Volume 5, Issue 2 — February 28, 2014
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brAVe New World Aeiforia Technos Editorial Editorial
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Mindfulness and Sustainability
By Midori Connolly AVGirl Productions
Today, I was sitting at a table of AV professionals and I heard a remark about how the weather is really actually consistent year over year, so those people in Washington should go stuff it with this whole climate change business. It was interesting to watch the reactions of those sitting at the table. There was a mix of nervous giggles, polite looking away, big slapping-on-the-back nods and one look of total disappointment (it actually wasn’t me, believe it or not). As for me…I was a mix of emotions but chose to simply listen to him without a response. I felt a bit embarrassed for him that he sounded so political and even a little uneducated. I mean, from NASA to the pope, there is a common consensus that climate change is real and happening.
Have you been in this situation? How have you responded? If you’re reading this column, it’s likely that you fall into the category of concerned and desirable of instituting change to support sustainability. But how do you respond when you’re in the company of our friends who fall on the other side of the coin? Do you get huffy and annoyed about their ignorance? Do you roll your eyes and ignore them? I know I have had this issue in the past, and a solution I’ve come to learn lately stems from the growing movement of mindfulness.
In the last year, I have studied the concept of mindfulness and its impact on everything from physical health to financial investing. More than just meditation, mindfulness can be described as “the process of actively noticing new things. When you do that, it puts you in the present. It makes you more sensitive to context and perspective.” In a business context, as foremost expert Ellen Langer described, it can be applied to work processes. “When people say, ‘This is the way to do it,’ that’s not true. There are always many ways, and the way you choose should depend on the current context. You can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s solutions. So when someone says, ‘Learn this so it’s second nature,’ let a bell go off in your head, because that means mindlessness. The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them, and the more different you are from that person, the worse they’re going to work for you. When you’re mindful, rules, routines, and goals guide you; they don’t govern you.”
So how can you apply this mindfulness to handling that unenlightened soul at the table and even sustainability in general? Well, first, try to hear what they are saying without passing judgment based on your own emotions. Try to neutralize your first, instinctual reaction and maybe shift into asking questions about why they believe the way they do. Perhaps they will pass some wisdom and insight into common misunderstandings people have about climate change. Perhaps it becomes an opportunity to see where there is more education or effort you can impart at an organizational or personal level.
On the greater note of green and sustainability, look closely at how Langer describes the way mindfulness can affect what we have always known and done. When we become aware that we don’t (and shouldn’t) have to apply processes from the past, it frees us up for innovation to occur. What if you were starting a new project from scratch, and reformulated all the processes that you’d always used. Maybe you would dictate that only recycled materials were to be used. Maybe you would declare that your labor would always be 90 percent local. Without the limitations of “this is how it’s always been done,” you may learn some really cool approaches.
In thinking how mindfulness can influence positive change, I think Langer says it best with this story, “Let’s say a student or a worker adds one and one and gets one. The teacher or employer can just say ‘Wrong,’ or he can try to figure out how the person got to one. Then the worker says, ‘If you add one wad of chewing gum to another wad, one plus one equals one.’ Now the boss has learned something.” Leave a Comment
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Shifting Sands of the Built Environment from an ICT POV
By Raymond Kent Managing Principal, Sustainable Technologies Group
Many of my previous articles have touched on the notion of how truly competitive built environments are rife with connectivity, from the small scale to the vast campuses and further into global portfolios. Sensors and meters, along with extensive control capability embedded into the equipment, provide a connected and monitored world using sophisticated cross-platform management systems. The Information Communications Technology (ICT) industry is at the epicenter of this ever evolving revolution of two way communication and extends beyond the classroom or corporate boardroom. Now a balanced conversation among the electric power grid, vehicles, intelligent buildings, machine-to-machine and human interaction is happening at an unprecedented pace. The rapid expansion of mobile broadband is facilitating the control of more and more devices within rooms, buildings and whole built portfolios by a conventional tablet or smart phone or by machine only intercommunication.
Although this is still at its infancy, the convergence has already provided some very impressive results towards helping not-for-profit and for profit entities achieve their goals whether as a social mission or increased profit with lower operating costs all while improving and aligning with sustainability desires. Key indicators based on the latest complete 2012 results (2013 numbers are still being crunched) show that overall CO2 emissions in the U.S. declined about 14 percent lower from the peak year of 2007 and have trended downward significantly since ’73-’74 oil embargo as expressed in real GDP dollar. This equates to 1.93 pounds of CO2/dollar in 1974 to .76 pounds of CO2/dollar in 2012 and they are expected to have dropped further for 2013. Consumption also dropped in a similar fashion from 15.41 kBTU/GDP dollars in ’74 to 7.48 kBTU/GDP dollars in 2012. In addition to these savings total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. per capita also declined 6 percent since the embargo and half of that was since 2007 when VMT peaked. Some of this can be attributed to the declining economy but it is also a direct result of the use of ICT industry solutions such as video conferencing and telepresence allowing more remote workers and fewer miles traveled between groups for meetings.
A good reason for this is the massive high-speed broad band penetration, with access for more than 40 percent of the population and rising. We still have a long way to go as this impressive number still ranks the US as 15th per capita in industrialized nations. In addition to human connectivity, wired buildings with intelligent systems are also helping to keep efficiently designed buildings operating at peak levels increasing building efficiency by 8 percent since the 2008 peak energy use. Continued roll-out of ICT technologies and broadband connectivity is only going to help accelerate this along with the continued increase in efficient and smart building design following prescriptive measures such as following green design roadmaps including LEED, CalGreen, Green Globes, STEP and others. Municipalities and the code councils are also working hard allowing the ICT industry to leverage an edge by incorporating best practices and codifying connectivity and control using ICT platforms such as remote plug load monitoring, systems power management and control.
This is of course also concurrent with changing attitudes and demographics. Because of the recent economic downturn and sluggish recovery, building owners are trying to do more with less with the trend towards greater asset utilization continuing to rise. The corporate environment as well as retail industries and education are fantastic barometers for how this is unfolding. As an example, the average office space per person has been steadily declining and is expected to drop by 30 percent over the next five years. Big box retailers including names such as Wal-Mart and Target are adding to their portfolio or relocating out of suburban malls and into tighter urban markets with a smaller select inventory on the shelves that serve specific demographics.
