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RTS brings Palais des Congrès de Paris into the IP era

Situated in the heart of the French capital, the Palais des Congrès de Paris hosts every type of event from medical conferences to the Tour de France presentation. To ensure it can meet the needs of its various users, the convention center needs a flexible AV infrastructure. At the heart of this system is an RTS intercom backbone which has been modernized to work with Omneo IP networking architecture.

At over 40,000 m3 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 3800 participants, while the smallest caters to 90 people. Various spaces within the complex are in daily use. For the intercom side of the upgrade, the venue turned to local RTS partner Pilote Films.

The team at Pilote Films recommended an Omneo IP networking 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 backwards-compatible nature of RTS equipment allows seamless integration with RTS legacy systems.

The fully IP-based system now features an Odin 96-port digital matrix interconnected with an Odin 48-port matrix alongside forty KP-Series keypanels and several PH-88 headsets. Completing the solution are thirteen 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.

“RTS intercoms allows us to distribute the intercom system over two Odins that have been placed as close as possible to the analog connections”, says Peter Siffre, Audiovisual Technical Coordinator at Palais des Congrès. “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 is important that the convention center’s general intercom system does not pass through these private rooms, and that is managed automatically by the smart internal logic of the RTS devices”, he adds. “We continue to evolve our infrastructure by connecting our old two-wire system to our IP components.”

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