An AudioMate 360a IP gateway at a dispatch center or security office can originate public address announcements that are received by other AudioMate 360a gateways distributed around the campus and connected to public address amplifiers. An enterprise-wide WAN can carry the CEO’s message to all employees instantly. Nurses can page doctors throughout the hospital as well as the doctors’ offices in the adjacent building. Wherever the IP network goes, the audio can go, too.

Because the audio is distributed in digital form it remains free from electronic noise, hum, fading, and other troubles common to analog wiring. Talkback public address systems are supported, because the AudioMate 360a is a two-way audio device.

A good practical example of this solution are Fire stations. Fire stations typically pipe the dispatch radio channel over public address speakers throughout the station. In larger stations the audio can be distributed effectively using AudioMate 360a gateways to bridge pubilc address amplifiers that are a long distance apart. It is even possible to build a “vocal” alerting baseband audio channel throughout the entire fire department serving all fire stations. The dispatcher would have an instant talk path to transmit fire calls or make informational announcements without tying up the busy radio channel. Using the line input of the AudioMate 360a allows injecting audio from playback devices, radio receivers, or other electronic equipment that needs an audio path around the campus.