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ANSI E1.44-2014 (R2024)
Common Show File Exchange Format for Entertainment Industry Automation Control Systems - Stage Machinery
ANSI E1.44 - 2014 (R2024) is a reaffirmation of the original 2014 version, and is a standard defining common show file requirements for automated stage machinery control systems used in entertainment venues. It establishes a minimum level of design and performance guidelines for the integrated software design of processor-based machinery control equipment. Its purpose is to ensure that users will be able to transfer, modify, and customize a 'least common denominator' show file for the data required to tour entertainment productions from one facility to another, even when the facilities' physical conditions, hoist inventories, and placements, and the machinery control consoles and data topology differ.
Entertainment Services and Technology Association [esta]