PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland, Ohio. Part of the theatre’s Pro64 Audio Network, there are three AllFrames installed throughout the venue, including the orchestra pit and stage, and two that can be placed anywhere required. www.aviom.com
Aviom’s AllFrame Multi- Modular I/O System made its debut recently on a production of the Life of Galileo at the revamped Allen Theatre at
installation AVB ups its game
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Audio-Video Bridging is back on the
radar as a summer of networking technology approaches
By Dave Robinson & David Davies
Panamax/Furman has announced its integration into the AMX InConcert Partner Program to bring AMX automation to its BlueBOLT and UPS products. The company can provide dealers with a set of two-way TCP/IP and RS-232 driver modules for Panamax/Furman BlueBOLT. www.mybluebolt.com/partners/
Barix is exclusively providing IP audio decoding solutions (Exstreamer units) to Music in Brands for the delivery of music programming to retail stories and other public areas. The company uses Barix for both direct audio streaming and store-and-forward solutions in businesses around Sweden, providing playout solutions for in-store campaigns. www.barix.com
THE PROFILE of the AVB standard and the work of the AVnu Alliance appears to be firmly in the ascendant as the Las Vegas InfoComm event approaches (9-15 June). Last month, the Alliance announced a link up to the University of New Hampshire, a certification timeline, and welcomed three more technology partners to its family. Furthermore, the AVB Networking Conference 2012 is due to be held coincident with InfoComm at the Renaissance Hotel, Las Vegas, on 12 June. The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent networking and data communications testing provider, has been named by the AVnu Alliance as the first test house for the AVB devices certification programme. This agreement is reported to be “a significant step forward in advancing the IEEE 802.1 AVB
John McMahon, Meyer Sound
standards and bringing certified AVB networking products to the market”.
UNH-IOL is a neutral,
third-party testing service provider that works with other industry consortia including the Ethernet Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance and IPv6 Forum. A timeline for the certification
programme has also been established. Starting August 2012, Alliance members can submit AVB-enabled bridges to UNH-IOL to begin testing. For professional audio products, the
testing process will begin in Q1 of 2013. Products by alliance members Avid, Biamp, Extreme Networks, Harman, Meyer Sound, Riedel Communications, and others are expected to be in the first wave of devices submitted for full AVnu interoperability certification. Meyer Sound – which last month launched the 1100-LFC, a new ‘low-end frequency control element’ in Frankfurt – has made an early commitment to certification.
AVnu Alliance members John McMahon, executive
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director – digital products, Meyer Sound, tells PSNEurope: “Meyer Sound is committed to submitting its AVB-capable products for compliance and interoperability testing as soon as the certification programme for professional audio products begins for AVnu Alliance member companies in
Q1 of 2013. A number of Meyer Sound loudspeaker and digital audio systems are in the development pipeline and will be certified to ensure interoperability with other AVnu-certified AVB technologies.” The link-up between the
AVnu Alliance and UNH-IOL underlines the continuing sense of momentum behind the AVB project, whose standardisation process is now in its closing stages. Shortly before press time, the Alliance revealed the addition of three new members: AudioScience, a US-based manufacturer specialising in digital audio peripherals; beyerdynamic, a German developer of conferencing systems, headphones, and microphones; and OnTime Networks AS, a Scandinavian supplier of industrial data communication products. The AVnu Alliance is now represented by more than 40 companies representing automotive, pro AV, and consumer electronics. www.avnu.orgwww.iol.unh.eduwww.meyersound.com