InfoComm International Audiovisual (AV) Independent Programmers Council develops Roadmap to Control

The Roadmap to Control is a set of recommendations for the implementation and documentation of serial and IP control interfaces within the professional audiovisual and information communications industries.

It was written by professional control system programmers as a project sponsored by InfoComm International® and the Independent Programmers Council, at the request of the Manufacturers Council. The Roadmap is intended to serve as a reference for interface engineers at the equipment manufacturing level.

There are three primary goals of the document:

To promote easier and more effective integration through a common control reference for manufacturers, integrators, and programmers.
To provide guidelines for defining, implementing, and documenting serial and Ethernet communications protocols.
To help improve sales and profitability by making equipment easier to deploy, control, and maintain in the field.

The objectives share the "ease of control" spirit of the successful Dashboard for Controls document. No standards or proprietary formats are championed, as the document has been written completely by independent parties, without the involvement of any particular manufacturers.

View the Roadmap to Control Quick Reference Guide

View the complete Roadmap to Control document

The document seeks to provide manufacturers with the following key benefits in the development of new products:

Ease of installation and commissioning of the product
Reduced dependency on technical support call centers
Richer feature set implementation for end user

If you are a manufacturer, and wish to market your products as compliant with the recommendations of the InfoComm Roadmap to Control, follow the links below to get more information regarding Self Verification:

Roadmap to Control - Verification of Compliance Cover Letter
Roadmap to Control - Verification of Compliance Form

The following contributors authored this document:

Tom Barnett, MBA, CTS-D - ControlWorks Consulting, LLC
Frank Damiano - Damiano Global
Dave Johnsrud, CTS - Duracom, NJ
Howard A. Nunes, CTS - PepperDash Technology Corp.

If you would like more information about the Roadmap to Control, please contact the InfoComm International membership department at membership@infocomm.org.