On Feb 28, 2015, at 00:00 29, Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> wrote:

> Zeroconf discovery is not that helpful on it's own as I found when I started 
> playing with Avahi. It can tell you where a device is and if that device is 
> multicasting a stream, tell you the address and spec of the stream. Control 
> functions seem to be left to http browser setups. These would be whatever the 
> manufacture decides to set up.

Or in traditional Un*x terms: the mechanism has been specified, but not the 
policy.


> Looking at:
> http://www.telosalliance.com/support/Livewire-and-RAVENNA
> The words:
> "Does this mean Livewire is going away?
> 
> No! Think of this new RAVENNA broadcast protocol as Livewire 2.0."
> 
> It looks like the new livewire is Ravenna. Though they may just be talking 
> audio transport, control might be a different matter.

Compatibility is strictly at the RTP level.  The control systems (not to 
mention little details like GPIO transport) inhabit completely different 
planets.  I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

Cheers!


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