The PoE 8186 SIP horn is an outdoor-rated IP speaker for voice paging. emergency alerting. and loud ringing applications. This IP speaker is also a fully compliant 3rd party SIP endpoint. Consequently. there is high intelligibility and clarity of audio from the speaker for IP paging of voice announcements and emergency notification.
The result is better STI-PA scores. which is important in meeting standards such as NFPA 72 and NEMA SB-40 for Emergency Communication in Education.IP Loud RingerThe Ring extension on the 8186 is used for loud ringing / night bell applications. The 8186 will play a ring tone WAV file saved in 1GB device memory when this extension is called. Typically the speaker will be configured in a ring group to include a telephone(s).
The WAV file will play for the duration of the ring event until the call is answered. Several default ring tones are available in the speaker. however. custom WAV files can be uploaded to the device.Up to 10 Ring extensions are available to register on a single speaker for this purpose. thereby allowing one speaker to act as a loud ringer for several telephones by configuring different ring groups for each registered Ring extension.The 8186 is typically twenty times louder than a telephone speaker for loud ringing.
As a result. many Algo IP speakers can be deployed to cover any size building. campus (e.g.. classrooms in a school. college or university) or enterprise. There is no limit to the number of devices part of a multicast. and a minimum of network traffic activity is utilized.A single registered 8186 IP horn can be configured to multicast to any number and mix of Algo IP speakers. strobe lights. paging adapters. and multicast supported IP telephones.Multicast provides cost-effective scalability using a minimum of SIP registered endpoints. as only the endpoint designated to send the multicast needs to be registered.
Devices configured to receive the multicast do not need registration.Support is available for RTP multicast. in addition to Polycom Group Page. Singlewire InformaCast (part no. 8186-IC) and Syn-Apps Revolution.Any combination and number of Algo IP endpoints can be configured as multicast for emergency alerting to cover any size room. building. campus. or enterprise.Using Multicast for Zone PagingMulticast zone paging for up to 50 zones can be configured from a single 8186 horn speaker.
Zones can be selected one of two ways. One option is to map multicast page zones to individual SIP extensions on the speaker. Fifty (50) page extensions are available for this purpose.
Alternatively. in order to minimize SIP registrations. multicast page zones can be configured in the 8186 horn as a DTMF keypress selection using the dial pad of the telephone making the page call.Note: Additional page zones can be configured by registering individual Algo IP speakers for specific room paging or adding more functionality (e.g. loud ringing). Speakers with SIP registrations can also be configured to be a member / receiver of multicast zones.Dynamic Volume Control & TalkbackSpeaker volume can be configured via the web GUI of the endpoint.
However. the 8186 speaker’s microphone can also be used to monitor and adapt speaker volume according to background noise levels. This unique Algo feature is called Ambient Noise Compensation. Where many speakers are deployed in a room / building. volume can self-adjust to the background noise levels at each speaker location.