See the section below for additional information if using a light with the EchoVideo Pod or EchoVideo Pro appliance.
If using the EchoVideo Device Service, see Using the Device Monitor Software as a Service below for additional information.

In EchoVideo-speak, the term Device Monitor refers both to a small light attached to a classroom PC, as well as to the software that makes the light work with our system. The light is also sometimes referred to as a puck-light.

This light has two functions:

• The light color / flash pattern indicates the status of a capture currently occurring
• If configured to do so, the Delcom light acts as a button; pressing it can start, stop, pause, or resume a capture.

  Only the Delcom light is capable of acting as a button for capture controls.

However, strictly speaking, the Device Monitor is actually the software. It is a Windows-only application designed to work with a Device Monitor light (small, visual signal indicator lights that attach via USB port to a classroom PC). The Device Monitor software communicates between the light and the capture appliance (legacy SCHD, EchoVideo Pro, EchoVideo Pod, or Universal Capture: Classroom installation).

Together, the light and the software provide instructors and students with a visual confidence monitor of the state of a capture device while recording. The Device Monitor software also allows users to pre-configure logins and section selections so that instructors can quickly initiate an ad hoc recording without needing to log into the device and use the device interface when used with the Delcom light.

If you are an EchoVideo Administrator, you can download either mode of the Device Monitor software from the EchoVideo Downloads page (Settings icon > Downloads). However, only one mode of the Device Monitor can be installed and used on one PC, so choose the one that best suits your needs.

The Device Monitor can be used in one of two modes. Either using the standard, EchoVideo Device Monitor software or using the service-level EchoVideo Device Service.
If using the standard EchoVideo Device Monitor, the PC must be on, and a user must be logged in for the software to work. While it does run in the background, it does not run as a service.
The EchoVideo Device Service must be used instead in order for the device monitor to run as a service. See Using the Device Monitor Software as a Service below for additional information.

Supported Device Monitor Lights

	Delcom USB HID Visual Signal Indicator Product number 904007-SB
	kuando Busylight UC Alpha
	kuando Busylight UC Omega

Using the Delcom light with the Pod or Pro appliance

As stated above, the device monitor software is the product that controls communication between the light and the capture appliance. When using a light through a PC where the device monitor software is installed, the available functionality as described in these help topics is the same regardless of the type of capture appliance being controlled.

When using the light with a SCHD, the light must be plugged into a PC with the software installed; you cannot plug the device directly into a SCHD.

You can, however, plug a light directly into an EchoVideo Pro or an EchoVideo Pod device, and it will provide capture status monitoring as well as basic capture control (if used with the Delcom light). However, the functionality available when bypassing the software is limited.

If your light is plugged directly into a USB port of an EchoVideo Pro or EchoVideo Pod device:

• The light color / flash indicators for capture status use the default settings, which are (any customization done via the software does not apply):
  • green = idle
  • yellow = preroll
  • red = capturing
  • flashing red = error
  • flashing yellow = paused
  • flashing green = stopping

If using a Delcom light, which supports capture controls:

• The light can only be used to pause or resume a running capture.
• You cannot stop a capture in progress or initiate an ad hoc capture. However, these tasks can be done via the Pro's front panel or the Pod's touchscreen.

Once again, if you need full functional control of captures via the Delcom light, plug the light into a PC and install the device monitor software.

If you are using a Kendo Busylight UC Omega, it must be plugged in before turning on your EchoVideo Pro or EchoVideo Pod device.

The EchoVideo Device Service is a service-level version of the Device Monitor software that does not require a user to be logged into the podium PC. Again, as stated above, the device monitor service is the product that controls communication between the light and the capture appliance. When using a light through a PC where the device service is installed, the available functionality, as described in these help topics, is the same regardless of the type of capture appliance being controlled.

If you are an EchoVideo administrator, you can download the Device Service from the EchoVideo Downloads page (Settings icon > Downloads).

When using the EchoVideo Device Service:

• You cannot initiate an ad hoc capture with the Delcom light as there is no associated user information.
• The Device Service is supported on Windows 10 only.
• The EchoVideo Device Service and the EchoVideo Device Monitor software cannot be installed on one PC. Instead, install the version that best suits your needs.