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Good Grade Earned on College A/V Distribution Project
Solution centered on a Xantech CSPLCD64GW 6.4-inch display, programmed to control and manage the entire A/V system.
Commercial CE pro set up this athletic facility with video recording that can be converted to an IP format and streamed to other locations on the Franklin & Marshall College campus.
Commercial CE pros like an academic challenge.
That's exactly what Lancaster, Pa.-based B&B Communications got when Franklin & Marshall College enlisted it to provide a sophisticated audio/video distribution system in an athletic facility.
Add a layer of advanced A/V technology for Lancaster-based Franklin & Marshall's squash courts.
Include video recording capability for each of the school's five championship-level courts, each with a separate camera and DVD recorder. The signal from these recorders must be converted to an IP format and streamable to other locations on campus.
Users must have the ability to interface a wireless microphone system for announcements.
To accomplish this, use a routing matrix that is intuitively accessible by a wide range of users.
Due early April 2009.
B&B technician Dennis Heim did the rack-filling, wiring and programming of the Xantech Commercial equipment chosen by his company.
"We needed to be able to tie all levels of control together into a single touchscreen interface," explains Jeff Tate, sales engineer, B&B Communications.
B&B's solution centered on a Xantech CSPLCD64GW 6.4-inch Commercial Touchscreen Display, programmed to control and manage the entire A/V system. This was tied to a Xantech Commercial RS2321x8 1X8 (8-channel) addressable serial router, which links to all five cameras and DVD recorders.
Attached to this is the Xantech Commercial CRMWIC Commercial Room Monitor/Web Intelligent Controller, used to communicate via IP connectivity with a Biamp Nexia DSP unit and Extron matrix switcher.
Rounding out the system is a Xantech Commercial RS422232 "RS422 to RS232 Module" converter unit that converts the RS2321x8 router's four RS422 outputs to the RS232 format.
"The RS2321x8 was the ideal choice since the runs on the project were all relatively local," Tate explains.
"Franklin & Marshall College now gets a high level of functionality and performance on their touchscreen, and students and faculty can execute complex commands to the system with the touch of a single macro. It's a great system to work with and a great system to use," Tate says.
The assignment was completed and handed in on time.
That's exactly what Lancaster, Pa.-based B&B Communications got when Franklin & Marshall College enlisted it to provide a sophisticated audio/video distribution system in an athletic facility.
Assignment
Add a layer of advanced A/V technology for Lancaster-based Franklin & Marshall's squash courts.
Include video recording capability for each of the school's five championship-level courts, each with a separate camera and DVD recorder. The signal from these recorders must be converted to an IP format and streamable to other locations on campus.
Users must have the ability to interface a wireless microphone system for announcements.
To accomplish this, use a routing matrix that is intuitively accessible by a wide range of users.
Due early April 2009.
Show Your Work
B&B technician Dennis Heim did the rack-filling, wiring and programming of the Xantech Commercial equipment chosen by his company.
"We needed to be able to tie all levels of control together into a single touchscreen interface," explains Jeff Tate, sales engineer, B&B Communications.
B&B's solution centered on a Xantech CSPLCD64GW 6.4-inch Commercial Touchscreen Display, programmed to control and manage the entire A/V system. This was tied to a Xantech Commercial RS2321x8 1X8 (8-channel) addressable serial router, which links to all five cameras and DVD recorders.
Attached to this is the Xantech Commercial CRMWIC Commercial Room Monitor/Web Intelligent Controller, used to communicate via IP connectivity with a Biamp Nexia DSP unit and Extron matrix switcher.
Rounding out the system is a Xantech Commercial RS422232 "RS422 to RS232 Module" converter unit that converts the RS2321x8 router's four RS422 outputs to the RS232 format.
"The RS2321x8 was the ideal choice since the runs on the project were all relatively local," Tate explains.
"Franklin & Marshall College now gets a high level of functionality and performance on their touchscreen, and students and faculty can execute complex commands to the system with the touch of a single macro. It's a great system to work with and a great system to use," Tate says.
The assignment was completed and handed in on time.
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Tom LeBlanc, Senior Writer/Technology Editor, CE Pro
Tom has been covering consumer electronics for six years. Before that, he wrote for the sports department of the Boston Herald. Migrating to magazines, he was a staff editor for a golf publication and an outdoor sports publication. Now, as senior writer/technology editor of CE Pro magazine since 2003, he dabbles in all departments and offers expertise in marketing.
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