Computing

Monarch Room (303)

For additional troubleshooting or to follow the links, go to
https://help.nceas.ucsb.edu/NCEAS/Computing/monarch.html

Seating

~475 sqft
Up to 15 seats in the standard setup
Up-to 22 seats in a “rail profile” setup

Air Conditioning

The thermostat is located next to the light switches by the door.

Blackout Shades

This conference room is equipped with mororized blackout shades for the three big windows. The toggle switches are located by the door, on the left to the thermostat.

Technology

Multiple power outlets on the table
Wi-Fi
TVs - 86” (front of the room), 2 x 70” on the side walls, see layout
Roku Ultra (4800), sitting on a shelf behind the front TV - for mirroring a laptop screen to all TVs
Presentation Laptop on the conference table is also used for driving Zoom sessions
Meeting Owl Pro (USB-C speakerphone with a 360-degree video camera), hooked up to the Presentation Laptop

1. Mirroring a laptop screen onto the conference room TVs

Turn on the TVs - use the power buttons on the TVs or their respective remotes
Make sure the inputs on the TVs are set to the Roku Box. (Front => Roku Box, Right => HDMI1, Left => HDMI1). If you see the aquarium screen saver or a Roku page, you are good to go. Wake up the Roku Box, if necessary.
On the presentation laptop or your own Mac laptop, connect to the TVs via AirPlay (Click Control Center in the menu bar => Screen Mirroring ), then choose Monarch Room … mirrors to all three TVs and enter the code that is displayed on the TVs.
Use Wireless Display on a Windows laptop.

2. Starting a Zoom session

Start the Zoom session on the presentation laptop
Both the video and audio should be set to the Meeting Owl
- Test the audio: Use the “Test speaker & Microphone…” link from the pop-up window or in the audio control menu
The audio from the presentation laptop (connected to the Owl) should be the only audio connected to Zoom (do not join audio on any other laptop in the room). Adjust the volume with the buttons on the Owl.
To show your own laptop screen to the other participants (local and remote), join the same Zoom session (but don’t join audio!), and use Zoom’s Share Screen feature

If you have trouble connecting to the TVs or starting your Zoom session, or are looking to address a specific use case, please contact Thomas, who is part of our local IT team, in room 321.