Room scheduling mode requires the TSW‑770 to be designated exclusively for room scheduling use, which precludes use of certain features and functions described in this spec sheet. Additionally, CollegeNET® 25Live® scheduling software and Ad Astra™ software do not support scheduling ad hoc meetings from the touch screen. For design assistance, contact the Crestron True Blue support team at www.crestron.com/support.

The TSW‑UMB‑70 is also compatible with older TSW‑UMB‑PMK series preconstruction mounting kits and TSW‑BBI series back boxes, allowing the TSW‑770 to be installed in place of a previous generation touch screen.

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Razer has been making keypads for a while now, and the common thread among all of them (and what makes them so great) is the Razer Synapse software. Synapse makes recording and editing macros, reprogramming keys, and customizing backlighting incredibly simple. If you want a macro pad that’s easy to use, Razer is the brand to go with.

The Orbweaver has a bit of a different design compared to the Tartarus V2 and Pro. It also has 20 reprogrammable keys, loses the scroll wheel, and is shaped differently. This keypad uses Razer’s Green mechanical switches, which means it has the satisfying click many mechanical keyboard users love.

Each button on the Stream Deck is a tiny LCD screen that can be customized to show whatever you want by using the Key Creator. Elgato also provides software to create macros and shortcuts. The Stream Deck can open specific programs, preform actions in those programs, and also perform actions on certain websites.

If you need as many macros as possible, then X-Keys has the product for you. Its keypad is available with 24, 60, 80, or even 128 buttons, each of which can be assigned to a different macro. The software, MacroWorks, is a bit dated but still works well and enables you to record and edit your macros and set shortcuts.

The entire device is coated with soft-touch material and is shaped ergonomically, so it will be comfortable to use for long work sessions. The battery should last about 2 months with average use.

This repo explains how I made a simple R Shiny app that allows to basic functionalities to control the sonos from a raspberry Pi3 with touchscreen. This app is made with the node-sonos-http-api and a Raspberry Pi3 touchscreen kit that came with a sd card with raspbian pre-installed:

If you look for a virtual keyboard for your raspberry Pi touchscreen, there are two that are often mentioned and used by pi users (a reboot might be required after installation):

Now, just leave the terminal running (i.e. do not logout yet), open a browser on your raspberry pi, and head to the following URLs to check if your Sonos speaker responds to the HTTP requests.

As explained Sonos HTTP API repo, to use Spotify, go to https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications/create and create a Spotify application to get your client keys. Create a settings.json file in the node-sonos-http-api folder and copy the Client ID and the Client Secret values in it:

My plan was to hang the pi & screen on the wall and have the app running in fullscreen, so I can use it as a controller for the sonos system. I wanted it to be possible to exit the fullscreen mode from the pi itself (in other words: to press F11 without having to attach an external keyboard). For this reason I installed xdotools, it is a very light weight program that allows to send function key commands through the terminal.

The app.R script included in this repo, runs a R shiny app that contains some basic buttons (Fullscreen, Play, Pause, Next), buttons for my two radio stations (Radio10, M80), a search bar with which you can search for songs, albums and playlists and a slider for the volume control. Unfortunately, it is not possible yet to open the keyboard in fullscreen mode - so the fullscreen button should always be pressed before the keyboard button. To make the app functional again after typing, close the keyboard. The app.R script uses the Florence keyboard (if you want to use matchbox-keyboard instead, replace system("florence") with system("matchbox-keyboard") in the script).

The integrated virtual keyboard is a jQuery on-screen keyboard (OSK) plugin that works in the browser. Originally posted by Jeremy Satterfield in his blog, jQuery plugins and on Snipplr. Currently maintained by Mottie. For more information, see the keyboards" repository here.

Currently the track information updates when a song ends naturally, but it does not when a user changes what is playing on the Sonos. For this the refresh button can be used for now, until the script is optimized.

Between the buttons lies a Zone Player LED status indicator, which flashes when powering up or connecting to the Sonos Digital Music System, and lights

wireless devices can interfere with or block the wireless network signals of the Sonos Digital Music Signal. When interference occurs, you can relocate the Zone

If you haven"t heard, Sonos recently launched a brand newspeaker with Alexa voice control built-in. Incredible, yes, but what about all of us long-time Sonos loyalists with our Play:1 speakers and Playbars? Don"t worry, Sonos is not leaving us behind. Now your favorite speaker is taking requests...

As of October 4th, if you have an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot, you can wirelessly connect your existing Sonos speakers to Alexa voice assistant devices to use your voice to play and control songs, playlists, radio stations, podcasts, etc. That"s for anySonos speaker, in any room of your home.

