Wake Tech Creates Multi-Purpose Spaces with Extron AV Technology

This North American university center has created a unique and versatile classroom-atrium, in which everything from presentations to plays are organized, Dinners and other events, equipped with the Extron for switching, AV distribution and control.

The new space that Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) has created Scott Northern Wake on its campus, of 427 m² and with Capacity to 275 people to make presentations, plays and even local TV shows, add a sunny atrium of 235 m² to accommodate until 95 Guests on tables for business lunches, which is also used as a reception area.

For your design and technological equipment, the IT/AV staff has counted on the integrator Inter Technologies Corporation, who has chosen switching systems, Audiovisual distribution and control of Extron, as has already happened in other projects that he has carried out on different campuses of this university (More information at Digital AV).

Joshua Cruz, University Center End-User Support Analyst, developed a roadmap to deploy an AV system that would meet presenter requirements, speakers and audiences in this renovated university classroom and atrium. Its design was more complex than typical Wake Tech classrooms.

Most of Wake Tech's academic and conference spaces are equipped with Extron AV switching and control. A matrix for presentations 8K CrossPoint DTP 8K×6 covers the new rooms to display a wide variety of content sources in the 65" flat screen of the main classroom stage, which features a ceiling-mounted laser projector, as well as in three 77" OLED fixtures located in the atrium.

AV content can come from the stage lectern, Classroom Control Booth, an HDMI wall plate installed in the atrium or the stage-facing and audience-facing PTZ cameras in the new space.

The lectern is located on the stage of the university classroom. A system Extron IN1808 integrated into it determines what content is streamed to the DTP CrossPoint array in the main rack, plus the ability to perform any video scaling if needed, and use its DTP twisted-pair output to send selected AV signals to the equipment rack.

The AV sources available on the lectern include a document camera, computer content and images from classroom PTZ cameras. Other inputs handled by the IN1808 system are the USB transmissions, DisplayPort and HDMI of guest devices, that connect via active cables that convert these inputs to HDMI prior to application.

In addition to transmissions to the IN1808, is the gateway for ShareLink Pro Presentation of the lectern, that allows wireless sharing of content from portable devices. Presenters control font selection from the lectern, volume and other AV system functions using a TouchLink Pro TLP 725T touchscreen of Extron.

For the theatrical and musical performances that are held in these spaces and that demand high sound production values, Lighting and audiovisual support, A control cabin operated by specialized technicians has been installed.

Located in the middle of the room, The control cabin is equipped with a Live Audio Production Mixing Console, another for stage and classroom lighting control, and an audio-visual system control station.

The Wireless microphone receivers Installed in the control booth connect the audio mixing console to a multitude of gooseneck microphones, hand and lapel located on the lectern, in the control booth and on stage. Up to five can be used without passing through the mixing console.

The AV Control Station of the cabin has a touch screen 10" TouchLink Pro from which a technician can manage all the functions of the audiovisual system, which also includes a desktop computer and a port for connecting a guest laptop.

Both computers provide program inputs to the AV system, thus increasing the range of other sources that can be displayed on classroom and atrium screens. The HDMI ports on these devices connect to the DTP CrossPoint array in the main rack through a pair of meeting space collaboration systems HC 404, providing signal extension up to 70 meters across CATx shielded cable.

AV system control is managed with a IPCP Pro control processor 350, located in the main equipment rack, which communicates via the building's Ethernet network with all audiovisual devices, the TouchLink Pro touchscreens on the lectern and control booth.

The control processor also includes relays that control the raising and lowering of the projector's scissor lift and projection screen. The Extron Control app mirror AV management touchscreens on an iPad wirelessly, allowing event organizers to organize system functions while moving anywhere in the space.

The touch screens that users see at the lectern are simplified versions of those available to technicians in the control booth, allowing presenters to start the training session immediately without the need for a lot of AV system configuration.

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