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Ashland-Greenwood School District Standardizes Bogen Communications for Future-Proof District-Wide Communication
Bogen Amplified > Ashland-Greenwood School District Standardizes Bogen Communications for Future-Proof District-Wide Communication
Ashland-Greenwood School District Standardizes Bogen Communications for Future-Proof District-Wide Communication
Case Study / White Paper |
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Ashland-Greenwood Case Study Video
Ashland-Greenwood Public School District is home to over 1,000 students and 100 staff members across four facilities, including a primary school, intermediate school, middle school and high school. Nestled outside the populous cities of Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, the Ashland-Greenwood School District covers students within Saunders and Cass Counties, a rapidly growing area fueled by new housing developments and a boom in nearby lakeside homes.
In 2020, the Ashland-Greenwood School District began an extensive, multiphase new construction project to serve the growing community. The initial construction began with a new primary school to serve PreK-2 students. The primary school is the first of two new buildings to be constructed in the Ashland-Greenwood School District as part of a $59.9 million bond issue. Once complete, the Ashland-Greenwood School District will embark on the construction of a middle school, which will house students from 6th to 8th grade. As a result, the current middle school will transition to a larger high school to accommodate students from 9th to 12th grade.
Challenge
Ashland-Greenwood School District’s existing audio system, which was integrated in the 1980s, was outdated and delivered many challenges. Their system lacked a few important features for today’s educational environments and proved challenging to integrate with new systems in the district. With technological advancements and the recent construction of new facilities, the
Ashland-Greenwood School District required an updated mass communications system to provide clear and open communications across existing and new facilities.
Ashland-Greenwood School District selected Americom Communications, a leading provider of business phone systems, VoIP, and many other commercial technologies, to design and integrate a new mass communications system.
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Ashland-Greenwood School District selected Americom Communications, a leading provider of business phone systems, VoIP, and many other commercial technologies, to design and integrate a new mass communications system.
Corey Odvody, president and chief executive officer of Americom Communications, explained, “About 10 years ago, we started our relationship with the Ashland-Greenwood School District. We integrated a class bell system from Bogen Communications in one of their new buildings. The Ashland-Greenwood School District was very pleased with their initial system from Bogen Communications.”
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Solution
Due to previous success with Bogen Communications at the Ashland-Greenwood School District, Americom Communications integrated Bogen Communications’ Nyquist in each building within the growing district. The Nyquist is a state-of-the-art, IP-based paging and intercom solution that leverages the latest software technologies and third-party integrations to address the fast-evolving safety and security challenges facing today’s education facilities. The full-featured Nyquist leverages existing facility wiring, 25-Volt speakers and call switches to create a plug-and-play solution for legacy paging and intercom systems while supporting expanded features for future advancements.
“Bogen Communications’ Nyquist is a great fit for the Ashland-Greenwood School District,” noted Tyler Fahrnbruch, service manager for Americom Communications. “We can utilize the existing phone system, Zultys, and integrate with Nyquist via Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). It’s a native connection that allows the Ashland-Greenwood School District to take advantage of enhanced functionality and expanded features directly through Nyquist and carry the functionality to the Zultys desk phones. We knew how the existing system worked, the existing wiring and the functionality; therefore, integrating Nyquist into the system was seamless.”
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Nate Tonjes, technology coordinator for Ashland-Greenwood School District, added, “Bogen Communications’ user interface is great to work with. It’s simple to use, but it provides opportunities for standard response protocol and emergency response purposes. Additionally, it provides the opportunity to expand in the future with enhanced features.”
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Final Result
The final result was a success overall. Bogen Communications’ Nyquist has provided the Ashland-Greenwood School District with future-proof, district-wide communications to promote an enhanced user experience while supporting student and faculty safety. “Our relationship with Bogen Communications has always been very solid,” said Odvody. “Bogen Communications has provided us with great support. Their team members have been willing to help us design systems while keeping the customers' needs top-of-mind.”
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Bogen Communications’ Nyquist features a powerful system controller with an easy-to-use Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) that is accessible from any PC, tablet or mobile device. Designed to support existing building infrastructure, Nyquist integrates with LAN, WAN and legacy speaker cabling to create a versatile and cost-effective solution and can be scaled to support a virtually unlimited number of audio sources, end-points and zones. Education facilities can easily add and program additional features and capabilities as needs change. The software platform can be easily upgraded to address ever-changing customer needs, environments and technology.
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Nyquist Color Touch Display VoIP Admin Phone NQ-T1100
The Bogen NQ-T1100 VoIP phone (by Yealink) offers a large 7” color touch screen that makes navigating Nyquist C4000 & E7000 System features and menus swift, easy and convenient. The NQ-T1100 employs Yealink’s Optima HD Voice technology and a wide-band codec for unparalleled audio clarity.
Nyquist Input/Output Controller NQ-E7010
The Nyquist I/O Controller appliance provides eight (8) dry contact closure inputs to monitor events/triggers from 3rd party systems/devices such as Fire Alarms, Lockdown buttons, and sensors. It also provides eight (8) open-collector type relay driver outputs used to initiate actions such as clock correction (e.g., generating sync pulses) on 3rd party systems and devices. The outputs can also be configured via the Nyquist system software to respond to contact closure inputs from the same I/O Controller or others associated with the same Nyquist system.
Nyquist 4-Channel Matrix Mixer Pre-Amp NQ-P0100
Bogen’s Nyquist networked 4-Channel Matrix Mixer Pre-Amplifier (MMPA) offers cost-effective performance for permanent installations and commercial sound and is designed to meet the rigorous requirements of today’s sophisticated sound systems. Developed with the commercial sound contractor in mind, the MMPA provides unparalleled flexibility and versatility without the need for add-on modules. It includes state-of-the-art, built-in DSP for extensive and comprehensive signal processing–allowing users to skillfully manage and mix multiple audio input channels. The resulting audio signal mix can be directed to the MMPA’s line out or streamed over the Nyquist network, where it can be used for audio distribution to one or more zones. The MMPA fits a wide range of commercial audio applications that require multi-zone paging and/or background music distribution at businesses, restaurants, retail stores, industrial facilities, and many other venues.
Nyquist Analog Station Bridge NQ-E7030
The NQ-E7030 Analog Station Bridge (ASB) makes it easy and cost-effective for customers with legacy paging and intercom systems to upgrade to E7000’S rich feature set and incredible control. The ASB allows the use of existing wiring infrastructure of Bogen Multicom and Quantum installations, as well as similar analog or hybrid paging/intercom systems. Each ASB has 24 25V station/speaker ports and 120W of embedded power is shared across all 24 ports (max. 40W per port). Additionally, each ASB station supports both analog and digital call switches with multiple call-in priorities.
Key Products:
- NQ-E7000 Central Server / Software Suite
- NQ-E7030 Analog Station Bridge
- NQ-P0100 Matrix Mixer Pre-Amp
- NQ-E7010 I/O Controller
- NQ-T1100 Administrative IP Phone w/Touch Display