Green-Go digital comms system floats MSC Cruises’ boat

The AV team onboard MSC Cruises’ new ship is using a Green-Go digital communication system.

CM Srl Multimedia Entertainment Engineering Design developed systems to support the shows that will be staged in Virtuosa’s theatres, live-music spaces and entertainment rooms.

The Italian technical consultants specified a Green-Go package sourced from Audiosales Entertainment Solutions.

At the heart of the system is a Green-Go Interface X, which links the analogue intercom systems into the Green-Go digital Ethernet network and two full-colour TFT touchscreen Green-Go Wall Panel X mount stations, offering direct access to three channels.

The ship’s technical crew communicates via 18 Green-Go wireless Beltpack X and four Beltpack X units, enabling each member to use the 32 available channels to speak either to the entire team in groups or privately to an individual.

All communications run via four Green-Go wireless antennas, with each serving up to four Wireless Beltpacks. Call indication comes via four Green-Go Beacon units, which emit a flashing red light when there is an incoming communication.

Alessandro Bertulessi, project manager at CM Srl, said: “Choosing to switch to a digital intercom system like Green-Go has allowed us to create a simple and flexible infrastructure capable of dynamically adapting to all the needs of  the MSC Cruises technicians onboard, and for the various productions. Thanks to the network communication protocol and the connection of all the devices with a simple Ethernet cable, it is possible to create different configurations in a few seconds.

“Another advantage was that the Green-Go system enabled us to interconnect with different areas of the ship, even if they are located far from each other, in a simple way via the network, and without having to lay out metres of wiring.

“We are always aiming to design increasingly innovative entertainment systems for passengers, trying to guarantee simplicity for the technicians and end users with maximum possible flexibility, so the systems can adapt to every event and situation.”