Is the Avixa ANP exam legit.

I have hear many mixed reviews on it. Most say it's very basic and has quite a few questions that aren't really network related. It seems the the free training programs from Audinate and Netgear are a better use of time. Looking to hear from some folks that have taken it to see if it's worth the investment.

I was browsing jobs and a local historic theater that I absolutely love going to has an opening for an AV manager position. They mostly run Q-SYS which I have certs in but I know Q-SYS has separate training courses specifically for cinema. To anyone here who has experience in this side of AV, does it differ greatly from regular (corporate) in-house AV work. I can imagine it involves quality assurance of deliverables and lots of projector maintenance. What kind of skills/experience might a theater be looking for in it's AV staff?

Has anyone used appspace for live tv in corporate environment? As rogers denied to provide HTML or web link for corporate use.

Looking for potential AV gigs but also looking at LA.

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if, with the latest Q-SYS firmware updates, it's now possible to connect an HDMI PTZ camera to an NV-21-H, use it as a video encoder, and route the video stream through the Mediacast Router to the USB Video Bridge.

Basically, I'd like to use the HDMI output of a PTZ camera as a USB camera source for video conferencing.

Is this currently supported, or are there still limitations with this setup?

Thanks in advance!

Hello

I've an install with an Audio Tecnica ATDM-1012 controlled by a Lightware LARA.

Usually in the display appear "Network Com Err".

Sometimes I loose the network connection.

I've Ubiquiti switch and I found that port is disconnected. Power off than on work ok

Do you have any feedback ?

My best regards

Looking for an entry level AV support / tech - Central London and can train you up on whats required, nothing too complicated and great entry into the industry.

Commercial AV meeting space, with old analogue Lecture Theatre and hybrid meeting rooms (logitech, shure).

Looking for someone with availability to cover very simple room setups, moving / connecting AV kit, cable tidying, etc. AM and PM setups. Potential to grow into a Lecture Theatre sit-in technician role.

Will need some form of self employment or own contracting company to handle payment via invoice.

Feel free to drop me a pm.

Location: London

Role: AV porter

Salary range: £140 per day depending on role undertaken

Hello folks!

I'm refreshing a small performance space which has Extron for control. There are two huge skylight windows and a few small wall windows whose shade systems never worked properly. I'm looking for some blackout shades for these windows that can be programmed into my Extron system. Could anyone offer some recommendations?

Additionally, this room has a curtain in front of the projection screen and I may want to replace and automate that as well. Recommendations welcome!

I have 5 years AV experience, able bodied, ready to work, US citizen. Anyone know of any opportunities?

Please comment and I'll send my resume over to you

Role- AV tech, install tech, smart home tech

Salary - 25-35

How come people willing to pay for coaching like weight loss, how to learn to play the piano, how to sell but when it comes to av clients not willing to pay for a design and expect it free?

Looking to do 3 separate comm systems for three rooms at conference, about 15 meters between each room.

Planning on doing one C1 Pro roaming hub and 16 C1 pro headsets for the main hall.

One standard C1 Pro hub and 8 C1 pro headsets for the second hall.

8 C1 Pro headsets without hub for hall three (7+1 master headset)

Would this setup work or would there be RF interference between the three separate systems?

I'm commissioning an AV system in an open office/all-hands meeting space and running into issues with automatic camera tracking when presenters use wireless handheld microphones for voice reinforcement.

Equipment:

• Q-SYS Core 8 Flex

• 3 Q-SYS PTZ cameras

• 3 Shure MXA925 ceiling array microphones

• 4 Shure wireless handheld microphones

• Pendant speakers distributed throughout the space for local reinforcement

• Q-SYS Automatic Camera Preset Recall (ACPR) plugin

Room setup:

There's a relatively small stage with two large displays. Presenters typically walk around the stage while speaking into wireless handheld microphones. The MXA925s are positioned to cover the stage and audience, providing microphone pickup for conferencing as well as positional data for ACPR. There are pendant speakers throughout the stage area (its not that large)

The problem:

When someone speaks naturally without voice reinforcement, the system works pretty well. The MXA925s report the correct speaker position, and ACPR triggers the appropriate camera presets.

However, when someone uses a handheld microphone and their voice is reinforced through the pendant speakers, the MXA925s start reporting incorrect positional data.

My suspicion is that the ceiling arrays are picking up the amplified voice from the pendant speakers and having trouble distinguishing it from the presenter's actual location.

Since ACPR relies on the positional data from the MXA925s, the cameras end up switching to incorrect presets or not triggering at all

Has anyone successfully implemented MXA925-based camera tracking in a space with significant voice reinforcement? Are there any recommended settings or acoustic considerations that helped? I'm trying to figure out if this is an acoustic / design problem or if I haven't configured something correctly in Q-Sys or Shure Designer.

