Status: roadmap note. AES70 is not implemented today. Nothing here should be read as a compliance claim.
AES70 — the Open Control Architecture — is the AES standard for control, monitoring and connection management of networked audio devices. It is open and licence-free; d&b audiotechnik ships it on amplifiers and the DS100 with plug-ins for Q-SYS, MediaMatrix, Crestron, AMX and Beckhoff, and states that third parties are free to implement it.
Proposed mapping
| EDC function | AES70 class |
|---|---|
| Input gain / mute | OcaGain, OcaMute |
| Input EQ bands | OcaFilterParametric |
| Input compressor | OcaDynamics |
| Beam delay | OcaDelay |
| Beam aim / shape (pan, tilt, width, skew) | Manufacturer extension worker, e.g. EdcBeamShaper, registered through the OCA Alliance extension-class mechanism |
| Device health, temperature, faults | OcaDeviceManager, OcaSensor subclasses |
| Transport | OCP.1 over TCP |
Why not first
Few show-control tools speak OCP.1 natively; QLab users ask for AES70 and get no easy answer. OSC and REST reach developers today. AES70 answers the consultant’s “open standard?” question in a tender, and belongs in the third horizon of the roadmap, verified with the OCA Alliance compliance test tool before any claim is made.