Middle Tennessee State University Transforms Campus-Wide Classroom AV Management with Legrand | AV Unified Cloud Platform, Powered by Xyte
Middle Tennessee State University manages a large classroom technology footprint across more than 400 instructional spaces, including standard classrooms, conference rooms, and large lecture halls. For the small Classroom Technology team responsible for those spaces, the work has always carried a simple expectation: the room has to work when faculty and students need it.
Legrand | AV and Middle Atlantic helped MTSU rethink that model with Middle Atlantic Premium+ PDUs and Unified Cloud Platform. The result is a cloud-managed power and rack environment that gives the team remote visibility, targeted control, and the ability to resolve many classroom issues before they disrupt instruction.
Xyte is proud to power the software backbone behind Legrand | AV Unified Cloud Platform. In this deployment, the value comes from the combination of Legrand | AV hardware, Middle Atlantic power expertise, MTSU’s operational discipline, and cloud software that makes remote management practical at campus scale.
Industry
Higher Education
Audio&Video
Challenge
Before Legrand | AV’s Unified Cloud Platform, MTSU’s support model looked like the reality many higher education AV teams know well. When an issue came in, someone had to go to the room, inspect the rack, trace devices and outlets, diagnose the problem, and resolve it on site. Across hundreds of classrooms, that process consumed time the team did not have.
The bigger issue was visibility. Without a shared remote view into power status, outlet behavior, device draw, and room health, the team was forced into a reactive support posture. A display, control system, or other classroom device could fail quietly until a faculty member reported it. By then, class time was already at risk.
Approach
MTSU deployed Middle Atlantic Premium+ PDUs across classroom and conference room environments, including RLNK-P920R-SP units for instructor stations, RLNK-215 units for classroom displays, and RLNK-415R units for conference rooms. Connected through the Unified Cloud Platform, those devices give the team a single place to monitor and manage rack power across the campus.
Every outlet can be named by device type, so support staff no longer need to guess which piece of equipment is connected where. They can search by room, review real-time amperage, spot unusual draw, and power cycle a specific outlet without disrupting the rest of the room.
MTSU also extended the value of the Unified Cloud Platform through automation. The team uses scripts for bulk configuration and fleet updates, Autoping monitoring for high-priority devices, and secure access methods to support remote troubleshooting. That combination has helped the team move from manual, room-by-room support to a more proactive operating model.
Solution
The MTSU story shows how classroom AV support is changing. Large campuses do not need more reactive tools. They need better operational visibility, remote control, automation, and a way to manage distributed rooms without sending a technician across campus for every issue.
Legrand | AV and Middle Atlantic gave MTSU the rack power foundation. Legrand | AV Unified Cloud Platform, powered by Xyte, gives that infrastructure a cloud operating layer. Together, they help technical teams shift from break-fix support to a more proactive model built around uptime, efficiency, and scale.
Learn more about Legrand | AV Unified Cloud Platform (formerly RackLink Cloud) and how Middle Atlantic intelligent power products help teams remotely monitor, manage, and automate rack environments.
Results
- The operational results were immediate. In just the first two weeks of the Spring 2026 semester, MTSU resolved 15 to 20 incidents entirely remotely. Those issues would previously have required a trip across campus, rack inspection, and hands-on troubleshooting.
- Legrand | AV Unified Cloud Platform is now deployed across 93 percent of MTSU’s instructional spaces, with the team working toward full coverage. It has become part of the university’s classroom standard and is being planned into new buildings from the start.
- The energy impact is also meaningful. By scheduling automated power-downs for high-draw equipment during nights, weekends, and semester breaks, MTSU estimates it has cut idle power consumption by 15 percent or more across the estate
"We can remotely get a classroom back online faster than we ever could driving across campus."
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