Extron electronic PoleVault Systems PVS 400 - Manual (Page 5)

1-3 PoleVault Systems Installation • Introduction — Planning
Before you Begin Installation - Planning
Before installation is started, several major factors must be considered to ensure that the overall installation is as
smooth and trouble free as possible, and that the final finished project meets the needs of the customers, users,
audiences, and installer.
The installation consideration on the following pages, though not comprehensive, should be consulted to help ensure
that key aspects have been considered.
1. Room layout
a. The room
The application diagram below shows a typical classroom installation.
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Typical classroom installation
Room factors to be considered should include, but are not confined to:
• Room size, orientation, and layout:
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Audience factors (e.g. number, ADA requirements, seating arrangements)
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Existing installed furniture (bookcases, racks, cabinets, workbenches, sinks, etc.)
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Windows, doors, and support pillar locations in relationship to the proposed screen location
• Ceiling and wall type (important in assessing the installation hardware needed)
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Ceiling type: dropped, spline, hard lid etc., structural type (wood, concrete, trusses), plenum or
non-plenum
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Wall type: drywall, cement, brick etc.
W Check the structural ceiling to ensure that it can handle a load four times the weight of the final setup.