IEC 62379 Common Control Interface

IEC 62379

Common Control Interface
for
networked audio and video equipment

IEC Project Team 62379 is developing a set of standards to make it easy to

control network-connected equipment from multiple vendors, and
send live media over different network technologies.

The Common Control Interface provides a standard means to control not only transmission across the network but also other functions within the equipment such as mixing, format conversion, playout of pre-recorded material, and installing software updates.

The protocols support communication across systems which include networks that do not all use the same underlying technology; for more details of how this will aid the migration to the Future Internet and future generations of mobile networks, click here.

Key features include:

a consistent interface to the functionality in an audiovisual unit
a technology-agnostic protocol for managing communication across networks
providing the means for equipment to discover what units are connected to the network and what their capabilities are, and to locate faults quickly
defining small focused building blocks from which more complex functionality can be built in a consistent and structured way
ensuring new functionality can be developed and integrated consistently and easily into the framework

A common format for audio and video being conveyed across the network is also specified, to avoid situations in which two pieces of equipment fail to communicate because there is no format which both support.

Equipment may, of course, also support other formats appropriate to particular applications, and the standard mechanisms for initiating and terminating communication will work for those formats in the same way as for the standard formats.

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Click here to see how you can help make sure that the new standards support the networking facilities your application needs.

Disclaimer:

This website is administered by the leader of IEC Project Team 62379, and its contents represent his views and those of some other PT members. It has no other connection with the IEC. Material on this website shall not be construed as an indication of consensus within the PT, nor of the eventual contents of the Standards.

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