The QSC Q-SYS large-scale network audio system has officially entered the Chinese airport domain, with Inner Mongolia's Ordos Ejin Horo International Airport being the first user. The new terminal is located northeast of the original terminal, featuring a central structure with a large dome of 108 meters in diameter. The wingspan of the building's two sides is approximately 500 meters, and the overall design resembles an eagle with outstretched wings. The total construction area of the new terminal is 100,300 square meters, with three above-ground floors, a total height of 51.7 meters, and an eleven-boarding bridge design. As a public space with a concentration of people, a public broadcast system, and an emergency broadcast system are essential supporting systems. Ordos Airport ultimately chose the complete QSC Airport Broadcast Solution from the United States, which also includes emergency broadcast functionality.
The QSC airport broadcast system primarily consists of a PCI automatic broadcast server, QSC's Q-SYS network audio system, PS series calling station system, CX series amplifier system, and AD series speaker system. The PCI automatic broadcast server facilitates communication with FIDS (or integrated systems), enabling voice synthesis and the execution of broadcast plans. The PS series calling station system allows for manual zone-specific paging broadcasts, while the Q-SYS network audio system receives broadcast audio signals, routing, processing, and transmitting them. It also maintains emergency broadcast communication with the emergency broadcast system. Finally, the processed broadcast audio signals pass through the CX series amplifier system and AD series speaker system for amplification and restoration, creating the voice broadcasts heard by passengers throughout the airport.
During the system selection process, Ordos Airport conducted thorough evaluations and ultimately chose the QSC airport broadcast system. The system features a mature and comprehensive hot backup mechanism, offering users various hot backup options for the automatic broadcast server, Q-SYS network audio system (including host, network, input/output interfaces), and amplifier system, as well as analog emergency system scenarios, ensuring the highest reliability for the airport broadcast system. This is particularly crucial for us. Additionally, the QSC airport broadcast system utilizes standard gigabit Ethernet for transmission, and the interfaces between various system components are network interfaces. The modular system composition is easily expandable through the network, laying a solid foundation for future expansions or renovations of older terminals or systems.
The QSC broadcast system, with the Q-SYS system at its core, is currently the most powerful system on the market in terms of processing capability. The Ordos Airport project is just the beginning for the QSC broadcast system, which, with the Q-SYS system's ability to handle up to 512 parallel routes and continuously updated features, will showcase its capabilities in more airport projects in the future.
