Room Bar
An all-in-one video bar appliance for small rooms, featuring a 12 MP camera with 120° field of view, integrated speakers, a 4-element mic array, intelligent features like auto-framing and speaker tracking, and support for Cisco Rooms and Microsoft Teams.
List Price: US $3,795
(Cisco Suggested Resale Price (CSRP) shown above)
Room Sizes
Small
Small
Operating Modes
Other OS (Appliance)
Other OS (Appliance)
Certifications
Cisco
Cisco
Video AI Features
Speaker Tracking
People Framing
Speaker Tracking
People Framing
Cisco Room Bar is a compact video collaboration device that provides multi-platform video conferencing, flexibility, and inclusive meeting experience for focus rooms, huddle spaces, and small meeting rooms.
Available in First Light and Carbon Black, Room Bar is an integrated appliance with a 12MP camera, noise cancelling microphone array, stereo loudspeakers for spatial audio, an integrated compute for advanced processing, and flexible connectivity options. It can connect with up to two displays, supports USB passthrough for single-cable BYOD conferencing, external microphone connectivity, and provides a variety of content sharing options via cable (HDMI and via USB-C) and wirelessly.
Room Bar supports the native Cisco Rooms or Microsoft Teams Rooms experiences, and also interoperability with Zoom and Google.
Running on the Cisco RoomOS operating system, the video bar supports a range of camera and audio intelligence features, including people framing, speaker tracking, and virtual meeting zone. Room Bar comes with an intuitive touch controller and can be remotely managed, accessed, and monitored in the cloud with the Webex Control Hub admin portal.
Cisco Room bar is available starting at $1,999 for Webex subscribers.
Video Features
| --- Basic Video Features --- | |
| # of Displays | 2 |
| # of Cameras | 1 |
| Camera Specifications | 1 x 4K (12 MP), 120 degree horiz. FOV, 5x ePTZ |
Comments: Auto rotation of the image when the video bar is mounted upside down. Virtual meeting zone can be configured to limit camera framing within predefined boundaries. Supports connectivity with a third-party touch displays. |
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| --- External Camera Support --- | |
| Ext. Camera - Stand-Alone | N/A |
| Ext. Camera - 360 Camera | N/A |
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| --- Basic Audio Features --- | |
| # of Microphones | 4 |
| Voice Pickup Range | 3m (10 ft) |
| # of Speakers | 2 |
Comments: Pickup range can be extended using an external microphone. |
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| --- Audio / Noise Processing --- | |
| Audio Processing | Echo Cancellation (AEC) Full-Duplex Audio Voice Leveling - Outgoing Voice Leveling - Incoming De-Reverberation Stereo Sound Spatial Audio (3D) |
| Noise Cancellation | Voice Activity Detection Basic Noise Suppression AI Noise Suppression |
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| --- External Audio System Support --- | |
| Ext. Audio System Support | Supports connectivity with 1 Cisco IP or analog conferencing microphone, or third-party USB microphone. |
Device Controllers
| Touch Controllers | Cisco Room Navigator touch panel |
Comments: Cisco Room Navigator is a 10-inch, platform-independent touch display that lets meeting room participants control their Cisco collaboration devices, apply video conference and room controls, and run third-party applications. Cisco Room Navigator can be deployed as a native RoomOS device, configured as a Microsoft Teams Rooms controller, or set up in web app mode to host other workspace apps. |
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Vendor Management Platform
| Vendor Mgmt Platform | Webex Control Hub |
Comments: Webex Control Hub is a centralized, cloud-based management platform for Cisco’s collaboration products and services. Control Hub provides administrators with a single pane of glass to manage Webex users and services, collaboration devices (such as video bars), and contact center solutions. From a device perspective, the key features of Control Hub include unified user and device management (including Cisco devices and accessories, and third-party peripherals), remote device access, diagnostics, and workspace insights around room utilization and video bar technology adoption trends. Webex Control Hub offers a range of Cisco workplace technology integrations, including Cisco ThousandEyes, Cisco Spaces, and Cisco Meraki. |
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| Additional Features | SIP / H.323 Video Calling (within video bar) Supports Touch Display as UI / Controller Wireless Presentation Multi-Stream to Calling Service People Counting Environmental Sensors Other (See Comments) |
Comments: Ultrasound technology automatically activates the system when a person walks into the room and then recognizes them through their mobile device. Wireless presentation using Webex, Miracast, Apple AirPlay, or Microsoft Teams Cast when running MTR. Built-in device sensors are combined with temperature, humidity, and air quality sensors in the Room Navigator touch controller. This system can send multiple video streams (e.g., a tight shot of the active speaker and a wide shot of the room) to Webex simultaneously. |
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Warranty and Support Options
| --- Basic Warranty --- | |
| Basic Warranty (Years) | 90 days |
Comments: Includes 90 days of hardware warranty and 90 days of Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support during local business hours. Normally, replacement parts will be shipped with 10 working days after receiving an RMA request. |
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| --- Other Support Options --- | |
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Cisco SmartNet extends the hardware warranty to 1, 3 or 5-year terms. Cisco Technical Services offers additional support beyond the basic warranty, including access to Cisco TAC, software updates, and extended hardware replacement coverage. |
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Additional Information
Cisco Room Bar can be configured as a native Cisco Rooms device or a native Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) device. While in Cisco Rooms mode, the system supports the native Webex Meetings experience, can join Microsoft Teams meetings (using Cisco’s CVI service or WebRTC), Google Meet meetings (using WebRTC), and Zoom meetings (using Zoom CRC). While in this mode, the system can be managed by Webex Control Hub. While in Microsoft Teams Rooms mode, the system supports native MTR meetings, can join Webex meetings natively (if registered to Webex Control Hub) or using WebRTC, can join Zoom meetings using Zoom CRC, and can register to and be managed by both Webex Control Hub and the Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. |
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