Faculty/Staff Commons

Owned by Chris McCoy
Jan 24, 2024
4 min read

The following Institutes/Rooms have a common control panel:

Features an 86-inch main display and four 55-inch rear displays.

  • Novo Pro source allows for wireless Windows display connection - must have capable Windows laptop.

  • Podium source (Main display) features three video cables with different connectors, use only one cable at a time.

  • The rear displays feature a “Main Display” source that allows the rear displays to mirror the content shown on the Main display.

  • Each rear display features a local HDMI cable (in the table cubby) and a local AppleTV.

Features an 86-inch display hidden behind sliding wooden panels.

  • Podium inputs feature an HDMI cable in podium (Podium 1 is near the windows and Podium 2 is near the door).

  • Novo Pro source allows for wireless Windows display connection - must have capable Windows laptop.

  • Video Conf PC source allows the use of a dedicated video conferencing computer (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, etc.) and the dedicated front and read cameras and over-head (ceiling) microphone array.

Features an 86-inch Interactive (touch) main display and two 75-inch side displays.

  • Podium source (Main display) is a HDMI cable located in the podium.

  • Video and Audio pages contain selections to view/listen to content from Alumni Hall (overflow).

  • Each side display features a “Main Display” source that allows the side displays to mirror the content shown on the Main display.

  • Each side display features a local HDMI wall plate and local AppleTV.

Touch panel controls located in the Broadcast Studio passage.

Features a 75-inch display and 30 foot long LED stock ticker.

  • HDMI source is the HDMI wall plate below the display.

  • Video and Audio pages contain selections to view/listen to content from Alumni Hall (overflow).

 

Initial screen

The default/initial screen is the Brother Rice crest logo, tap anywhere on the screen to begin:

Page selection

Along the bottom of the touch panel is a series of buttons to navigate between the available pages. Options on each page will vary depending on the devices available in each room.

  1. POWER - Turn on/off displays

  2. VIDEO - Assign video sources (inputs) to each display

  3. AUDIO - Select the active audio source and set microphone levels (if available)

  4. Source Control - Control sources (inputs), virtual remotes

VIDEO Page

Each column identifies a different display (e.g. Main Display and Display 2). Select a source (input) by touching an option under each column (display). The source list in each column will vary by what sources are available to that display. Each list scrolls up/down by touching an option and swiping up/down.

  • DS 1 - Digital Signage 1

  • Local as in Local: AppleTV, indicates a source that is available only to that Display

AUDIO Page

  1. Top bar controls: adjust the room audio levels. Most rooms start with their audio level MUTED. You can mute/unmute and control the volume up/down.

  2. Microphone controls (if applicable): control the volume of each microphone separately. If the microphone’s mute icon is highlighted blue then the microphone is muted. It is possible to mute the source audio (using the top bar control, #1) and still use microphones. These settings are preserved when the touch panel resets.

  3. Room source selection: select the single audio to play over the room speakers. This setting is preserved when the touch panel resets.

Source Control

The list of sources you can control will vary by location. Click the source you want to control and a virtual remote that matches the functions of that source will appear. Press the “X” in the top-right corner to close the virtual remote.

Troubleshooting

  • Display Power - you can tell if a display is turned on because the LED light on the bottom-left (or left) will be green instead of red (off).

  • Laptop not showing on display after confirming the display is on and the proper source is selected (VIDEO page) - please make sure your laptop is on “Duplicate” or “Mirroring” mode.

  • My laptop audio is not being hear after confirming the room MUTE is disabled (Top Bar Audio Controls #1) and the Room Source Selection (#3) is correct - check that your laptop’s speaker assignment says “CRESTRON” instead of internal or built-in speakers.