Video Conferencing with Interactive display

[Richard Greig]

Anyone tried using an interactive display as the second display for a video conferencing device?

Use case would be a standard VC meeting, however the host can operate the content PC from the content screen.

Would be great if the WebEx boards could be connected to a secondary screen, for full screen far end video 😔

[Mike_Brezicky]

It would have been nice for the Boards to have an HDMI out to add a second screen. For now, we can setup companion mode - essentially pairing a Webex Board with a Room Kit in the same room. This allows the board to focus on white boarding while the room kit handles the Video Conference.

[Richard Greig]

Thanks Mike - yes, working to test this out (going through the NDA process as it seems to still be in EFT).

Have you had a go yourself?

One part I'm interested in is how it works with a single screen VC (e.g. room kit mini), but also controlling a PC.

Most common use case requested is for the presenter to be able to change slides while standing next to the presentation screen, but also mark up if needed.

[Mike_Brezicky]

Single Screen should be fine - with the Room Kit Dual screen, the second display shows the screen share, and is basically a mirror of the Webex Board. So I assume if I only had a single screen, it would still keep the PC share on the webex board able to be annotated at any time.

[Richard Greig]

Thanks again – will give it a go.
Hoping it doesn’t put the single screen into picture in picture etc 😊

[mgw_pdx]

Mike, how exactly is Companion Mode configured? I haven't been able to find any documentation of it.