The integration of Lightware products with Cisco Room opens up new and interesting scenarios for the management of modular corporate spaces: Lightware\u2019s ISE between confirmations and news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Let\u2019s start from the end: what opinion on ISE 2020<\/strong><\/a> by Adriano D\u2019Alessio of Lightware Italia<\/a><\/strong>? \u201cIt was good\u201d – he tells us on the fourth day of the fair \u2013 \u201cdespite a drop in turnout, obviously, because of worries. It\u2019s confirmed, however, that the Lightware<\/strong><\/a> brand is now well positioned, customers come to look for us and to meet us, from this point of view we are satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lightware<\/strong><\/a> stand, in fact, was among the most interesting in terms of system integration. So, let\u2019s start from this interesting aspect: the integration between Lightware<\/strong><\/a> and Cisco Room<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cThe Cisco<\/strong><\/a> control panel has only been used to control Cisco<\/strong><\/a> video conferencing\u201d, continues Adriano D\u2019Alessio.<\/strong> \u201cWe have used the Cisco<\/strong><\/a> protocol combined with ours and, obviously, with our products; in this way the Cisco<\/strong><\/a> controller has become the control panel of the entire meeting room, allowing you to control all the equipment present. As a demo, here at ISE<\/strong><\/a> we brought an 8×4 matrix<\/strong> with HDBaseT I\/O<\/strong> and two workstations with multi-format inputs. With the Cisco<\/strong><\/a> panel you can see and switch all sources, as well as see active and inactive sources. You can also turn the lights on and off. In short, we have achieved a complete and very transparent integration: Cisco<\/strong><\/a> has opened the API<\/strong> and we have integrated them.\u201d This operation is particularly interesting for divisible environments. In fact, at ISE,<\/a> Lightware<\/a><\/strong> organized a dedicated demo in a simulated divisible room environment, to show how the system is capable of extending Cisco<\/a> Room Kits<\/strong> by allowing them to connect to additional sources with various ports (including HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C,<\/strong> DVI<\/strong>) and also to automatically control room applications.<\/p>\n As for the Rental world, Adriano D\u2019Alessio<\/strong> resumes: \u201cWe have the new UBEX<\/a> 10-20 Gbit on IP,<\/strong> uncompressed and without latency. The main novelty is the strengthened chassis to better adapt to demanding applications. In addition, we have a Neutrik<\/strong> connection for fiber, and the possibility of changing the filters for impurities, an important feature because smoke often spoils the devices, on the stages. The UBEX series<\/strong><\/a> has undoubtedly had some success; we are talking about a matrix that works on IP, with uncompressed and latency-free signals, therefore in all respects like a true matrix. The problem with this product is being correctly understood by the public, who often, when they hear about IP, do not consider the product as a matrix.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking of matrices, the new models with DisplayPort 1.2<\/strong> were also presented at ISE 2020<\/a>,<\/strong> ranging from 4×4<\/strong> to 48×48<\/strong> stand alone, designed for the Rental world and for events. \u201cWe also have mixed matrices\u201d \u2013 Adriano D\u2019Alessio<\/strong> points out \u2013 \u201cwith DisplayPort inputs<\/strong> and HDMI outputs,<\/strong> and with redundant power supply. The new MX2M modular matrix<\/a><\/strong> will instead be officially presented at InfoComm:<\/strong> it will be a 4K 60Hz 4: 4: 4<\/strong> matrix, with various inputs and outputs, which will evolve the concept of matrix: in practice we have taken the best of our classic matrices, the best 25G arrays, and we joined it. The result will be a mixed matrix, with separate audio and control layers, and with four or more modules. To complete the product are Audio Dante, analog audio, USB, video<\/strong> and extension,<\/strong> currently available in optical fiber, but soon also SDVoE<\/strong> and HDBaseT 3.0<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n To conclude, points of interest were also the new MMU,<\/a><\/strong> a matrix unit<\/strong> that allows you to see the entire system as if it were a matrix, and UC products. As for the MMU,<\/strong><\/a> all the products that make up a system can be connected to it: the unit takes care of addressing the various IPs and allows you to work with the dynamics of a real matrix, without however compression or latency.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As for Unified Communication,<\/strong> however, the novelty is represented by universal switchers that integrate USB routing for AV signals, in order to offer cutting-edge solutions for corporate environments, also promising a number of new features including USB-C connectivity,<\/strong> control capabilities of the meeting room and the possibility for users to use their videoconferencing platform to further simplify collaboration.<\/p>\n