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New York State Of MindYelp’s NYC office uses technology to support a creative environment.

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BY JIM STOKESYelp is a website and mobile app that connects people with local businesses. The com-

pany’s trendy new 150,000-square-foot office environment in the Flatiron District across from Madison Square Park features a Manhattan skyline view. The salesforce drives profits upward in this lighthearted, tech-heavy environment (see sidebar, “Casual Collaboration”). Thus, staff work in collaborative spaces designed to stimulate creativity and conversation.

‘Word Of Mouth’

Founded in 2004, Yelp has taken root in countries across the globe, making it the leading local guide for word of mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. The site has an emphasis on dining and nightlife. The Yelp community is com-prised of locals who connect online and off to share their opinions about local businesses.

In 2008, Yelp expanded from its corporate headquarters in San Francisco to the east coast by opening a New York City office. A Canadian version of the site was also launched that same year. And in 2009, Yelp expanded to the UK market and later to France, Spain and Austria. In 2012, the company went public and also acquired one of its main competitors, Qype. Yelp currently provides reviews in 32 countries. The company had a monthly aver-age of 89 million visitors who visited the site via their mobile devices in the third business quarter of 2015.

AV Overview

Our interviewees are Joseph Fusaro, CTS, Vice President Senior Sales Executive, and JoAnn Arcenal, Director of Public Engagement, from designer/integrator McCann Systems based in Edison NJ (www.mccannsystems.com). Mike Tober, IT Site Support Technician of Yelp’s New York office (www.yelp.com), gives the client AV perspective. Fusaro col-laborated closely with his design team to engineer the new work space. Alan Kipnis was Project Manager.

“McCann did a project for Yelp in the past for a couple of floors in its previous New York City building,” said Fusaro. “Yelp’s standards come out of its headquarters in San Francisco. The initial concept started in September 2014, and we completed engineer drawings in the

middle of November. From the beginning of cable pull to the completion of com-missioning, it was three months.”

Several Dozen Collaborative Spaces

In the new install, the integrator provided AV for several dozen collaborative spaces, including huddle, conference and videoconferencing rooms within the 14th and 16th floors. A number of displays, codecs and amplifiers, brought over from a previous site, were combined with new equipment.

Each collaboration area is controlled independently via a Crestron seven-inch TSW-750 tabletop touchscreen. The user interface is identical across each space for seamless setup and ease of use, even for last-minute meetings. Room schedul-ers are essential in this fast-paced environment to avoid overbooking. The cus-tom program is integrated with the company’s email and calendar software so reservations can be made quickly from each user’s workstation or at each site’s doorway-mounted Apple iPad mini.

Challenges & Solutions

Fusaro explained in detail challenges and solutions in the Yelp AV project. “A challenging component was the distributed video and audio system across two floors,” he said. McCann provided a system to distribute content to displays and speaker zones across both. “Due to the size of the floors, we couldn’t centralize the system. We have equipment spread among four IDF closets. All IDF closets are interconnected with OM3 fiber for both audio and video distribution.”

In order to provide flexibility and future expansion of content distribution to the displays, McCann used Crestron DM routers. This will allow for growth in distributing more sources and updating to 4K. “Due to some necessary equipment

The medium videoconference rooms feature a variety of 50-inch and 60-inch displays, along with video communication systems.

choices, we designed and installed a CobraNet audio network,” said Fusaro. “In the future, the infrastructure can be used for up-grading to an AVB or Dante network for audio networking needs.

“The biggest challenge came with integrating the Large Train-ing Room with the content distribution system (CDS). Yelp has a monthly ‘All Hands’ meeting that requires more seating than the LTR can provide. We added a connection to the CDS and a simple means of turning this feature on and off for the Yelp IT team. Cur-rently, the ‘All Hands’ meeting is broadcast beyond the LTR to other Sharp displays and the adjacent speaker zones beyond the

retracting walls of the LTR. As Yelp’s ranks grow and attendance increases, it will require a simple update to expand across the entire CDS, one section at a time, as necessary.”

Another challenge was handling the installation while other construction was going on in the building. Equipment and crews had to be moved between floors. “The limitation of freight eleva-tors became a factor because other construction crews were using the same bank of elevators,” said Fusaro.

