No. For power, all Stem Ecosystem devices require a PoE+ ethernet connection.
#2 How does a laptop brought into the conference room connect into the Stem ecosystem?
The easiest way to connect the Stem Ecosystem to a BYOD environment is by plugging the USB from the Stem Hub directly into that computer. USB extenders and matrix switchers are also an option in more complicated environments.
Stem Table and Stem Wall have a physical mute button. When muted, devices display a red LED by default. Muting one Stem device, will mute all Stem devices paired to the same room. Additionally, you can mute any device with video conference platform.
#4 Best deployed on a private/local network, or is it designed to coexist with a regular corporate network?
All that is required for devices to get booted and talking is a simple router and a PoE+ switch.
It is not possible to daisy chain Stem Ecosystem devices in any way. However, as networkable devices, you can pair up to 10 audio endpoints to one Stem Hub.
