Crestron previews the future for smart work environments at ISE 2020

In this edition, Crestron has deployed an interesting area dedicated to Future Innovation, focused on smart workplace technologies, with room-based AV solutions, unified communications, AV-over-IP and cloud management.

The participation of Crestron in the edition 2020 of WHEREAS Its stand features an interesting space dedicated to Future Innovation (Future Zone), which, as its CEO pointed out today before the media,, Randy Klein, “will serve to “take a look at what's to come in our industry and what you'll see on everyone else's booth three or four years from now.””.

The Future Zone shows how Crestron APIs and SDKs enable the market “build solutions even more integrated than ever, both for lighting control and for other actions based on Microsoft Teams or Zoom Rooms software for smart rooms”, especifica Small.

Although Crestron is steadfast in its commitment to leading the way in innovation for the industry, The company is also rooted in providing integrators and organizations with the solutions they need to succeed right now.. Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent addition of DMPS Lite with single room solutions to the Crestron DigitalMedia platform.

Plataforma DM NVX AV-over-IP

Crestron debuts the latest improvements to its DM NVX AV-over-IP platform in Amsterdam, now with native support for the AES67 audio over IP standard and ultra-fast, seamless switching. New functionality will be available for existing DM NVX products via a free firmware update.

With support for AES67, DM NVX endpoints can send split audio from a video source to mixers, DSP and amplifiers, as well as receive signals from mixers, DSP and microphones that support the AES67 standard. New ultra-fast, seamless switching is virtually seamless from one network flow to another.

They also debut in this ISE 2020 NX2 Series, a range of DM NVX USB-over-IP endpoint extenders in wall plate form. These provide seamless routing and extension of USB signals 2.0 over the network between NX2 devices and are fully interoperable with DM NVX products.

Now, routing USB peripherals 2.0, like the keyboard, the video, the mouse, webcams, microphones or mass storage, It couldn't be easier. The NX2 Series can be used to create a robust KVM networking solution (keyboard, video and mouse), For example.

More than just flawless 4K60 video distribution, 4:4:4, y HDR, DM NVX is a complete and infinitely scalable solution. Also boosts audio, control and USB 2.0 via a single encoder/decoder, significantly reducing system costs and adding flexibility. DM NVX offers all this on existing 1Gb infrastructure, eliminating the high cost and operational disruption of rewiring.

Simple solutions

At the manufacturer's stand, professionals can also learn about its new commitment to offering simple solutions for AV rooms with the new DMPS Lite technology.. The products in this new series offer integrators a solution plug-and-play high value, flexible and programming-free to grow your business in classrooms and smaller meeting and collaboration spaces.

“DMPS Lite products allow our distributors to expand their reach into spaces that require more than a DM Lite source-to-display solution alone., but less than a Crestron DMPS3 Series all-in-one system”, said Alex Peras, DigitalMedia CTO.

DMPS Lite products include a 4K video scaler; Standalone web configuration with automatic routing and screen control, and audio amplification.

Besides, Crestron XiO Cloud service provides integrators with the ability to supply, remotely monitor and manage DMPS Lite solutions in a company or university. Hundreds of devices can be deployed and managed in the same amount of time that would normally be spent on a single device.

Of note, DMPS Lite products can be combined with versatile DM Lite transmitters to create powerful single room solutions in smaller spaces., whether the need is from source to screen (DM Lite) or from multisource to screen (DMPS Lite).

Agreement with Logitech

Taking advantage of your presence at ISE, Crestron has announced a new agreement with Logitech to deliver a first-class video conferencing experience, control, programming and management of rooms of any size.

Randy Klein recognizes that “collaborating with Logitech helps us expand our unified communications offering and helps our customers achieve their goal of a smarter workplace.””.

“Crestron is a giant in the audiovisual and digital media space and we are excited to combine their leading products with our video collaboration solutions.. Not only will our joint solutions provide great value to our customers, but also to AV channels that want the ability to mix and match solutions.”, Scott Wharton, for his part, stated, vp. y director general de Logitech Video Collaboration.

These workplace solutions pair the Crestron Flex C Series with Logitech MeetUp, Logitech Rally and Logitech Rally Plus to offer a complete unified communications experience for small rooms, medium and large. Each system is compatible with Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms, providing greater choice and flexibility to customers.

Besides, each system includes room reservation capability through Crestron Room Scheduling, as well as a management portal powered by Crestron XiO Cloud, that seamlessly integrates Logitech sync APIs, adding the products of both companies on a common management platform.

This allows support teams to easily manage all of the technology in a meeting room with one simple set of tools., while providing key insights into how employees work and how the workspace is used.

Access to the ISE Special 2020 a Digital AV