{"id":50024,"date":"2021-11-21T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=50024"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:43:23","slug":"room-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/room-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now use third-party SIP-based video conferencing hardware with RingCentral Room Connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Switching video conferencing hardware is often costly and time-consuming, and IT decision-makers want to maximize their existing hardware investments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Room Connector<\/strong> allows businesses to use existing third-party video conferencing hardware with RingCentral video meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hybrid and remote work are on the rise\u2014which means meeting rooms have a new purpose: facilitate teamwork between office and remote workers. Luckily, video conferencing systems in meeting rooms are designed for this very purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s just one problem: organizations that already own video conferencing hardware <\/span><b>might not want to purchase and deploy another set of hardware<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just to switch meeting providers. IT decision-makers want to keep their existing solutions for as long as possible to maximize their ROI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2b50 <strong>Ready to go hybrid or remote?<\/strong> \u2b50<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here&#8217;s the secret to a successful hybrid and remote-first workplace.<\/p>\n<p><center>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-widget enterprise-download-form\" data-url=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/ebook\/what-your-business-needs.pdf\" data-id=\"69d1857f32a82\" id=\"69d1857f32a82\">\n\t\t<button tabindex=\"on\"  on=\"tap:69d1857f32a82.toggleClass(class='open')\" class=\"open-modal-download-action download-form-button\" type=\"submit\">Get the eBook<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-body\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-content\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-title\">Tomorrow's workplace is hybrid and remote-first. Is your communications system ready?<\/div>\n<form class=\"download-form ENTERPRISE\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Full Name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"text\" name=\"fullname\" placeholder=\"Full Name\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"text\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"email\" autocomplete=\"on\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"email\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"popup_form\" value=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Asset_ID__c\" value=\"ODAM-02486\" class=\"download-form-input\"><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Lead_Entry_Source__c\" value=\"RC Blog Enterprise\" class=\"download-form-input\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"download-form-submit\" type=\"submit\" data-dl-element=\"button\" data-no-auto-dl=\"true\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\" data-dl-name=\"Download now\">Download now<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<button on=\"tap:69d1857f32a82.toggleClass(class='open')\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"  class=\"download-form-modal-close\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-thank\">Enjoy!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re all about giving you flexibility with your solutions. That\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to announce that RingCentral users can now use <\/span><b>existing third-party SIP-based hardware<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with RingCentral <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video meetings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What is RingCentral Room Connector? What is it used for?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Room Connector<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a new add-on license 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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/office\/rooms\/appliance.html\"><b>Rooms<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, web, desktop and mobile users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50091\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Rooms-Connector-diagram-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Room Connector also includes secure meeting controls such as waiting rooms, HD 1080p video (on supported devices), HD audio, and the same familiar unified RingCentral experience we provide across devices, whether you\u2019re using the RingCentral app on desktop, mobile, or in a meeting room.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ringcentral.com\/rooms\/connector\/supported-devices-for-ringcentral-room-connector.html\"><b>Verified devices for Room Connector<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What&#8217;s the difference between Room Connector and RingCentral Rooms?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both RingCentral Rooms and Room Connector are add-on licenses that allow businesses to enable video conferencing in their meeting rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, they both have unique use cases. You may need one or the other (or even both) depending on the current hardware setup in your meeting rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So which license(s) is best for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>RingCentral Rooms<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral Rooms is a natural extension of our MVP solution that\u2019s specifically for meeting rooms. 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simple and intuitive UI in the meeting room setup, on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/video.html\">video meeting<\/a>, as well as the host controls. It also offers advanced end-user and management features, such as touchless meeting controls using voice command or the meeting host\u2019s own mobile device, proximity share, and the ability to switch from mobile to Room.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/rooms-features-for-the-hybrid-workplace\/\"><b>See the latest RingCentral Rooms features<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Room Connector<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Room Connector, on the other hand, helps organizations extend their investments on existing SIP-based hardware by providing them a way to connect to RingCentral video meetings using the room conferencing user interface of their existing hardware.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Room Connector allows a meeting to join via a SIP URI, but can only join meetings as a participant and cannot host a meeting directly.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ringcentral.com\/rooms\/connector\/intro-ringcentral-room-connector.html\"><b>How to use Room Connector<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Get connected now<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Room Connector means that businesses with existing meeting room hardware don\u2019t have to invest in new devices to connect to video. 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