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RTS brings Palais des Congrès
de Paris into the IP era
OMNEO media networking architecture allows intercom system modernization for more
flexible comms and more efficient events...
S
ituated in the heart of the French
capital, the Palais des Congrès de
Paris is one of the most important and
active convention centers in France.
Hosting every type of event from
medical conferences to the Tour de
France presentation, the Palais des
Congrès needs a powerful yet flexible
AV infrastructure to ensure it can
meet the needs of its various users.
At the heart of this system is an RTS
intercom backbone which has been
modernized to work with OMNEO*
IP
networking architecture.
At over 40,000m3
the Palais des
Congrès is a vast complex boasting
meeting spaces of all sizes. The
largest of its 29 conference rooms, Le
Grand Amphitheatre, can seat 3,800
participants, while the smallest
caters to 90 people. Various spaces
within the complex are in daily use,
with the in-house AV team ensuring
that the technical infrastructure for
all events is functioning correctly
and with the utmost
efficiency. In
step with the evolving day-to-day
demands of a venue complex of this
size, Palais des Congrès
updated
recently
its
AV
infrastructure to
become fully IP networked.
For the intercom side of the
upgrade, the venue turned to local
RTS partner Pilote Films. The team at
Pilote Films highlighted that OMNEO
would enable the congress center to
get the most out of its IP architecture,
as
it
allows
RTS
equipment
to
integrate into existing network
infrastructure with the benefit of a
range of built-in device control and
audio technologies, such as Dante™
digital audio. Equally, the backwardscompatible
nature of RTS equipment
allows seamless integration with RTS
legacy systems.
The fully
IP-based
matrix
features an ODIN 96-port
interconnected
keypanels
and
system now
digital
with an
ODIN 48-port matrix alongside 40
KP-Series
PH-88 headsets. Completing the
solution are 13 ROAMEO AP-1800
access
points
and 24 ROAMEO
TR-1800 beltpacks, with six of the
access points and eight beltpacks
reserved exclusively
for Le Grand
Amphitheatre.
" A fully IP-based solution from RTS
allows us to deploy intercom devices
simply and quickly across the whole
several
RTS KP-Series keypanels and ODIN digital intercom matrices ensure clear communication for all rooms throughout the convention center
40,000m3 of the Palais des Congrès, "
explains
Peter
fully
Siffre, Audiovisual
Technical Coordinator at Palais des
Congrès. " OMNEO media networking
technology
supports Dante,
which allows us to connect to all
our Dante products without adding
any additional interface. Moreover,
the OMNEO protocol guarantees an
excellent audio quality, even at very
long distances. "
Reflecting on the overall project,
Siffre can see the advantages that
the migration to IP and the RTS
equipment
congress
has
brought
center. " RTS
to the
intercoms
allows us to distribute the intercom
system over two ODINs that have
been placed as close as possible
to the analog connections, " he
*OMNEO onboard
OMNEO is an architectural approach for
connecting devices
over
IP to exchange
information, including audio content and device
control. It is built upon multiple technologies,
including IP and open public standards,
to
support the technologies of today - such as
Audinate's Dante™
, AES67, AES70 and SMPTE
ST 2110 - while evolving to support those of
tomorrow.
OMNEO architecture is based on two main
components: (1) an IP media transport solution
that
offers
low-latency, high-quality, fullysynchronized
multi-channel audio exchange;
and (2) a robust control protocol that provides
reliable, secure and highly scalable system
control and monitoring for
professional
states. " Some spaces are modular
and could be arranged to comprise
private meeting spaces. Our mobile
PA systems have been equipped
with an RTS
intercom keypanel
and are deployed to cover a single
private room. In this configuration
it
center's
does
is important that the convention
general
not
pass
intercom system
through these
private rooms, and that is managed
automatically by the smart internal
logic of the RTS devices.
" We continue to evolve our
infrastructure by
old
connecting our
two-wire system to our IP
components, " concludes Siffre. " RTS
has successfully brought the Palais
des Congrès into the IP era. "
https://rtsintercoms.com
applications of all sizes - from a local board room
to an intercontinental communications system.
OMNEO is fully compatible with Audinate's
Dante™
, AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110-30 for media
transport. In addition, OMNEO has been designed
to support emerging and future standards as
they come to the market. The control solution in
OMNEO is AES70 and is part of the OCA (Open
Control Architecture) Ecosystem.
It includes many features for flexibility, reliability,
scalability and compatibility
for
today and
tomorrow. OMNEO features many additional
elements to ensure a complete and superior
solution for the applications and products in
which it is used, such as flexible networking
topologies, optional encryption, optimized
network performance and more.

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