Simply update your Sonos system to Sonos 8.0, turn on the Sonos Skill in your Alexa app, and ask Alexa to find your Sonos devices. Alexa will find your Sonos speakers, wherever they are - and teach them to listen and obey. (Step-by-step set-up instructions below).

For starters, it means no more getting up and pushing buttons or looking for (or fumbling with) your smartphone or tablet. Just ask, and you shall receive. Manage your playlist and access your entire digital music library and, as Sonos puts it, all the music on Earth (Pandora, Sirius, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music and more). Request songs while you cook, check the weather or sports scores from the shower, play Jeopardy... with complete hands free freedom. All you have to do is ask.

Sonos will do anything that Alexa can do including work with other smart home enabled devices, so you can dim the lights, control your thermostat, etc. And she will continue to get smarter over time - better at recognizing your voice and faster at executing your commands. Plus, you"ll benefit from Sonos" future-proofing with continual updates, new skills and services (Spotify control, Applie AirPlay 2, Google Assistant, over 80 streaming services - coming in 2018).

There are several different kinds of keyboards for PCs. The most common type is a physical, external keyboard that plugs into your PC. But Windows has a built-in Accessibility tool called the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) that can be used instead of a physical keyboard.

You don’t need a touchscreen to use the OSK. It displays a visual keyboard with all the standard keys, so you can use your mouse or another pointing device to select keys, or use a physical single key or group of keys to cycle through the keys on the screen.

Go to Start, then select Settings > Accessibility> Keyboard, and turn on the On-Screen Keyboardtoggle. A keyboard that can be used to move around the screen and enter text will appear on the screen. The keyboard will remain on the screen until you close it.

Note:To open the OSK from the sign-in screen, select theAccessibility button in the lower-right corner of the sign-in screen, and then select On-Screen Keyboard.

The Hisense U8H matches the excellent brightness and color performance of much pricier LCD TVs, and its Google TV smart platform is a welcome addition. But it’s available in only three screen sizes.

The Hisense U8H is the best LCD/LED TV for most people because it delivers the performance of a much pricier TV yet starts at under $1,000, for the smallest (55-inch) screen size. This TV utilizes quantum dots, a full-array backlight with mini-LEDs, and a 120 Hz refresh rate to deliver a great-looking 4K HDR image. It’s compatible with every major HDR format. And it’s equipped with two full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 inputs to support 4K 120 Hz gaming from the newest Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Add in the intuitive, fully featured Google TV smart-TV platform, and the U8H’s price-to-performance ratio is of inarguable value.

That’s not to say the U8H has pixel-precise light control—it’s not an OLED TV, after all—but it does a terrific job most of the time. In fact, in our tests, the U8H bested last year’s upgrade pick, the Samsung QN90A, in certain scenarios: The intro to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix features the filmmaker against a pitch-black backdrop. Though last year’s QN90A failed to maintain perfect control over dimming elements during this scene (the black backdrop brightened distractingly once a sufficient amount of brighter content appeared on screen), the U8H did not. (For the record, the newer QN90B also passed this test.) The U8H’s mini-LEDs also help the screen look uniformly bright: Although the U8H is still not as good as an OLED TV in this respect, it shows very little indication of being a backlight-driven display, even during tricky scenes with large swaths of dim lighting.

The onboard Google TV smart platform is another feather in this TV’s cap. As usual, however, it will be much more satisfying to use if you have a Google account and already take advantage of Google’s connected services, like Photos. The experience of navigating the TV’s smart features—scanning QR codes to sign into apps, using the onscreen keyboard, and browsing your Google Photos to set a photo as a screensaver—was very satisfying in terms of responsiveness and speed. Powering on the TV and booting into an app took just seconds. The included Bluetooth remote is also equipped with a handy “Hey Google” button, allowing you to pull up Google’s assistant and use voice commands to search for content or set a reminder. If you have multiple users with their own Google accounts, you can designate separate profiles (attached to a Gmail account) so that each user can customize the experience to their liking, as well as access their own Google Drive or Photos. While some reviewers have reported instances of momentary freezing while using the U8H’s platform, I didn’t personally experience any instances of slowdown that were egregiously worse than with any other smart-TV platform.

In terms of design, the Hisense U8H is not as svelte as our upgrade pick, but it’s plenty sturdy and doesn’t look or feel cheap. Two narrow, metal feet jut out from beneath the panel and steadily hold the TV. They can be attached in two separate spots, either closer in toward the middle of the panel or out toward the edges, to account for different-size TV stands. The feet are also equipped with cable organization clasps—a nice touch for keeping your TV stand free of cable clutter. Though the TV is primarily plastic, its bezels are lined with metal strips, providing a bit more durability in the long run. I moved it around my home, and it was no worse for wear, but we’ll know more after doing some long-term testing.

