ESTA‘s Technical Standards Program announces two new standards — one from the Event Safety Working Group, and another from the Control Protocols Working Group — now published and available for download.
These standards are now available for download from the TSP’s Published Documents page, found at tsp.esta.org/freestandards . They can also be downloaded from ANSI’s Web Store and from the Accuris Standards Store.
ANSI ES1.6 – 2025, Event Safety-Communications: This standard describes requirements for communication of internal and public information for live events and related activities. It provides guidelines and recommended practices for effective communication within the production and operation of a live event. It describes communication messaging and technology for internal operations and external groups, such as the audience or general public, with guidelines for assessment with all involved entities. Its goal is to help the user determine logistics of, and provide channels for general, operational, management, security, health and safety information to affected parties in a timely manner.
ANSI E1.20 – 2025, Entertainment Technology – Remote Device Management over DMX512 Networks (RDM): This standard describes a method of bi-directional communications over a DMX512 data link between an entertainment lighting controller and one or more remotely controlled lighting devices. It allows discovery of devices on a DMX512/ANSI E1.11 network and the remote setting of DMX starting addresses, and also allows status and fault reporting back to the control console.
