Visual Productions B-STATION2 Manual page 14

2.4 sACN
The streaming Architecture of Control Networks (sACN) protocol uses a method
of transporting DMX-512 information over TCP/IP networks. The protocol is
specified in the ANSI E1.31-2009 standard.
The sACN protocol supports multi-cast in order to take efficient use of the
network's bandwidth.
The B-Station2 supports sending and receiving of one sACN universe.
2.5 TCP
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a core protocol of the Internet
Protocol Suite. It is used for its reliable, ordered and error checked delivery
of a stream of bytes between applications and hosts over IP networks. It is
considered 'reliable' because the protocol itself checks to see if everything that
was transmitted was delivered at the receiving end. TCP allows for the retrans-
mission of lost packets, thereby making sure that all data transmitted is received.
The B-Station2 supports reception of TCP message.
2.6 UDP
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a simple protocol for sending messages across
the network. It is supported by various media devices like video projectors and
Show Controllers. It does not incorporate error checking, therefor it is faster
than TCP but less reliable.
There are two ways how to have the B-Station2 respond to incoming UDP
messages. The API (see page 83) makes typical B-Station2 functions available
through UDP. Furthermore, custom messages can be programmed in the Show
Control page (see page 37). This is also the place where to program outgoing
UDP messages.
2.7 OSC
Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communicating between software
and various multi-media type devices. OSC uses the network to send and receive
messages, it can contain various information.
There are apps available for creating custom-made user interfaces on iOS (iPod,
iPhone, iPad) and Android. These tools allow to program fool-proof user-
interfaces for controlling the device. E.g. Kiosc from Visual Productions.
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