Logitech Tap Riser Mount: Try the Center Seat Before You Drill

Test the reach from a real chair

Picture a late arrival waiting outside a video meeting. The person nearest the screen knows where the admit button is, but the touch controller faces a colleague on the other side. Someone stands up, leans across a laptop and turns the controller by its cable. The Tap Riser Mount addresses the last part of that sequence. It anchors the controller and lets the face turn toward either side. Whether it solves the first part depends on your table. Put a piece of card the size of the control surface at the proposed hole. Try touching its far corner from the seats most likely to host a call. Keep a laptop open while you do it. An empty table makes almost every position look accessible.

Measure what sits below the grommet

Logitech specifies a hole 51 to 89 mm in diameter and a worktop 20 to 50 mm thick. Measure the actual opening with the removable lid out. The diameter of the trim above the table can give a very different answer. Look underneath at the same point. A cable basket can be close enough to obstruct a mounting collar even when there is plenty of empty space a few inches away. The product image shows why thickness and clearance are separate questions. The assembly passes through the surface and needs room below. Photograph that space and mark any fixed brackets before an installer arrives. If the central opening is already full of power and display connections, decide where those connections will live after installation.

Choose the angle for the location

The manufacturer's comparison puts the standard Table Mount at 14 degrees near a table edge and the Riser Mount at 30 degrees for a longer reach toward the center. That is a useful distinction when ordering accessories for several rooms. Two tables can have the same length but put their cable holes in different places. Fold your card mock-up to about the proposed angle and look at it from both sides, including the chair facing the windows. Check whether the tablet would hide the bottom of a shared display or compete with a tabletop microphone for space. The 180-degree swivel helps people share the screen. It does not provide a variable tilt or give everyone seated around a round table the same viewing angle.

Order the mounting kit for the controller you own

Part 952-000080 is the mounting assembly. Logitech lists a cable cinch and documentation in the box. Budget separately for the compatible controller and its connections if you are building a room from scratch. For an existing Tap or Tap IP, follow the cable all the way to its destination before you fasten anything. Leave enough movement at the mount to turn the controller, and enough access underneath to service the connection later. At handover, ask two people sitting opposite each other to start a meeting and admit a participant. If they can complete those ordinary actions without moving a laptop or pulling a cable, the central position is earning its space. If both lean forward each time, reconsider the hole location before committing to the hardware.

One useful detail for a facilities order is the installed envelope. Logitech gives the height, width and depth of a Tap on the riser as 102, 244 and 174 mm respectively. Draw that footprint around the hole instead of marking only the center. Swing the paper footprint toward the second seat and see what it crosses. A grommet beside a power strip can look ideal in a floor plan yet place the screen directly above the outlet someone uses to charge a laptop.