Open
ACN project launched under the leadership of Dr. Philip Nye
The aim of the project is to generate an open source ACN implementation
to benefit the entire entertainment technology industry. Open source
code will speed up widespread adoption of ACN and help more companies
implement ACN. This benefits not only consumers, but manufacturers too,
who can expect to see an expanding market for new products, not unlike
the expanding market enjoyed as DMX512 implementation became universal.
www.openacn.org
The ACN
standard “ANSI E1.17 -2006 Architecture for Control Networks”
is an open standard for control of devices on a network developed by
the
Entertainment Services and Technology Association
(ESTA).
ACN is an architecture, including protocols
and language, which may be configured and combined with other standard
protocols to form flexible, networked audio, lighting, or other control
systems. It can be implemented on networks that support UDP, IP, and
related protocols. It is not bound to Ethernet as a transport medium,
but Ethernet is an obvious choice. ACN is poised to become the leading
protocol in the rapidly changing world of entertainment control.
BSR
E1.30, Application level equipment interoperability for control of
commonly encountered entertainment technology devices using E1.17
This specification shall consist of a set of
Interoperability Profiles defining standard DMP device types using
device description templates written in DDL. Additional motivational
text will be included to aid understanding for newcomers to E1.17.
Manufacturers of entertainment technology equipment are encouraged to
expose their ACN devices on the network using these device types to
achieve application level interoperability across manufacturers.
BSR E1.31, Lightweight
streaming protocol for transport of DMX512 using ACN
E1.31 is intended to provide a very simple
protocol that offers functionality comparable to existing DMX over
Ethernet protocols while being compatible with the the E1.17 suite of
protocols. Device Management Protocol over Session Data Transport
provides an elegant mechanism for streaming DMX-type data intermixed
with more random access data and high speed feedback in a flexible and
highly scalable way.
ANSI E1.20-2006, Entertainment
Technology--Remote Device Management over USITT DMX512,
describes a method of bi-directional communications over a
USITT DMX512/1990 data link between an entertainment lighting controller
and one or more remotely controlled lighting devices. The protocol also
is intended to work with the ANSI E1.11-2004 control protocol. It allows
discovery of devices on a DMX512/E1.11 network and the remote setting of
DMX starting addresses, as well as status and fault reporting back to
the control console.
ACN; why it is the future,
and what you need to know about it!
