Arcadia integrates Clear-Com solutions into a single IP platform

Clear-Com has presented the first details of Arcadia, a scalable IP platform that integrates all the manufacturer's wired and wireless partyline systems.

Arcadia, which can license up to 96 IP ports on a single device, is capable of combining products such as the family FreeSpeak of digital wireless solutions or the HelixNet Digital Partyline. Designed to be a scalable platform based on new licenses and developments, Clear-Com seek Arcadia to become the intercommunication axis in broadcast environments.

According to Clear-Com, Arcadia has been designed to mark a before and after in the flows of intercom equipment, since it is capable of combining digital, analog and AoIP intercom technologies “in a single integrated system.”

Compatible with IP standards

Arcadia provides connectivity to a wide range of Clear-Com solutions through a mix of 2- and 4-wire audio ports, along with devices Dante y AES67 AoIP from third parties. Among this equipment, we find the entire range of digital wireless products FreeSpeak, which cover the 1.9 GHz, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands; and with HelixNet.

The system integrates two large touch screens on its front panel, with four rotary controls to scroll through the menus. Regarding its configuration, this can be done through a new version of the software CCM from Clear-Com, which features an intuitive web interface that guides users through every step of the process.

Bob Boster, presidente de Clear-Com, define a Arcadia como un “traductor universal”, ya que “integra todos nuestros sistemas partyline en una unidad de rack”. Boster también destaca que, gracias a su modelo basado en licencias, sus funcionalidades “aumentarán con el paso del tiempo”. “Vemos a Arcadia aprovechando nuestra herencia de partyline para ofrecer una plataforma de flujo de trabajo de comunicaciones de grupo que permitirá una expansión casi infinita para soportar la gran mayoría de las aplicaciones de sonido en vivo”, concluye el directivo.