One particular obvious aspect of this is commercial vacancy rates are still higher than expected after the end of the Great Recession in 2009. This means there is less new square footage being added to the inventory and the high cost is pushing use of existing assets. Strategic use of technology is enabling companies to shrink their physical presence by creating more flex-space and reducing permanent dedicated employee space. This first-come-first-serve attitude is best served through what the ICT industry has to offer including connectivity, presentation technology, and other forms of collaboration and communication including incorporating ever increasing remote workers. This is seen in both the private sector as well as the governmental arena. Retail stores for instance are providing storefronts that have only demo products and internet connectivity that allows consumers to physically engage with a product than order it online to be delivered to their home directly. This saves on shipping and storage at the actual brick and mortar location as well as allows retailers to reduce their overall store size as warehouse space is not needed as much. Subsequently, this reduces the stores overall carbon footprint and actually has been shown to increase profitability. It also allows them the opportunity to locate in areas where square footage may be at a premium and locate in under-served markets that would have normally been out of reach. This would not be possible without ICT technology.
With this compacting of space however, the energy use density is rapidly increasing and is magnified by the inclusion of more and more technology in the workplace environment. It has been documented through several industry and governmental studies that the amount of energy demand required for ICT related technology is on a continuous upward trajectory and will continue that way for some time. The best way to stem any waste from this increase is to incorporate intelligence, connectivity, and control; all of which the ICT industry is all too familiar with and has ready-made answers to this problem.
The demographics are not only showing an accruing comfort level with this shrinking landscape but a demand for it particularly with the Baby Boomer generation and the Millennials who are now searching for the place they want to be first (as long as there is close access to what is needed) over increased mobility. As an example, the Generation Y (18-34) demographic has bought 30 percent fewer cars than even as little as four years ago and the Gen X members reduced personal transportation consumption by 25 percent This is a direct result of the compactness arriving in desirable urban environments that have a well established technology infrastructure allowing for virtual mobility. This is creating a suburban flight back to urban cores which in effect are reducing the carbon footprint simply by having technological access to everyday needs. This includes telecommuting ability, online shopping, entertainment and information access.
ICT is the enabler for a change in the landscape of consumption and ownership which is having a dramatic effect on how we use or arrive at our buildings. And after some hesitancy and false starts, the pervasiveness of technology is certainly remaking the entire way we manage facilities. This will continue to increase with the adoption of smart grid technology with the major impact seen on the building side of the meter with a smaller but no less important impact on the utility side of the equation. ICT cannot alone, however, solve all the problems and inefficiencies with the significant cultural and structural changes that are happening. What ICT provides to this cultural shift is the abundance of information irrelevant to context to prove out economic efficiency that allows the user to make rational decisions in a uniform manner. ICT helps reduce the risk by reducing the need to over-consume resources by providing the data analytics and visual interpretations such as dashboards to make better decisions over traditional building management traditions. Some feel it is just another tool in the tool belt of the facilities manager while others feel it is truly a disruptive process that has transformed the built environment.
This transparency and easy access to data will undoubtedly move to further even greater efficiencies from our built world with ICT leading the way. Do you have an opinion about this? We would love to hear it. Leave a Comment
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Presenting the Case: Lecterns and Sound Systems for Health Care Settings
By Don Roth CEO, AmpliVox
Don Roth, CEO
AmpliVox Sound Systems
Hospitals are unique institutions. Far more than just buildings where doctors treat patients, hospitals and other health care facilities are microcosm communities with sectors dedicated to education, business, entertainment and even spiritual functions. In these contexts, hospital spaces frequently become presentation venues for groups of various sizes and purposes. The right presentation equipment, including appropriate lecterns, sound systems and other presentation tools, provides the foundation for effective communication in any of these settings.
The Lectern, Evolved.
Public speakers have used lecterns for centuries. In years past, an imposing lectern enhanced any speaker’s image as a voice of authority, along with providing a place to set down a printed speech and a glass of water. Today, however, the descendants of the traditional lectern deliver a host of options that greatly expand the range of esthetic and practical possibility. No need to settle for “one size fits all” — with so many choices available, hospital administrators can select specific lecterns that perfectly fit the diverse functions within the institution. In addition, lecterns come in an expansive range of design styles to enhance any décor with a high degree of customization.
Consider these potential settings for lecterns in your facility:
Lecture Halls: In hospitals devoted to teaching along with treatment, a well-chosen lectern is an essential classroom tool. For large auditorium settings, the best lecterns will incorporate multi-media connectivity to give the speaker easy access to video and audio control. Multi-media features do not have to drive style choices, however. High-tech options can be included in a wide range of furniture styles, from traditionally formal to sleekly modern. Choose a lectern that complements the style of the lecture hall while providing comfort and convenience to the speakers who will be using it.
Conference Rooms: Small-room presentations frequently require the same level of media support as a lecture hall speech, but the speaker needs to manage different types of equipment to keep the information flowing. Space constraints play a pivotal role in the selection of lecterns for conference rooms. When projectors and other devices are needed, a mobile computer cart/lectern combination is an efficient choice that can easily move from room to room. (Many models include lockable cabinets, so they can double as secure device storage units.)
Tabletop lecterns also play a versatile role, serving the functions of space-efficiency and mobility. Some tabletop units include full-featured sound systems for great presentation delivery in a portable package. For occasional use, some tabletop lecterns can even be folded, collapsed, and stored flat.
Concierge/Valet Stands: An attractive, weatherproof lectern provides a secure point of contact for arriving patients and guests. Highly durable lecterns in polyethylene are available a limitless range of colors, combining an attractive appearance with great practicality. Lockable storage, easy mobility, and customized logos are all valuable assets to consider for a concierge desk or valet stand.
Chapels: An appealing lectern enhances the quiet dignity of your facility’s sanctuary while providing presentation support for services. As a focal point of the chapel, the lectern should match the overall décor of the space. Elegant lecterns are available in many varied materials, from solid wood to crystal-clear acrylic. If the chapel activities require sound amplification, look for lecterns with discreet built-in speakers or with connectivity to established house systems.
