Wyatt Center Infrastructure

When the Wyatt Center was renovated and expanded, it was designed to be one of the premier educational facilities in the world. The building is truly multi-purpose. It houses the Department of Teaching and Learning, the Learning Sciences Institute, and the Peabody Technology Support Center. In addition, there are classrooms, conference and presentation rooms, a satellite and radio broadcast and recording studio, editing facilities, and videoconference facilities.

The Wyatt Center’s infrastructure was installed to support video and audio distribution throughout the building. Most classrooms and public spaces are connected to a broadcast audio and video routing system located in WC 213 that allows moving signals to and from these spaces. This router combined with a VYVX broadcast fiber optic point-of-presence allows us to feed broadcast quality video from many locations within the Wyatt Center to any broadcast facility in the world.

The Wyatt Center also houses a CATV RF head-in that allows distribution of RF sourced material to classrooms and public spaces. We intercept off-air signals from local Nashville broadcasters and remodulate incoming signals for distribution throughout the building. Any video received in the building can be distributed via the RF system. We can share C and Ku band satellite feeds as well as Dish Network digital signals.

The WC 213 space also houses a broadcast style control room with video switcher, audio board and recording equipment. Signals from throughout the building can be routed to the WC 213 for production and then redistributed throughout the building for local use or transmitted outside via web streaming, via MPEG1/2 infrastructure throughout the Vanderbilt network, or to broadcasters via our VYVX connection.