McMaster University

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Custom designed lectern console with built-in confidence monitors, a Crestron TPMC-15L 15-inch touchpanel, a Smart Sypodium interactive pen display, a drawer with document camera, and inputs for laptop or alternative video sources. The height of the lectern console was an important factor in the design as the visibility of the professor from any point in the room was to be unobstructed.

As an added security measure, the entire lectern console including the document camera drawer is secured and protected using an electromagnetic lock which is deactivated once the correct code is entered using the control panel.

Two Middle Atlantic ERK-44 space racks house all of the audio and video processing equipment for the auditorium. A collection of ten BSS Soundweb Blue systems manage the 122 desktop request-tospeak microphones installed in the auditorium audience desks for use by the lecture attendees. This system was designed on a BSS Cobranet platform with future considerations to distribute audio to a central studio for complete signal management. All BSS audio system wires linking to the request-tospeak microphones are neatly bundled for easy access and management.

The front of the auditorium shows two Polycom Eagle Eye robotic cameras mounted below a 22 ft. wide x 5 ft. high custom Dalite front projection screen. These cameras are programmed to capture video of students during Q & A sessions. One camera will broadcast the student with current speaking privilege while the other camera captures the next student in the queue based on the request-to-speak button installed with each microphone.