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Valcom IP Talkback Horn, Marine (White)The Valcom IP Talkback Horn, Marine (White) is purpose built for demanding outdoor and marine environments where clear, two way communication is mission critical. Powered by PoE (802. 3af), it delivers robust audio with no local power required, simplifying installation and reducing cabling complexity. This high efficiency speaker cuts energy usage without compromising loudness or intelligibility, making it ideal for decks, piers, docking facilities,
The Valcom IP Talkback Horn, Marine (White) is purpose-built for demanding outdoor and marine environments where clear, two-way communication is mission-critical. Powered by PoE (802.3af), it delivers robust audio with no local power required, simplifying installation and reducing cabling complexity. This high-efficiency speaker cuts energy usage without compromising loudness or intelligibility, making it ideal for decks, piers, docking facilities, and industrial outdoor spaces. Its weather-resistant housing and stainless steel hardware stand up to salt spray, rain, sun, and temperature fluctuations, ensuring reliable performance year after year. L versions include a long line extender that supports cabling up to 1200 feet, enabling expansive deployments across large vessels, campuses, or waterfront facilities. With an Omni-Lock I-Beam clamp mounting system, installation is straightforward on virtually any rigid surface, from mastheads to walls, ceilings to railings. At 117 dB measured at 1 meter, this horn commands attention in noisy environments while delivering clear, intelligible voice transmission and warning tones when every second counts.
- Power and efficiency: PoE (802.3af) powered with no local power supply required, reducing wiring complexity and enabling centralized management for scalable intercom and alert systems. The design emphasizes high efficiency to penetrate ambient noise while keeping energy consumption low.
- Weather-ready construction: Built for marine and outdoor use, the talkback horn features weather-resistant materials and stainless steel hardware to resist corrosion, salt spray, and harsh climate conditions, ensuring dependable operation indoors or outdoors.
- Flexible mounting: The Omni-Lock I-Beam Clamp Mounting System provides secure, adaptable installation on beams, rails, or flat surfaces, enabling precise aiming and coverage without bulky brackets or complex hardware.
- Extensive coverage and loudness: With a robust output of 117 dB at 1 meter, messages cut through vehicle noise, machinery, and wind, delivering clear intercom and alert signals across large outdoor areas or deck spaces.
- Long-range cabling option: L versions include a long line extender for cabling up to 1200 feet, simplifying installations that span long distances or require remote power and data reach without repeaters.
Technical Details of Valcom IP Talkback Horn, Marine (White)
- Power: PoE (802.3af) powered, no local power required for installation flexibility and simplified wiring.
- Sound output: High-efficiency design delivering up to 117 dB at 1 meter for clear, attention-grabbing audio in challenging environments.
- Build and durability: Weather-resistant housing with stainless steel hardware suitable for indoor/outdoor marine applications.
- Version option: L versions available with a long line extender for cabling up to 1200 feet to support long-range deployments.
- Mounting: Omni-Lock I-Beam Clamp Mounting System for fast, secure installation on poles, beams, or structural members.
- Color and finish: White finish optimized for outdoor visibility and corrosion resistance in marine settings.
- Applications: Ideal for patrol boats, docks, marinas, warehouses, outdoor campuses, and any outdoor intercom or alert system requiring durable, loud, two-way talkback audio.
How to install Valcom IP Talkback Horn, Marine (White)
- Plan placement to maximize audible coverage: identify the areas requiring loud alert and two-way communication, taking into account potential audio obstacles and typical ambient noise levels near your installation site.
- Mount the device using the Omni-Lock I-Beam Clamp: attach the clamp securely to a rigid beam or mounting surface, position the horn toward the target coverage area, and tighten the clamp until it is firmly seated without over-torquing.
- Run and connect cabling: route a PoE-enabled Ethernet cable from your PoE switch or injector to the horn, ensuring weatherproof protection for outdoor runs. If you’re using a Long Line Extender (L version), install it according to the extender’s placement guidelines to reach up to 1200 feet.
- Power and network configuration: power on through PoE and confirm indicator LEDs (if available) indicate normal operation. Configure IP addressing, device name, and any required intercom or paging settings through your standard network management or VoIP intercom software.
