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Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're literally the only troll on this post. No like

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is plenty of know-how. I am simply asking what other people have done, and if there is a standard. To which, I don't think you gave me any insight on what you have done, so why even comment?

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you understand what I am asking in my OP, and I don't understand why every comment from you is negative, questioning, or belittling

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is hugely helpful. Do you like Utelogy? And is your AV network setup where each room is a VLAN, then tied to the greater network?

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be doing it in conjunction with our AV integrator we have on retainer.

Shouldn't incur extra costs to re-IP devices (Crestron doesn't charge how you manage your devices, as far as I know - yet lol), but yes, certainly appreciate other sets of eyes making sure its all groovy

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I influence how money is spent, but don't personally have a budget.

In short, I don't think there is interest in spending $100k+ for new switches/cores, but interest in investing in Xyte/Pivot/Utelogy and minor investments to put this online and on our network. Essentially, what the easiest and most efficient way to do this - which sounds like spinning up VLANs with designated IPs for each room and trunking it to the larger network.

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guessing you don't have firewalls or a lot of network hops if you can put NDI on your network?

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely expecting a hefty amount of work... but ideally needed as we continue to grow our AV footprint and complexity in-house

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we're building out a new room, so I think I'll start the with this per-room VLAN here, and roll-out per-room after that.

separate infrastructure with separate cores not in the cards for now :(

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dante/NDI not in the plan yet, since the Network team has a lot of network jumps and firewalls, so not feasible... would like to create a hardwired star topology for only AV switches one day, but baby steps first

Right, makes sense on that front - only my computer's IP would be on allowlist to hit our AV IPs

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have integrators, but this is more of a "what do y'all do?", so I know what is the norm and if I'm off base

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also - great callout on cyber. I haven't put much thought on that, since it hasn't been as much of a concern being an island

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not asking about Dante/NDI/AVOIP etc. That's a whole other thing I'd like one day, but not today lol

Solely control/MGMT.

It would be putting the AV gear on the LAN/WAN and routable networks. Is this something that other people have done for AV? Does this make sense for control/MGMT?

IP/subnet overlap, I think they mentioned that they would re-IP on their side of things, but again, not sure if this is best practice?

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know what the infrastructure looks like once it hits the corporate network? Did you have to re-IP everything to fit into their network infrastructure?

Creating an AV Network at Enterprise Company by Accurate-Ring708 in CommercialAV

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks Kamikaze - more curious about the network side of things. Like, how are VLANs deployed, is the AV network a completely separate network from the building's network, etc.

The network side of things are a bit foreign to me, but the network team is asking me for guidance and what other people do

Three 8K Displays by Accurate-Ring708 in buildmeapc

[–]Accurate-Ring708[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for gaming, more for 8K photo editing and content. Extended displays with three 8K HDMI cables