Portable Sound Systems: Taking Communication Anywhere
A simple, portable sound system will be put into service on a regular basis all over your facility. These units can support formal presentations in lecture halls, enhance audience interaction at social events, and deliver vital information to large groups of people during emergencies. Operating on battery power, they can be used indoors and out, and carried easily from place to place. As with lecterns, a variety of products are available to serve specific functions, including:
Personal PA Systems: Wireless technology makes it easy to set up personal public address systems. Amplifiers can be set anywhere in the presentation space while the speaker uses a lectern or walks around the room using a cordless handheld, lapel, or headset mic. Top quality choices offer a 16-channel frequency selection to reduce interference and ensure crystal clear sound.
Megaphones and Hailers: For outdoor or emergency use, megaphones and hailers deliver powerful sound amplification in a simple one-piece package. The distinctive bullhorn style of these units can project sound as far as a half mile. The most versatile systems include extra attention-grabbing features, such as sirens and signal lights, to maximize effectiveness in crowds. For maximum emergency preparedness, a radio hailer system allows response to teams to deliver instructions to groups of people from a remote base up to a mile away.
Small Investment, Big Impact
For a small expenditure compared to the medical equipment needed for your hospital, the products described here deliver an outstanding return on investment. Lecterns and sound systems have the potential to be used by your staff for years to come in areas all over your facility. Take the time to explore the many options available, or contact a dealer specializing in sound and presentation equipment to discuss your institution’s needs. Presentation clarity and effectiveness are always the key to a winning strategy. The right selections will deliver a long-term payoff, improving the appearance, effectiveness, and safety of your facility every day.
Don Roth is CEO of AmpliVox Sound Systems, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of top-quality sound systems, lecterns, and other presentation equipment. To learn more about AmpliVox, click here.
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ISE Becomes World’s Largest AV Trade Show and Has Six Clear Tech Themes
By Gary Kayye rAVe Founder
Before the doors closed on the 2014 edition of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) last week in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, nearly every exhibitor already knew it was a record show. NEC reported to us on Day 2 of the show that they’d seen a 40 percent increase on leads on Day 1 over 2013’s totals. Barco reported similar stats. Same for Sony, Panasonic, Cisco, AOpen, Lighthouse, Peerless-AV and Control4. All reported at least 40 percent increases in leads year over year. Final attendance was 51,003.
ISE is a combo-show in that it combines the best of InfoComm and CEDIA, thus it’s a showing of ProAV and HomeAV products in one giant show venue. But, it also includes an entire hall and a half dedicated to digital signage, one dedicated to nothing but videoconferencing and unified communications providers, one that houses over 40 manufacturers of giant LED screens and one hall that’s nearly exclusively staging rigs, gear and lighting. It’s like a half a dozen shows in one.
What was most interesting to me that, in over 20 years of exhibiting or covering international AV trade shows all over the world, I’ve never seen so many North American-based dealers and integrators walking a show outside of the USA. This may seem like a minor point, but, if you think about it, for years — well for over 20 years, international integrators have been coming over to the U.S. to attend AV shows like InfoComm and CEDIA Expo and now the tables are turned. And, as ISE falls right after CES and a full four months before InfoComm and seven months before CEDIA, it makes sense that ISE will just continue to grow. And, I’ll bet that more U.S. integrators will attend as 2014 marked a record number of product introductions at ISE. And, we know this for sure as we actually shot videos of all of them and posted them all on this site. Well over 1,000 new products.
And, for 2014, there were a few clear themes that you should know about as, not only will they be themes at InfoComm, but the will change integration of AV forever:
1. 4K isn’t 3D: A few years ago, 3D was all the rage. But, alas, it was hype. Not 4K. 4K is the real deal and will, in fact, have a huge impact on ProAV faster than any new display technological evolution in the last 15-years. And, no, not because of image quality. Yes, for the HomeAV market, the impact of image quality will drive 4K. But, the adoption curve will be way slower. Where 3D was driven by the consumer market and trickled up to ProAV, 4K will be driven by the ProAV market and will trickle down to the HomeAV market — when content is available. That will be a year or two away for most of us.
But, with 4K in ProAV systems, the impact will be quick and by InfoComm, some of you will have actually already integrated 4K systems in to meeting rooms and classrooms. Why? Well, 4K makes multi-imaging awesome. And, as you’ll see from theme number two (see #2 below), multi-imaging content, presentations and video is something we will all find very easy to do and something clients will ask us to do as fast as we can. Currently, using a 1080p projector or even a WUXGA resolution one and then sharing the screen between a videoconference an a Powerpoint presentation leaves a lot to be desired. The shrunk-down images and resolution, make the content quality poor. But, imaging building rooms where the screen is filled with native 1080p content (not scaled down) and a Powerpoint shown side by side and both in native resolutions — wow!
But, you’re only thinking short term if you see that as the wow’ing solution for your clients. Here’s where 4K will be big. Imagine replacing the entire (or most of it, anyway) with a giant projection screen and filling the front of the room with native content. You see, for years, we’ve designed rooms with the projection screen size based on the least-favored viewer (the guy sitting at the back of the room). And, with a single image projected on a screen, this makes sense as that image fills the screen. But, the trend in “collaboration” (that word being used for sharing multiple types of content on the same screen (e.g., a Powerpoint presentation and a website at the same time), with 4K you don’t need to lose resolution. And, in that case, both images should be considered — size wise — when sizing the screen for the least favored viewer. Thus, the screens need to be gigantic. Yes, it’s sort of like changing the way we envision a screen into more of the way an IMAX theater is built. And this makes sense. Shrinking down images to display them side by side means that people in the room can’t see the content being displayed. But, keeping the content the same size as specified by room design criteria, means that you need a much bigger screen when displaying two things (or more) at the same time. Think Barco ClickShare, WOW Vision and Christie Brio sharing on the screen you now have in most rooms you designed versus what I am proposing and envisioning. Do it my way and you’ll see all the detail of all four images being displayed no matter where you sit in the room.
So, Da-Lite, Draper, DNP, Projecta, et al. you need to start making larger screens as standard sizes — not custom orders!
2. Collaboration: Collaboration means different things in different markets. In the ProAV market, however, it means sharing multiple pieces of content on the screen simultaneously. So, while making a Powerpoint presentation, you can bring up a website or a spreadsheet and display both of them at their native resolution — so everyone can see everything. Well, at ISE 0214, there were a half-dozen new versions of this from companies like Christie, Sony, WOW Vision, Cisco, Panasonic and a couple I can’t talk about as they were shown to me privately — but, know they are BIG companies.
