{"id":22233,"date":"2021-12-20T09:19:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T09:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=22233"},"modified":"2021-12-20T11:15:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T11:15:35","slug":"room-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/room-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Existing Video Conferencing Hardware With RingCentral Room Connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Switching <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/the-best-video-conferencing-hardware-for-your-business\/\">video conferencing hardware<\/a> is often costly and time-consuming, and IT decision-makers want to maximise their existing hardware investments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/office\/rooms\">Room Connector<\/a> allows businesses to use existing third-party video conferencing hardware with RingCentral video meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hybrid and <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/remote-work-resources\/\">remote working<\/a> are on the rise \u2013 which means meeting rooms have a new purpose: facilitate teamwork between the office and remote workers. Luckily, video conferencing systems in meeting rooms are designed for this very purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There&#8217;s just one problem. Organisations that already own video conferencing hardware might not want to purchase and deploy another set of hardware just to switch meeting providers. IT decision-makers want to keep their existing solutions for as long as possible to maximise their ROI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We&#8217;re all about giving you flexibility with your solutions. That&#8217;s why RingCentral users can now use existing third-party SIP-based hardware with RingCentral video meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What is RingCentral Room Connector?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Room Connector is a new add-on licence that enables you to connect legacy meeting room hardware from companies such as Cisco, Poly and others to our RingCentral video meeting platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new Room Connector allows customers to extend the life of their existing third-party SIP equipment by allowing it to connect to RingCentral video meetings alongside Rooms, web, desktop and mobile users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22234\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png.jpg\" alt=\"Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png-355\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png.jpg 1024w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png-300x141.jpg 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png-640x300.jpg 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png-768x360.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Room Connector also includes secure meeting controls. These controls include things like waiting rooms, HD 1080p video (on supported devices), HD audio and the same familiar unified RingCentral experience we provide across devices, whether you&#8217;re using the RingCentral app on desktop, mobile or in a meeting room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Verified devices for Room Connector<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What&#8217;s the difference between Room Connector and RingCentral Rooms?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Both RingCentral Rooms and Room Connector are add-on licences that allow businesses to enable video conferencing in their meeting rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, they both have unique use cases. Depending on the current hardware setup in your meeting rooms, you may need one or the other (or even both).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So which licence(s) is best for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RingCentral Rooms<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RingCentral Rooms is a natural extension of our MVP solution specifically for meeting rooms. It comes pre-installed in various room hardware kits \u2013 suitable for meeting spaces of all sizes \u2013 from leading vendors such as Logitech, Poly and Yealink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RingCentral Rooms offers the same simple and intuitive UI in the meeting room setup, on the video meeting, and the host controls. It also provides advanced end-user and management features, such as touchless meeting controls using voice command or the meeting host&#8217;s mobile device, proximity share and the ability to switch from mobile to Room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22236\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Room-connector-card.jpg\" alt=\"Room connector card-962\" width=\"1011\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Room-connector-card.jpg 1011w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Room-connector-card-300x147.jpg 300w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Room-connector-card-640x314.jpg 640w, \/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Room-connector-card-768x377.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Room Connector<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the other hand, Room Connector helps organisations extend their investments in existing SIP-based hardware by providing them with a way to connect to RingCentral video meetings using their existing hardware&#8217;s room conferencing user interface.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Room Connector allows a meeting to join via a SIP URI, but can only join meetings as a participant and can&#8217;t host one directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to use Room Connector<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Get connected now<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Room Connector means that businesses with existing meeting room hardware don&#8217;t have to invest in new devices to connect to video. We&#8217;ll be supporting even more features with Room Connector in the coming months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Want to know more? Contact your account executive or purchase Room Connector directly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/service.ringcentral.com\/\">Admin Portal<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"uc-expo-cta-2 style-4  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"ctaButton\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Hardware made for your meeting rooms.<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/uk\/datasheets\/room-connector.pdf\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-additional-info=\"Hardware made for your meeting rooms.\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Hardware made for your meeting rooms. | Get the datasheet\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener\" title=\"Download Room Connector\">Get the datasheet<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: Switching video conferencing hardware is often costly and time-consuming, and IT decision-makers want to maximise their existing hardware investments. Room Connector allows businesses to use existing third-party video conferencing &hellip; <a href=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/room-connector\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Use Existing Video Conferencing Hardware With RingCentral Room Connector&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":22235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[74,66,39],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Use Existing Hardware With Room Connector | RingCentral UK Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re all about flexibility. 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