Yelp’s Mike Tober is part of a team of four people in the new office. Regarding installation challenges, there was the yeomen’s task of moving equipment from the old location at 100 Fifth Avenue to 11 Madison Avenue. One floor wasn’t even ready when they moved into the new location.

“We had to do it in two phases,” he said. “Working all that out and trying to get the AV up and running in both sites was a big challenge. That was back in January 2015 when we moved out of there. Basically, you have your users leaving the [Fifth Avenue] office on Friday and coming to a new destination on Monday. You have to figure out how many conference rooms are needed here and how many conference rooms are still required to get by in the old space. Then you still have to bring over the new equipment.

The large videoconference rooms, featuring 60-inch flatscreens, are similar in AV build to the medium videoconference rooms, with the addition of ceiling microphones to cover the larger area.

Some speakers had to be brought down because we have music throughout both floors.” There are separate zones for the 14th and 16th floors, with volume controls so staffers can turn the music down or off, as appropriate.

Most rooms have Sharp dual HD display monitors on Chief mounts, so participants can share content and view video feeds. Display screen size varies depending on room size and application. As mentioned, some rooms are Crestron touchscreen controlled.

SCRs Have Basic AV

The small conference rooms (SCR and SCR+) feature basic AV. The tables have Extron HDMI extensions for laptop presen-tations. These huddle rooms accommodate four to six participants. Taking an overview of webcasting capabilities, combinations of Dell Google Chromebox and Lifesize 220 series videoconferencing systems are found in the various SCR, SCR+, medium videoconference rooms (MVC) and large videoconference rooms (LVC), as well as the Executive Board Room and the Large Training Room. Yelp brought about six Life-size systems from its previous location, and McCann supplied the rest.

Specifically, four SCR+ rooms are equipped with a Dell Google Chromebox, an accompanying PTZ camera, microphone and speaker for webcasting. In addition, one LVC has a dual-screen Google Chrome-box advanced system, whereas the normal Google Chromebox will only support one screen.

Tober noted that the advanced version was used recently for the first time. “I find the dual-screen version a little better than the Lifesize [videoconferencing system],” said Tober. “It’s clearer. We had about 15 remote participants on all dif ferent platforms. We had laptops, other Google Chromebox rooms and other videoconfer-encing rooms.”

The MVCs offer more sophisticated AV displayed on the monitors. The tables have a Lifesize Express 220 codec with an HD PTZ camera connected to an Extron HDMI extender for videoconferencing.

On the audio side for each room, two ClearOne ceiling microphones are used with a Biamp TesiraFORTÉ DSP with echo cancellation and VoIP capability for tele-phone conferencing. Two Innovox FS-V2

slim vertical speakers are side mounted by the displays. They’re driven by an Extron two-channel amplifier.

Crestron control equipment includes a DM-MD6x4 matrix switcher and a touch-screen controller. The D-Link DGS-1008G eight-port Gigabit switch was used for networking. “We wanted to create a local network for each room,” Fusaro pointed out. “So, they are all standalone rooms. D-Link makes a nice, slim 1Gb switch. We never had any trouble passing any kind of communication through it. Thus, we made

it standard to place one in each room for all the local networks.”

LVCs Have Same AV Build

The large videoconferencing rooms have the same AV build as the medium video-conferencing rooms with the exception of three ClearOne ceiling microphones be-cause the areas to be covered are larger.

The 16th-floor Executive Board Room seats more than two dozen participants. Because of its large size, it has dual 80-inch Sharp monitors to ensure good sightlines

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everywhere. There’s a DM scaler for each display.

A major highlight of the room is the Crest-ron AM-100 AirMedia Presentation Gateway for in-room presentations, which offers wire-less connectivity. Up to four participants can present content securely from a laptop or a mobile device using the AirMedia.

“They have the option of using the AM-100 because the Board Room has a much larger table than the other rooms,” said Fusaro. “Otherwise, people have to crawl from one side of the table to the other just to plug in their laptop. The DM-TX-201-Cs are our two table boxes along the Board Room table for those who don’t want to use the wireless or are close enough that it’s convenient to plug in. It can be cumbersome. So, there’s the wireless option.” Videoconferencing is via the larger Lifesize Room 220 codec with accompanying PTZ camera.

