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I notice the VX engine has both a LAN and WAN connector; why is that?
It’s a built-in firewall, isolating the VoIP connection from your studio network. We use this
same approach in the iPort Livewire-WAN MPEG gateway.
What about call screener and database functions?
A basic Call Screening app, VX Producer, comes with the system. Other networked, PC-based
apps, such as Broadcast Bionics’ PhoneBOX VX or NeoGroupe’s applications put information
about your callers in front of your producers without the need for caller ID boxes, serial cables
or other hassles.
What about SMS messages and chat - Can they be integrated into my phone system?
Using Broadcast Bionics Phone Box VX, yes! Telos has always built open systems to allow
others to create their own visions around our gear.
OK, so the catch has to be the price?
The VX lets you leverage cheap networking to serve your entire facility. Since you don’t need
hardware boxes for each studio, cost is surprisingly reasonable. You’ll use the VX in your
on-air studios to replace older multi-line systems, and you’ll use it to replace hybrids in news-
rooms and production studios. You might also decide to eliminate walls full of ‘couplers’ for
pre-delay IFB dial-up lines and Transitioning your Telco service might save you a lot of scratch.
We seen stations saving thousands of dollars a month (no kidding) by eliminating POTS lines,
with their taxes and fees.
Anything else cool about the VX?
Did we mention the color LCD user interface on the new VSet phone/control surface? Produc-
ers and talent love it!
Fancy gear like this has to be trouble, no?
VX is simpler than a multiple-box approach. With fewer components, it’s more reliable. At the
time of this writing, no VX engine at a radio station has crashed, ever. We’ll probably have a
contest to see who has the longest ‘uptime’. Right now, it’s 6 months - but that system was
installed 6 months ago…
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