Sharing content this way is being made possible via two technological advances: the network and the devices. The network (wired or wireless) is capable of delivering any type of content to us without it ever getting on a VGA, HDMI, DisplayPort or DVI connector. And, it’s only a matter of time before projectors and LCDs have built-in network ports that play all types of content without a media player. Did you know that Barco’s already building its ClickShare wireless system into a few lines of projectors? You think we’re far from Sony, Christie and companies like Extron and Crestron doing it? Sure, there’s no way this concept of building systems will be the majority of the market over the next five years, but it will be a significant chunk of it — thus, the devices.
3. Cloud-Based Conferencing: On done form or another, every VTC and UC company that exhibited at ISE showed cloud-connectivity. Some are actually moving towards placing the entire codec in the cloud (like Pexip and Blue Jeans) or are allowing cloud connectivity (connectivity in to a video call via a browser) like the way Cisco and Polycom are doing it. And, then you have Skype (Microsoft will make its AV debut at InfoComm) and Lync and a few other competing “standards” on the horizon. However you do it, you will ALL be integrating Videoconferencing and/or (hopefully or as it’s better) unified communications as the network and the gear is way easier to do this (and fully integrate it in to an AV system) than it ever has been. In the 1990s when this stuff debuted, the phone companies couldn’t deliver on ISDN and T-1s as promised. Then, in the 2000s, the network wasn’t reliable or fast enough. Now, it all just works. And, the gear is easy to integrate and use.
4. Social Media Monitoring NOCs: Yes, the future of network operations centers (NOCs) and command and control systems is not limited to utilities, cities, governments and oil and gas. In fact, the real growth is in social media marketing. No other application is as data intensive as monitoring the thousands of daily mentions on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vine, WeChat and the handful of other social media tools currently being used to mention company names, complain about customer service or ask for help for big brands. And, brands will be wanting to monitor it all just like a city monitors security and a gas company monitors all their assets. This will be huge and integrators will be integrating thousands of these command centers this year. This market will dwarf the current NOC market within three years. I guarantee it!
5. Digital Signage Simplicity: ISE brought more digital signage products than I’ve ever seen — way more than at the annual DSE — Digital Signage Expo. But DSE is in Las Vegas so the two don’t really compete as DSE is mostly a U.S. show. Most digital signage manufacturers were heading to DSE this week – directly from ISE – and so are we. We have a dedicated DSE MicroSite here (where we’ll post all the show videos we shoot, blogs and news too: www.ravepubs.com/dse2104. But, what’s happened at DSE was the simplicity of the DS system – thanks to the new generation of media players, was evident. Digital signage is for more than IT and HomeAV integrators now – ProAV is getting it.
6. Dante Dominates Networked Audio: There isn’t a single audio manufacturer that matters not using Audinate’s Dante for networking audio. Every company is doing it now — with Extron, Atlas Sound and Crestron being the latest two to announce it. You will be integrating all your audio on the network by the end of 2015. All of it.
Certainly, this doesn’t cover everything that my team saw at ISE. We had 17 reporters at ISE and we shot over 1200 videos, 1000 photos, 15 podcasts and 300 news stories and blogs and you can see it all here. I hope it helps you find the new products you’re looking for. Leave a Comment
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InfoComm Opens Registration for June Show in Las VegasMore than 10,000 of the hottest technology products from more than 950 companies will be featured at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev., June 18-20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendee registration is now available at infocommshow.org.
Not sure if you should go? Well, watch our InfoComm 2013 wrap-up video here and you’ll want to go!
InfoComm 2014 has more than 500,000 net square feet of show floor exhibits and special events space. More than 36,000 professionals are expected to attend the show, with a more than a third of attendees coming from technology managers, specifiers and end-user communities. InfoComm offers technology solutions to a broad spectrum of market sectors, including business, government, military, education, worship, healthcare, hospitality, retail and entertainment.
Showcasing the latest AV technology, InfoComm 2014 provides the multi-billion dollar industry and its customers with a thriving show floor, along with unsurpassed education and training. Attendees will hear from all the leading audio brands in demo rooms and on the show floor, get connected with collaborative conferencing in the Unified Communications and Collaboration Pavilion, see the latest in signs at the Digital Signage Pavilion and experience the latest in illumination and production in the Lighting and Staging Pavilion. The Technologies for Worship Pavilion will feature the latest AV technology applied for House of Worship staff and volunteers, while the new Security Pavilion will feature the latest technology solutions.
InfoComm offers attendees hands-on access to the latest AV and digital signage technology and networking with industry peers, as well as the opportunity to attend a wide range of educational sessions offered by InfoComm University and other groups. Beyond the show floor, AV Technology Tours will allow attendees to see installed AV projects in action and networking activities will bring everyone together, allowing for the development of meaningful conversations and relationships.
This year InfoComm will feature a Solutions Summit that begins pre-show and offers related sessions available throughout the week. There will be Digital Signage and UCC tracks, with the flexibility to move amongst sessions. In addition, InfoComm International, the trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry will be marking its 75th anniversary this year with an awards dinner.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is supporting InfoComm 2014 by promoting the show to overseas attendees because of its export potential, international interest, U.S. exhibitor offerings, stature and overseas marketing efforts. More than 5,000 attendees from over 110 countries outside of North America are expected to visit the event.
If you’re interested in seeing our 2013 InfoComm MicroSite, where we posted over 1,000 new product videos, 200 blogs and news stories, podcasts and photos, go here. We’ll be doing the same coverage again this year.
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AVI-SPL Intros Privacy Features for MeetingsAVI-SPL has introduced two new features addressing the increased concern by customers about unauthorized video calls into meeting rooms. AVI-SPL’s expanded solution portfolio allows clients in varying industries to easily incorporate privacy safeguards into their day-to-day conferencing experiences.
VNOC Symphony Automated Room Shutdown: VNOC Symphony’s Business Processes Automation Module hinders uninvited guests from seeing or hearing what is happening in a conference room by automatically performing a series of shutdown procedures after every video meeting. This is available to AVI-SPL Video Managed Service customers as a part of their meeting process.
