Quinn Studios 8 & 9 Technology Guide

The Studios provide technology-enabled conference facilities for student teams to collaborate. The use of the studio is restricted to academic and research purposes only.

Using the Plasma TV

The LG Plasma TV is controlled by a Panel mounted on the wall to side of the display. Please note that the TVs have no sound .

The ON/OFF buttons controls the power.

The Laptop button changes the input of the display screen.

Wireless screen sharing with your Laptop or mobile device

In order to use the wireless projection function in Studio 8 or 9, you first need to connect to the eduroam network.
For details on connecting a Window 10 laptop, click here
For details on connecting an apple laptop (macbook), click here
For details on connecting an iOS device (ipad), click here
For details on connecting an Android Smartphone (Samsung Galaxy A3) click here
A quick guide detailing the process can be found here

Connecting using your Laptop

You will need to select button ‘A’ from the wall panel,
If you don’t see the Coalesce Blackbox welcome screen, wait for about 5 seconds and press button ‘A’ again
Ensure your laptop or device is connected to the eduroam Wi-Fi network
If you are using your laptop, type the URL that you see on screen into your browser address bar

Click Connect to download the Coalesce client

The setup file will normally be saved in your Downloads folder, locate and launch the file
You will only need to do this step once, the installation process will install a Coalesce icon on your desktop.
In future, click the Coalesce desktop icon in any studio once installed

Enter your name or a name for your device
Click Continue

Enter the Screen Key as displayed on the plasma screen
The Screen Key is unique to your session and will automatically regenerate when you have disconnected
Click OK

Choose what you want to share!
Click Share Desktop to display your device
Click Share Window to display an application
Click Share File to display a file such as an image
Up to 4 devices can display simultaneously, the screen will resize dynamically

To end the session simply click Stop Sharing and then Disconnect

When connecting in future, launch the coalesce app from the desktop and select recently configured Studios
The application will remember visited Studios making it quick and easy to connect

To get started in a new Studio, simply launch the desktop Coalesce app, select the Enter IP tab and enter the IP address that you see displayed on the new Studio screen.
The IP address is the numbers displayed on the welcome screen, in this example 137.43.53.29
Click GO

Connecting Using a Mobile Device

If you are using your mobile device, go to the App or Play store and search for Coalesce client

Install and open the app & enter you name when prompted

If it’s your first time to use the app enter the IP address for the room – you’ll see this on the plasma TV screen, it’s a number starting with 137.xx.xx.xx

Enter the screen key as displayed on the plasma screen

For iOS users, enable Airplay and mirroring on your device

UROOMS – Studio Booking System

As you are aware students must pre-book the studios in the Collaborative Workspace Q106 for group-work activities. The room booking system has now changed to URooms. Follow this procedure to book a studio: Step 1 – Login to InfoHub, select the Campus menu and choose Book a Studio Room in Quinn College of Business. Step 2 – Now enter the Date, Start time and Duration for which you wish to book the room.

Fig 1: URooms search tool Step 3 – Once you have searched and you can select the studio and click Book. Step 4 – You should then read the terms and conditions and select the purpose for your booking. Step 5 – You will receive an email to confirm your booking. Note: as per the previous system, bookings can be cancelled if the rooms are required for college bookings.