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# Contribution

Check which interface you are using

The guides linked from this page configure MK.IO Beam through the **Advanced** interface, where a workflow is a **feed** made up of individual services. If your device runs the **Essentials** interface, build the workflow as a **channel** instead: see [Create a channel](/beam/essentials/create-a-channel). Both interfaces control the same settings underneath, so these pages stay useful as reference for the detail behind a channel.

MK.IO Beam for contribution is engineered to meet the demands of modern live content acquisition, delivering pristine video quality with maximum efficiency. Its flexible architecture allows for field reconfiguration for IP or satellite contribution, up to 4:2:2 10-bit UHD targeted at a range of server options. It’s ideally suited to live events, where we can offer the flexibility of paying on a pure consumption basis

MK.IO Beam connects to the cloud, enabling direct and automated control, monitoring and life cycle management via the MK.IO cloud portal for the ultimate in efficient operations.

## Common Workflows:

### Input setup

[](/beam/contribution/how-to/setup-smpte-2110-input)

### Configure SMPTE ST 2110 Input

How to configure SMPTE ST 2110 Input

[](/beam/system-admin/maintenance/setup-sdi-asi-card)

### Configure SDI/ASI Cards

How to configure SDI/ADI cards

### Low Latency & Reliability

[](/beam/contribution/how-to/minimize-end-to-end-delay)

### Minimise End-to-end Delay

How to minimise the end-to-end delay.

[](/beam/contribution/how-to/drop-output-on-input-loss)

### Drop IP/ASI output on input loss

How to drop IP/ASI output on input loss.

### Transport

[](/beam/reliable-transport/service-management)

### Configure SRT/Zixi/RST

How to configure SRT/Zixi/RST

[](/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components/satellite-modulator)

### Configure sattelite modulator

How to configure the satellite modulator

## Docs

- [Technical specifications](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/tech-specs.md)
- [Configure the feed components](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components.md)
- [Configure a Reliable Transport service](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components/reliable-transport.md)
- [Configure the Live Encoder service](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components/live-encoder.md)
- [Configure the Multiplexer service](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components/mux.md)
- [Configure the Satellite Modulator output](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/configure-feed-components/satellite-modulator.md)
- [1+1 output synchronization with PTS alignment](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/output-synchronization-with-pts.md)
- [Configure NMOS IS-04 and IS-05](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/configure-nmos.md)
- [Configure SMPTE ST 2110 input](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/setup-smpte-2110-input.md)
- [Drop Output On Input Loss](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/drop-output-on-input-loss.md)
- [JPEG-XS with Jumbo Frames](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/configure-jpegxs.md)
- [Minimize the end-to-end delay for contribution](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/minimize-end-to-end-delay.md)
- [Set up LPCM and Dolby-E pass-through](https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/contribution/how-to/lpcm-and-dolby-e-passthrough.md)