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RTS Stands Up at the Republican National Convention

At the convention this month speeches were given, candidates were nominated, and history was made all while the country watched live. Each election year the party conventions grow more connected, and that is thanks in no small part to RTS Digital Matrix Intercom.

St Paul, Minnesota

This election year, several major US broadcast networks entrusted RTS to deliver communication to their production teams in realtime across the entire country during the convention. One major news network used RTS to establish a remote connection from Washington DC to St Paul via

RVON-8 VoIP interface

for

ADAM

to

RVON-I/O Analog VoIP interface

. This method allowed them to connect

KP-32 Classic keypanel

users in Washington to on-site crew members in St. Paul as seamlessly as if they were there.

Another major broadcaster connected

ADAM

frames equipped with the new

AIO-16 16-Channel Analog I/O Card Kit

to

KP-32 Classic

and

BKP-4 keypanels

via fiber.

Installed directly into the

ADAM matrix intercom system

, the

AIO-16 card

gives 16 ports of audio IN and OUT plus individual data drivers for each port installed in the system. This doubles the amount of audio ports available from its predecessor the

AIO-8

. In addition, the

AIO-16

supports connections up 2.2

mi

(3.5

km

) per port. The

AIO-16

is hot swappable, allowing the user to insert the card and begin using it instantaneously. The

AIO-16

eliminates the need to manually set

keypanel

addresses by enabling automated unique addressing, which greatly reduces the setup time. Once inserted into the system, it uses its “smart card” capability to see the back card configuration and switches its

keypanel

communication protocol accordingly.

This broadcaster also seamlessly interfaced

RTS Two-Wire

components that were provided by a production rental company.

Intercom rental is often a popular option for broadcasters when covering a remote event. Prepackaged systems with flexible choices are provided by local rental houses that are familiar with the nuances of the location, and are ready to interface with any system because they’ve seen it all before.

RTS system-to-system adapters

make it simple to connect two-wire systems such as

RTS-TW

or

Telex Audiocom

with

digital matrices

equipped with

RVONVoIP technology

.

Another broadcaster rented production trucks equipped with

ADAM matrix frames

,

RVONVoIP

and

RTS SSA interfaces

, as well as

KP-32 Classic

and

KP-12 Classic keypanels

.

RTS and its parent organization, Bosch Communications Systems, are headquartered in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. This juxtaposition enabled RTS to provide an unmatched level of service to its broadcast clients during the convention. RTS Technical Support was on-site to oversee the broadcast intercom networks being connected.

“Our customers know that live expert support is always available, 24/7. We had dedicated personnel deployed at the Olympics, and I was fortunate enough to help out at the convention in person. I think our level of service is definitely part of what drives clients with mission-critical requirements to RTS.”

said Shawn Anderson, Technical Support Manager for RTS & Telex Intercom.

When nearly 40 million people watched the final night of the convention, RTS was right there ensuring that every message was delivered right on cue.

For more information, visit the RTS Intercom website:

www.rtsintercoms.com

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