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ASL Introduces Vipedia Life-Safety Rated Networked DSP Audio System
ASL Safety & Security has introduced Vipedia, a pioneering life-safety rated networked DSP audio system. Already veterans of the voice alarm market, in particular for the rail and airport sectors, Vipedia is ASL's first product for the professional audio industry and has been specifically developed to bridge the gap between pro audio networks and life safety systems.
Vipedia is an advanced Dante-enabled, voice alarm-compliant audio routing and distribution system. It conforms to all standards for voice alarm systems while providing audio quality and digital networking capacity suitable for pro audio installers working on major stadia, airport and rail terminus projects.
The system is modular; option cards plug into the back of the unit providing various processing, control and interface functions. The software and hardware is partitioned for ‘life-safety' and ‘non-life safety' functions. This enables a set of comprehensive DSP functions to be built while never compromising the operation of the system in an emergency. Vipedia will be powered by the VIPA software engine, already in widespread use on numerous global infrastructure projects, with the ability to import 2D and 3D models directly from standard CAD packages including Google SketchUp.
A number of flexible audio networking techniques are included which allow large distributed systems to be built and facilitate integration with professional high-power amplifiers. In particular, the adoption of Audinate's Dante network protocol has enabled the first collaboration with Swedish amplifier manufacturer, Lab.gruppen. Vipedia integrates seamlessly with Lab.gruppen's PLM Series Powered Loudspeaker Management systems, which are also based on Dante, enabling fully integrated control, monitoring and audio all on the same network as well as low latency, tight synchronisation and full redundancy for all channels on the network. Vipedia runs on industry standard 100Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet networks.
As ASL's sales and marketing director, Richard Lack explains: "Vipedia is really the bridge between our world of life safety and voice alarm, and the professional audio world of digital networking and signal processing. As audio and network infrastructures become ever more complex, we had to find a way of integrating voice alarm requirements into the audio system and vice versa without compromise on either side. Vipedia is the answer.
5th November 2009
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