San Jacinto Unified School District is home to more than 9,000 students, 400 teachers and 500 staff members. The district is located within Riverside County, California, the fourth-most populous county in the state, and spans from the greater Los Angeles area to the Arizona border. The San Jacinto Unified School District and its schools have an obligation to provide a safe and secure environment for students, teachers and staff. With nearly 20 different facility sites in the district, San Jacinto Unified School District must provide clear and open communications in times of crisis.
Recently, San Jacinto Unified School District invested in a new intercom system to support San Jacinto Elementary School, one of the first elementary schools established in the district. San Jacinto Elementary is home to over 600 students from kindergarten through fifth grade. San Jacinto Unified School District selected Time and Alarm Systems, a full-service low-voltage integrator specializing in K12, higher education and military. For over 40 years, Time and Alarm Systems has specialized in fire alarm and life safety, surveillance, access control, data networks and audio-visual systems solutions.
“San Jacinto Elementary’s current audio system was outdated and delivered many challenges,” said Nathan Kane, IT project manager for Time and Alarm Systems.
“Their system lacked a few important features for today’s educational environments, such as zone paging and interoperability with other systems in the district, including their VoIP intercom systems and security systems. The system was aging and deteriorating. The lack of features caused frustration across all staffing levels.”
Time and Alarm Systems selected Bogen Communications Nyquist E7000MCR to enable increased audio functionality at San Jacinto Elementary. The Nyquist E7000MCR is a pre-assembled solution based on the Nyquist E7000 system. The full-featured Nyquist E7000MCR leverages existing facility wiring, 25-Volt speakers and call switches to create a plug-and-play solution for legacy paging and intercom systems.
“It was important that San Jacinto Elementary’s existing speaker and speaker wires remained in place,” noted Kane. “We replaced the intercom with Bogen Communications’ E7000MCR."
"The E7000MCR was the perfect solution for this installation because it arrived pre-assembled. It allows for quick and seamless installation. Additionally, it allows San Jacinto Unified School District to integrate the elementary school’s intercom with other district systems. The E7000MCR’s future-proof design enables expanded functionality as San Jacinto Elementary’s needs shift. The additional features, such as audio distribution with other school sites, support district-wide communication without investing in new technologies at San Jacinto Elementary.”
Scott Hepler, national training manager for Bogen Communications, added, “The Nyquist E7000MCR arrives pre-assembled from our factory. The customer and license information is pre-loaded into the device at the factory. By pre-assembling the E7000MCR, our dealers and integrators can expedite on-site installation times. The Nyquist E7000MCR features Bogen Communications’ 7.0 software, which includes new features, such as a 72-hour backup bell schedule without any connection to the network."
Bogen Communications’ Nyquist 7.0 software emphasizes ease of use via its highly intuitive user interface. It empowers mission-critical performance through automated server failover capabilities and powerful scripted automated action sequences, known as Routines. The 7.0 update delivers simplified system configuration and a highly automated upgrade process to enable customers to quickly deploy important new features.
The final result was a success overall. Bogen Communications’ Nyquist E7000MCR has provided San Jacinto Elementary with new features to support campus-wide safety and communication. Kane added, “We’ve been a Bogen Communications dealer for nearly 40 years. The respect we’ve received from Bogen Communications has allowed us to grow our business and expand our relationship with Bogen Communications. It’s a business relationship that we truly value.”
Scott Hay, IT manager for Time and Alarm Systems, added, “Bogen Communications’ has a history of reliability and technical excellence. They've been around for a long time and we’ve worked with them for a long time. They’re committed to excellence, customer service and technical support. They’re constantly thinking of their customers and their long-term product innovation.”
The full-featured Nyquist E7000MCR is a preassembled Nyquist E7000 system that offers ES Dealers a simplified installation and configuration process. Able to leverage existing facility wiring, 25-Volt speakers and call switches, this feature-rich, pre-rack-mounted solution provides a quick and easy migration path for legacy paging and intercom systems, while delivering the same powerful feature set found in the core E7000 system. E7000MCR is also easy to configure utilizing the browser-based setup wizard on the laptop PC included with the system. The Nyquist E7000MCR is designed to operate as a primarily self-contained system, as it does not impose upon the customer’s network or IT department.
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.
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.