Unsolved SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment
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I'm wanting to improve the ability for our mtc staff to talk on phone with vendor(s) support while they are on a noisy plant floor. Our facility is in a cell deadspot. Coverage outside is spotty at best and once inside is essentially impossible to use.
Ideally what I would want is some effective noise cancelling headphones, probably with a boom mic that can either be a fully functioning SIP extension off of FreePBX or at least be connected to a device that is itself the extension.
Right now I'm thinking my best bet is to find something that can connect with WiFi and have Linphone installed on it for the extension. Then use something like this for the headphones
I have a yealink W56 for them now and that does have a standard audio jack so I could get a set of corded headphones, but I'm not excited about a corded solution since they could be using it near machinery with moving parts.
I just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar situation and what you may have done to address.
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@BraswellJay said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
Then use something like this for the headphones
Man those are ugly, lol.
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@BraswellJay said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
Ideally what I would want is some effective noise cancelling headphones, probably with a boom mic that can either be a fully functioning SIP extension off of FreePBX or at least be connected to a device that is itself the extension.
Yeah, this seems like the standard solution. Just Bluetooth headphones with a base.
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I used corded over the ear headphones when I worked in a datacenter ages ago. they worked really well in the noisy environment.
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@BraswellJay I normally do not promote however good friend of mine (and former co-worker) demo's some headphones for Ingram and he liked the Jabra Evolve 2 85 for dual ear protection. I tried them and found they worked well but may be a bit heavy for all day wear.
Here is his video demo of a few different headsets.
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@jt1001001 said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@BraswellJay I normally do not promote however good friend of mine (and former co-worker) demo's some headphones for Ingram and he liked the Jabra Evolve 2 85 for dual ear protection. I tried them and found they worked well but may be a bit heavy for all day wear.
Here is his video demo of a few different headsets.Yep, just one of the issue with these types of headsets.
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@BraswellJay said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I'm wanting to improve the ability for our mtc staff to talk on phone with vendor(s) support while they are on a noisy plant floor. Our facility is in a cell deadspot. Coverage outside is spotty at best and once inside is essentially impossible to use.
Ideally what I would want is some effective noise cancelling headphones, probably with a boom mic that can either be a fully functioning SIP extension off of FreePBX or at least be connected to a device that is itself the extension.
Right now I'm thinking my best bet is to find something that can connect with WiFi and have Linphone installed on it for the extension. Then use something like this for the headphones
I have a yealink W56 for them now and that does have a standard audio jack so I could get a set of corded headphones, but I'm not excited about a corded solution since they could be using it near machinery with moving parts.
I just wanted to see if anyone else had a similar situation and what you may have done to address.
3M Peltor is common choice for these kind of applications. I've used a set of their top models with bluetooth and the mic's noise cancellation is absolutely unbelievable. But that is if it's so noisy that you need hearing protection and even possibly a hardhat.
With just a little noise (that doesn't require hearing protection) I find blutooth headsets that have multiple mics works well, like plantronic. That will be a much cheaper option.
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I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
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@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
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@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
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@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
Yeah. The Jabra and Plantronics headsets I have states 200' but the two walls kill it in about 30'. UGH. I have to transfer call to cell when I need to go to the another part of the office.
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@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
Yeah. The Jabra and Plantronics headsets I have states 200' but the two walls kill it in about 30'. UGH. I have to transfer call to cell when I need to go to the another part of the office.
BT is mostly designed around walking around a room, not between rooms. In an open air house I can normally walk around a living room, kitchen, dining room kind of area, but that's about the extent of it in most cases.
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@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
Yeah. The Jabra and Plantronics headsets I have states 200' but the two walls kill it in about 30'. UGH. I have to transfer call to cell when I need to go to the another part of the office.
BT is mostly designed around walking around a room, not between rooms. In an open air house I can normally walk around a living room, kitchen, dining room kind of area, but that's about the extent of it in most cases.
Exactly, bluetooth was designed to replace a short wired serial connection like a headset to a cellphone, keyboard or mouse to a computer etc.
If you intend have a bluetooth headset in a mobile environment you need to have your phone in your pocket. For a SIP connection the phone could then use DECT to a base station or Wifi to an AP or 3G/4G to the cell tower.
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@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Yes. I get 200' + from my office walking up or down the sidewalk.
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@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
The model I linked is DECT.
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@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@scottalanmiller said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@pmoncho said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
@JaredBusch said in SIP Extension for Maintenance Staff in Noisy Environment:
I have one of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-SDW-5066-507024-Double-Sided/dp/B07P68C84DThe noise cancellation works really good. I don't know about factory floor good, but real good.
Do you find the (roughly) 500' range to be accurate? I only need 100' but with a few walls in between.
Walls hit Bluetooth pretty hard.
The model I linked is DECT.
Oh okay, those work even better.
