New solutions
“The final solution for each of the rooms really allowed the space to feel homely and welcoming for the residents and their families, whilst delivering great audio discreetly. We are very proud of the solution imple- mented in these homes and glad we could do our bit to enable loved ones to communicate in a safe way during the pandemic.”
Peppe Mallozzi, Regional Sales Man- ager – Pro Audio comments: “We are proud to have worked with SFL on this project. SFL are a pro audio partner, but as like so many in the live events
industry, they’ve had to explore other avenues to sustain business and we support all our customers in think- ing creatively during very challenging business conditions. It is humbling to see our technology have such an im- pact on the mental wellbeing of Royal Star & Garter residents and their fam- ilies. It was clear from the start, that we were demoing a winning solution for the client. After the first few sec- onds, we immediately started talking about mundane, ordinary things, like weather or sport, when we realised that we weren’t paying attention to the
technology, as the technology had just disappeared in front of our eyes and that is exactly the result we were look- ing for.”
“When we planned our Covid-secure visiting rooms, we needed a top-qual- ity system to support older people, who may have auditory issues and use hearing aids, when they meet their rel- atives. The feedback we are receiving from residents and their relatives who visit tell us that is what we have with the Shure audio system,” comments Martin Goldman, Director of Opera- tions, Royal Star & Garter.
Utelogy expands its Utelligence program for A/V device standardization
Utelogy Corporation, a provider of control, monitoring and analytics software for workspace management, has developed a new driver for LEA Professional’s line of profession- al-grade amplifiers and technologies supporting audio-video system inte- grators. The new Utelogy driver joins LEA’s CONNECT SERIES of Applica- tion Programming Interfaces (API), a professional control ecosystem for third-party amplifier control and monitoring. This combined technolo- gy suite gives system integrators ac- cess to a diverse range of plug-ins, as well as expanded local area network amplifier control capabilities using LEA Professional’s web user inter- face and cloud platform.
Utelogy is also adding LEA Profes- sional as the newest global solutions provider in its Utelligence Program. This program is Utelogy’s way of driving the industry to meet a high- er level of standards-based security in connectivity and communications for AV and unified communications (UC) devices, offering rich APIs and improving user experiences by gener- ating meaningful metrics. “Utelligence” describes the ability to capture complete and meaningful metrics that can provide the Utelogy Platform with analytics and insights. A major component of the Utelo- gy platform is device drivers, since they communicate with the AV hard- ware and UC soft codecs that Utel-
ogy monitors, manages, and controls. This newest driver will be certified as a “Utelligent” device, Utelogy’s stamp of approval stating it meets the stan- dards defined by this program. “Part of our mission at LEA Profes- sional is to ensure our products are extremely flexible and easy to use for integrators,” said Blake Augsburger, Founder and CEO at LEA Profession- al. “The Utelogy driver for our Connect Series amplifiers supports this by giv- ing our customers yet another way of integrating our products into one of the platforms they are already using for their projects. The goal is to ensure that LEA products will play well with other systems so our customers can al- ways depend on us for any installation requirements. It was an end-to-end joint collaboration.”
The Utelogy Connect Series API will allow integrators to use the Utelogy software platform to control and mon- itor essential functions and features with the LEA Professional CONNECT SERIES smart professional-grade am- plifiers. The product line was launched in 2019 as the first Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled, cloud-controllable pro- fessional amplifier. Users are able to remotely access their amplifiers by logging into the LEA cloud platform from any location with internet access. LEA Professional amps are utilized in commercial A/V environments includ- ing conference rooms, manufacturing facilities, airports, hotels, houses of
worship, and even restaurants, bars, and gyms. With such a diverse range of applications on projects varying in scope and complexity, integrators need technologies that are flexible, compatible and easy to use. “On any installation project, time saved is money saved and learning a new product and new software can be frustrating and sometimes costly for integrators,” said Frank Pellkofer, President and Co-Founder at Utelogy. “This jointly developed driver will help integrators continue to implement new LEA products and technologies into their systems to better serve their cus- tomers without the usual frustrations that typically accompanies new tech- nology.”
The new driver supports multiple concurrent socket connections to the same port of a device, useful when multiple platforms need to communi- cate with a device simultaneously to perform different functions. Its use of robust API enables an array of intelli- gence to be delivered and the driver also helps generate more intelligent responses from a device. For example, when queried, a device can respond with “Temperature=22,” rather than simply “22.”
The LEA control ecosystem consists of the Web browser-based UI, cloud control and monitoring platform, Open API with TCP and Websocket control and driver plug-in support which now includes the Utelogy Platform.
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