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Product Name

Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapter & Scheduler

Vendor

Algo Communication Products Ltd. is a manufacturer of network-based IP endpoints for voice paging, emergency alerting, visual notification, intercom, and secure door entry applications. Algo products are designed for integration with unified communications, collaboration, and mass notification platforms. The company’s portfolio includes IP speakers, paging adapters, intercoms, visual alerters, display speakers, and endpoint management tools for commercial, education, healthcare, transportation, and industrial environments.

Description

The Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapter & Scheduler is a wideband SIP paging adapter designed to connect traditional analog amplifiers and legacy paging infrastructure to modern IP-based communication environments.

The 8301 emulates a page port similar to what is found on a legacy PBX or key system, allowing a traditional amplifier to be integrated into a VoIP or unified communications environment. This enables organizations to retain existing analog speaker infrastructure while adding SIP paging, multicast distribution, scheduled bells, automated announcements, emergency notifications, and other IP-based communication capabilities.

The device includes a balanced and isolated line output to reduce hum and noise when connected to an amplifier, and it also supports multicast audio transmission to additional Algo IP endpoints and compatible multicast-enabled phones. The 8301 is appropriate for education, retail, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and other environments where hybrid analog and IP paging is required.

Functions

The Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapter & Scheduler supports a range of functions for paging, alerting, scheduling, and hybrid analog/IP deployments.

Core functions include:

• SIP-based voice paging through registration as a 3rd-party SIP endpoint
• Integration of traditional analog amplifiers into IP and UC environments
• Scheduled bells, tones, and automated announcements synchronized to NTP
• Emergency, safety, security, and customer service audio notifications
• Multicast transmission to Algo IP speakers, paging adapters, display speakers, and compatible multicast-enabled phones
• Ring, page, and alert extension support
• Relay input and relay output support for connected accessories and external triggers
• Music input and background audio distribution
• Web interface configuration and centralized provisioning support

The 8301 can be deployed either as a SIP extension or as a multicast endpoint, depending on the communication design. In hybrid systems, it can provide local analog paging output while simultaneously distributing audio to IP endpoints over the network.

Version

Product versions used for interop testing:

• Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapter & Scheduler: version to be confirmed
• innovaphone firmware / software version: to be confirmed

Configuration

Configuration details will be completed based on the validated test setup.

The planned configuration section will include:

• innovaphone-side SIP configuration
• Algo 8301 SIP registration settings
• paging behavior and extension mapping
• multicast settings, if used
• audio output connection to amplifier
• relay input / output use, if applicable
• any deployment notes, limitations, or prerequisites identified during testing

Summary

The Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapter & Scheduler provides a practical bridge between legacy analog paging infrastructure and modern IP-based communication systems. It enables organizations to preserve existing amplifier and speaker investments while adding SIP paging, scheduling, multicast distribution, and emergency notification capabilities. Final interoperability details with innovaphone will be updated after test validation and configuration review.

Contact

Algo Communication Products Ltd.

Contact Name: to be confirmed

Burnaby, BC, Canada

Tel: +1 604-454-3790

Support: +1 604-454-3792

Mail: info@algosolutions.com

For additional information please refer to our contact page.