- Test and fine-tune audio: perform a functional test by issuing a test call and speaker test tone. Adjust volume, mic gain (if applicable), and coverage angle to ensure clear transmission without feedback or distortion, and document the configuration for future maintenance.
Frequently asked questions
- Q: Does this speaker require a local power source? A: No. The Valcom IP Talkback Horn is powered via PoE (802.3af), eliminating the need for a separate power supply at the device.
- Q: How loud is the speaker? A: It delivers up to 117 dB at 1 meter, making it suitable for noisy outdoor and marine environments where clear voice transmission and alerting are essential.
- Q: Can I install this indoors and outdoors? A: Yes. The unit is designed with weather-resistant housing and stainless steel hardware, enabling reliable operation in both indoor and outdoor marine settings.
- Q: What is the maximum cable run for L-version models? A: The L versions include a long line extender for cabling up to 1200 feet, allowing comprehensive coverage across large installations.
- Q: What mounting options are available? A: The unit uses an Omni-Lock I-Beam Clamp Mounting System, which provides secure mounting on beams, masts, or flat surfaces while allowing flexible aiming for optimal audio coverage.
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Worthwhile book
Format: Paperback
This is a good book on a promising game engine.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2018
★★★★★ 5
If you're developing games with Godot, you need this book
Format: Paperback
Godot is a fantastic game engine, and it has lots of aids to learning -- written tutorials, video tutorials, sample projects, one of the best manuals I've ever encountered. Still, it's nice to have a physical book you can hold in your lap, make notes in, and use as an overall guide to developing competence in Godot development. This is that book. It's has a logical flow, has genuinely useful sample projects, and is written in a clear, highly accessible style. If you are learning Godot, you can't do better than this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2019
★★★★★ 5
I didn’t really get a full grasp until reading the philosophy behind Godot.
Format: Paperback
Well paced and very readable. I worked through the online tutorials before buying this book but didn’t really get a full grasp until reading the philosophy behind Godot.
Though I have been a C programmer for 34 years, and a Java developer for 22 years, and a Python developer for 18 years, I have never been seriously interested in a game engine until my son introduced me to Godot a couple of months ago. Godot is tremendous!
I have even used Godot’s UI controls to produce wireframes for business apps.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2019
★★★★★ 3
Solid, albeit abbreviated, coverage of Godot Game Engine 3.0
Format: Paperback
Solid introduction to Godot. Lightly touches on most topics, enough to get you up to speed an moving with it, though I personally would prefer a book that included much more depth on each area covered. Granted that wouldn't be a Sams "in 24 hours" book, but rather more of a "definitive guide" or "bible" which this is not. There's definitely enough meat to sink your teeth into, and being the first (and presently only) available book, it's worth the price.
Aside from content, docking one star for difficult to read glossy pages and light weight fonts in code samples... It's difficult to find a good angle to read the book without glare across the page from a light and my middle-aged eyes struggle a bit with the code samples.
UPDATE -- I've decided I have to dock another star. While the book is written in English, its authors are not native english speakers. It seems a better job could have been done with editing and review. There are a lot of clunky sentences, and several instances where the instruction is unclear.
A small example:
"A trick to add a simple outline is to add a new material to the Next Pass property. In this new material, set it to Unshaded, add a Grow of 0.01, change the Cull mode to front, and set its color to black."
For someone familiar with all the various groupings of properties in a spatial material node, that might be all the information needed, but this book is (I thought) aimed at people with less experience with the framework. Those handful of properties are scattered throughout several groups of properties, and in the case of grow, there's only a field to enter a value when you've clicked a checkbox first. This may be a minor thing, and one could probably make the argument that materials were covered a couple chapters prior -- though that section doesn't really mention all of these properties... Lots of little assumptions and oversights like that make the learning process a little more frustrating that it could be.
The information that's there is still great, but if you have little or no experience with Godot, expect to have to do some extra legwork to fill in some gaps on your own.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2018
★★★★★ 5
Great for newcomers to Godot
Format: Paperback
Excellent book for beginners with Godot. It will however require some previous programing knowledge this book isn't so much a teaching you to code book instead its an explanation of the Godot software.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019