Extron NAV Connects Chapel Hill Library Meeting Spaces

With four meeting rooms for public use, This American library has trusted the technology of Extron to upgrade your AV systems and the connection between your spaces.

The public library Chapel Hill in North Carolina goes beyond a traditional book space and archive: It is a center of activity for the residents of this American city and the surrounding communities.

With a surface of about 7.432 m², the building has Leed-Silver certification, and is designed with improved and intelligent technologies. Con four meeting rooms available for public use, Those in charge have recently updated the AV systems and the connection between the different spaces.

A fundamental element in this project was that the control del sistema OFF was intuitive so that the wide variety of users using the systems for the first time could do so without problems. Besides, The AV equipment had to take up minimal space or adapt to the rack available between two of the rooms.

The specialist Context Systems has been responsible for the design and integration of the updated AV systems for the rooms, whose premise has been image quality and flexibility in the audio and video distribution and its control, with system specification NAV by Extron.

This is what he points out Mike Werner, project manager at Kontek Systems: “to bring the library meeting rooms into what they call the ‘modern era’, new AV systems needed to be connected, and professional technology OFF over IP “It was the best solution.”.

Community members in and around this city can reserve the four meeting rooms at the Chapel Hill Public Library during library hours, that have a similar technological design and can be expanded depending on the capacity needed or the activity.

Las rooms A and B, with capacity for 84 y 162 personas, respectively, They are open spaces very appropriate for presentations, training, events, etc. Each includes a projection system flanked by two wall-mounted displays, as well as a portable lectern and a whiteboard.

Both rooms are connected through the network so that if a speaker presents in room B, the A audience can also see it on the screens, if this is necessary for reasons of space and interest of the activity being carried out.

Las salas C y D accommodate 26 y 12 personas, respectively and are configured in conference format to be used for coordinating community events and nonprofit organization meetings. Each one has table and chairs furniture, with a large format screen and a whiteboard.

To link the four meeting rooms, Kontek developed an Extron AV over IP system with NAV encoders and decoders creating an IP-based video and audio matrix switcher.

Located in the central rack, he NAV G1 includes sign entry about DTP and is used to manage, configure and control remote points of encoders and decoders through the red Gigabit Ethernet from the library.

Each encoder sends High-quality 4K video with ultra-low latency. For HDMI signals with protected content, This equipment complies with HDCP 2.3 and includes Key Less by Extron, that authenticates and maintains the continuous encryption to ensure fast and reliable transmission over the network.

NAV devices also support embedded digital HDMI audio and AES67 over IP to facilitate flexible integration with the two ProDSP processors from the series DMP 128 Extron installation, Dante compatible.

Each meeting room includes standard-style wall plate transmitters. Decorator DTP for AV connectivity from the wall, the lectern or conference table, depending on the space and layout of the room.

Las PTZ cameras, SoundField microphones and speakers Extron ceiling-mounted devices also support video conferencing systems that are connected by the NAV system..

To control the AV system within larger rooms, each one has a touch screen TouchLink Pro de 10” wall mount and two Extron Network Button Panels. The layout in rooms C and D includes the same model of touch screen and panels. Besides, Manufacturer's angled mount supports TouchLink Pro at 25° for wheelchair access.

Kontek has used the software Extron GUI Designer to create a custom user interface, with a home screen with the easily recognizable library logo. In addition to English, the facility provides complete menus in Spanish, mandarin chinese, Burmese and Karenic languages, an amalgamation of dialects spoken in the coastal regions of Thailand.