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Moffett 209 User Guide
Brief Overview
The classroom technology in Moffett 209 can be thought of as having two main components: the instructor station/front of the classroom, and the Wolfvision group workstation pods. The Crestron touch panel is used to turn the system in the room on/off, control what is being sent to the projectors, and control what is playing out of the room’s speakers.
The room will function like any other tech classroom on campus, for which only the Crestron touch panel is needed for basic classroom operation. The large touch screen is only used to route video sources to the pods or route a pod’s content to the instructor station/projectors.
To take advantage of the pods, use the larger touch screen to choose what content is being sent to each pod, which can be independent of what is displayed on the projector. Each pod has wireless connectivity so that someone at each station can send a device’s output to a pod’s display for independent group work. Additionally, a pod’s video feed can be sent to the projectors if desired.
(Main Desk)
(Wolfvision Touch Screen for Pod Control)
(Crestron Touch Panel)
Standard Classroom Operation
1. With the system off, the Crestron touch panel will display its home screen – touch the screen to begin operation.
2. Touching the screen will prompt the user to either turn the system on or back out to the home screen.Turning the system on will initiate its warmup sequence, which will show a warmup progress bar on the touch panel, the screens above the whiteboard at the front of the room will descend, the projectors will turn on, and the pods will turn on.
3. After warming up, the touch panel will display the source selection screen.From here, the user can choose from multiple video sources that will display on the projectors and the instructor station monitor, and the audio for the selected video source will play out of the ceiling mounted speakers.Note: though independent control of each projector is available for when the user wants one projector inactive to use the whiteboard, both projectors will project the same image while in use.
Available sources for display include:
PC: the instructor station computer built into the desk.
Laptop USB-C: USB-C cable to display an external device, such as a laptop.
Doc Cam: the document camera on the instructor station desk.
Laptop HDMI: HDMI cable to display an external device, such as a laptop.
Pods: a video feed from one of the pods. When choosing Pods, the user will need to route which pod’s video feed to display using the larger touch screen used for pod operation.
Additional controls available include:
Left/Right Projector Sceen Up and Screen Down: manually lowers or raises the projector screen for the selected side. Note: the left/right orientation is from the audience’s perspective.
Left/Right Projector Video Blank: disables the video displayed on the projector for a given side; the instructor station monitor will still be active and showing the current source selected. Note: the left/right orientation is from the audience’s perspective.
Volume: lowers or raises the volume level of the speakers by pressing the appropriate speaker button on either side of the volume gauge.
Pods Blank: disables the video displayed on the pods.
Exit: prompts the user to shut the system down.
The touch panel also features the current time and date, as well as an auto-shutoff timer: the room will automatically shut the system down after two hours of touch panel inactivity, for which pressing any button on the touch panel will reset the timer.
4. Pressing the Exit button in the lower left corner of the touch panel will prompt the user to either shut the system down or return to the source selection screen.Turning the system off will initiate its shutdown sequence, which will display a shutdown progress bar on the touch panel, the screens above the white board at the front of the room will raise up, the projectors will turn off, and the pods will turn off.
Group Workstation Pods Operation:
Content can be sent to and from the Group Workstation Pods, meaning that an input source at the instructor station can be sent out to any or all of the pods, and additionally content from a pod can be routed to the projector.
1. Turning on the classroom system using the Crestron touch panel will turn on the displays for the pods.The home screen for the pods provides instructions for how a device can be connected wirelessly via Windows Miracast, Apple Airplay, or using the Wolfvision vSolution Link software (note: using the Wolfvision vSolution Link software provides the best wireless connectivity with the pods).No additional control at the instructor station is necessary for pods to operate independently.
2. To control the content being sent out to one or more pods, use the large touch screen labeled “Pod Control Only” on the right-hand side of the desk.Start first by initiating an input source by touching the screen and selecting the yellow “+” button that appears at the bottom middle of the screen.A popup menu will appear showing the available sources, including the Instructor Station (the currently selected video source on the Crestron touch panel), various built-in tools such as a whiteboard and web browser, and Document Camera.Select a source to make it appear in the sources bin; in this example, the Instructor Station is selected.
3. After choosing a source, the source routing between the pods and the instructor station will need to be set.Begin by touching and dragging a source from the sources bin to the box above labeled “To Pods” (Note: the “Unused” box will not display).You can expand a source image on this touch screen by touching the “To Pods” window or any sources in the source bin, where you can also use the buttons on the right-hand side to annotate the image. Tap the “minimize” button in the upper right-hand corner (which looks like the four corners of an intersection) to return to the source selection bin screen.
(Minimize Button)
4. To establish the routing, tap anywhere on the screen and select the half-circle shaped routing button on the left side of the screen (two dots with an arrow running from one to the other).This will bring up a screen showing each of the pods, with the instructor station represented as a highlighted yellow dot on the right side of the screen.
(Routing Screen Button)
5. To route the instructor station to a pod, simply drag and drop an arrow from the instructor station dot to one or more of the pods.To send the same signal to all of the pods, click on the instructor station dot and select “Share Screen With All Stations”.When a connection is made, an arrow is shown running from the instructor station to the pod(s).After establishing the desired routing, press the back arrow on the right side of the screen to return to the source selection screen.
6. To select a different source to send to the pods, return to the source selection bin screen.Click the yellow “+” icon to add a new source to the sources bin, drag and drop the previous video source from the “To Pods” box back into the sources bin, then drag and drop the new video source up to the “To Pods” box. In this example, the Document Camera is now selected, and the Instructor Station is now available again in the sources bin. Note: clicking on the “X” in the upper right-hand corner of a source will remove it as an active source; return to the yellow “+” button menu to re-add it if necessary.
7. To route a signal from a pod to the projectors, start by tapping into the routing screen, select the instructor station, and choose “Stop Sharing.”Next, tap and drag the connection dot from the desired pod to the yellow instructor station dot.This creates a line with arrows going from the pod to the instructor station.Finally, on the main Crestron touch panel, select the “Pods” button to display the pod on the projector.To stop sharing a pod’s video feed, return to the routing screen and tap the gray “X” on the pod being sent to the yellow Instructor Station dot.
8. When finished using the station, clear all settings, selections, and routings by returning to the main source selection screen and pressing the ellipsis “…” button in the lower right corner of the touch screen. Select the “End Presentation” button, then on the next menu select “New Presentation.”