The Block ME device is for customers who want a more tangible way to ensure privacy in their meeting environments. This small device enables the users in the room to simply press one button to block any video calls from being launched or received in the room they are in. The device can easily be installed in any video conference room, doesn’t require programming or a control panel and cannot be accessed remotely. The patent pending design allows the video endpoint to continue to be monitored so it does not cause unwarranted alarms to network operations team.
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Barco Introduces Video Wall for Big Data Collaboration and Monitoring Barco’s new OverView Seamless Videowall (OSV) series is a large panoramic seamless canvas that can display a mix of data and video in high quality without the distraction of seams or bezels. This curved display suits the visualization needs of a multitude of applications — from crisis operations rooms, to brainstorming and planning rooms, to more traditional control room applications in utilities, energy and process control. As part of a full solution, the LED-lit OSV also comes with TransForm C, a controller and collaboration management system that enables all content to be positioned optimally on the screen by means of an easy-to-use graphical user interface with touchscreen.
The trend towards using huge amounts of information (Big Data) to enhance decision-making requires larger resolution canvasses to visualize this abundance of data in the most optimal way. That’s why Barco is introducing the OverView Seamless Videowall (OSV) – a large curved video wall that combines the advantages of using rear-projection cubes (24/7 reliability, high uniformity, and short throwing distances) with Barco’s advanced image processing to create a panoramic seamless canvas. This means that all information is displayed in the most efficient way, with no distracting interruptions in the visualization of critical data.
The first three OSV models – the OSV-340C, OSV-560C and OSV-790C — offer display canvasses of 3.8, 6.2 and 8.5 megapixels, respectively. Sizes vary from 3.5 to 6.5 meters (138 to 256 inches) in width, giving every participant a front row seat. The display’s height is fixed at 1.4 meters (55 inches). All models feature a curved screen for better viewing ergonomics from every position in the room and that also cuts down on reflections.
In addition, direct integration of a Barco ClickShare wireless presentation system allows users to display content from their laptop, smartphone or tablet on the video wall by simply clicking a button. Every ClickShare source is available in its full native resolution. Depending on the configuration, up to eight users can use ClickShare to share content on the OSV for maximum collaboration. Leave a Comment
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Christie Upgrades Christie G Series, Launches New Christie Q Series At ISE, Christie announced three upgraded Christie G Series projectors, as well as the all new Christie Q Series. Providing 6,000 lumens and WXGA/HD/WUXGA resolution, the three new Christie G Series models are each high brightness 1-chip DLP projectors, while the Q Series ranges from 8,500 to 10,000 lumens and XGA, WXGA, and WUXGA resolutions in a 1-chip DLP package.
Spec’d at 6,000 lumens and a single-lamp design, the upgraded Christie G Series is aimed at higher education, government facilities and houses of worship. They each use a new six-segment color wheel and ship with a standard lens — but offer six optional lenses with various throw ratios. Connectivity includes HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort. The Christie DWU600-G replaces the DWU550-G and the Christie DHD600-G replaces the DHD550-G. Along with a boost in brightness, the new G Series models also offer 33 per cent longer lamp life over the previous models and are equipped with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) Simulation Mode for training purposes. More information on the G Series is here.
The new Christie Q Series 1-chip DLP platform with brightness options ranging from 8,500 to 10,000 lumens and XGA, WXGA and WUXGA resolutions is equipped with Christie’s eClarity — an image processing system that the company says offers greater control over image sharpness, gloss and shading. With built-in High Dynamic Contrast Range (HDCR), image ‘washout’ in high ambient light conditions is eliminated by adjusting the dynamic contrast to recapture detail lost by excess ambient light on the screen. The Christie Q Series is also equipped with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) Simulation Mode for training purposes, all in an elegant design. Find out more about the Christie Q Series here. Leave a Comment
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Biamp Introduces Vocia 1.6 With Nurse Call Integration Biamp Systems’ new Vocia 1.6 with Nurse Call Integration (NCI) is a networked public address and voice evacuation system that combines zoned paging and prioritization with simple system supervision to provide critical messaging capabilities.
Part of Vocia’s networked public address and voice evacuation system, the Biamp NCI system enhances the line’s professional-grade critical paging capabilities. Engineered to decrease noise levels, reduce alarm fatigue and increase response times by targeting specific departments within facilities, the system enables zoned paging and prioritization of critical messages to eliminate the disturbance of patients from “all-call” pages. As a result, staff only receives pertinent paging messages, contributing to faster reaction times, quieter hospitals, and a more restful patient environment.
Created specifically for healthcare facilities, the NCI package enables a direct connection to new or existing supported nurse call systems. Messages are automatically assigned a zone and priority level before being streamed via Ethernet and played over an existing PA network. Playback can include speaking via microphone, pressing a bedside or nurse station button, or selecting preset messages from a digital switchboard. The Vocia-enabled solution consists of the Text-to-Speech Nurse Call Server (TTS-1nc), Message Server (MS-1) and Vocia Output (VO-4e) device. The entire system can also be easily supervised both onsite and remotely, and thanks to a decentralized architecture, eliminates the potential for a single point of system failure.
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Chief Introduces ConnexSys Video Wall Mounting SystemChief says it set out to create the best video wall system on the market – so, they turned to installers and asked them what it’s doing right and what it’s doing wrong. The result is the ConnexSys Video Wall Mounting System, available in mid-March.
According to Chief, the four points that integrators said they wanted done better were:
- Speed of install
- Ease of alignment
- Access for serviceability
- Rigidity to maintain adjustments
Here are the features that addressed each of these concerns:
Single strut channel install per row – for large walls, installers simply level a single strut channel and hang the mounts. This quickly aligns the entire row and removes the need for spacers to measure horizontally between mounts. The mounts work with strut channel that can be easily sourced locally. For multiple rows, simply use the height of the screen to measure between each row rail.
PowerZone Adjustment – 6 points of tool-free height, tilt, lateral and depth adjustment are all found in one easy-to-access location. One tilt pivot point and a floating plane protect the display from damaging twisting and eliminate transfer of torque from the wall to screen. Three levels of lateral adjustment allow for precise alignment and protect screens from unnecessary collisions.
Generous Depth Adjustment – No wall is perfectly flat, and the more screens are added, the more difficult aligning video walls becomes. ConnexSys mounts allow the home position to be set anywhere between 4 to 7.3″ (102-186 mm) from the wall for perfect depth. Independent depth adjustments can be made on both sides of the mount to accommodate walls up to 2″ out of alignment horizontally. This helps meet needs for large video walls, recess video walls where matching the outer surface can be particularly difficult, and even single display recess applications.
