Road map

The road map below is intended to show the direction of travel for OCPE, it is not fixed nor is it a commitment to implement a specific feature or to do so in a specific time.

If you would like to suggest to a feature or improvement please contact us.

For all editions:

• The 2022 changes to the Art-Net standard including ArtPoll targeting.
• Internal gateway web servers to support gateway configuration in a browser in a realistic manner.
• Full documentation of gateway compliance / compatibility.
• mDNS protocol emulation to support RDMNet broker discovery.
• DHCP
  • An internal DHCP server which will not show any network transactions.
  • An full client implementation which will require an external DHCP server.
• DMX output to USB widgets including:
  • ENTTEC Pro 1 and 2
  • ETC Gadget 1 & 2
  • JESE Tri
• IPv6
• RDM Proxy devices 

For Educator and Developer editions:

• Configuration saving to allow a network environment to be quickly recreated.
• Open Sound Control commands to:
  • Add/remove/reset gateways and devices
  • Adjust sensor values
  • Display universe / figure outputs
• Add a JavaScript plug-in mechanism so custom devices can be emulated using predefined PID handlers
• Create a UI option to allow responders to be added to multiple ports at the same time.
• Add a command line / text user interface to allow for automated use.
• Cross platform support for Linux / Mac.
• Log the DMX / RDM output from a gateway's port and log this to an ENTTEC and/or ETC DMX sniffer files.

Possible new application layer protocols:

• AES-70 for audio control systems.
• E1.59 Object Transform Protocol.