Cisco Room Kit EQ

Platform compatibility

• RoomOS 11.1.2 and later (for native Webex meetings and video interoperability for Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet)
• Microsoft Teams Rooms (coming soon – also featuring native Webex meetings and other third-party meetings via direct guest join)

Available solutions

• Cisco Room Kit EQ (featuring the Cisco Quad Camera)
• Cisco Room Kit EQ PTZ 4K (featuring the Cisco PTZ 4K Camera)
• Cisco Codec EQ Standalone

Default components in the Cisco Room Kit EQ bundle

• Cisco Codec EQ
• Cisco Quad Camera
• Wall mount for Quad Camera
• Power adapter
• Ethernet cable

Optional hardware components

• Cisco PTZ 4K Camera
• Cisco Room Navigator table-stand touch control unit
• Cisco Room Navigator wall-mount touch control unit
• Cisco Table Microphone
• Cisco Ceiling Microphone
• Cisco Microphone Array
• Wall mount for Cisco Codec EQ
• Rack ears for Cisco Codec EQ
• Cisco USB-C Cable with Laptop Charging
• Cisco Multi-head Cable 4K
• Network cable
• Other cable and peripheral options

Camera overview (Quad Camera)

• 4x 20MP CMOS image sensors with machine intelligent switching
• The camera generates frames from the 4 sensors simultaneously to provide a single HD output at 1080p
• Support up to 60 fps
• 1/1.7 CMOS
• 5x zoom
• f/2.0 aperture
• 83° horizontal field of view on wide lens
• 50° horizontal field of view on 3 tele-lenses
• Automatic group framing (audio + face detect)
• Speaker tracking
• Intelligent people framing for equitable views
• 5056 x 3888 pixel resolution
• Auto focus, brightness, and white balance
• Focus distance 1 m to infinity

Bandwidth

• Up to 6 Mbps point-to-point

Minimum bandwidth for resolution/frame rate

• 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps from 2560 kbps

Firewall traversal

• Cisco Expressway™ technology
• H.460.18, H.460.19 firewall traversal

Video standards

• H.264, H.265, and H.263

Video inputs

• 1x USB-C input supports formats up to maximum 3840 x 2160 at 30 fps with USB-C port has 3A charging capability
• 3x HDMI inputs support formats up to maximum 3840 x 2160 at 30 fps including 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps
• Extended Display Identification Data (EDID)
• Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) 2.0

Video outputs

• 3x HDMI outputs support formats up to 3840 x 2160 at 60 fps
• Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) 2.0

Encode and decode

• Main video: 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps
• Presentation channel: 3840 x 2160 at 15 fps

Audio standards

• G.711, G.722, G.722.1, G.729, AAC-LD, and Opus

Audio features

• High-quality 24kHz audio
• Prepared for inductive loop (line out)
• Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC)
• Active Lip Synchronization
• AI-Powered, Adaptive Noise Removal
• Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
• Full Duplex
• Full-Band Audio
• Self-Hear
• Ultrasound Technology

Audio inputs

• 3x external microphones via 4-pin mini-jack audio input
• Embedded audio on 3 HDMI inputs and one USB-c input
• Audio over IP using the Cisco Microphone Array: Extension option to add up to 8 microphones with AV integrator package (option key)

Audio outputs

• 1 line out mini-jack (stereo) (Codec EQ)
• 1 RCA output for subwoofer (Quad Camera)
• Embedded audio on all HDMI output
• HDMI input #1 supports Audio Return Channel (ARC): Audio output to Quad Camera

Loudspeakers (Quad Camera)

• High-quality loudspeaker system with a single full-range driver and dual low-frequency drivers
• Frequency response: 100Hz to 20kHz
• Max output level: SPL 90dB

Camera modes (Quad Camera)

• Group view: Automatically detects meeting participants and provides ideal group framing for the best view
• Speaker view: Uses a dedicated, built-in microphone array to detect and provide a prominent view for the active speaker
• Frames: Captures a condensed view of in-room participants and frames them individually or in smaller groups for more equitable meetings, on Webex and when using third-party meetings

Video stream layouts

• Supporting available Webex video stream layouts and meeting features, including focus, grid, prominent, stack, and overlay
• People Focus helps create an optimized view of every participant in Webex meetings via smart cropping to remove excess real estate

Speaker tracking (Quad Camera)

• 8-element microphone array for accurate speaker tracking
• Quad Camera can support group framing and intelligent people framing feature with 5x zoom capability
• For an optimal speaker-tracking experience for people joining remotely, it is recommended that the furthest in-room participant is located within less than 9 meters from the video device. Please note that the best overview (automatic group framing) camera mode can support an extended distance from the Quad Camera.