RapidDraw Display Release – A controlled pull cord release gives installers access to any display on the video wall, removing the possibility of accidental pop-outs from people bumping into screens. The release also protects the displays by reducing the frequency and aggressiveness of screen pushing. Cords can be positioned to pull for release from any side. The mounts can be pulled out up to 13.7″ (348 mm) from the wall for ample access space. Engage the kickstand to 20 degrees for even more room to work.
Rigidity – A particular problem for installers is that displays lose their alignment if they are pulled out for service. Overzealous cleaning crews can also accidentally shift display alignment. Chief engineers added rigidity to the solution to prevent accidental screen shift from occurring when the screen is pulled out.
ConnexSys is available in landscape (LVS1U) and portrait (LVS1UP) versions with rails, and can be ordered without strut channel LVSXU and LVSXUP so installers can take advantage of longer lengths from local sources. Leave a Comment
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Crestron Differentiates Itself in Panel Market with 20” and Adds Voice Command to TSW LineCrestron TSW touch screens all just got upgraded. The new TSW-552, TSW-752 and TSW-1052 replace the TSW-550, TSW-750 and TSW-1050 models with support for voice command recognition and on-screen web browsing.
TSW touch screens feature capacitive touch technology, H.264 streaming video, and edge-to-edge glass as well as single-wire PoE (Power over Ethernet) connectivity and standard backbox mounting. Each TSW touch screen is available in wall mount or tabletop models.
The TSW family has something Crestron is calling Smart Graphics, which is the ability for the panels to recognize gestures like swiping, and kinetic effects such as knobs, sliders, gauges, and scrolling, just like iPhones and iPads have. But, the TSWs also feature five soft-touch buttons that provide quick access to commonly used functions.
The new TSD-2020 (a 20” native 1080p display), like the TSW, is also a capacitive touch screen and it can be paired with a DGE-2 that can be installed up to 330 feet away, or a DVPHD digital video processor to provide up to eight simultaneous video windows.
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Biamp Systems Announces New Paging Input Options and Adapters for VoIP and Analog Paging Systems Biamp Systems today announced the launch of Vocia 1.6, a significant addition to the company’s networked public address and voice evacuation system. Vocia 1.6 provides three new hardware devices — the eight-channel Vocia Input (VI-8) for analog and digital paging inputs, the VoIP-1 telephone-paging adapter and the POTS-1 analog telephone-paging adaptor. A large number of new features and enhancements in Vocia 1.6 software include impedance monitoring for the Vocia VA-8600 amplifier, support for unicast CobraNet local inputs, and a dry contact control input mode for Vocia Life Safety Interface (LSI-16e), VI-8 and Vocia General Purpose I/O (GPIO-1) devices.
Supporting up to eight analog or CobraNet paging audio inputs, the new Vocia VI-8 input device rapidly routes signals to any assigned page code. Expanding the interoperability of the Biamp product line, the VI-8 accepts paging audio inputs from Audia and Tesira systems, and can be used in conjunction with monitored Vocia GPIO-1 devices for fire panel supervision and priority for emergency pages. Designed to interface with existing paging stations, the VI-8 is aimed at large venues such as airports, convention centers and healthcare campuses.
The Vocia VoIP-1 is a simple VoIP telephone-paging adapter, and the POTS-1 is an analog telephone-paging adapter. Both are ideal for installations in smaller hospitals and industrial environments, or those that require a simple VoIP or POTS extension capability. Both the VoIP-1 and POTS-1 enable live paging as well as store and forward to assigned page codes within any Vocia installation. The units support two lines with an option to support four lines by ordering the units with an expansion card.
In addition to Vocia’s current End of Line (ELD-1) device, Vocia 1.6 provides the VA-8600 amplifier as an additional way to monitor speaker line health via impedance monitoring. This makes Vocia ideal for installations in which the speaker infrastructure is already in place. Additionally, Unicast CobraNet inputs from both Audia and Tesira systems can be directly routed to Vocia amplifiers, allowing an increased number of background sources to access any one area without affecting the number of simultaneous pages that are possible.
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Christie Adds Intuitive Touch and Affordable Commercial-Grade 1080p PanelsChristie’s new 65-inch flat panel digital display debuted at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam today. The affordably priced, LED edge-lit Christie FHD651-T (with up to four simultaneous touches using infrared touch technology) and Christie FHD651-P both have a thin profile — just 2.7-inches deep for the touch (T) and 2.1-inches deep for the non-touch (P) version. Both commercial-grade LCD flat panels are aimed at meeting rooms, classrooms and digital signage in corporate spaces, museums, education facilities, houses of worship, theaters, as well as hospitality and retail environments.
Mountable in portrait or landscape mode, both flat panels have built-in speakers, offer a wide range of inputs to easily connect any source and support RS232 commands for ease of automation and control, while displaying up to 1.07 billion colors and 4000:1 contrast ratio for true-to-life images.
Other specs include:
- Up to four simultaneous touches for the Christie FHD651-T
- Commercial-grade LCD with anti-glare coating
- Landscape or portrait orientation
- Wide range of inputs including DP, DVI, HDMI
- Support for RS232 commands
- Seamless integration with Christie Brio presentation and collaboration solution
- Built-in 10W speakers
- HD resolution, 360 nit brightness, 1.07 billion colors, 4000:1 contrast ratio
- An aesthetically pleasing, small bezel and thin profile design, complementing existing architecture
- Compliance with U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and barrier-free environment standards in other countries (installed depth of under four inches/100 mm)
- Energy-efficient, long lasting edge-lit LED backlighting
- Less than 0.5W standby power consumption
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Extron Introduces the Industry’s Most Powerful Configurable Control System Software Extron’s new Global Configurator Professional is a configuration software for its Pro Series control systems that can be used to configure a system to control everything from single projector classrooms to large, control system designs. Features, such as conditional logic, variables and macros provide even greater flexibility for more sophisticated control scenarios. The Controller Groups feature expands AV system design potential for much larger systems requiring multiple IP Link Pro control processors.
