Note: If you don’t care about the other information and just want to connect to the Airservers, skip ahead to Section 3: “How to connect to the LCAD Airservers”.
Section 1: LCAD Airservers general functionality and connectivity overview.
- LCAD-owned devices on the Admin wireless *and wired* networks can present to the conference room Airservers without issues.
a. Due to software updates and configuration changes, there should be less latency and more consistent performance.
b. Users with LCAD-owned devices still able to access LCAD internal resources, like the fileserver, websites, printers.
2. Staff/Faculty/Students with non-LCAD-owned devices can join the normal LCAD_Wireless connection using their LCAD credentials and view the airserver.
a. Credentials for logging into the LCAD_Wireless network (initial connection only, user-specific credentials may still be required after connecting) are presented in the bottom-left corner of the display, along with a QR code for easier connections using the Airserver App (not required).
b. This method allows direct connectivity to the LCAD_Wireless network, providing access to some LCAD internal resources, including internally hosted websites, shared printers, and the student/faculty FTP/Fileserver.
3. Guests can join the normal LCAD_Wireless connection using the initial “greatartmatters” password, then the LCAD_Guest credentials for a restricted/limited connection to the LCAD network.
a. Credentials for logging into the LCAD_Wireless network (initial connection only, user-specific credentials may still be required after connecting) are presented in the bottom-left corner of the display, along with a QR code for easier connections using the Airserver App (not required).
b. This method allows limited connectivity to the LCAD_Wireless network, providing access to some LCAD internal resources, including internally hosted websites, shared printers.
Section 2: Current LCAD Airserver names and locations.
1. Name: airserver-ec-conf-hill
a. Located in the EC-Admin conference room, attached to the TV closest to the hill.
b. Can present to both TVs at the same time.
2. Name: airserver-ec-conf-street
a. Located in the EC-Admin conference room, attached to the TV closest to the street/canyon road.
b. Can only present to the TV closest to the street/canyon road.
3. Name: airserver-mc-conf-library
a. Located in the MC-Library conference room.
4. Name: airserver-event1-roaming
a. No static location, used for IT testing on admin/labs/wireless networks. For future use.
b. Please do not initiate connection requests to this device.
Section 3: How to connect to the LCAD Airservers.
A note: always follow the room-specific instructions for turning on the room display and switching to the input required for the Airserver to function. That information is beyond the scope of this how-to, as it is room-specific.
- Turn on the display connected to the Airserver according to the instructions specific to the room where the Airserver is located.
- Follow the flowchart below to determine which network to connect to:
3. Connect to the airserver using the following instructions:
a. To connect using a Mac OS device:
i. After connecting to the proper network, click the Airplay icon on the top right corner of the screen and select the airserver you want to connect to. The icon looks like this picture: .
ii . A code will be displayed on the screen attached to the Airserver you selected – enter that code on your device to initiate your connection to the device.
iii. When you are done, remember to click the Airplay icon again and turn off Airplay to stop streaming.
iv. Video from LCAD-IT demonstrating connecting MacOS to an LCAD Airserver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqM4eZXQQPI
b. To connect using a newer Apple iOS device, like an iPhone or iPad with no physical “home” button:
i. After connecting to the proper network, swipe down from the top right corner of the screen and tap “Screen Mirroring”.
ii. From the “Screen Mirroring” menu, select the Airserver device you want to present to.
iii. A code will be displayed on the screen attached to the Airserver you selected – enter that code on your device to initiate your connection to the device.
iv. When you are done, remember to go back to “Screen Mirroring” and stop streaming.
v. Video from the manufacturer (general video, not specific to LCAD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubhNqI_DmM
c. To connect using an older Apple iOS device, like an iPhone or iPad with a physical “home” button:
i. After connecting to the proper network, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and select “Screen Mirroring”.
ii. From the “Screen Mirroring” menu, select the Airserver device you want to present to.
iii. A code will be displayed on the screen attached to the Airserver you selected – enter that code on your device to initiate your connection to the device.
iv. When you are done, remember to go back to “Screen Mirroring” and stop streaming.
v. Video from the manufacturer (general video, not specific to LCAD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqQJoa1RFpQ
d. To connect from a device running Microsoft Windows (requires Microsoft Windows 10 version 1809 or later) using the Miracast protocol:
i. After connecting to the proper network, press Windows Key + K to open the “Connect Sidebar”.
ii. Select the Airserver you wish to present to from the menu.
iii. A code will be displayed on the screen attached to the Airserver you selected – enter that code on your device to initate your connection to the device.
iv. When you are done, remember to disconnect from the Airserver device.
v. Video from the manufacturer (general video, not specific to LCAD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqdd7cHqba0
Section 4: Neat new features available on the Airservers.
1.Airserver devices can be accessed from both the Admin and LCAD_Wireless networks.
2.You can present from up to 4 devices at a time to one Airserver, and it will “live-resize” the inputs being sent to it.
a. Can be a mix of devices, i.e. two iPhones, an Apple laptop, and a Windows laptop.
b. Can be devices from both networks, LCAD_Admin and LCAD_Wireless.
Section 5: Airserver device limitations.
- Airserver devices are not HDCP compliant, meaning copy protected content may not work via an Airserver wireless connection, i.e. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon streaming.
- Airserver devices support “Chrome Casting” from the Google Chrome browser, but IT had to disable it because it didn’t require a key/password, allowing anyone on campus to send content to any display on content, without authentication. During testing, this turned out to be a *bad thing*.
- Airserver devices are sensitive to network traffic, meaning if they are in an area with a large number of wireless clients (i.e. 40+ users on their laptops/cellphones sharing the same wireless access point that the Airserver is using) it will increase latency.