TWiRT Ep. 777 - Monitoring & Control in Your Pocket with Matt Rigdon

AAT—American Amplifier Technologies—might not have been on your radar a few years ago, but they’re making some serious noise in the broadcast engineering world. With their TXN line of FM and Digital TV transmitters, plus their recent acquisitions of Shively, Kathrein, and SCALA, AAT is quickly becoming a true one-stop shop for RF and broadcast hardware. Today we’re joined by AAT’s Chief Technical Officer, Matt Rigdon. He’s here to show us emPower, a brand-new monitoring and control system that was designed from day one with broadcast engineers—and our mobile lifestyles—in mind. Under the hood it’s powered by SNMP, but what you see on your phone or tablet is a fast, modern, intuitive interface that actually helps you get stuff done. Matt gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how emPower was developed, what problems it solves, and why this kind of mobile-first thinking might just shape the next generation of broadcast infrastructure. Strap in—we’re going hands-on with some very cool tech.