NIKOS at a city festival: stages and visitor flows in the city center

Rent a PA System for City Festivals

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Challenge

Distributed stages, narrow streets, long distances

Stages spread across the city centre, increased visitor flow through narrow streets, guests without sufficient local knowledge, often longer distances between event areas, informing visitors in overcrowding situations, coordinating shuttle buses. Catering stalls connect their equipment to construction power distributors uncoordinatedly, which can lead to phase overloads.

ReferencesBürgerfest Regensburg · ISF Sindelfingen · Theatrium Wiesbaden · Altstadtfest Fürstenfeldbruck · Stadtfest Kufstein · Rakoczy-Fest Bad Kissingen

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Solution

Distributed stages and stalls, one shared system

NIKOS informs across the entire city-centre site, coordinates shuttle buses by GPS and monitors the temporary power supply – all areas work independently, but with NIKOS you keep it all under control.

The NIKOS [dispatcher]² can, among other things, serve as a radio dispatch centre to coordinate the mobile radio users. Even though the NIKOS [dispatcher]² can do far more than a normal radio dispatcher, this basic function remains very important for everyday operation and saves a separate operating position for organisational radio. In an emergency, staff and safety functions can thus be controlled from a single system. Through our rental partners we provide radios and the corresponding infrastructure to set up temporary networks. If required, NIKOS can also be integrated into an existing radio system. It is often advantageous to integrate NIKOS into the organisational radio, avoiding duplicate infrastructure and multiple handheld radios for individual staff members. In certain cases, however, it can make sense to technically separate the NIKOS applications from everyday voice radio. We are happy to advise you on this.

Benefit: One radio dispatch centre for everyday operation and emergencies – without a separate operating position for organisational radio.

Via NIKOS the running programme can be interrupted at individual or all locations at the push of a button and an announcement delivered – live, pre-recorded, imported as a file or via text-to-speech, synchronous and without delay. Areas without their own PA are covered by NIKOS [horn]² speakers; disruptive noise sources can be switched off briefly via NIKOS [relay]².

Benefit: Everyone receives the same information at once – increasing the sense of safety and satisfaction.

Shuttle-bus drivers receive a radio with a GPS receiver, so the position of every bus is always visible on the NIKOS [dispatcher]² and the driver can be addressed directly. This allows frequency and capacity to be coordinated and waiting times at the stops reduced.

Benefit: Better shuttle coordination – shorter waiting times for guests and fewer buses required.

The NIKOS [dispatcher]² can switch off individual music systems at the push of a button to prevent noise nuisance after the defined quiet hours have been exceeded and thus avoid complaints from residents. This function can significantly ease the approval of an event and ensure that those responsible can act quickly when needed.

Benefit: Quiet hours are reliably observed – without discussions and delays.

Wireless NIKOS [moon]² emergency lights are mounted in minutes without tools on masts, trees or trusses, charge during the day via their solar panel and switch automatically via a twilight sensor. Removal is only possible with a special tool (theft protection).

Benefit: Maintenance-free, wireless lighting for remote outdoor areas – mounted in minutes.

Every NIKOS [audio]² unit immediately reports a failure of its main power supply and keeps running on its internal battery for up to 16 hours. When NIKOS [audio]² is deliberately connected to an important power circuit, the power supply for the other devices connected there can also be monitored easily. If the power fails, this is reported immediately to the NIKOS [dispatcher]² and the radio of the responsible electrician, so the problem can be fixed as quickly as possible. NIKOS [horn]² speakers and NIKOS [LED]² emergency lights take over automatic emergency operation in the meantime, ensuring that announcements and emergency lighting at the important points remain available even during a power outage.

Benefit: Continuous monitoring of important power circuits and reliable emergency operation – a separate emergency generator often becomes unnecessary.

Light masts, water pumps and other devices can be switched via NIKOS [audio]²'s switching functions – by timer or radio from the NIKOS [dispatcher]², without staff having to travel there. If, for example, the water pressure drops, NIKOS tops it up automatically before a problem arises.

Benefit: Save energy and react automatically – without extra staff.

At the push of a button on the NIKOS [dispatcher]² or via a scenario trigger, media players, LED screens and signage can be switched to predefined content – such as “Please pay attention to the announcement” or a severe-weather warning.

Benefit: Visual and acoustic visitor information from one system – in everyday operation and emergencies.

NIKOS [audio]² with its integrated player plays background music from a playlist as well as sponsor or advertising spots at fixed times or after announcements – each at its own volume.

Benefit: Added value and possible co-financing without additional devices.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about deployment at city festivals

The night-quiet-hours function in NIKOS [dispatcher]² switches off all connected PA systems centrally at the push of a button. This makes it easier to obtain official approval and helps prevent complaints from residents.

Unlike mobile-network-based solutions, NIKOS is designed from the ground up as a crisis-proof communication system. NIKOS meets the requirements of DIN EN 50849 (electroacoustic emergency warning systems) and other relevant standards. Our regional NIKOS partners explain its wide range of functions, show how NIKOS can save your budget by making other items unnecessary, and support you in integrating it into your safety concept.

Yes, NIKOS was specifically developed for flexible outdoor deployments without fixed infrastructure. The modules can be mounted and individually configured by one or two people within minutes on structures such as lampposts, stages, stands or trees. A standard household power socket is sufficient for continuous operation. Where available, NIKOS can also make use of an existing digital radio network.

Yes. NIKOS can interrupt the running programme at individual or all locations at the same time, at the push of a button, and deliver an announcement synchronously and without delay. Areas without their own PA, for example stands spread across the city centre, are additionally covered by mobile NIKOS [horn]² speakers. This means every visitor to the city festival – wherever they are, whichever stage or area they're in – receives the same information at the same time, including for crowd control or visitor guidance during overcrowding situations.

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