Tech Focus: Intercom Technology, Part 2 - What's on the Market Versatile devices connect to a wide range of brands, platforms, formats By Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 8:00 am
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By pro-audio standards, intercoms constitute a small market sector, but it's a critical one. Here's a look at the latest offerings from the market leaders.
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Clear-Com LQ Series intercom interface
Clear-Com
The newly updated LQ Series devices are versatile connectivity interfaces for linking and extending communications over secure LAN and WAN networks or the internet. LQ can link different industry-standard two-wire intercom and four-wire audio systems together, irrespective of brand and platform. It extends the capabilities and intercom channels of a single system to one or more remote locations by positioning an LQ device at the destination location and interfacing with such Clear-Com devices as wired beltpacks, SIP clients, or any smart devices with Agent-IC mobile apps. Any core production user on the main intercom system can instantly connect with adjacent contributors on Agent-IC for monitoring the intercom, receiving IFB feeds, or working remotely. Each LQ IP interface can support up to eight individual Agent-IC clients, which means that up to eight users can call into the intercom system through 3G/4G or Wi-Fi internet links - to a total of up to 48 channels of LQ Series IP that can be connected to a particular intercom system. LQ interfaces can link these remote Agent-IC users to any two-wire partyline and/or four-wire digital solutions over IP networks. All setups and configurations for up to six LQ interfaces are easily managed within the browser-based Core Configuration Manager (CCM). The LQ interfaces also work with SIP telephony systems, allowing Clear-Com's portfolio of intercom systems to seamlessly connect with VoIP phones. www.clearcom.com/
Pliant Technologies CrewCom wireless intercom system
Pliant Technologies
CrewCom wireless intercom system features excellent voice quality, exceptionally compact fully featured professional full-duplex wireless radio packs, and extreme range, with multiple RF access points that connect via copper (100 m) or fiber (10 km). CrewCom wireless products are available in 2.4 GHz and 900 MHz models (the latter limited to where this band is legal). Any combination of these frequency bands may be used simultaneously on the same CrewCom system, providing the ability to put dependable RF coverage where needed, with a user interface consistent throughout the system. CrewCom also offers easy system deployment along with one of the most user-friendly radio packs on the market. The design of CrewCom offers a significant price advantage for larger, more-demanding applications in terms of actual cost of deploying many wireless users in a production. Based on a decentralized platform that puts system resources where they are needed, the system features hundreds of conferences that provide the flexibility of a matrix or partyline without the cost or limitations of either system. This approach to professional wireless intercoms enables CrewCom to handle almost any applications, from simple out-of-the-box solutions to large-scale designs, for a wide range of installation projects for live sound, broadcast, industrial, and more.
Pliant has also recently released an updated line of SmartBoom headsets with enhancements to overall audio quality. They feature a convenient flip-up microphone-muting feature and are specifically designed for comfort, flexibility, and durability in the most demanding professional environments. The recently introduced LITE model (PHS-SB11L) incorporates all the features into a smaller, lightweight model designed for enhanced mobility and flexibility. www.plianttechnologies.com/
Riedel
Artist digital matrix audio and intercom ecosystem can handle AES3, AES67, AVB, Dante, VoIP, and analog audio formats. It consists of a fiber-based backbone providing a decentralized infrastructure for live audio and intercoms with matrix sizes up to 1,024 1,024 ports. Multiple frames can be interconnected via dual optical-fiber ring to form a single large, full-summing, non-blocking distributed matrix that looks like one system to the user. Its Director configuration software is easy-to-use and boasts the industry's fastest upload times.
The new 1200-series SmartPanel is the smartest SmartPanel yet. The RSP-1232HL features multiple full-color multitouch displays, 32 innovative hybrid-lever keys, the ability to leverage apps for multifunctionality, easy adaptability to the various workflows in use today, and high-quality stereo speakers. Each of the RSP-1232HL's 32 lever keys features an integrated rotary encoder that provides control over parameters in the same location as the key. Users are able to choose custom colors for either the key labels or the LED ring surrounding each key. In addition, the RSP-1232HL natively supports AES67 through two fiber SFPs and two RJ45 connections that offer a variety of daisy-chaining and redundancy options and delivers cabling flexibility.
Riedel Bolero wireless intercom system
Bolero is a full-roaming, DECT-based wireless intercom system in the license-free 1.9 GHz frequency range. Fully integrated into the Artist digital matrix intercom or used as a standalone, Bolero offers robust features that can be applied as a wireless beltpack, a wireless keypanel, or a two-way radio. Several new technologies power Bolero's capabilities, including an Advanced DECT Receiver (ADR) for multipath tolerance improvement and near-field communication (NFC) for easy, Touch&Go beltback registration. Bolero also features six channels, Bl
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Tech Focus: Intercom Technology, Part 2 - What's on the Market Versatile devices connect to a wide range of brands, platforms, formats By Dan Daley, Audio Editor 
