WESTLAKE, TX – The Control Protocols Plug Fest will once again be held in conjunction with the Technical Standards Program meetings at the Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. The Plug Fest is set for Friday, Jan. 21 (4pm-10pm), Saturday, Jan. 22 (9am-11pm) and Sunday, Jan. 23 (9am-10pm). The event, originally created to support ANSI E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) two years ago, has since expanded to cover all CPWG protocols, including the ANSI E1.31 DMX over Ethernet protocol.
Once again, it's billed as informal event – the only people around to see equipment work or fail will be engineers and technicians, not customers; and it provides an opportunity for manufacturers' engineers to see if their products will work with the products of numerous manufacturers, find out on the spot what is wrong, fix it, and try again.
With all the members of the RDM and E1.31 task groups that wrote the standards on-hand, it also provides an opportunity to get implementation questions answered and to learn from everyone's shared experience.
For more information and to register, contact Scott Blair at sblair [at] rdmprotocol.org. Registration is important so that the logistics of the equipment delivery, setup, and removal can be organized. There is no charge for participation, and the event is open to everyone. Hotel rooms can be reserved through ESTA at https://www.esta.org/news/hotelreservations.php.
For more information, please contact Karl G. Ruling, 212-244-1505, standards [at] esta.org.
