The recent InfoComm15 saw the OCA Alliance use its OCA MicroDemo to demonstrate the viability of the Open Control Architecture remote control and monitoring language for digital audio networks. Developed jointly by OCA member companies Focusrite, Attero Tech, and Bosch, the MicroDemo runs on a 120MHz Cortex M3 processor, with 512kB of Flash memory and 128kB of SRAM, and operates via standard 10/100 baseT Ethernet or USB 2.0.
‘The OCA MicroDemo is a demonstration product being co-developed by OCA Alliance members,’ says Simon Jones, Technology Manager at Focusrite Audio Engineering, speaking for the OCA Alliance. ‘Its primary purpose is to prove that OCA can run well in lightweight hardware environments. At this time, MicroDemo hardware development is complete and software development will be completed later this year [2015].’
Alliance member companies also introduced further products featuring OCA functionality at InfoComm15. These included the PRS-40M14 Omneo Interface from Bosch Communications. Part of the Bosch Praesideo digital PA/VA system, this is an alternative to the LBB4404/00 CobraNet Interface, with which it shares functionality, features and price, but connects to an Omneo or Dante network and uses OCA to provide real-time control and monitoring. d&b audiotechnik introduced two additional OCA enabled products; the four-channel next generation 10D and 30D installation amplifiers.
‘With further new OCA enabled products, we are looking forward to transforming part of the OCA vision into reality,’ says OCA Alliance, Marketing Group Chair, Marc Weber. ‘The simplified integration of a voice alarm system and an entertainment audio system from multiple manufacturers.
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