Presenter tracking (PTZ 4K Camera)

• AI-powered face and upper-body detection capability
• Camera automatically follows the active presenter within a defined zone and helps ensure an optimized view

Content stream

• H.239 (H.323) dual stream
• Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) (SIP) dual stream
• Support resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 at 15 fps and 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps

Wireless sharing

• Webex App (up to 3840 x 2160 at 7.5 fps)
• Cisco Intelligent Proximity client (up to 1920 x 1080 at 3 fps)
• Miracast (1920 x 1080 at 30 fps) – Not available on non-radio version. Available in cloud-registered and Webex Edge for Devices deployments.
• Apple AirPlay wireless sharing:
  - Screen mirroring up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps
  - Extended desktop (Mac only) - up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps
  - Video streaming from iPhone and iPad up to 3840 x 2160 at 30 fps
  - Video streaming from Mac (Safari) up to 1920 x 1080 at 60 fps

MultiSite features (embedded multipoint) (optional upgrade)

• Adaptive SIP/H.323 MultiSite:
  - 3-way resolution up to 1080p30 plus content up to 4Kp15
  - 4-way resolution up to 720p30 plus content up to 4Kp15
  - 5-way resolution up to 720p30 plus content up to 4Kp15
• Full individual audio and video transcoding
• H.323/SIP/VoIP in the same conference
• Support for presentation (H.239/BFCP) from any participant at resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 at 15 fps
• Best Impression (automatic continuous presence layouts)
• Encryption and dual stream from any site

Protocols

• H.323
• SIP
• Webex
• WebRTC
• ISDN PRI/BRI using the optional ISDN Link

Embedded encryption

• H.323 and SIP point-to-point
• Standards-based: H.235 v3 and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
• Automatic key generation and exchange

IP network features

• DNS lookup for service configuration
• Differentiated services (Quality of Service [QoS])
• IP-adaptive bandwidth management (including flow control)
• Automatic gatekeeper discovery
• Dynamic playout and lip-sync buffering
• H.245 Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones in H.323
• RFC 4733 DTMF tones in SIP
• Date and time support using Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) dialing
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• 802.1X network authentication
• 802.1Q Virtual LAN
• 802.1p [QoS and Class of Service (CoS)]
• Cisco Media Assure and ClearPath, including packet loss-based downspeeding

Call control

• Native registration on Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM)
  - Requires CUCM version 12.5 or later with device pack for Room Kit EQ
• Native registration with Cisco Expressway
• Webex
• Third-party H.323 Gatekeepers and standards-based SIP proxies

IPv6 network support

• Single call stack support for both H.323 and SIP
• Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 for DHCP, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, DiffServ
• Support for both static and automatic IP configuration (stateless address auto configuration)

Security features

• Secure management using HTTPS and SSH protocols
• End-to-end encryption for calls and meetings on Webex
• Standards-based media encryption on all back-ends (Secure Real-time Transport Protocol [SRTP], using AES-128-GCM or AES-256-GCM)
• Password protection to access administration available on Room Navigator controller
• Network settings protection

Certificate management

• Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF) support for additional security
• Manufacturer-Installed Certificates (MIC)
• Locally Significant Certificates (LSC)
• X.509 Digital Certificates (DER encoded binary); both DER and Base-64 formats are acceptable for the client and server certificates; certificates with a key size of 1024, 2048, and 4096 are supported

Other interfaces

• 4x USB 3.0 ports, 1.5A charging capability per port for external USB microphones and future integrations
• Micro USB port
• Factory reset pinhole

Network interfaces (Codec EQ)

• Ethernet (RJ-45) 10/100/1000 for LAN
• 4x PoE++ (802.3.bt) Ethernet (RJ-45) 10/100/1000 with a total power budget of 90W for
  - Camera control
  - Room Navigator touch controller
  - PoE room peripherals (microphones including the Cisco Microphone Array
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz also supported for LAN - not available in non-radio versions; Wi-Fi 6E support coming soon
• 2x2 Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO)

Power supplies (2)

• 100 to 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
• Average 20 W
• Quad camera must be used with power supply FSP FSP070-AHAN2 or AcBel ADF019.

Operating temperature and humidity

• 0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F) ambient temperature
• 10% to 90% Relative Humidity (RH)

Storage and transport temperature

• 20°C to 60°C (-4°F to 140°F) at RH 10% to 90% (noncondensing)

Locking mechanism

• Kensington security lock

Language support

• Arabic, Czech, Danish, German, US English, UK English, Catalonian, Spanish, Latin-American Spanish, Finnish, French, Canadian French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian

Form factor

• Cisco Quad Camera color options in First Light and Carbon Black (coming soon)
• The Quad Camera supports flexible mounting on the wall or on the screen, either above or underneath the screen(s).
• Codec EQ supports wall mounting, rack ear mounting, and custom placement as a free-standing unit.