AEQ
XPEAK
IP Intercom System
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1. INTRODUCTION.
1.1. Product Concept.
1.1.1. A global intercom for local or remote production.
In conventional AV/Media production, the intercom is an essential tool for the technical
coordination of everyone involved: directors, producers, camera operators, presenters, floor
managers, audio and lighting teams, etc.
Remote production is nowadays a standard part of operations. The need to produce Television
and Radio minimizing the mobilizing and remote deployment of technical personnel, has
become a fact. It is now required that Production personnel is able to work from different
locations, some of them temporary (hotels, stadiums, etc.).
Until now, these situations have been resolved by connecting intercom systems to audiocodecs
and IP telephony systems and configuring the systems separately, which involves the
deployment of expensive systems and the development of complex connection and set-up
tasks.
For this reason, we have created
Xpeak
, an intercom system that incorporates virtual network
technology, through an automatic global interconnection Wizard. The Wizard avoids the
difficulties of creating a virtual network and configuring the devices to work on it.
In Xpeak, different hardware or software user panels are interconnected as if they were all part
of the same physical production center. It doesn’t matter whether they are on the same LAN
network, or if they are dispersed in different places with access to Internet or to a WAN - they
will all connect.
On the other hand, the system does not need a matrix: the elements of the system form a
network of P2P (peer-to-peer) devices with Ethernet virtualization. Further, an intercom system
is a mission critical tool that must neither fail nor be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Therefore,
Xpeak includes advanced security features such as access control rules, security control and
traffic encryption.
You do not have to have a static IP, nor do you need a dynamic DNS, nor do you need to set
port forwarding, because each user panel is automatically configured according to the local
network of this location. It works immediately in all network environments, even on very
restrictive networks.
1.1.2. Basic functionality in detail.
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System dimensions: Up to 28 user terminals or external inputs and outputs
.
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Two working modes
:
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Intercom mode in which each key of a user terminal can be configured with the
same functions as in a system with an AEQ matrix
.
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4-channel Party-Line mode, which hardly requires any configuration
.
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Intercommunication between the members of a domain regardless of their location. The
panels can work in a local LAN network or in a WAN network that can be global in
nature through the Internet. In this case, intelligent connectivity is available through
virtual network technology, through an automatic global interconnection wizard, which
simplifies configuration, discovering the elements of the system within the domain.
Connection without opening ports in routers, to use terminals in locations such as
hotels, homes, or others without access to a support technician.