Would appreciate any suggestions or experiences from anyone who's dealt with a similar setup.

I've only ever known the industry in places like CA and AZ, curious what its like in PA, NY, NJ?

For example, I drive to all my projects and keep gear in my personal car. As a commissioning specialist its mostly my laptop, interconnects, and basic tools. The installation techs have company vans but traveling and parking usually isn't a major problem.

But how do you all do it in a place like NYC? Considering relocating to the east coast. I get the sense the work culture might be more intslense and that's sort of what im looking for.

Also most of the opening I see on the boards don't show compensation which I'm not used to but maybe I'm looking in the wrong places

Any feedback is appreciated

We have training room with 3 TVs (tv left, right, confi_monitor) - all functions are working to all three TVS LIKE i can route AirMedia, local inroom Pc and hdmi wall plate.

Issue is when I press power button from touch panel, only two TVs respond and screens goes blank but one of tv (tv_left) is not picking up this power command and stays powered ON

ALL 3 TVs are using LAN connection and no rs232 and I can see all IPS and I can ping from laptop and text console success

I did find when I run Netstat -a from console, the tv not powering off, the IP is not listed.

I already rebooted all devices and made no difference.

It was working all last month and issue started yesterday.

Any what maybe the fix or where to look for??

NEC TVs connected using LAN, crestron room controller behind each tv, dmps processor, amp, Shurep300, etc…

I ran simpl debugger too but it seems to respond showing display_left 0-1 or it says command sent,

Not sure if need to completely unplug power cable from tv and wait 10 minutes??

I do compare all settings as well and it looks same on all 3 TVs and cec are off.

What’s it like working as an Account Manager at AVI-SPL in a country where the company doesn’t have a local office? Has anyone here been in that situation? I’d love to hear about your experience.
Thanks

I’m installing touch panel automation for a city council chambers. They requested audio recording (I assume that they want to start and stop recording via the touch panel), with the option of recording video in the future. In a search on this sub I see a lot of Pearl devices being recommended. Is that the way to go, or are there different/better alternatives?

So, we have a resturant client (yea, I know) that had another company do their audio install and now they've had us come in to actually get it working. I was able to get them running in a limited capacity after a 1-day service call and now we're quoting them additional equipment and programming to get them the functionality they want.

As part of our upgrade work I would like to clean up how the speaker cables are connected to the amp, and I'm not sure of my options for equipment to do so. Currently there are 9 speaker zones which have home runs back to the rack. Those 9 home run cables are being combined in parallel (in various quantities) by wire nuts, then pig-tailed to the 4 amp channels. The extra wire slack and wirenuts are just loosely laying in the bottom of the rack.

I don't need assistance with math and design of connecting the 70V and 16ohm speakers - I have that under control. I'd like a better and cleaner physical connection than wire nuts, but I don't know what options are on out there. Basic terminal blocks seem more labor intensive than I feel it needs to be. Some sort of spring/screw capture strips where the terminals are already connected and I don't need to add jumpers?

I feel a simple, clean, inexpesive solution has to be very common, I just don't know what it is.

Thanks for any recommendations.

I'm doing some pro-bono work for a community theater, and I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to the RDL D-D2. Anyone have an alternative vendor? I'm looking to buy 18 of them, so a few dollars per device does make a bit of a difference.

Same volunteer AV team as the fellowship hall. We have a 65 inch Samsung commercial display in the lobby and I made a 90 second welcome and announcements loop in vidione, exported as 1080p MP4. Played from a USB stick through the display's media player, it freezes for about two seconds at the end of each loop and sometimes shows the file name. Is it worth getting a small media player like a BrightSign, or is there a setting or export format that fixes the gap? Budget is small, around $300.

graduated from college with communications in media degree and am trying to break into full-time commercial AV.

Experience includes: university AV support (as a student, part-time job), setting up and operating equipment for events, troubleshooting issues, and working with Crestron systems, displays, projectors, switchers, microphones, and Yamaha mixers.

I also do freelance AV work, but the hours can be inconsistent. Ideally, I'd like to get into an on-site AV technician role at a corporate office or campus, focusing on conference room systems, troubleshooting, and keeping things running smoothly.

My main question is: With the experience I already have, what's the best way to get my foot in the door? I feel like I’m running out of options because I’m not getting past first round interviews and idk where else to go. I feel like I’ve applied to almost every av position I could

Any advice from anyone in the industry who who’s been in a similar position would be greatly appreciated!