Visit booth #7G400 and watch presentations on ‘Using AES70’, ‘AES70-2023 Update’ and ‘Build an AES70 Controller’.
The Industry Standard for Control
Who is the OCA Alliance?
The OCA Alliance is a not-for-profit corporation formed to promote and support the AES70 standard for Open Control Architecture (OCA) as a media networking system control standard for professional applications.
The Alliance’s purposes is to support the development and evolution of the standard and promote adoption of AES70 through marketing, education and training, and to develop new AES70 revisions and related materials that increase the value and usability of AES70 as an interoperability tool for the media systems industry.What is AES70?
AES70 is a freely-available open standard for control and monitoring of networked audio and video devices published January 2014. It is based on the specification of OCA (Open Control Architecture) that was first developed by the OCA Alliance.
Targeted for professional applications, AES70 works from 2 to 10,000 devices – even mission-critical and life-safety use. AES70 works alongside any media transport protocol such as AES67, Dante, RAVENNA, AVB etc., delivering a complete media network platform for digital audio systems of any size.Learn with us
Whether you are an engineer looking to find a better way to control audio systems or a manufacturer wanting to adopt control into your products, this site is the definitive resource for information on all things AES70.
You can find details about the standard itself, lists of AES70 products, software and even links to the code. A good place to start is the tutorials section, where you can find out how AES70 works and the real world uses and benefits.
Benefits of using AES70 on projects
Not tied to any particular control system
Easy for manufacturers to implement into products you use
Standards-based control, across any media
Confidence in interoperability with other vendors products
Works alongside any audio and video networking protocol
Why adopt AES70?
There are two answers to this question:
- Firstly, an open standards-based control and monitoring protocol delivers assurances for technical continuity, interoperability and freedom to build systems with whatever products are best suited to the application. You’re no longer tied to any particular vendor.
- The second reason is that it is both easy and cheap to implement in your products. No more costly and time-consuming R&D to develop your own protocol – you can either use an existing hardware design or software implementation or implement your own. It’s straightforward and there is lots of support available. There are no licensing costs and the hardware overhead is minimal.
Standards-based – not tied to any vendor
Rapid development and speed to market
Comprehensive & scalable structure
No licensing costs
Confidence in interoperability with other vendors products
Low hardware overhead
OCA Alliance Members & Testimonials
Profusion
Bosch Communications Systems
Adamson Systems Engineering
d&b audiotechnik GmbH
Focusrite & Focusrite Pro
News
AES23 MOIP Webinar – AES70 Update
In this webinar for AES, Jeff Berryman presents a concise overview of the AES70 media device control standards suite, introduces the new features in the
AES23 MOIP Webinar – AES70 Update
In this webinar for AES, Jeff Berryman presents a concise overview of the AES70 media device control standards suite, introduces
OCA presents at AES Fall Convention 2023: Connection management in AES70-2023
Jeff Berryman and Ethan Wetzell from the OCA Alliance will present a session on connection management in AES70-2023 on Friday 27th October.
OCA Alliance member FBT expands AES70 portfolio
Long-term OCA Alliance member, Italian professional audio specialists, FBT, has enjoyed a bumper year in 2023, debuting a host of new products debut that highlight the benefits and advantages of the AES70 standard.
The OCA Alliance welcomes new member JOYNED
The OCA Alliance, the trade association dedicated to the promotion, support, and development of the AES70 control standard, is pleased to announce the recent membership of Austrian networking specialists, JOYNED.