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Plainfield High School installs Pliant Technologies intercom solutions

With the help of PureTek Group, provider of technology solutions for educational spaces based out of Boonton, New Jersey, Plainfield High School recently completed a major renovation to its auditorium, along with the addition of two new spaces - an eSports gaming arena and a black box theater. To provide clear communication between those disparate parts of the school, Plainfield High School, along with PureTek, turned to Pliant Technologies’ CrewCom professional wireless intercom system.

“We chose Pliant to help orchestrate what could be a very chaotic experience”, says Dan Litvin, Co-Founder and President of PureTek Group. “The CrewCom system is used extensively throughout the school and produces unified performance, from standard backstage theatrical production applications, to managing cameras, lighting and audio from room to room at a distance.”

Since the upgrade, the school’s intercom system consists of various Pliant solutions, including one CrewCom 2+2 Control Unit (CCU), three CrewCom 900 MHz Radio Transceivers (RTs), seven CrewCom 900 MHz 2-Volume/2-Conference Radio Packs with seven SmartBoom Pro single-ear headsets, along with other accessories, such as Pliant’s 6+6 Drop-In Radio Pack and Battery Charger, as well as 48 V DC Power Supply cords.

At Plainfield High School, the new auditorium and black box theater are directly next to each other, while the eSports arena was constructed out of two adjacent classrooms on the opposite side of the school. Due to this distance, a substantial benefit of Pliant’s CrewCom system is its coverage capabilities. “The eSports arena has only enough space for gamers and coaches, so for tournaments, the auditorium serves as a viewing area for audiences”, says Litvin. “To achieve a collaborative performance, communication is key. With Pliant, production personnel at the school are able to communicate clearly from the eSports arena all the way to the backstage booth in the auditorium.”

The ability to have multiple channels is one of the CrewCom features. “This has been convenient for this installation because when the operators in the booth and the auditorium are trying to speak both backstage and to the broadcasting person in eSports, it’s nice to be able to switch between feeds and have single conversations”, says Litvin. In addition, the school intends on renting out their facility to touring groups, lectures, corporates, etc. in the future.

(Photos: Plainfield High School/Pliant Technologies/PureTek Group)

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