Abstract
For a long time HEP has been ahead of the curve in its usage of remote collaboration tools, like videoconference and webcast, while the local CERN collaboration facilities were somewhat behind the expected quality standards for various reasons. This time is now over with the creation by the CERN IT department in 2012 of an integrated conference room service which provides guidance and installation services for new rooms (either equipped for videoconference or not), as well as maintenance and local support. Managing now nearly half of the 246 meeting rooms available on the CERN sites, this service has been built to cope with the management of all CERN rooms with limited human resources. This has been made possible by the intensive use of professional software to manage and monitor all the room equipment, maintenance and activity. This paper focuses on presenting these packages, either off-the-shelf commercial products (asset and maintenance management tool, remote audio-visual equipment monitoring systems, local automation devices, new generation touch screen interfaces for interacting with the room) when available or locally developed integration and operational layers (generic audio-visual control and monitoring framework) and how they help overcoming the challenges presented by such a service. The aim is to minimise local human interventions while preserving the highest service quality and placing the end user back in the centre of this collaboration platform.
Highlights
Benefits: Less training needed Better efficiency for the users Better deals when purchasing Easier integration in monitoring frameworks Reproducible prices and installation times for new rooms
Three room templates have been defined for each room size
Table-top control devices (Extron MLC series) to replace all remotes Larger venues equipped with Crestron controllers and touch panels
Summary
T Baron, M Domaracky, G Duran, J Fernandes, P Ferreira, J B Gonzalez Lopez, F Jouberjean, L Lavrut and N Tarocco (CERN). Applies to PCs, videoconference devices, projectors, control devices, amplifiers, microphones, etc. Three room templates have been defined for each room size. Benefits: Less training needed (for users and supporters) Better efficiency for the users Better deals when purchasing Easier integration in monitoring frameworks Reproducible prices and installation times for new rooms
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