The OCA Alliance, the trade association supporting the AES70 standard for open control architecture (OCA) of pro audio and AV media network devices, has announced the public availability of the latest revision of the standard, AES70-2024. Along with new classes, the update features new methods, a new specification for using the OCP.1 protocol, and several documentation updates.
AES70 is a license-free public standard with no proprietary content. It may be used freely at no cost. Using it does not require AES70 or OCA Alliance membership. For modest one-time fees, anyone can download the AES70 standards documents from the AES.
It provides for powerful, high speed, low cost, robust device control and monitoring for networks at any scale, from one device and a single controller to networks with almost any number of devices and multiple controllers.
Fully backwards compatible with existing implementations, AES70-2024 continues to expand the technical foundations of the growing and evolving OCA ecosystem. Summaries and overviews of the most recent additions to the standard can be found on the OCA Alliance website here.
Ethan Wetzell, marketing chair for the OCA Alliance, said: “AES70 is very much a living and evolving standard, and we are grateful to the developers and contributors who continue to support and expand it.”
He added: “As media networks expand in relevance and complexity, the ability of AES70 to grow in parallel to offer new components and solutions enhances the value for developers in combining standards and technologies to create holistic solutions.”
