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  • Extron ControlScript Helped UNCW Technicians Deliver the AV Visions for Their Newest Academic Building

    Extron ControlScript Helped UNCW Technicians Deliver the AV Visions for Their Newest Academic Building

    University of North Carolina Wilmington – UNCW’s newest and largest academic building, Veterans Hall, needed to be filled with flexible spaces that would support Active Learning and Hybrid Distance Education. Their Integrated Educational Technology team knew the traditional way of large matrix switching cabinets and standalone control systems wasn’t going to meet their need, so they decided to go with an AV over IP solution and chose an Extron NAV system that would eventually span six floors with 205 endpoints tied back to a single Navigator. Because they needed unique and flexible systems, UNCW programmed the system using Extron ControlScript to realize their vision for the building. 

    “Without the flexibility of Extron ControlScript, the Veterans Hall AV systems would simply have not operated with the ease and versatility UNCW needed,” says Richard Blaylock, CTS-I, AV Systems Engineer, Integrated Education Technologies, University of North Carolina Wilmington.

    Dynamic variables, object-oriented programming, smart use of GUI and code interconnections, and access to things like event handlers and TCP/IP client-server functionality all factored into making a building-wide system that not only worked but has continued to work well for over a year of high-stakes use. UNCW has already gone on to leverage ControlScript in other projects, including upgrading existing Distance Education control rooms, a refit of a three-way divisible ballroom, the audio control system for the main basketball coliseum, a film studies post-production computer lab, and a new 4K digital cinema.

    To read the UNCW Veterans Hall Programmer’s Perspective, click here.

  • Extron NAV Series meets strict Federal Government cryptographic requirements

    Extron NAV Series meets strict Federal Government cryptographic requirements

    ANAHEIM, Calif. – Extron is pleased to announce that the NAV Series integrates the Extron cryptographic module to meet NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology – guidelines for FIPS 140-2 certification. FIPS 140-2 is an information technology security accreditation program that validates cryptographic modules meet well-defined security standards required by federal government agencies.

    Extron NAV Series meets strict Federal Government security standard

    “We are excited to announce that our NAV Pro AV over IP Series meets the FIPS 140-2 standard, ensuring that sensitive data is protected,” says Casey Hall, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Extron. “This update to the Extron NAV platform is just one of the ways that we are continually improving the product line for secure applications, including those of the federal government.”

    NAV is the only no-compromise Pro AV over IP solution for distribution and switching of ultra-low latency, high quality video and audio signals over an Ethernet network at low bitrates. It delivers groundbreaking performance with real-time, lossless video over IP at resolutions up to 4K @ 60 Hz with 4:4:4 chroma sampling and ultra-low latency.