Comvox  Marine Division Installation White Paper  
       
  The Princess Mariana is the 26th largest mega-yacht in the world.  At 261 feet, this luxury floating palace has a full-time crew of 33.

Spread over the six decks are 188 extension connections and 45 private cellular network phones.  The dual networked Panasonic KX-TDA system consists of sixteen incoming marine, VoIP and satellite lines, some of which are dedicated to three administrative fax machines.

Working area call groups were set up for officers, administration, engineering, housekeeping, deck services and foodservice.  Each crew member was assigned a KX-TD7680 Wireless Cellular Telephone with immediate access to other members of his/her work group. members.  After hours, calls flow to the duty phone for each department, overflowing to key crew members.

The cellular network consists of five KX-TD7690 Premium Wireless Cellular Phones and forty KX-TD7680 Wireless phones, all accessed through a system of sixteen 3-channel cell station antennas.  Antennas are strategically located on all six decks of the boat, placement was based on signal strength issues necessitated by the metal decks and bulkheads.

The largest power supply, supports previously used Panasonic KX-T7500 European series digital telephones.  A number of KX-T7636 IP-Hybrid System Telephones were installed using the digital XDP doubling capabilities of the TDA system.  The ability to hang multiple wired telephones of a single pair of Category 5 wire, eliminated the need to run additional wiring under very demanding conditions.

U.S. Navy Vessel

In August 2006, Comvox completed programming of  KX-TDA100 and KX-TVA50s with eight incoming telephone lines and sixty-four digital extensions for the USS Klakring and the USS Gettysburg at Naval Station Mayport, Jacksonville, Florida.

Panasonic telephone systems are on several U.S. Navy ships including the nuclear submarine, USS Ulysses.

 
 
 

Solimar

Other mega yachts supplied and services by Comvox Systems include the 201 foot Solimar.  We provided and installed a number of industrial quality long-range cordless telephones for deck to deck and ship to shore operation in remote areas.

White Marine

This 150 foot day boat has a KX-TDA200 with both KX-TD7636 wired phones and KX-TD7680 and KX-TD7690 wireless cellular telephones.