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13. Intercom
13.1
Introduction
Intercom
elements are supported by
crystal
,
sapphire
,
sapphire compact
,
Nova29
and
ruby / Power Core
.
They provide easy programing for communications setups, and work in conjunction with the separate software
application called
InterCom
.
Within the system configuration, an InterCom element is defined for each communications station (e.g. Studio
1, Studio 2, Announcer's Booth, etc.) The element defines the talkback send and return, and the call and
response buttons. The talkback buttons can be console MF Keys, external key panels, VisTool touch-screens or
external control signals.
Each InterCom element uses a summing bus resource. This means that the limit on InterCom elements
varies depending on the product.
The
InterCom
software is then used to program the talkback buttons for each communications station. Each
button can talk to a single InterCom station, answer an incoming call or talk to a group of stations. At any time,
you can transfer the Intercom configuration to any system within your studio network, where it is stored
separately from the system configuration and loads on boot up.
You can transfer a new InterCom configuration without restarting the system. This allows you to modify
InterCom functions while the system is running online.
The InterCom configuration is referenced to elements within the system configuration. Thus, InterCom functions
can only be executed when loaded to a console with the corresponding system configuration.