On the audio side, four ClearOne micro-phone ceiling mics feed into the Biamp Tes-iraFORTÉ DSP, which has an EX-IN expander to accommodate more input sources. There’s one large Innovox Soundbar that goes across both Sharp displays. “It has a recess in it for the camera to sit in,” said Fusaro. There are eight Bose DS 16F pendant-mounted ceiling speakers. Speakers are driven by a Crown amplifier.

“For this room, we needed to use [Crest-ron] DM connectivity,” said Fusaro. “So we chose the DMPS-300-C because it was flexible enough to fit all the connectivity we needed and it had the control processor imbedded. It was quite a distance to and from the laptop inputs.” Networking is via D-Link.

Large Training Room

Although we previously introduced the Large Training Room, we’ll now present the AV in more detail. The room was designed for flexible use during the monthly “All Hands” meeting, which can be extended to other view-ing rooms throughout the facility and locations worldwide, as needed. The LTR can seat 80 participants.

“We have a first of the month Monday morn-ing meeting,” explained Tober. “There are about 750 to 800 people in this room and the adjoining cafeteria/open space for overflow meetings.” Overflow areas are served with additional monitors and speakers.

Fusaro explained that the presenter has a choice of two presentation systems. Content can be displayed on two large Sharp displays

Casual CollaborationOur tour of Yelp’s New York office was a journey into a casual workplace experience like no other. It was quite different from the main lobby in the massive building across from Madison Square Park, which has an elegant, 1940s movie look, complete with a security desk and elevator guides. You might expect to see Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers break into a surreal dance sequence in this setting. At Yelp’s 16th-floor reception desk, I was greeted by an airman in a vintage jumpsuit and a witch. Indeed, it was the day before Halloween. “Even though everyone is in costume [here] for Halloween, it’s like this any other time,” said JoAnn Arcenal, CTS, Director of Public Engagement at McCann Systems. “It’s a community. It’s really just soft-shirt collaboration here, regardless of what walls are between individuals. You really do see the community, the collaboration with the departments. It’s very unique. I think a lot of bigger businesses are going to be headed toward this model rather than the suit and tie and briefcase every day.” “We have a celebration when a deal is made over the phone,” affirmed Yelp IT Techni-cian Mike Tober. “Yelp consists of all different teams, with probably 12 to a team. The person who made the deal will hit a gong and everyone cheers and applauds. It hypes up the whole room. If the business owner is on the phone, he gets excited, too.” Yelp kept the New York setting in the forefront by naming rooms for sections of the city and popular landmarks. For instance, we initially met tour guide Mike Tober in the Harlem Apollo LVC (large videoconference room), which features a brass chandelier centerpiece. Other rooms in the Harlem area of the office are named for the Rucker Park basketball court and the Cielo building. Other LVCs are dubbed McCarren Park and Dominos Sugar in the Brooklyn section of the office, Delmonico’s and protester’s Zuccotti Park in the Financial District section, and Battery Park and CBGB music club in the East Village section. Furthermore, the color-coded lines on the floor outside the rooms represent neighbor-hoods in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. And vertical mounted lights on the outside room walls represent lights in the old subway stations that would indicate approaching trains. Arcenal observed that videoconferencing equipment is getting less expensive. “People used to spend tens of thousands of dollars on videoconferencing,” she said. “There can be encryption and security issues with doing something like Skype, but as the technol-ogy evolves and becomes more affordable, there’s really no way you’re going to escape technology and collaboration. Everyone is cutting down on travel costs, cutting down on the time. Everyone is more productive as everything evolves.”

The Large Training Room can seat 80 people, but information for meetings can be extended to other viewing rooms locally and worldwide, as needed.

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or on two Da-Lite projection screens fed by two NEC 7000 lumen projectors, which were installed by McCann.

There’s a Crestron scaler for each pro-jector and display. And each display has a place to plug in the presenter’s laptop. A podium can be brought in for the pre-senter. In addition, an AM-100 AirMedia is provided for wireless connectivity.

At the heart of the control equipment is a Crestron DM-MD8x8 router. “We’ve pretty much maxed that out,” said Fusaro.

“We ended up using a Lifesize Room 220 for videoconferencing rather than the Ex-press 220s used in the conference rooms because there are two cameras, both ex-tended, for use with the Room 220, includ-ing an audience camera and a presenter camera,” said Fusaro. “If they’re doing town hall meetings, they’ll use the audience camera. For webcasting a training session or presentation, they’ll use the presenter camera.”

