Kiloview 3RU 10CH rack for N3/N30/N4/N40

The Kiloview RN03 (often cataloged as KIL-RN03) is a professional 3RU rackmount installation frame engineered to consolidate and organize multiple desktop N-series NDI hardware converters.

Unlike the Kiloview Cradle Series mainframes (like the RU01 and RU03), which host bare internal circuit cards, the RN03 is designed specifically to neatly house up to ten fully enclosed, standalone Kiloview NDI High-Bandwidth desktop devices (such as the N3, N4, N30, N40, N5, and N6 boxes) within a standard 19-inch equipment rack.

Core Engineering and Structural Features

• High-Density Space Optimization: The 3RU frame transforms up to ten scattered, loose field converters into a unified, secure rack unit. This structure is ideal for busy production environments, central control rooms, Outside Broadcast (OB) vans, and central data closets where space is at a premium.

• Mixed-Model Multi-Protocol Integration: The open slot architecture gives engineering teams the flexibility to build custom configurations. You can pack the frame with a custom mix of N3 (SDI to Full NDI) units right next to N40 (4K HDMI bidirectional) or N6 (HDMI/NDI HX) converters based on your operational needs.

• Centralized Power Distribution: Keeping ten independent desktop converters powered using standard wall-wart power bricks creates an unmanageable mess of cables behind a gear rack. The RN03 simplifies cable routing by integrating a centralized internal power distribution bus that cleanly feeds DC current to all ten occupied slots.

• Active Thermal Management Array: Operating ten high-bandwidth Full NDI processing chips simultaneously in close quarters generates significant heat. The RN03 chassis features an optimized airflow design paired with a high-velocity internal cooling fan system to prevent thermal throttling or equipment downtime during 24/7 broadcast loops.

• Secured Modular Layout: The chassis utilizes a clean slide-in rail mechanism combined with secure front-panel thumb screws. This ensures that field technicians can quickly pull, service, or swap out a specific NDI unit without disturbing the adjacent devices in the frame.

Hardware Technical Specifications Matrix

💡 Operational System Tips for the RN03 Frame

The Full NDI Multi-Gigabit Switch Rule: When fully populating an RN03 chassis with ten Kiloview N3 or N40 converters running Full NDI (SpeedHQ) at 1080p60, pay close attention to your network core limits. A single Full NDI 1080p60 video stream consumes roughly 125 Megabits per second. Running ten units simultaneously in one frame will push a steady stream of over 1.25 Gigabits per second down your line. This will immediately saturate a standard 1GbE network switch uplink. To avoid dropped frames and severe video artifacting, make sure the network cables from the back of the RN03 route directly into a high-capacity multi-gigabit (2.5GbE/10GbE) core switch or are isolated across dedicated VLAN branches.

• Streamlining On-Set Inventory Control: If your production team frequently splits into different configurations—sometimes working out of an archive control room and other times splitting into small, mobile field flypacks—the RN03 offers the perfect hybrid workflow. Because the frame holds standard standalone desktop boxes rather than bare system cards, you can loosen a module's front thumb screws, pull it out of the rack frame, and throw it straight into a camera bag for a standalone field shoot using standard PoE or a battery barrel jack.