Intelligent Power for the Smart Classroom

INTELLIGENT POWER

FOR THE SMART CLASSROOM

Learn About POWERing AV

More and more educational technologies are living on the network, especially now that remote learning has moved classrooms online. Not only are the classes themselves hosted on video platforms, but more educational materials are also being stored in the cloud. So it follows that there has been a network migration of many of the AV technologies that enable capture, delivery and collaborative sharing of learning content.

As many of these devices are connected on the network, they are often integrated together within an AV over IP framework to maximize flexibility and remote management of the tools that enhance the learning experience. The ability to control and monitor the status of equipment from a central location has been a key benefit to ed-tech managers and IT personnel in K-12 and higher-education.

One essential area that evolved to take greater advantage of network capabilities is energy management and power distribution. On a device level, many pieces of AV technology operate with Power over Ethernet (PoE), and expanding outward across the network of connected devices, there are numerous safety and economic reasons to add intelligent power to educational AV systems.

NEED A FLEXIBLE INSTALLATION?

Power over Ethernet (PoE) allows for flexible installation, as network-connected devices can operate without being plugged into standard outlets. Vaddio has several PoE products in its roster, including its EasyIP systems, professional cameras like ConferenceSHOT AV, HuddleSHOT, RoboSHOT, RoboFLIP, and AV Bridges and more.

Another Legrand | AV brand, Luxul, also adds benefits via PoE. Pairing PoE devices with Luxul Managed Switches allows for use of their “self-healing” features. The switch pings the PoE device at defined intervals, and if the device becomes unresponsive, the switch can remotely restart it.

This also means that you can schedule your touch screens, cameras or any PoE connected devices to reboot regularly. We all know the IT mantra “Did you try powering it off and on?” The same principle applies with AV devices — reboots are good practice, and even better if you can reboot remotely at a time when no one is in the classroom.

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