Testing Phase

At press time, Tober said the AM-100 was still in the “testing phase” at Yelp. “We’re just getting into using the AirMe-dia because we already have some network configurations change with cross VLANs. That is actually in progress. I’ve used the AirMedia before, and I think it’s fantastic. It’s a little tricky because it has that delay, so you have to look at your laptop screen rather than at the presentation screen when you are presenting because it will kind of throw you off.”

Regarding microphones in the LTR, six ClearOne ceiling mics ensure participants’ maximum voice pickup in the room. This room is equipped with two Biamp Tesira-FORTÉ DSPs. “We have voice interface as well,” explained Fusaro. “We have a second mixer because of the size of the room and the number inputs needed. We cross con-nected [the DSPs] because we have wire-less mics in the room.” Sennheiser wireless mics used on the floor include one hand-held and two lavaliers.

There are 12 ceiling-mounted Bose DS 16F speakers. Bose DS 100SEs are mount-ed on either side of the projection screens. A single Crown CTs 4200A amplifier drives the speakers.

The help desk is a standard IT help desk where Yelp staf f can address problems. There’s a pair of monitors where help desk

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EquipmentSMALL CONFERENCE ROOM (SCR) (typical of 2)

Video Display

9 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes9 Chief TS525TU wall brackets2 Samsung UN55C700 55" LED monitors7 Samsung UN55ES7500 55" 1080p 240Hz 3D smart LED TVsVideo Source 9 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C DM receivers9 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitters9 Dell Google Chromeboxes w/cameras*9 Extron 60-1271-12 HDMI/serial extenders9 Extron 60-1271-13 HDMI/serial extenders4 Extron 60-871-62 HDMI/serial extenders4 Extron 60-871-72 HDMI/serial extendersControl

9 Extron MLC62RSD single-gang control panelsMisc.

Belden BEL6202FE877500 16/4 plenum control wire Belden BEL1213F009A1000 Cat5e shielded network cables

SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM + CONFERENCING

(SCR+) (typical of 9)

Video Display

2 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes2 Chief TS525TU wall brackets1 Samsung UN55C700 55" monitor1 Sharp LC-50LE650U 50" LED Smart displayVideo Source

2 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C DM receivers2 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitters2 Extron 60-1271-12 HDMI/serial extenders2 Extron 60-1271-13 HDMI/serial extenders1 Dell Google Chromebox w/camera*Control

2 Extron MLC62RSD single-gang control panelsMisc.

250 Belden BEL6202FE877500 16/4 plenum control wire250 Belden BEL1213F009A1000 Cat5e shielded network cables

MEDIUM VIDEOCONFERENCE ROOM

(MVC) (typical of 6)

Video Display 12 Chief LTU wall brackets12 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes3 Sharp LC-60LE650U 60" displays5 Sharp LC-60LE650U 60" displays*4 Sharp LC-50LE650U 50" displays*Video Source

18 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-CDM receivers6 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitters1 Dell Google Chromebox w/camera*6 Extron 60-1271-1 HDMI/serial extenders6 Extron 60-1271-13 HDMI/serial extenders5 Lifesize Express 220 Full-HD video communications systems*6 Vaddio 999-2225-014 in-wall camera enclosuresAudio 6 Biamp TesiraFORTÉ CI 12I/8O DSP w/echo,

2 VoIP12 ClearOne 910-001-013-W 3-element mic kits6 Edcor S2M stereo unbalanced line level to mono balanced or unbalanced line levels6 Extron MPA-152 2-channel amps6 Innovox FSV-2 slim 2-channel horizontal speakersControl

6 C2G 40695 HDMI audio de-embedders6 Crestron DM-MD6x4 distribution centers6 Crestron TSW750 7.5" touchpanels6 Crestron TSW750TTK tabletop kits for TSW7506 Crestron PWE-4803RU 802.3af-compliant PoE power sources6 Crestron CP3 3 Series controllers6 D-Link DGS-1008G 8-port Gigabit switchesMisc.

