Using a Room Series device with a touchscreen lets you use the same functionality that a Cisco Board offers, such as whiteboarding and annotation. You can control the device from the touchscreen or a Room Navigator.

Room Bar Pro, Codec EQ, and Codec Pro require a Room Navigator and you can use both UIs to use the device. For Room Bar, the Room Navigator is optional.

Supported Room Series devices

  • Room Bar

  • Room Bar Pro

  • Codec EQ

  • Codec Pro

Supported screens

For a list of certified screens, see details on Cisco collaboration devices certification program.

The feature has also been tested with the following noncertified screens:

  • Dell C Series Large Format

  • Dell P Series Large Format

  • Samsung QMR-T Digital Signage series

Connect a touchscreen

When you connect the Room Series device to a touchscreen, you need to use both an HDMI cable and a USB cable.

On the Room Series device:

  1. Connect the HDMI cable from the touchscreen to connector 1.

  2. Connect the USB cable to the USB-A port for the device to recognize the touch inputs.

Connect a touchscreen and a passive screen

You can connect one touchscreen and one passive screen to the Room Series device. You can set up this combination in two different ways.

1: Screen 1 (left) as interactive/touch screen and screen 2 (right) as passive screen

In this scenario, interactive content moves from screen 2 to screen 1, for example, when starting to annotate on an incoming presentation.

  1. Connect the HDMI cable from screen 1 to connector 1.

    Connect the USB cable from screen 1 to the USB-A port for the device to recognize the touch inputs.

  2. Connect the HDMI cable from screen 2 to connector 2.

2: Screen 1 (left) as passive screen and screen 2 (right) as interactive/touch screen

In this scenario, content in a call is always shown on screen 2, whether it is interactive or not. Out of call, interactive apps and elements are shown on screen 2.

  1. Connect the display cable from screen 1 to connector 1.

  2. Connect the display cable from screen 2 to connector 2.

    Connect the USB cable from screen 2 to the USB-A port for the device to recognize the touch inputs.

  3. Set the configuration:

    UserInterface OSD Output: 2

Active stylus support

You can use passive and active styluses to interact with content on third-party touch screens. Active styluses work with screens that have FlatFrog support.

Active stylus support is enabled by default. It can be disabled and enabled with the configuration Video Output TouchInput ActivePenSupport: True/False.

You can either:

  • Set the configuration on one device.

  • Set the configuration on multiple devices.

  • Use configuration templates.

  • Use default configurations for your organization or location.

For more details on the different ways to set configurations, see the Device configurations for Board, Desk, and Room Series devices article.

Limitations

  • Touch redirect is not supported.

  • Cisco collaboration devices for Microsoft Teams Rooms only support one touch screen. Two-screen scenario is not supported for these devices.