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Viewpoint Chooses Clear-Com for Truck Communications
12/18/2012
Pittsburgh─Viewpoint Production Services has chosen Clear-Com to provide production
equipment and services with the Eclipse-Median matrix intercom flexible
communications infrastructure for its VPS 36HD outside broadcast production
truck.
Viewpoint required an
intercom system that was adaptable to each production’s demands. Viewpoint’s
crew turned to Clear-Com for an upgrade from its current system MicroMatrix
intercom, also originally supplied by Clear-Com, to the Eclipse-Median digital
matrix system.
Viewpoint mounted the
Eclipse-Median digital matrix system frame within the upper racks of the
production truck’s audio room, allowing engineering staff and audio personnel
to monitor activities and make any necessary adjustments to the optional
interface cards.
The 112-port
Eclipse-Median offers more channels to enable multiple groups to converse on
separate communication paths. The director and producer use Clear-Com’s
ICS-1016 push-button user keypanels, and other staff utilize the ICS-92 panels,
which have been configured for graphics, replay and assistant director
activities. The V-Series lever key panels are designed for the audio operator
and/or engineer in charge positions to talk to or monitor a large number of
channels.
Viewpoint staff use the
Eclipse configuration software to make changes to the entire Eclipse system,
both before and during productions, enhancing productivity because the crew is
able to quickly adjust and scale the intercom system for each production.
“The Eclipse-Median is
great for mobile productions like those of the Viewpoint production truck,”
says James Schaller, Clear-Com’s regional sales manager for northeastern
USA.“It was intentionally designed to
fit into a compact 6RU rack while offering extensive capabilities and ease of
configuration.”
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