Extron unveils cavalcade of new products at Integrate
The team at Extron has clearly been busy, releasing a raft of new product into the Australian market. In fact, some products were so new that the company didn’t actually allocate space on its stand for them, thinking they wouldn’t be ready in time.
In particular, the CCI Pro 700 – a control system user interface optimised for conferencing, collaboration and AV control – ended up sitting alone on a table with no signage. But that didn’t stop people gathering around to have a look at what is fundamentally different from what Extron is best known.
The CCI Pro 700 supports many of the critical functions needed in a conferencing environment, while providing a powerful and intuitive room control user interface. The compact design includes a 3.5” colour information display, a numeric keypad and backlit buttons. The information display may be used to show contact information, call directories and call status. Buttons directly below the display may be used to navigate custom lists and menus. The CCI Pro 700 supports popular software communications platforms, including Microsoft Lync, Skype for Business and Skype. This additional flexibility affords countless conferencing and control possibilities.
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Perhaps the biggest drawcard on the Extron stand, though, was directly behind the CC1 Pro 700. The XTP II CrossPoint 6400 matrix switcher with a 50Gbps digital switching backplane represents a significant leap in engineering and product design.
The XTP II enables the deployment of an AV system infrastructure with a switching bandwidth that exceeds the data rate required to distribute 4K/60 video with 4:4:4 chroma sampling at 16 bits per colour. These matrix switchers can be configured with a variety of boards, including any of the existing products in the XTP Systems family and the new series of XTP 4K fibre optic boards and endpoints.
Personally, my highlight of the Extron stand was – and remains – the SM 28 SpeedMount surface mount speaker, a two-way speaker with a patent pending, concealed wall mounting system.
This 8Ω speaker features an 8″ (20.3cm) woofer with dual tuned ports and a 1.1″ (2.8cm) tweeter. The SM 28 provides a frequency range from 59Hz to 22kHz, and a power rating of 90W continuous pink noise, 180W continuous program capacity.
But what makes it a standout is the mounting system, which is designed to accommodate division-of-labour installations and save costs.
To meet a variety of installation needs, the extremely flexible mounting system includes a 0° mounting plate and a 10° mounting adapter. The 0° mounting plate provides the electrical connections and allows the SM 28 to be oriented vertically or horizontally, flush with the wall. When the versatile 10° mounting adapter is added to the mounting plate, the SM 28 can be positioned with a 10° tilt downward, upward, left or right.
During rough-in, a low-voltage contractor installs the mounting system on the wall and terminates the speaker cable to the mount’s integrated wiring contacts. Later, the AV system contractor completes the installation by sliding the SM 28 onto the mount.
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