Valcom manufactures a range of communication, emergency notification, and scheduling systems designed for enterprise and educational environments. At Infocomm 2026, the company demonstrated its new wireless wearable button and integrated beacons designed to facilitate assistance requests and emergency alerts. The wearable button operates on the LoRa wireless protocol, providing a communication range of up to 150 feet or meters from a beacon hub, and features onboard GPS tracking to locate the device once it moves outside the local wireless range.
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The wearable button supports two primary click modes for signaling. A single quick press initiates a basic notification indicating that assistance is required at the beacon’s location. A longer press triggers an emergency alert that routes critical location and device data through a third-party partner integration, RapidSOS, directly to the public safety answering point (PSAP) to dispatch police, fire, or medical personnel. Valcom supports this system using various beacon options, including individual battery-powered beacons, Power over Ethernet (PoE) beacons, and larger beacon hubs.
The core of Valcom’s automation lineup is the Site Manager, a rack-mounted scheduling machine frequently deployed in K-12 educational facilities. The Site Manager runs an automated calendar system capable of managing up to 13 simultaneous schedules concurrently. It automates class passing bells, scheduled annunciations, distribution of automated email lists, and outgoing data feeds to external systems. The automation engine integrates with talkback speakers for two-way audio communication and configurable RGB flashers to broadcast visual and audible warnings.
Valcom also offers desktop and rugged communication panels designed for access control and paging. These stations feature dedicated pushbuttons to initiate facility lockdowns, push-to-talk functionality for live voice paging, and custom integrations with auxiliary security systems. Additionally, the company provides multi-color, seven-color LED message displays that can be configured as one-line or two-line signs, supporting preset date and clock templates or custom text notifications for visual paging.