If you aren’t familiar with Extron’s new Pro Series Control System, we recently wrote an extensive review of the system here. And, earlier this week, rAVe’s Gary Kayye and THE WEEK’s, Joel Rollins, recorded a podcast talking about the likely impact of Extron’s new control system on AMX and Crestron — listen here.
Conditional logic allows advanced functionality by making “if” and “else” statements available and with the help of conditional logic, one can easily set up operations that are dependent upon occurrence and non-occurrence of certain events. The Controller Groups feature allows up to four IP Link Pro control processors to be grouped and work as one big controller. This feature ideally serves advanced systems that require more control ports than are offered in a single control processor. A new class of drivers brings greater AV system performance and capabilities. The new Serial over Ethernet drivers expand control capabilities through devices such as Extron XTP Systems that are capable of IP to serial direct port control.
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Clear-Com Debuts Eclipse HX-Delta Digital Matrix Intercom System at ISE Clear-Com is launching the new Eclipse HX-Delta Digital Matrix System at ISE 2014. The Eclipse HX-Delta digital matrix system is integrated with up to 256 internal ports, has two CPU cards and houses four interface cards and three interface modules — all in a 3U enclosure. Clear-Com designed the matrix to work over dedicated Cat5, IP infrastructures (LAN, WAN and Internet), as well as fiber networks. It also works with digital wireless beltpacks and IP-based virtual panels. Additionally, interface modules allow external sources including four-wire audio, partylines, telephone lines and MADI to be routed to user keypanels or beltpacks. Powered by the latest EHX v7.5 software, up to 64 Eclipse HX matrices can be connected to form a single networked installation.
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Barco Intros Lossless Encoding/Decoding Barco’s new version of its TransForm N system is the NGS-D200 video-to-data (V2D) encoder/decoder that’s capable of streaming graphics of up to 4 megapixels across networks.
Barco’s TransForm N networked visualization system is an information distribution system that can distribute content from an infinite number of sources to an infinite number of displays. Simply connect the source (road camera, sensor, computer, etc.) to the TransForm N encoder to enter the video, images or data into the secure IP-based system. The standard Internet infrastructure then transports this information wherever you want, all over the world.
Inputs feature dual link DVI-I capable of streaming video and graphics of up to 4 million pixels at full frame rate (60 fps) and the codec (supporting 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 sampling) enables pixel-accurate content replication and features adaptive frame rate capabilities: in other words, you can selectively drop frames to maintain optimal image quality and robustness, even in cases of restricted bandwidth. Acting as both encoder and decoder, the NGS-D200 can switch between sending and receiving in real-time using keyboard and mouse control.
The NGS-D200 is available in Lite, Pro, and 3D Pro versions, varying in resolution and 3D support. Barco told rAVe it will soon release NGS-D200 compatibility with TransForm C — a stand-alone codec.
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Extron Debuts Five Input Audio Expansion Processor with AEC and DanteExtron’s new AXP 50 C AT is a five-input audio expansion processor with Extron ProDSP for integrating remote microphones and other sources onto a Dante-enabled Extron DMP 128 audio system. A single Ethernet cable to a central equipment rack can link multiple AXP 50 C AT units, avoiding the effort and expense of pulling one cable for each mic. The AXP 50 C AT provides 48 volt phantom power to its mic/line inputs. Dedicated signal processing is available for each input, including gain, filtering, dynamics, and AEC — acoustic echo cancellation.
In an installation with a large number of mics, the AXP 50 C AT audio expansion processor places audio signals onto the Dante audio network using standard IP networking. Signals are received as expansion inputs at one or more DMP 128 AT processors. A sound system designer can incorporate several AXP 50 C AT input expanders to create large mixing matrixes of remote inputs for DMP 128 AT processors using the built-in four-port Gigabit switch. This greatly simplifies scalability and the audio cabling infrastructure by avoiding long analog mic cable runs. The compact 1U, half rack width enclosure enables convenient installation underneath a conference table, inside a credenza, or anywhere microphones or other sources may be situated.
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Google Integrates Vidyo Technology in Professional Hangouts FeatureVidyo announced details of a partnership with Google – a software-based solution that enables H.323/SIP video conferencing and IP PBX systems to connect users into Google+ Hangout Sessions. The new product will extend usability by allowing connectivity with existing business voice and video solutions from Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize, Avaya and Vidyo. VidyoH2O for Google+ Hangouts will be offered on a subscription basis both on-premise and as a cloud-hosted product.
One application is to videoconference with your doctor — an application being promoted, actively, via Google and the company’s Hangout feature of Google+. Here’s an example of a dermatology service using the Google/Vidyo service already (this site includes a video explaining the service).
Vidyo’s patented VidyoRouter leverages Scalable Video Coding (SVC) for videoconferencing over the Internet (a VTC router-in-the-cloud) for multi-user video calls. WebRTC provides the ability to participate in video calls without a separate client or plug-in installation. WebRTC with scalability will give Web developers who are using VidyoRouter in their implementation access to even better video quality coupled with the no-install advantage. Chrome is expected to be the first browser to support the scalable version of WebRTC and, together, Vidyo and Google will promote this version with relevant standards bodies.
VidyoH2O for Google+ Hangouts is scheduled for general availability on March 31, 2014, on a subscription basis starting at $99/port/month for on-premise deployment, or as a cloud-hosted product for $149/port/month.
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AMX Debuts Two New H.264 Video Encoders AMX’s new H.264 Encoders are designed to allow live video from cameras as well as video from PCs, set-top boxes and more to be streamed onto any network.
The AMX H.264 Encoder is available in two models — the NMX-ENC-1100 and NMX-ENC-1105. Both feature a multi-format input to support digital video signals, including MPEG-2 TS over UDP and RTP, as well as legacy analog sources such as an SDI source. The NMX-ENC-1100 is now shipping in the U.S., while the NMX-ENC-1105 will begin shipping later this month. AMX says that both models are expected to ship globally in June 2014.
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Extron Introduces New Compact Two Channel Amplifier with More Power Extron has launched the new XPA 1002 Plus, a half rack 1U, convection cooled power amplifier delivering two channels of 100 watts into 4 or 8 ohms. This professional grade amplifier offers more power than the original XPA 1002, but features the same 105 dB signal-to-noise ratio and 0.05 percent THD+N specifications. The XPA 1002 Plus is an ENERGY STAR qualified amplifier with an Extron exclusive highly efficient, advanced Class D amplifier design. It also features patented CDRS – Class D Ripple Suppression technology that provides a smooth, clean audio waveform and an improvement in signal fidelity over conventional Class D amplifiers. The XPA 1002 Plus is housed in a half rack width metal enclosure, conserving rack space and weighing only 2.5 lbs (1.1 kg).
