The organisers are looking for controllers, monitoring equipment, signal distribution devices, luminaires, accessories, and other devices that use the American National Standards developed by ESTA's Control Protocols Working Group, particularly ANSI E1.11, E1.17, E1.20, and E1.31, otherwise known by their acronyms DMX512-A, ACN, RDM, and sACN (streaming DMX-type data using ACN) respectively. The devices will be shown working together as part of a multi-protocol network to show the utility and compatibility of the protocols.
The Connectivity Pavilion at LDI 2010 will be a 10ft by 30ft space across from the ESTA/World ETF booth. The Pavilion provides a demonstration area to the industry at large of manufacturers' implementations of the American National Standards developed by ESTA's Control Protocols Working Group. "By bringing together various pieces of equipment in a neutral area, we are able to show the public how various manufacturers' products can interconnect and communicate, and demonstrate that the protocols that have been worked on by these member manufacturers are viable and available for use today," says ESTA.
Manufacturers interested in participating are asked to fill out the response form available at http://www.esta.org/news/docs/ResponseForm.pdf. The form can be filled out with Reader 7 or later, or an equivalent third-party Acrobat reader or PDF creator, the form saved with the data and emailed to Bill Ellis, the Connectivity Pavilion organizing committee chairman, at bellis@candelacontrols.com.
Selected participants will be expected to ship the product and have it available at the Pavilion by 20 October for booth setup. Manufacturers are also being asked to provide personnel to offer demonstrations during show hours, but no person will be expected to be there the entire time. The versatility of the protocols will be better demonstrated if a changing crew of people are able to operate the equipment.
(Jim Evans)
