Download the ZIP file and we need the -UC file. The project file is hosted on the Crestron site here but you’ll need a login to access it.
We can do it via the Windows Desktop on the Flex systems or via XiO Cloud. Remember I said AirMedia was HDMI and Wireless content sharing? How do you get to that? Well, we can upload a project to the Crestron Flex UC Engine. When you do press the Present button, it acts as normal. You could, of course, customise the wallpaper with your own one. Take one Crestron Flex and one Crestron AirMedia and we have a normal setup like the screen below. Crestron AirMedia AM-200 AirMedia with Flex Mode It is powered using standard POE and configuration is done via a web interface or it can also be added to Crestron XIO Cloud that’s hosted in the Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, so you can control them centrally.
A small device that is usually mounted to the wall near the Crestron Flex UC Engine plate. Here is a video overview of the AirMedia capabilities.ĪirMedia® 2.0: Enterprise-Grade Wireless Presentation Solution from Crestron Electronics, Inc.
The HDMI input supports HD 1080p signals while the DM input supports 4K signals. The DM input may also be used to connect to a DM switcher, which may be located up to 330 ft (100 m) away, to support the display of content from another room or other remote location. It can do HDMI and Wireless with the AM-200 and with the AM-300, it adds on the capability for Digital Media (DM). Crestron AirMedia is not just a one-trick pony. Present into a Room AirMedia Overviewīut wait, there is more. This means the content is not shared until someone presses the Present button on the Centre of Room console. So Crestron came up with a Flex mode for the AirMedia.
It would also still have the directions on how to connect via Wireless. You could customise the wallpaper to make it look like an MTR, so your company wallpaper and logo on that splash screen. What does this mean in real life? Well you lose the MTR branding wallpaper and you see the native wireless sharing screen whether it’s from Crestron, Mersive, Barco etc. You can enable/disable auto sending when in an online meeting via the settings, but when in the room locally, it’s happening whenever the content is seen on that input. What’s this you ask? When you connect an input to the MTR, it wants to send that content source all the time. So Crestron has had wireless content sharing for a while and with the latest release, there is a Flex mode. Meet Now when in a different tenant to MTR Introducing Crestron AirMedia 2.0 Just not there, so your only option is HDMI. What happens when I’m a guest in the meeting room and I have a different Microsoft Teams tenant? Well, you don’t see that the meeting room is available. However, you just get to share desktop and no system audio. This also works when you are using the Teams in a browser. So this method of sharing is all good if you are on the network and able to access the Teams meeting server. You will then see the content on the Front of Room screens. Just remember to mute your local speakers as it will come through the MTR room speakers. You then have the option of sending in your system audio. You can select your whole desktop, a window/app, uploaded PowerPoint or Microsoft White. Now that the camera and mics are muted, you can head back to your desktop client and click on the Present icon. Incoming call on MTR Muting the room Mic and Camera MTR Mic and Camera controls Sharing Content from the Teams Client You will need to mute the room camera and mic, so it’s content sharing only. This will then place a call to the MTR system, so when the incoming call rings, just click on the Join button.
Obviously you need Bluetooth switched on within your device settings. This is using the Bluetooth Beaconing feature of the MTR between the client and MTR system. Just make sure your camera and mic are off!! Microsoft Teams Meet Now You can then wireless share your screen or app into the room. The other way to share content into the room wirelessly, you can do a Meet Now in your Teams Client and when you are in the room, your client will recognise this and ask if you want to bring the system into the call. With just the Microsoft Teams Room system, you can use either the HDMI cable to present to the room and then this will also share audio content, or when in a meeting, it will share just content, not audio. First off, let look at how we do this natively with Microsoft Teams. This means users are able to use wireless technology built into laptops and mobile devices such as Miracast and AirPlay to stream to these devices.
There are many vendors out there such as the Crestron AirMed, Barco Clickshare, Mersive Solstice, AirTame, and others. Many organisations I meet are trying to get to a clear table environment and have some sort of Wireless Content Sharing in the room.