Lync Room System (LRS) - Polycom CX8000
Today i like to show you the simple setup for Polycom's CX8000 Lync Room System First, the CX8000 is combination build with Polycom CX5100 new Round Table camera in combination with Crestron LRS components. This combination from Polycom has the advantage of a really professional camera, since Microsoft has made the requirements, that Crestrons system is only allowed to work with any Lync certified USB camera. Personally, I'm not so happy here, since a professional Video Conferencing System should make us of a professional camera instead of any Desktop cam. Additionally the system is quite expensive, another reason for need of better cameras. Since the newly developed CX5100 with 5 HD cams, this is acceptable solution. Polycom, as I was informed, is still working on a solution making use of their Eagle Eye III cam. Lets hope this will be available soon. First you need to setup up the system physically, so the cabling. Important is, you need a large touch screen. I recomme...