The Hisense U8H has some difficulties with banding, or areas of uneven gradation, where transitions that should appear smooth instead look like “bands” of color (sometimes also called posterization). Like many current 4K HDR TVs, the U8H uses an 8-bit panel rather than a 10-bit panel, which affects the color decoding and color presentation process. This is usually relevant only with HDR video and games. When playing games on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, I saw a few instances where the content wasn’t rendered correctly and displayed ugly splotches of color on the screen. However, this almost always occurred during static screens (such as a pause menu or loading screen); I rarely spotted it during actual gameplay. Hisense has stated that it would address the problem in a future firmware update, but at the time of writing it was still present. This is a flaw that may give dedicated gamers pause, but we don’t consider it to be a dealbreaker for most people.

Finally, like most TVs that use vertical alignment (VA) LCD panels, the U8H has a limited horizontal viewing angle, which may be a bit annoying if you’re hoping to entertain a large crowd. Our upgrade pick uses a special wide-angle technology to address this.

Turn dumb lights into smart lights. Turn any wall-controlled light into smart lighting controllable by touch, by mobile app, or by voice with Amazon Alexa

Brilliant connects to your smart home products in just a few steps. Once you connect over WiFi, anyone in the home now has touch and voice control over a wide range of products including Philips Hue, Ecobee, Ring, and more

Brilliant can control the entire Sonos Home Sound System. With easy access right on the wall, everyone in the home can access and enjoy their favorite music effortlessly

Save your favorite combinations of settings for lights and other smart home products like music and temperature (for example, a "date night" that dims lights, plays Jazz on the Sonos, and sets the temperature to 72 degrees on compatible smart thermostats)

Although I’ve longed for the silky-smooth UI that Apple Watch users enjoy, I never once pined over that OLED touchscreen. It’ll suck too much power, wash out in direct sunlight, and there are just too many scenarios where a capacitive touch panel would be defeated by gloves, water, or an errant touch. Real athletes want low-power displays and buttons to grab, damnit!

The Epix 2 does (almost) everything the new Fenix 7 series can do, only from behind an OLED display instead of a transflective LCD. In my opinion, the touchscreen addition to the Fenix 7 series is useful, but the touchscreen OLED on the Epix 2 is an epiphany.

Fortunately, Garmin gave the Epix 2 the same five-button control found on the Fenix series in addition to that touchscreen. While the touchscreen is on during normal smartwatch usage, it turns off by default for the dozens upon dozens of included activity and sport profiles to avoid errant touches screwing up your data collection. That’s fine because the touchscreen can be enabled by default for particular activities, or whenever you want. Garmin gives the athlete full control over when the touchscreen is active.

For example, I have the touchscreen enabled by default when trail running and mountain biking because I like to get lost in the woods, and I rely upon Garmin’s onboard maps to get me back to my starting position. But it’s winter on the North Sea where I kitesurf, which means thick neoprene gloves are a must. For that reason, I just leave the touchscreen turned off in the kiteboard activity profile. Nevertheless, when it’s on, that wet touchscreen works perfectly against a bare finger.

I have had issues with the touchscreen being activated by my high-tech Nike jacket when running in moderate to heavy rain. The wet sleeve bouncing across the display can cause the activity view to switch. It’s annoying, but also rare, and doesn’t create a situation where my data could be lost.

The touchscreen makes navigating Garmin’s collection of global golf courses and topographical, road, trail, and ski resort maps so much easier. Without it, you’re required to master a tricky combination of buttons to pan and zoom around. With touch, you simply double-tap to zoom in or touch-and-drag to pan (you can’t pinch to zoom though and a button press is required to zoom out). The Epix 2 also refreshes map views quickly, which were frustratingly slow on the old Fenix 6. I use Garmin’s map views far more frequently now as a result.

Perhaps my favorite feature of the touchscreen is being able to tap and hold on the watch face to go directly into the selected complication. (Tap and hold is slower to execute than Apple’s direct tap interface, but it also requires deliberate touches to activate.) For example, when I tap and hold the day’s high/low temperature complication, I feel a light haptic bump before being taken into a detailed weather forecast. Tap “unproductive” and Garmin will explain how WAKING UP AT 530AM TO RUN A PERSONAL BEST 5K IN THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MY KIDS WAKE UP AND I HAVE TO BE AT WORK IS SOMEHOW UNPRODUCTIVE. Eh hem. My current watch face, which is a customized version of the Epix 2 default, has seven such complications on it.

The OLED display on the Epix 2 is detailed and bright in all lighting, the battery can easily last almost a week or longer when training every day, and that touchscreen makes Garmin’s overwrought menu system and on-board maps so much easier to navigate.