nTouch 180 is a touch screen control panel for controlling MediaMatrix systems. The device runs an embedded version of NWare Kiosk and allows the user to control a project designed in NWare. It can host the project and media files or connect to another device on the network where they are being hosted. The unit provides several mounting options, including surface, panel, flush and general VESA mounting.
After nTouch 180 has been installed and given initial configuration settings, the majority of its features are managed via the web interface and touch screen interface. Software upgrades are managed using NWare.
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The diagram below shows a typical scenario where an nTouch 180 allows users to control a number of amplifiers remotely. The project created in NWare on the laptop gives the Kiosk users graphical controls for altering the volume, selecting an input source, or muting the audio output, for example.
The nTouch 180 can also be used to monitor network devices, such a switches, via SNMP and other protocols, and this information can then be made available to the system administrator.
The NION supplies audio to the amplifiers across the network, and complements the role of the nTouch 180 in providing an overall audio management and networking solution.