fabric. Art-Net and RTC offsets extend the GPS reference to show control systems from day one. Technical Specifications Built from the right components.For the right reasons. Every hardware decision in Aion Enterprise is driven by broadcast reliability requirements. Compute Video I/O Timing & Sync Timecode Dist. Power & Mechanical Parameter Specification Motherboard Server-class Micro-ATX — Intel W680 chipset, LGA1700, ASPEED AST2600 BMC, IPMI 2.0 remote management independent of host OS Processor Intel Core i9-14900K — 24 cores (8P+16E), up to 6.0 GHz boost; ECC UDIMM support confirmed on W680 platform Memory DDR5 ECC UDIMM — error-correcting memory; W680 ECC support without Xeon hardware Storage NVMe SSD via M.2 PCIe 3.0 Overlay Processing CPU-based — 8 independent high-priority Cairo overlay threads with CPU affinity assignments; no discrete GPU required; GPU rendering reserved as future architecture path OS Platform Debian Linux — headless, hardened; no forced updates, no licensing exposure Management IPMI 2.0 via dedicated BMC port — fully independent of host OS state Parameter Specification Media Interfaces 2× 100G QSFP28 — SMPTE 2022-7 seamless redundancy Video Channels 8 simultaneous Ultra HD — capture and playback concurrent; all channels independently configurable Video Standards SD through UHD — all standards to 2160p60 uncompressed; 2160p120 via low-latency IP codec ST 2110 Standards 2110-20 (video) · 2110-21 (traffic shaping) · 2110-30 (audio/LTC) · 2110-40 (ancillary data) NMOS IS-04 discovery and registration · IS-05 connection management Parameter Specification GPS Front-End Timing-grade serial GPS receiver — SMA antenna connector, external roof-mount active antenna PTP Implementation linuxptp ptp4l — IEEE 1588-2008 (PTPv2), grandmaster mode, SMPTE ST 2059-2 profile PTP Distribution Dual 10GbE with hardware timestamping — physically separate timing plane from media plane PTP Accuracy Sub-microsecond under GPS-locked grandmaster conditions TAI-UTC Handling Sourced from GPS NMEA parsing — leap-second aware, no offset errors IEEE 1588-2019 Hardware capable at physical layer; 1588-2019 (PTPv2.1) features available via linuxptp software update as broadcast ecosystem adopts them Parameter Specification Subprocessor 1 LTC Generator — dedicated LTC output (XLR); pure LTC only; independently configurable frame rate, value, offset Subprocessor 2 LTC Reader — dedicated LTC input (XLR); pure LTC only; jam-sync reference or concurrent monitoring Subprocessor 3 LTC/IRIG A/B Generator — configurable as LTC output (XLR) or IRIG A/B output (BNC); LTC and IRIG mutually exclusive; independently configurable from Subprocessor 1 Subprocessor 4 LTC/IRIG A/B Reader — configurable as LTC input (XLR) or IRIG A/B input (BNC); LTC and IRIG mutually exclusive; independently configurable from Subprocessor 2 ST 2110 LTC 8 independent software timers — LTC embedded in ST 2110-30 per channel; independent frame rate, value, and offset per channel Art-Net Output Art-Net timecode for lighting consoles and show control; GPS-coherent; management plane TSL-UMD TSL-UMD v5.0 network timecode distribution; management plane interface UDP Distribution Extended Aion UDP protocol — superset of original Aion implementation; 8-channel configuration, per-channel timecode values, Enterprise-specific parameters RTC Offsets Independent per-channel configurable offsets — UTC, local time, show time, custom; deterministic, no independent drift Frame Rates 23.976 · 24 · 25 · 29.97 DF/NDF · 30 · 50 · 59.94 DF/NDF · 60 Parameter Specification CPU Cooling Dynatron L35 AIO liquid cooler — 2U rack compatible, 305W Intel TDP rating, 323mm radiator, 3× 80mm PWM dual ball-bearing fans, copper cold plate, LGA1700 native Power Supply Industrial redundant ATX PSU — 2U, N+1 hot-swappable modules PSU Modules 2× 500W — either module sustains full system load independently Input Voltage 90–264 VAC full range · 47–63 Hz — worldwide compatible Form Factor 2U rackmount — custom enclosure, standard 19-inch EIA rack Front Panel 3.5″ 640×480 IPS DSI display (Waveshare 33086) — Raspberry Pi Zero 2W controller; independent power; USB serial to main system; LVGL diagnostic UI; operational independent of host OS state Certifications CE · FCC · RoHS · Designed and assembled in the USA Download Technical White Paper Download Brochure Product Lineage A new platform. A proven architecture. Aion Enterprise is not a first-generation product. It descends from a shipping commercial product with paying customers in production environments today. Aion — The Foundation Aion is IEW Solutions’ GPS-disciplined broadcast timing system — a shipping product with paying customers in broadcast production environments. The timing architecture, LTC subsystems, grandmaster implementation, and backend platform in Aion Enterprise are all proven in the field. Enterprise scales that foundation to the demands of full ST 2110 infrastructure. Learn about Aion → What’s New in Enterprise The 8-channel Ultra HD overlay engine, the dual independent hardware LTC channels, the ST 2110 grandmaster architecture, the 100G dual-path media plane, the Art-Net output, the N+1 redundant power — those are new. The core timing architecture, the backend software platform, and the operator interface framework they’re built on aren’t.