Standards: Appendix N - AMWA NMOS Documents
All of the AMWA NMOS documents are available free of charge at the AMWA web site. Download what you need.
This is an Appendix to our series of articles on Standards.
Interface Specifications (IS)
Interface Specifications 4,5 and 6 are deemed critical to the success of ST 2110. Note that IS-06 is now deprecated with no reason given. That may be because it depended on support in IP switches that was not widely available enough to allow it to control the low-level network traffic. There may be alternative solutions as part of the more generic IP networking support tools that are widely available.
| Id | Name | Version |
|---|---|---|
| IS-04 | Discovery & Registration. | 1.3.2 |
| IS-05 | Device Connection Management. | 1.1.2 |
| IS-06 | Network Control (Deprecated). | 1.0.1 |
| IS-07 | Event & Tally. | 1.0.1 |
| IS-08 | Audio Channel Mapping. | 1.0.1 |
| IS-09 | System Parameters. | 1.0.0 |
| IS-10 | Authorization. | 1.0.0 |
| IS-11 | Stream Compatibility Management. | 1.0.0 |
| IS-12 | Control Protocol. | 1.0.0 |
| IS-13 | Annotation. | In progress |
| IS-14 | Device Configuration. | In progress |
Future work includes:
- Flow Grouping.
- ID & Timing.
- Scalability.
Data Model Specifications (MS)
| Id | Name | Version |
|---|---|---|
| MS-04 | ID & Timing Model. | 1.0.0 |
| MS-05-01 | NMOS Control Architecture. | 1.0.0 |
| MS-05-02 | AMWA NMOS Control Framework. | 1.0.0 |
| MS-05-03 | AMWA NMOS Control Block Specs. | In progress |
Best Common Practices (BCP)
| Id | Name | Version |
|---|---|---|
| BCP-002-01 | Natural Grouping. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-002-02 | Asset Distinguishing Information. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-003-01 | Secure Communications in NMOS Systems. | 1.0.1 |
| BCP-003-02 | Authorization in NMOS Systems. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-003-03 | Certificate Provisioning in NMOS Systems. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-004-01 | Receiver Capabilities. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-005-01 | EDID to Receiver Capabilities Mapping. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-006-01 | NMOS With JPEG XS. | 1.0.0 |
| BCP-006-02 | NMOS With H.264. | In progress |
| BCP-006-03 | NMOS With H.265. | In progress |
| BCP-007-01 | NMOS With NDI. | In progress |
Informative Documents (INFO)
| Id | Name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| INFO-002 | Security Implementation Guide. | Completed |
| INFO-003 | Sink Metadata Processing Architecture. | In Progress |
| INFO-004 | Implementation Guide for DNS-SD. | Completed |
| INFO-005 | Implementation Guide for NMOS Controllers. | Completed |
| INFO-006 | Implementation guide for NMOS Device Capabilities Control. | Completed |
Parameter Registers
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| common | General Procedures and Criteria. |
| capabilities | Capabilities. |
| device-control-types | Device Control Types. |
| device-types | Device Types. |
| flow-attributes | Flow Attributes. |
| formats | Formats. |
| node-service-types | Node Service Types. |
| sender-attributes | Sender Attributes. |
| source-attributes | Source Attributes. |
| tags | Tags. |
| transports | Transports. |
| transport-parameters | Transport Parameters. |
Control Feature Sets
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| identification | Identification. |
| monitoring | Monitoring. |
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