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Wireless keypads for audience response
Impact Explorer™ uses wireless keypads to gather opinions and responses from an audience. Wireless keypads are a very effective means of gathering audience responses since they are easy to use and quite familiar to people given the similarity to TV remote controls. Banxia® provide a choice of keypads to go with Impact Explorer™ so you can choose which suits you best.
Radio keypads
Radio keypads have been a long time favorite for audience response systems.
The technology is proven, and because it uses radio there are no line
of sight issues. When the user selects an option, an LED on the
keypad lights up and the keypad sends the response.
The user has positive confirmation, and the radio system sorts out conflicts
with other users pressing at the same time. The keypad selections are
sent to the computer from the radio base station through the computer
USB port.
Clikapad Keypads
The CLiKAPAD® keypad is a business-class radio
keypad. Available in two versions, with a single LED or a 7-segment
LED, it is credit card sized and very portable for travelling business
use. Note that we always quote on the better value single LED version
unless specifically asked.
The luminescent (glow in the dark) tactile membrane keypad is
great for low light situations, e.g. conferences, with numeric
keys 0 to 10 plus * multi-function key. The overlay has A through
I markings too. The keypad offers advanced facilities such as a
detector and sentry for mislaid keypads.
The CLiKAPAD RF base station is powered by the USB port and is
compact and elegant.
Full details are available at the CLiKAPAD web
site.
Radio based keypads are a good choice for large sessions, and
for larger rooms. If you want to break out into multiple small
sessions, you need to take interference into consideration.
Keypad weight: 34g. Max dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.77 cm (credit
card sized) approx.
Note that Impact Explorer supports other brands of radio keypad
in different parts of the world. Please contact us for more information
if you already have radio keypads.
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Infra-red keypads
Infra-red keypads provide a very good alternative to radio keypads,
and cost a lot less. The technology is proven and is used for large educational
venues with hundreds of students.
Impact Explorer supports two different infra-red keypad systems: PRS-IR and
ResponsePad™.
Other keypads supported:
We also support the Fleetwood Reply Standard and Fleetwood
Worldwide keypads. For Brazil, we support the TRX keypad. We also
support the PRS-RF and Cricket keypads in Impact Explorer.
Summary of differences
| Feature |
Radio based |
Infra-red based |
| Line of site |
No |
Required |
| Confirmed response |
Yes |
In software display |
| Weight |
Comfortable |
Very lightweight |
| Cost |
Call for quote |
Call for quote |
| Multiple base stations |
Not with Impact Explorer |
Yes, either multiple for single workshop,
or easy to use more in break-out rooms. |
| Keypad keys |
marked 1-10, Yes/No, A-E |
marked 1-10, A-E (ResponsePad) |
| Number of keypads supported |
Up to 250 or more depending on system. |
Up to 512 (ResponsePad™) |
Prices and information correct at time of writing. See pricing pages
for latest info, or ask for a quote. E&OE
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