Crestron starts shipping the AirBoard-- a Power over Ethernet (PoE) electronic whiteboard technology allowing users to view electronic whiteboard content on any display device.

AirBoard is designed to solve the problem of meeting participants (especially remote participants) not being able to see the whiteboard unless seated within direct line of sight. Essentially it is a camera on an arm one can attach to any electronic whiteboard via included mounting kit. Since it uses PoE, only a single ethernet cable to the LAN is required for video, communication and power.

The AirBoard system saves annotations before posting, emailing or texting to either central web page (education applications) or invited participants (corporate applications). Participants simply choose "whiteboard" as a source on the in-room Crestron TSW or Mercury touchscreen to start the session, and when "end meeting" is selected the user can save and send the file.

Remote conferencing participants can access the whiteboard session much like connecting to Crestron AirMedia, by entering the URL or friendly name shown on the room display in the web browser. Once on the web page, the user simply enters the dynamic PIN or access code, which is also shown on the room display.

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