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Bring Your Own Control with the Q-SYS Ecosystem
4m 32s
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As we consider a post-COVID world,
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we want to make sure that our meeting room participants are as safe as possible.
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That could mean minimizing physical interaction with room control.
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Today I’m going to show you how to let users control their Q-SYS meeting rooms
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from their smartphone devices rather than relying solely on a touchscreen controller . . . using QR Codes.
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That’s right, I said “QR codes”.
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I’ll be the first to admit, that when QR codes first came out, I laughed at these things. Like, a lot.
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Like, they were gimmicky and they were hard to use. But believe it or not, these little guys have come a long way,
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and most smart phones nowadays natively recognize QR codes in the camera app,
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and give you the ability to launch a web URL or a link to launch a specific app.
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Well, that’s exactly what we’re gonna do with Q-SYS UCI.
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To get started, your Q-SYS Core processor needs to be connected to the same Wifi network
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used by your meeting room participants.
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If your Core is using a dedicated AV network that’s not a part of the larger corporate wi-fi network,
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you could always use one of the available unused LAN ports on your Core to make this connection.
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An easy way to test this out would be to connect your phone or laptop to that same Wifi network and then
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attempt to open Core Manager from a browser using your Core’s IP address.
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While you’re in Core Manager, you can grab the link to the desired UCI.
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Click on the User Control Interface tab, select the appropriate UCI and then click Open in the upper right corner.
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You’ll see a pop-up window containing the link we’ll use for the QR Code.
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Next, it’s time to generate your QR code and make it available to your users.
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You can use any number of FREE QR generators available online, so take your pick.
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Enter your URL to generate the QR Code, and then output that code as a high resolution jpg or PNG.
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Alternatively, you could use the QR Code Generator plugin which you can find in Q-SYS Designer Asset Manager.
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After installing it, drag that component into your Schematic, and then open it.
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Once you've saved to the Core and run, select the network interface and the UCI device type,
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and then, the plugin will automatically generate a custom QR Code, which you can place into your UCI.
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Keep in mind that this plugin does require a scripting engine to deploy and an active connection to the internet
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to generate the code, so clearly this plugin doesn’t work for every system.
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But if you already have the Scripting license deployed in your system. It’s a nice shortcut to creating that QR code.
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In either scenario, you can then go to UCI Editor and drag your QR graphic onto the UCI.
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Just make sure you place it somewhere where it's easily accessible from any page, like on your main navigation.
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Then, all your users need to do is open their camera app on their smart phone, aim it at that code,
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and in a matter of seconds, they'll have control of that room on their phones!
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If you want to take extra precaution, replace your standard controls on your TSC with a single screen
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containing NO other controls other than that QR Code link,
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funneling all users to your custom smartphone’s friendly UCI control.
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You could even wire a simple motion sensor to trigger Q-SYS to automatically wake up the TSC
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when users enter the room!
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Pretty cool, right? Well let’s take that a few steps farther shall we?
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Maybe you want to display social distancing instructions directly
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on the room’s display before each meeting.
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Well if those installations are using NV Series video endpoints, you could totally do that!
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You can start by making a custom signage graphic available to your NV Series devices using Core Manager.
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These background graphics are shared assets for all NV devices on the same system.
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Then, you can enabled the Dynamic Idle Screen feature,
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allowing you customize the message for each endpoint and room it services.
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You could direct your attendees to use the QR Code on the touch screen,
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or maybe even provide a Bitly version of your UCI that they can use on their mobile browser.
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And, that’s it for Bring your Own Control with Q-SYS. Stay safe everyone, and we’ll see you next time.
Lesson Description
Bring Your Own Control with the Q-SYS Ecosystem
4m 32s
Make your meeting rooms touch-free and protect your participants with Q-SYS. Learn how to access Q-SYS user control interface on your own smartphone using QR codes or short URLs, and use NV Series to display social distancing messing using NV Series.
Visit qsc.com/bringyourowncontrol for more tips on using Q-SYS for a touchfree meeting room.
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Bring Your Own Control with the Q-SYS Ecosystem
4m 32s
Visit qsc.com/bringyourowncontrol for more tips on using Q-SYS for a touchfree meeting room.
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