Freespeak II digital Full Duplex Wireless Intercom Receives Update, Increasing Abilities And Performance

Freespeak II digital Full Duplex Wireless Intercom Receives Update, Increasing Abilities And Performance posted: 21/09/2018

Clear-Com has released a significant software update to FreeSpeak II, the world's most popular digital wireless intercom for live performance, theater and broadcast users. The firmware update, which will be presented for the first time at IBC2018, provides new functionality including text messaging and a cleaner User Interface, together with InSite providing improved diagnostics and telemetry screens and audio enhancements systems when used in complex radio environments. Clear-Com's new FreeSpeak II IP 1.9 GHz Transceiver (IPT) will also make its European debut at the show.

The new 1.5 firmware available as an update for the FSII-BASE-II base station and its CCM management software, with InSite, provides a better user experience for both audio performance and ease of use for all users.

FreeSpeak II has become the wireless intercom of choice for so many production teams due to its game changing audio performance and out-of-the-box ease of use based on familiar workflows, said Simon Browne, Vice President of Product Management at Clear-Com. We're excited to take FreeSpeak II to the next level of performance and to add features that will delight our existing and new customers.

The new FSII management software includes InSite with new tools for technical administrators to track beltpack roaming between cellular transceivers and quality of service over time, thus helping to tune the system for best operation.

The new FreeSpeak II IP Transceiver, IPT, also further enhances the functionality of the popular wireless intercom solution. Based on Clear-Com's IP Platform solution, it features AES67 connectivity, low-latency signal distribution and high performance audio routing with high audio bandwidth. As a result, FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks can now be addressed across a user's LAN. Additional enhancements include supporting a higher density of users per transceiver.

All IPT Transceivers are connected to an AES67 IP switch and to the Eclipse HX system fitted with Clear-Com's E-IPA high density audio-and-intercom-over IP system card. Each E-IPA card provides up to 64 ports of IP connections, which effectively supports 64 IPTs. The IPT can be powered from a PoE switch or local power source. Direct fiber connection is also available on each IP-T.

FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks are seamlessly handed off from IPT to IPT, never losing connection on the intercom if the user stays within the radio zone. Each Transceiver supports up to 10 FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks; twice as many beltpacks as the existing FreeSpeak II transceivers.

FreeSpeak II, the 1.5 management software and the IPT Transceiver will be available for demonstration, together with a wide range of Clear-Com's trusted communications solutions, on Clear-Com's booth 10.D29 at IBC2018.

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