Q-Sys

The paging stations are available in 16, eight or four button versions, all of which come with either gooseneck or handheld microphones. The stations support dual networks for redundancy and include a second microphone input so that a single station can serve both the jet-way and the kiosk of an airport departure gate. Paging stations are connected directly to the Q-Sys core via standard Gigabit Ethernet, while Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also employed so no local AC power is required.

In terms of the supporting software, the Public Address Router bears responsibility for a number of key tasks including the routing of pages, delaying, queuing, sorting delayed pages based on priority and zone availability, playing and routing pre-recorded messages, mixing pages and messages with BGM, routing background music and receiving telephone-based pages. Other related functions include Ambient Noise Compensation (ANC) and message scheduling. Meanwhile, the system’s ‘Administration Interface’ software dictates whether facility managers can make changes to zone assignments, priority levels, page commands, passwords, schedulers and other parameters without getting into the underlying system design. The system designer determines the level of accessibility and can assign password protected access.

Available in three sizes ranging from 64 inputs x 64 outputs to 512 inputs x 512 outputs, the Q-Sys Core works with the 1U Q-Sys I/O frames, which accommodate up to 16 channels of audio using four-channel Q-Sys cards supplying a variety of input and output options. Q-Sys revolves around a centralised processing architecture, in which any input can be routed to any output without the need to create convoluted signal paths.

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