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USITT supports, develops, and promotes a wide variety
of standards for the theatrical and entertainment industry.
This page provides an overview of all these activities,
links to further information about each of them, announcements about
deadlines for standards under review, and access to
other useful information. The process of creating,
reviewing, and disseminating standards cuts across
many of USITT’s
organizational lines. Most of these activities are now
led by the Standards Committee but historically some
were undertaken by the commissions, notably Engineering.
Important activity involves DMX512 and NEC.
The Standards Committee, which maintains its own roster of members, is responsible for verifying that the requirements for due process, consensus, and other criteria for approval in the development, revision, reaffirmation, or withdrawal of a USITT Standard, Guideline, or Recommended Practice have been met. The Standards Committee is also responsible for the administration of the procedures dictated by the USITT Procedures for Creating Standards ( PDF) and provides assistance to the Subcommittees created to develop standards. The list of Standards Committee Members is also provided with the other official USITT Committees.
USITT works closely with the Technical Standards Program of ESTA (the Entertainment Services and Technology Association). For example, the Draft Rigging Standards developed by USITT over the past decade are being carried through the ANSI Standards process for consensus documents by ESTA’s Rigging Working Group, and the revisions to USITT DMX512/1990 are being administered by ESTA’s Control Protocols Working Group. ESTA’s Technical Standards Committee (TSC) is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as Accredited Standards Committee E1, Safety and Compatibility of Entertainment Technical Equipment and Practices with ESTA as its Secretariat which provides administrative support to the committee. Membership in working groups is open to all who are affected by standards-making in these areas, and who are willing to actively participate in the group's projects.
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USITT RP-2, Recommended Practice for Theatrical Lighting Design Graphics. RP-2 is intended to
establish a standardized language among lighting designers and anyone else who needs to understand or execute
a lighting design. It was approved by the USITT Board of Directors at the 2006 Annual Conference & Stage
Expo in Louisville, and is now available
for Free Download.
ESTA Technical Standards Program Activity: Full details, copies of the documents, instructions,
and review forms can be found at the
TSP Public Review Documents section of ESTA's web site.
Draft standards currently in public review.
Through July 07, 2008:
- BSR E1.11-200x, Entertainment Technology--USITT DMX512-A, Asynchronous Serial Digital Data Transmission Standard
for Controlling Lighting Equipment and Accessories. BSR E1.11, a revision of ANSI E1.11 - 2004, describes a protocol
for transmitting digital data used to control entertainment lighting equipment and accessories. The revision is being
done to correct errors and to clarify text, and to add an Alternate START Code for UTF-8 transmission so that languages
other English can be used for sending diagnostic text messages.
Through August 25, 2008:
- BSR E1.30-1-200x thru BSR E1.30-10-200x, Entertainment Technology--EPIs 23 thru 32. These documents are part
of BSR E1.30-200x, Application level equipment interoperability for control of commonly encountered entertainment
technology devices using ANSI E1.17 (commonly known as ACN). See the
ESTA Web Site for more details
and to download the draft documents and review forms.
Go to the Technical Standards Program section of ESTA's
Web Site for general information.
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