6 Middle Atlantic MFR-1227GE in-room racks w/casters, accessories6 SurgeX SX115RT surge protectors Belden BEL6202FE877500 16/4 plenum control wire Belden BEL1213F009A1000 Cat5e shielded network cables

LARGE VIDEOCONFERENCE ROOM (LVC) (typical of 4)

Video Display 8 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes8 Chief LTMU wall brackets8 Sharp LC60LE650U 60" displaysVideo Source 12 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C DM receivers4 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitters1 Dell Google Chromebox w/camera*4 Extron 60-1271-12 HDMI/serial extenders4 Extron 60-1271-13 HDMI/serial extenders4 Lifesize Express 220 Full-HD video communications systems4 Vaddio 535-2000-222 thin-profile wall mounts for Lifesize HD PTZ camerasAudio 4 Biamp Tesira EX-IN 4I expanders4 Biamp TesiraFORTÉ VI 12I/8O DSP w/Echo, 2 VoIP digital signal processors12 ClearOne 910-001-013-W ceiling mic arrays, white4 Edcor S2M stereo unbalanced line level to mono balanced or unbalanced line level 4 Extron MPA-152 audio power amps4 Innovox FS-V2 vertical side-mount speakersControl

4 Crestron DM MD6x4 distribution centers4 Crestron TSW750 7.5" touchpanels4 Crestron TSW750TTK tabletop kits for TSW7504 Crestron PWE-4803RU 802.3af-compliant PoE power sources4 Crestron CP3 3 Series controllersMisc.

Belden BEL6202FE877500 16/4 plenum control wire Belden BEL1213F009A1000 Cat5e shielded network cables4 Middle Atlantic MFR-1227GE in-room racks w/casters, accessories

4 SurgeX SX115RT surge protectors

BOARD ROOM (LCR)

Video Display 2 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes2 Chief LSMVU wall brackets2 Sharp LC80LE650U 80" displaysVideo Source 1 Crestron AM-100 Air Media Presentation Gateway1 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitter3 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C DM receivers1 Dell Google Chromebox w/camera*1 Extron 60-1271-12 HDMI/serial extender1 Extron 60-1271-13 HDMI/serial extender1 Lifesize Express 220 Full-HD video communications systemsAudio 1 Biamp TesiraFORTÉ VI 12I/8O DSP w/echo, 2 VoIP2 Biamp Tesira EX-IN 4I expanders2 Biamp PH-POE36U-1AT-R PoE injectors8 Bose DS 16F FreeSpace speakers2 Bose 29830 tile bridges4 ClearOne 910-001-013-W ceiling 3-element mic kits1 Crown CTs 4200A 4-channel power amp1 Innovox HMF-2WM horizontal module frameControl

Apple iPad*1 Crestron DMPS-300-C presentation router w/controller1 Crestron TSW750 7.5" touchpanel1 Crestron TSW750TTK tabletop kit for TSW7501 Crestron PWE-4803RU 802.3af-compliant PoE power source1 C2G 40695 configured 16x16 DM router1 D-Link DGS-1016D 16-port network switchMisc.

1 Middle Atlantic MRK4426 steel 44-space rack w/accessories2 SurgeX SX115RT surge protectors

LARGE TRAINING ROOM (LTR)

Video Display 2 Chief CMA 345 structural ceiling plates2 Chief RPA297 ceiling-mount kits4 Chief PAC526 in-wall power/accessory boxes4 Chief LSMVU wall brackets2 Da-Lite 70192LS 123" motorized projection screens2 NEC NP-PX700W2 7000 lumen projectors w/standard lens1 Sharp LC-80LE650U 80" display1 Sharp LC-80LE632U 70" displayVideo Source 1 Crestron AM-100 Air Media Presentation Gateway4 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C receiver/room controllers w/scaler2 Crestron DM-TX-200-C-2G wall plate DigitalMedia 8G+ transmitters1 Dell Google Chromebox*2 Extron 60-1271-12 transmitters2 Extron 60-1271-13 receivers1 Lifesize Focus videoconferencing camera1 Lifesize TEAM 220 videoconferencing system2 Vaddio 535-2000-222 thin-profile wall mountsAudio

