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Clear-Com Focuses on IP Solutions
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t IBC2018, the focus for ClearCom will be on its wide range of
IP intercom solutions. As IP workflows
take an increasingly firm hold, it is
critical that broadcasters can depend
on suppliers to deliver communications
over standard IT networks and across
the entire workflow.
Over the past decade, Clear-Com
has continuously demonstrated its
intercom over IP leadership with the
breadth and depth of IP capabilities
for meeting simple to complex
communications requirements for the
widest set of intercom users.
Clear-Com's latest IP innovations
include the Audio over IP card (E-IPA),
a high-density audio-and-intercomover-IP connection card for the Eclipse
HX digital matrix intercom family.
Natively using AES67 between ClearCom products and SMPTE2110-30
ready, the E-IPA card provides 64
streams of low-latency, high audio
bandwidth connections for linking
existing and new IP-based ClearCom products, as well as for the
interoperation with AES67 compatible

products. With this card, Clear-Com
can deliver up to 256 IP ports in the
Eclipse HX-Median and HX-Omega
systems, claimed as the highestdensity matrix intercom system
available on the market.
The E-IPA card comes in 16,
32, 48, and 64-port options,
and is compatible with Eclipse
HX-Delta, Median and Omega
systems. Eclipse HX-Delta can
support up to three E-IPA cards,
while the Median and Omega
can carry up to four, allowing
users to build a dense network
with a mix of connectivity
options.
Compared to other Audio/
Intercom-over-IP connectivity
options on the market, intercom
users can optimise their
intercom investment on Eclipse
HX and conserve system card
slots for other connectivity
needs.
Another key new product
is the IP Wireless Transceiver
(IPT) for Clear-Com's flagship

FreeSpeak II wireless intercom
system. The IP Transceiver 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
LANs.

Clear-Com E-IPA
card transceiver

All Transceivers are connected to an
AES67 compatible switch and to the
Eclipse HX system fitted with an E-IPA
card, providing connectivity of up to
64 IPTs per card.
Distributed 1.9GHz FreeSpeak II IP
Transceivers form an entire wireless
communication network that is only
limited by the user's LAN. Within the
LAN, one or more zones of wireless
connections can be created with
strategically-placed
IPTs.
FreeSpeak II wireless beltpacks
are seamlessly handed off
from IPT to IPT, never losing
connection on the intercom as
long as the user stays within
the radio zone. Each Transceiver
supports up to 10 FreeSpeak II
wireless beltpacks, and existing
FreeSpeak II beltpacks can easily
be made compatible with the
IPT through a simple firmware
upgrade.
In its 50th anniversary year,
Clear-Com continues to look to
the future to solve tomorrow's
broadcast challenges today.
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