TURNING ON THE SYSTEM

Press the on/off button shown on the management display placed on the white box.

 

TURNING OFF THE PROJECTOR AND ROLLING UP THE PROJECTION SCREEN

The system activation triggers the activation of the projector with the projection screen being unfolded. If this were not necessary, once the system has completed its boot process press the monitor icon on the management display placed on the white box and then choose “OFF” in the line above dedicated to the projector.

Specularly, if you want to turn the projector on again and unfold the screen you need to reach the same management section and press “ON”.

 

DESKTOP PC

To use the desktop PC that is located on the table open the cabinet below and turn it on. The system will automatically log into the operating system.

If a password is required, for example when returning from sleep mode, you should input “workshop”, same as the username.

 

MICROPHONES

The microphones located on the table and on the podium are active right after the initialization of the general system. Use the touch button at their base to turn a microphone off or on again.

In the cabinets below the table there are radio microphones on their charging dock. After their usage, please put them on their charging dock again. To turn these microphones on or off, press the physical button that is located on them.

 

VOLUME

To adjust the volumes level just use the management display: press the speaker icon and then the + or – buttons related to the specific microphone to set. From the same menu one can decide to mute the microphones.

 

CAMERAS AVAILABLE FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING

In the cabinet behind the speakers and below the projection screen there are two cameras that can be used for videoconferencing. One is a simple “document camera”; the other is a 360° camera with microphones and speakers, able to track several people who take turns in the discussion.

 

DEVICE POWER SUPPLY

In order to supply power to personal devices it is possible to use one of the two USB-C cables or else one of the outlets or the USB-C port located on the white box with the management display.

Alternatively, there are outlets on the left, under the table.

 

NETWORK

The wired connection is made available through connection of your personal device to one of the USB-C cables or to the USB-A cable: there is no need to authenticate.

It is also possible to choose the network cable located on the table, but in this case the device to connect should have previously been registered on the departmental portal with its MAC address at the website https://mail.dei.unipd.it/hostadmin/.

Also wireless network is available through SSO (Eduroam network) or departmental authentication (DEI network).

 

DISPLAYS LOCATED ON THE TABLE

It is possible to modify what is being shown on the two displays located on the table through the management display in the “REC” section: choose “PC” to show what is being projected on the projection screen behind or “CAM” to show the video that is being captured by the camera (placed on the ceiling, next to the projector) or else one of the combinations available.

 

VIDEO PROJECTION

To project on the projection screen the content of a personal device it has to be connected using one of the USB-C cables or the HDMI cable.

Furthermore, on the management display you have to access the projection section by pressing the monitor icon and then choose the connection type used to connect the device whose video has to be shared.

 

SOUND SYTEM

The audio recorded by the microphones can be captured by establishing a connection with the system through USB-C or USB-A cable. Then, on your personal device, you can set the “Tesira” system among the given inputs.

Specularly, the sound originated from the device can be addressed to the speakers of the room with the same cables as above and then choosing again “Tesira”, now among the output devices.

 

CAMERA WITH AUTOTRACKING

It is possible to control the framing of the camera located on the ceiling next to the projector through the management display: access the section with the camera symbol and from there you can choose to enable the autotracking of the speakers so that the camera will start to follow them taking close-up shots or else to use the manual controls in the central section of the page. In this last case you can choose one of the presets that are listed on the left side or you can customize the shot using the controls on the right side.

The video coming from the camera can be captured via connection through one of the USB-C cables or the USB-A cable. Subsequently, on your device choose the camera as video input.

 

SYSTEM CONNECTION SWITCHING

The camera, the sound system and the network made available by the USB-C, USB-A or HDMI connection are exclusively visible to the device who is in control of the projection at a given time, that is the selected device as explained in the paragraph video projection.

Moving the selection to another device (that also means towards another physical connection) from the same projection menu such room systems get moved to the new selected device: this last device will be able to access camera, sound system and network.

 

RECORDING

It is possible to record the projected content and the video captured from the camera through the management display in the “REC” section: select one the possibilities presented and then press “START RECORDING”.

Later, you need to come back to this section and press “STOP RECORDING”.

 

EXPORTING RECORDINGS

To extract the video you should open the cabinet under the desktop PC and insert a USB memory device, such as a pendrive or a hard disk with enough free space, into the port of the grey device called “Epiphan Pearl Mini”: the most recent recordings that have not yet been downloaded will be automatically transferred to the connected device.

The time that is necessary to complete the file transfer depends on the duration of the recordings and on the writing speed of the device that is being used. To check the remaining time you can use the touch screen of the recording system: press the cog icon in the bottom right corner, reach page 2 of the list and press “File transfers”.

The file created with the default settings roughly weighs 1 GB for each 24 minutes of recording.

 

USB MODE SELECTION

On the management display in the section dedicated to the projection that can be reached by pressing the monitor icon on the left, it is possible to select the “USB mode” in the bottom part: to this moment, the PC label identifies almost every device, while the TABLET label only applies to the iPad Pro due to a peculiarity of this kind of devices.

 

TURNING OFF THE SYSTEM

Press the button with the home icon on the management display located on the white box and then press the central “SPEGNI” button. There is no need for any other action.