1 Biamp TesiraFORTÉ CI 12I/8O DSP w/echo1 Biamp TesiraFORTÉ VI 12I/8O DSP w/echo, 2 VoIP12 Bose 30094 pendant mount kits

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2 Bose 323208-0210 pole mount kits2 Bose DS 100SE FreeSpace speakers12 Bose DS 16F FreeSpace speakers2 Chief CMA105 ceiling plates6 ClearOne INTERACT-MIC ceiling 3-element mic kits1 Crown CTs 4200A 4-channel power amp1 Edcor S2M stereo unbalanced line level to mono balanced or unbalanced line level 2 Sennheiser AB 3-A antenna boosters2 Sennheiser BB100 coax cables w/BNC connectors2 Sennheiser ew 312 G3 clip-on wireless lavalier mics1 Sennheiser ew 365 G3 wireless condenser mic1 Sennheiser G3 OMNI KIT 4 active antenna splitter kitControl

1 Crestron DM-MD8x8 DigitalMedia matrix switcher4 Crestron DMC-C input cards4 Crestron DMC-HD input cards1 Crestron TSW-750 7" touchscreen1 Crestron TSW-750-TTK tabletop kit1 Crestron PWE-4803RU 802.3af-compliant PoE power source1 Crestron CP3 3-Series control processor1 Crestron DMCO-30 output card1 Crestron DMCO-55 output card1 Crestron CEN-SW-POE-5 5-port unmanaged gigabit Ethernet switch 1 D-Link DGS-1016D 16-port gigabit unmanaged desktop switchMisc.

Belden BEL6202FE877500 16/4 plenum control wire Belden BEL 213F009A1000 Cat5e shielded network cables1 Middle Atlantic MRK4426 steel 44-space rack2 SurgeX SX115RT surge protectors

OPEN AREAS

(Breakroom Rack, 14th Floor, 16th Floor)

Video Display

15 Chief LTMU Fusion TV wall mounts18 Chief PAC526 large in-wall storage boxes3 Chief TS525TU large THINSTALL dual swing-arm wall display mounts3 Sharp LC60EQ10U 60" Aquos Q 1080p 240Hz Smart LED displays15 Sharp LC60LE650U 60" Aquos Full-HD LED Smart displaysAudio 2 Biamp AudiaFLEX CM digital audio platforms1 Biamp EXPO-4 output mini-expander1 Biamp IP-2 input card1 Biamp PH-POE36U-1AT-R PoE injector125 Bose FreeSpace DS 16S/16SE ceramic terminal, thermal fuse kits133 Bose DS 16F FreeSpace speakers104 Bose DS 16F FreeSpace speakers w/pendant, trim125 Bose FreeSpace Model 16 pendant mount kits1 Crown 280a amp2 Crown CTS4200AUSP/CN 4-channel power amps4 Crown CTS8200AUSP/CN 8-channel amps

4 D-Link DGS-1008G 8-port Gigabit switches6 Transition Networks SGETF1013-110 gigabit Ethernet standalone media convertersControl

3 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitters8 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-C DM receivers2 Crestron DM-MD8X8 DigitalMedia matrix switchers1 Crestron DMC-HD input card2 Crestron DMCO-44 output cards2 Crestron DMCO-55 output cards1 Crestron DMC-S input card7 Crestron DM-RMC-SCALER-S4 Crestron TSW750 7.5" touchpanels2 Crestron PRO2 control system processors4 Crestron PWE-4803RU 802.3af-compliant PoE power sources1 Crestron DM-TX-201-C HDMI/VGA/audio transmitter1 Crestron IDOC-PAD-LCA-DSWC-B-S iPanel wall dockMisc.

Belden BEL6202FE877500 wire Belden BEL1213F009A1000 wire* = Owner furnished equipment

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McCann Systems.

personnel have a dedicated PC in order to display information. One is used for sys-tems monitoring, and the other is a stan-dard office information display.

Regarding audio equipment in the open areas of both floors, there are about 490 various-model Bose speakers for zoned distributed audio driven by Crown am-plifiers and interlinked on a CobraNet network. There’s a separate Biamp Au-diaFLEX CM DSP feed for the 14th and the 16th floors. “For this particular applica-tion, there’s the EXPO-4 CobraNet output expander, connected to an amplifier that does not have a CobraNet card built in,” said Fusaro. “Some of the amplifiers have built-in CobraNet cards and they get their audio directly from CobraNet.”

“The facility’s audio system distributes a music channel,” Fusaro pointed out. “Mu-sic is a big aspect of the Yelp environment. Whenever you walk into their offices, you always hear music, typically more modern music at a good volume level. It’s not in the background; it’s really more in the forefront.”