Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
CHALLENGE
The University of Western Australia (UWA) recently
opened a new collaborative learning space that is
itself a superb example of collaboration between
architect, client and integrator. The project
comprised a $6m refurbishment of M Block at
Perth’s Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre that
created a technology-rich wet lab and three
interconnected e-learning suites for two schools
within the UWA Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry
and Health Sciences. The university’s vision was
to replace traditional ‘show and tell’ methods
of teaching students about cell pathology with
practical sessions that would see them work
together to analyse data on real patient blood
samples.
SOLUTION
An amazingly elegant and simple solution based
around the newly-released AMX Enova DVX-
3155HD all-in-one presentation switcher which
allowed all sharing to be done entirely in the
video domain.
Four of the six student laptop inputs were
connected using the Enova’s multiformat Inputs
1–4. As a bonus, with a simple cable change, this
ensured compatibility with any analogue laptops,
which could only provide a VGA signal. The other
two laptops, plus the two Mac Mini PCs at each
desk used HDMI Inputs 5-8. Finally, one of the two
built in DXLink inputs provided a feed from the
lecturer’s equipment.
Two of the HDMI outputs provided scaled outputs
to the local Sony FWD42 LCD displays, while
one of the DXLink outputs routed any selected
student laptop back to the lecturer’s position
for viewing or distribution back to any pod. An
AMX seven-inch (180mm) X-series touch panel
completed the picture on each pod, providing
simple selection of monitor inputs.
IMPACT
"Catering for all kinds of input
resolutions could have been a huge
nightmare, But the inbuilt scaling
on the DVX-3155 handles anything
we throw at it and still produces a
great picture on the monitor."
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