Controlling Powerpoint
Jeff
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I've got a conference room that is getting a touch panel on the table, not just off to the side with the computer. As such, I'd like to integrate powerpoint control from the table. All I really need is next slide/previous slide/black screen control. I'm already putting a wireless keyboard/mouse in there, but if they just want to control powerpoint, I don't want them to have to use that.
I've never done this before. I've got two rooms in the building that currently have this capability. One of them has a projector in the room that has a serial cable running from the projector to the computer. The projector remote has mouse commands on it, those commands were captured, and the computer commands are sent to the projector from AMX and then sent to the computer via 232.
The other room has an IR keyboard receiver in it. I don't know where the IR Keyboard itself is, or if you can purchase just the receiver. Apparently the installer of this room captured the commands for next slide/previous/etc from the keyboard, loaded them into IREdit, and stuck an IR emitter to the IR Receiver.
So I've seen two ways to accomplish this. My real question is, are either of these a particularly good way to accomplish this. If the projector can send mouse commands via serial, can the AMX do it as well? The projector in this new room doesn't have that capability (or if it does, it still seems cumbersome and not all that reliable), and I'd like to avoid purchasing an IR Keyboard Receiver.
Any suggestions about ways you've integrated powerpoint control to panels that you're happy with would be appreciated.
J
I've never done this before. I've got two rooms in the building that currently have this capability. One of them has a projector in the room that has a serial cable running from the projector to the computer. The projector remote has mouse commands on it, those commands were captured, and the computer commands are sent to the projector from AMX and then sent to the computer via 232.
The other room has an IR keyboard receiver in it. I don't know where the IR Keyboard itself is, or if you can purchase just the receiver. Apparently the installer of this room captured the commands for next slide/previous/etc from the keyboard, loaded them into IREdit, and stuck an IR emitter to the IR Receiver.
So I've seen two ways to accomplish this. My real question is, are either of these a particularly good way to accomplish this. If the projector can send mouse commands via serial, can the AMX do it as well? The projector in this new room doesn't have that capability (or if it does, it still seems cumbersome and not all that reliable), and I'd like to avoid purchasing an IR Keyboard Receiver.
Any suggestions about ways you've integrated powerpoint control to panels that you're happy with would be appreciated.
J
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J
Just checked the product description - says it doesn't support PP 2003 or more recent. That's pretty bogus, huh? Guess it's not a real solution anymore.
- Chip
most of the free i! applications are downloadable from their product page, and PCLink Powerpoint wasn't, so I checked GSA Advantage and got $310.
So assuming this is no longer a real solution because we're using Ppt 2003 and moving to 2007 soon, whats the next move?
J
Works great and clients can understand it.
Still available for download free from amx
Where? I can't find it . . . .
J
http://www.amx.com/techcenter/applications.asp?Category=integration!%20Solutions
That should take you to all of them.
My AMX masters are not on the same LAN as the computers in the room, so pcLink wont work because the control is over the network. The reason for this is that I'm controlling the Polycom VSX7000s in each room via IP, and the Polycoms in our building are all on a separate VLAN that has fixed bandwidth for them (and a few other security issues, yay for government work)
Any further suggestions that don't involve network communication with the computer?
J
I'm gonna give PCLink Powerpoint a shot using the 232 mode.
J
It's sneaky, but it works... Hide the mouse, or put the print inside a nice closed box, and no-one will notice