Dante Drives Learning at Beijing University

In the new building of the TsingHua University have been installed near 700 Dante-compatible devices to meet the audio needs of this school, making it the most extensive network-based system in mainland China.

Established in 1911, the TsingHua University in the northwest of Beijing is home to more than 50.000 students, with 21 schools and 59 Departments Spanning Science, engineering, humanities, right, medicine, history, philosophy, economy, management, Education & Art. When they decided to build a new academic building, resorted to Audinate dante to meet sound challenges.

Teaching areas of the new building include 23 Multimedia Classrooms, 14 standard and more than 40 Seminar Spaces. They were installed approximately 700 Dante-compatible devices to meet the school's audio needs, making it the most extensive network-based system in mainland China.

“It was a forward-looking decision to choose to use the Dante Networking system for our new building”, says HongGang Zhao, Director of Multimedia, Faculty of Economics and Management, TsingHua University.

Dante is a AV over IP platform Complete audio transport, video and control data over standard Ethernet networks 1 GB. Compatible with more than 3.800 Dante-compatible products from more than 550 Manufacturers, replaces analog and digital point-to-point connections with software-based IP routing, allowing AV channels to be sent anywhere on the network with digital fidelity.

The project team selected the Bss BLU-806DA Dante-enabled for building-wide audio processing. It features a low-latency digital audio bus, It is fault-tolerant 256 channels and has four card slots for custom analog card I/O configurations, digital and telephony.

The team also selected wireless microphones Shure ULX-D Dante-compatible for larger classrooms to provide better coverage and consistent sound during lectures. Adapters were also included USB Dante AVIO in classrooms so students and instructors can connect any computer to a Dante network without software installation, which is ideal for conferencing and remote teaching.

Device monitoring and management requirements were paramount, with approximately 700 Dante products on the web. Like this, The project team implemented Dante Domain Manager, A server-based software solution that provides a centralized view of the entire infrastructure. The software allows the team to divide the system into groups to manage transmission traffic more efficiently on the computer network and improve maintenance efficiency.

Through a centralized view, The team is alerted when problems arise in the system. later, They can access the system from anywhere, Determine the problem and resolve it remotely.

“It has been easy for us to use Dante Domain Manager with its API”, HongGang Zhao said. "With the ability to view all devices at once on the network, It's easy to monitor and manage our systems. Sitting in the control room, We can identify the system issue remotely in advance, allowing us to work more efficiently and keep our classrooms running smoothly.".

School Recognizes Importance of Networked Multimedia Technology in the Future of Smart Classrooms in Higher Education. With the increasing adoption of related technologies, Like the cloud, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, the school looks forward to seamlessly connecting new technologies in the future to the Dante platform to expand teaching capabilities for both staff and students.

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