The XPA 1002 Plus amplifier is an energy efficient product that conserves energy, conserving costs. It includes an auto power-down feature that automatically places the amplifier into standby after a period of inactivity, and consumes just 10 watts when idle and less than 1 watt in standby mode. It also has an ultra low inrush current draw to prevent power circuit overload that occurs when multiple amplifiers are switched on simultaneously. This feature eliminates the need for power sequencing in systems with multiple amplifiers in large centralized equipment racks, and prevents other equipment from experiencing power interruption from associated power surges. The XPA 1002 Plus is housed in a compact 1U, half rack width enclosure and is UL 2043 plenum rated, which allows for a concealed installation above a drop ceiling to prevent theft while providing convenient placement of AV equipment.
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ESP enVision PCS Offers Real-Time Energy Diagnostics Electronic Systems Protection (ESP) new enVision Power Conditioning System (PCS) is a diagnostic and power protection device that measures and records power disturbances in detailed, real-time reports and displays. This cost-saving solution gives service teams the ability to quickly identify power problems that can cause lock-ups and copy quality issues. With fifty power anomalies occurring per month on an average office circuit it will reduce “no-problem found” service calls and parts replacement expenses that negatively impact profitability. Statistically, just informing people of energy usage, visually, creates an 8 to 15 percent drop in energy usage.
enVision constantly measures a wide range of electrical data, such as: line-neutral voltage, neutral-ground voltage, amperage, crest factor, power factor, line frequency and energy usage to inform service technicians when power is impacting a machine’s performance. A real-time scope meter function provides up-to-the-minute analysis of power related events to easily identify problems.
enVision also records over/under voltages, surges, power outages and shut-offs, presenting the data in an easy to read display through a communications module for comprehensive troubleshooting. An internal battery ensures enVision will provide accurate reporting and time stamps, even during extended power outages. Technicians can easily customize voltage recording and shut-off set-points for any device or environment using an easy to use graphical interface.
Additional monitoring and user flexibility is afforded by an LCD interface that provides notifications and easy access to recorded events, parameters and settings. ESP is also developing TCP-IP, Bluetooth, Zigbee and cellular as future communication protocols for enVision.
The enVision PCS is available in five configurations, including a model featuring IEC outlets and 230/10A receptacles for global markets. 230/30A and 230/16A models are also in development for release later this year. Here are all the details. Leave a Comment
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Panasonic Debuts New Lamp-Free Projector, Weatherproof Display, Status Monitoring Software and More at DSE 2014At DSE, Panasonic demonstrated its newest offerings, including the PT-RZ670U lamp-free projector, TH-47LFX60U ruggedized and weatherproof outdoor display, TH-47LFV5U video wall display and ET-SWA100 status-monitoring software.
The PT-RZ670U is a lamp-free projector that uses a 1-chip DLP laser projector specified at 6,000 lumens and 20,000 hours of operation. Equipped with DIGITAL LINK (Panasonic’s branding for HDBaseT), a feature that — when connected to a compatible switcher — makes it possible to transmit AV content and control signals via a single CAT5e cable or higher, from a distance of up to 328 feet. The PT-RZ670U will be available in Fall 2014.
The TH-47LFX60U is a ruggedized and weatherproof outdoor display with a brightness spec of 2,000 cd/m, even under direct sunlight. Because of its extreme durability, the display can resist temperature changes ranging from -4 °F to 122 °F. IP55 level dust and water resistance makes it ideal for outdoor installations, such as drive-through menus and public transportation signage. The TH-47LFX60U will be available in Spring 2014.
The 1080p native TH-47LFV5U video wall display can run non-stop, leveraging a cooling fan that can be set to operate automatically at high temperatures. The 1080p native
Panasonic’s so-called Early Warning Software is in the form of the ET-SWA100 and it enables customers to monitor devices remotely and receive alerts when a unit is not functioning correctly, has failed or needs maintenance. The software can also suggest maintenance scheduling and monitor device temperature to avoid future issues.
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Chief Ships Multi-Directional Ceiling MountsChief is now shipping its Fusion Series Multi-Directional Ceiling Mounts for use in digital display installations that require 360 degree viewing capability from a single column drop.
The mounts come in triple- and quad-display options while keeping the Fusion single ceiling mount features, such as:
- Centris technology provides a continuous range of fingertip tilt from +5 to -20 degrees with four set locking points to eliminate guesswork when adjusting multiple screens
- Compatible with traditional 1.5″ NPT and Chief pin-connection CPA ceiling plates and column systems (sold separately)
- Compatible with most displays 32-60″
- Tool-free screen engagement to secure displays with optional padlock security
The multi-directional adapter can be ordered as an accessory without Fusion mounts to allow for integration of different mount heads. To mount three LCDs, use the LCM3U. To mount four LCDs, use the LCM4U. Leave a Comment
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Sharp Introduces the wePresent WiPG-1500 Interactive Presentation Gateway Sharp’s new wePresent WiPG-1500 is a wireless interactive presentation gateway for wirelessly connecting content and devices (BYOD) to the Sharp AQUOS BOARD interactive display system. With the WiPG-1500, users can wirelessly display documents, presentations, photos and videos from a PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet directly onto the Sharp AQUOS BOARD interactive display system, without using cables and without loading drivers on the device. This system uses AWiND technology — the same technology used in the Barco ClickShare
Features include:
- Wireless projection and remote desktop for Windows/Mac (Win: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac: 10.6, 10.7, 10.8)
- Wi-Fi — Doc app for iOS /Android
- Plug & Show: Launch the projection application from a USB thumb drive
- 4-to-1 screen projection — four devices can be displayed at one time
- SNMP Manager: Manage/configure multiple WiPGs through SNMP consoles
- Conference Control : Mediator control function through the device web page
- Security Design: Session login code, WEP/WPA key and GateKeeper
- Customizable standby image (logo, full background)
- HDMI and VGA dual video interfaces
- Wi-Fi AP, AP — Client mode support WiFi 802.1b/g/n
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