In today’s world of hybrid work and flexible meeting environments, two acronyms frequently pop up in discussions about conference room technology: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and BYOM (Bring Your Own Meeting). While they might seem similar at first glance, these concepts address different needs and priorities when it comes to connecting personal devices to professional AV systems. Let’s break down what each term means and how they differ.
Acroname has teamed up with Poly to bring you a simple and user-friendly USB switching solution for your BYOD conference room.
Add BYOD, or, “Bring Your Own Device” to Your Next Conference Room Meeting
Plug in your phone, laptop, tablet, or another personal device into USBHub3+ and the in-room USB camera and peripherals transfer to your device.
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Often a simple USB switch with a physical button is used to switch USB devices between two different host computers. In many cases it would be nice to execute the host switch without physically pushing a button on the device. The Acroname Programmable USBHub2x4 hub allows a user to switch hosts programmatically without pushing a button.
Customers often ask how many Acroname USBHub3+ hubs can be daisy-chained.
The answer is pretty simple: four.
However, getting there requires some understanding of the USB specification and the internal topology of Acroname hubs. Also, by following our suggested configuration, customers can maximize access to one of the most useful features of Acroname products: fully programmable USB ports.
Acroname's hubs are a robust hardware solution to many common usb related tasks: remotely simulating a manual plug-cycle, charging (or not charging) batteries on connected devices, and switching control between two host computers.
The problem USB devices often need to be disconnected and reconnected (plug-cycled) or reset. The reasons for plug-cycling a USB device are as varied as types of USB devices themselves. In service, the simplest solution to many USB-related problems is to reset the errant host machine or USB device.
Some customers who have been using multiple Acroname USBHub3+ hubs have shared with us that they cannot add more than two USBHub3+ hubs to their system or that they need more USB resources. As it happens, this is not a limitation of USBHub3+ itself, but rather a limitation of the host USB controller and the host machine's implementation of the USB controller.