The Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) is the oldest university in the country. On the Tel Aviv campus, the university recently opened a 200-seat auditorium in the Azrieli Sarona Tower. Designed to host conferences, lectures, and presentations, this facility can be transformed into two auditoriums, enabling two events to take place simultaneously.
The multimedia, communications, and security systems for the new auditorium were designed by Erez Or, CEO at Or-Tech, an AV consultancy based in Tel Mond, Israel. Or fully based his design on audio, video, and USB over TCPIP technology, including the Atlona All-IP Meeting Space solution that incorporates a broad range of its OmniStream encoding, decoding and USB products.
Atlona’s OmniStream Pro encoders and decoders enable configuration via a web-based graphical user interface (GUI) for virtual AV routing over the IP network. They also provide automated monitoring and centralized firmware updating, and can be configured with many of the popular managed network switches.
Or selected OmniStream Pro encoders and decoders largely due to these reasons, as well its simple scalability for AV over IP systems.
The OmniStream USB over IP platform delivers the ability to utilize USB peripherals for applications such as videoconferencing and audio integration. This appealed to Or, who delivered Zoom video conferencing functionality in this space. The configuration comprises AT-OMNI 311 USB to IP Adapter for host devices, and the AT-OMNI-324 IP to USB Adapter for peripherals.
Audio distribution for the auditorium is based on the AES67 standard. The OmniStream encoders and decoders – both single- and dual-channel units are used for each application – integrate with a Symetrix Radius NX 12×8 digital signal processor. When the auditorium is divided into two rooms, Radius will zone the audio accordingly, with Stewart DSP100-2-LZ amplifiers powering JBL speakers. The 200W amplifiers are also Dante-supported, allowing them to take audio straight off the network.
Or adds that Atlona’s integration with Symetrix and other products helped them architect a fully functional AV over IP solution at a time when the product category was still maturing, adding that Atlona’s professional training programs for Israeli integrators were well-timed.
