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Ember+ Remote Control
Ember+ is a lightweight control protocol developed by Lawo and L-S-B Broadcast Technologies. It was published an open standard, and various companies have implemented Ember+ in their products since.
In Ember+, a device (or software) can act as a “provider” or as a “consumer”. The provider, e.g. a mixing console, publishes a tree of “parameters” which reflect the current status of the system (e.g. fader on/off, volume levels, etc.). The “consumer” acts as a client, subscribes to parameter changes, and can also send parameter updates in order to make changes to the provider where possible.
mAirList implements an Ember+ consumer which can be used as a regular remote control inside mAirList.
Supported Hardware
mAirList can connect to any kind of Ember+ provider. However the following limitations apply (as of mAirList 5.3):
- As mAirList scans the entire parameter tree during startup, the tree should not be too large, for optimal performance.
- For the same reason, the parameter tree must not be recursive (or infinite).
A list of manufacturers who have implemented Ember+ in their products can be found in the ember-plus Wiki. Products include Lawo R3LAY VRX (formerly JADE Studio), and also DHD Series 52 with firmware 8.x.x.x (as an alternative or addition to the native DHD control protocol).