CASE STUDY
Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina
ClarkPowell partnered with Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) to design and install audiovisual and collaboration systems in their new Sciences Building. This one-of-a-kind building, with its sleek and contemporary design, is located near the heart of the 117-acre campus. The $53.3 million, 102,095 square foot facility offers state-of-the-art audiovisual teaching technology for students majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, and health studies. WSSU’s goal was to create an open, flexible, and interactive learning environment with AV-enabled education spaces.
Technical Specifications
“All of the AV-enabled education spaces rely on Extron switching, distribution, and control designs ranging from a customized Extron PlenumVault configuration to more complex setups built around Extron matrix switchers.
Seventeen classrooms, labs, and study areas are equipped with PlenumVault® digital classroom systems that include a PVS 407D switcher with integrated AV system controller and audio amplifier. The switcher receives input signals from a PVT HDMI wallplate and a ShareLink Pro 1100 Wired and Wireless Presentation System. The wallplate handles two HDMI sources, typically from the instructor. Students share content from their portable devices over Wi-Fi via the ShareLink Pro 1100. Video is displayed by a single ceiling-mounted projector and audio is played over FF 120T Flat Field® ceiling-mounted speakers. An IPL Pro S3 control processor augments the switcher’s integrated controller, providing an interactive graphical user interface on a TLP Pro 525M 5" TouchLink® Pro Touchpanel. All system components except the HDMI wallplate and the touchpanel are hidden in an enclosure above the suspended ceiling.
Five of the building’s large classrooms have multiple displays and wireless mics. One of these rooms is a divisible space with a projector and a 65” flat panel display on each side of the movable partition. The other four rooms have one projector for the screen at the front and two 65" flat panel displays along the sides. Mobile desks allow students to form ad hoc collaboration pods gathered around each display. AV content can be sourced from DTP wallplate transmitters with HDMI and DisplayPort inputs. Students can share content via three ShareLink Pro 1100’s – one for each screen.
A DTP CrossPoint 84 4K matrix switcher routes each source to the appropriate screens based on selections made at a TLP Pro 1025M 10" TouchLink Pro Touchpanel interfaced to the switcher’s integrated IPCP Pro control processor. The switcher’s 100-watt audio amplifier drives six or eight FF 220T Flat Field ceiling-mounted speakers, depending on room size.
The divisible room has two of everything that the other large classrooms have, plus a Blu-ray player and features a DTP CrossPoint 108 4K matrix switcher for increased switching capacity. The switcher’s integrated audio amplifier drives ten FF 220T speakers on one side of the room, while an XPA 2001 amplifier drives ten more speakers on the other side. A TLP Pro 1025T 10" Tabletop TouchLink Pro Touchpanel at the AV rack augments two TLP Pro 1025M's on opposite walls of the room, providing a single point of control for both sides of the room if needed.
Makerspace Takes In the Makerspace, students work in tight-knit teams to turn concepts into products using 3D printers and other tools. A basic AV system provides all the functionality required to share ideas across the working group. The AV system is built around an HC 403 Meeting Space Collaboration System. AV sources are plugged into an HC 403 transmitter wallplate that auto-switches between two inputs, or people can connect wirelessly via a ShareLink Pro 1100. The HC 403 receiver features built-in control capability and supplies the selected AV source video to a 1080p laser projector and mono sound to ceiling-mounted FF 120T speakers via an MPA 601 amplifier. Users control the system using an interactive graphical interface presented on a TLP Pro 525M TouchLInk Pro Touchpanel. All system components except the wallplate and the touchpanel are housed in an enclosure hidden above the suspended ceiling.”
EXTRON Education
“All of the AV-enabled education spaces rely on Extron switching, distribution, and control designs ranging from a customized Extron PlenumVault configuration to more complex setups built around Extron matrix switchers.
Seventeen classrooms, labs, and study areas are equipped with PlenumVault® digital classroom systems that include a PVS 407D switcher with integrated AV system controller and audio amplifier. The switcher receives input signals from a PVT HDMI wallplate and a ShareLink Pro 1100 Wired and Wireless Presentation System. The wallplate handles two HDMI sources, typically from the instructor. Students share content from their portable devices over Wi-Fi via the ShareLink Pro 1100. Video is displayed by a single ceiling-mounted projector and audio is played over FF 120T Flat Field® ceiling-mounted speakers. An IPL Pro S3 control processor augments the switcher’s integrated controller, providing an interactive graphical user interface on a TLP Pro 525M 5" TouchLink® Pro Touchpanel. All system components except the HDMI wallplate and the touchpanel are hidden in an enclosure above the suspended ceiling.
Five of the building’s large classrooms have multiple displays and wireless mics. One of these rooms is a divisible space with a projector and a 65” flat panel display on each side of the movable partition. The other four rooms have one projector for the screen at the front and two 65" flat panel displays along the sides. Mobile desks allow students to form ad hoc collaboration pods gathered around each display. AV content can be sourced from DTP wallplate transmitters with HDMI and DisplayPort inputs. Students can share content via three ShareLink Pro 1100’s – one for each screen.
A DTP CrossPoint 84 4K matrix switcher routes each source to the appropriate screens based on selections made at a TLP Pro 1025M 10" TouchLink Pro Touchpanel interfaced to the switcher’s integrated IPCP Pro control processor. The switcher’s 100-watt audio amplifier drives six or eight FF 220T Flat Field ceiling-mounted speakers, depending on room size.
The divisible room has two of everything that the other large classrooms have, plus a Blu-ray player and features a DTP CrossPoint 108 4K matrix switcher for increased switching capacity. The switcher’s integrated audio amplifier drives ten FF 220T speakers on one side of the room, while an XPA 2001 amplifier drives ten more speakers on the other side. A TLP Pro 1025T 10" Tabletop TouchLink Pro Touchpanel at the AV rack augments two TLP Pro 1025M's on opposite walls of the room, providing a single point of control for both sides of the room if needed.
Makerspace Takes In the Makerspace, students work in tight-knit teams to turn concepts into products using 3D printers and other tools. A basic AV system provides all the functionality required to share ideas across the working group. The AV system is built around an HC 403 Meeting Space Collaboration System. AV sources are plugged into an HC 403 transmitter wallplate that auto-switches between two inputs, or people can connect wirelessly via a ShareLink Pro 1100. The HC 403 receiver features built-in control capability and supplies the selected AV source video to a 1080p laser projector and mono sound to ceiling-mounted FF 120T speakers via an MPA 601 amplifier. Users control the system using an interactive graphical interface presented on a TLP Pro 525M TouchLInk Pro Touchpanel. All system components except the wallplate and the touchpanel are housed in an enclosure hidden above the suspended ceiling.”
EXTRON Education
WSSU was founded in 1892 and is presently educating 5,169 students: offering
40 undergraduate majors and 10 masters and doctorate programs.
40 undergraduate majors and 10 masters and doctorate programs.
