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Protocols
Every wire protocol in the index, grouped by what it carries. Ports, addressing, gotchas and a citation on each.
Audio transport 18Device management 15Lighting control 13Network transport 9Timecode and sync 8Video transport 7Machinery and motion 6Tracking and position 5Audio control 4Video control 4Show control 2Media control 1
Audio transport 18
ADAT Lightpipe
Proprietary, documented
AES3
Paid spec
AES50
Open, free sign-up
AES67
udp/5004 · udp/9875
AVB / Milan
Open, free sign-up
Aviom A-Net
Proprietary
CobraNet
Proprietary, documented
Dante
udp/4321 · udp/4440 · udp/4444 · udp/4455 · udp/8700
DECT
Paid spec
EtherSound
Proprietary, documented
gigaACE
Proprietary
MADI (AES10)
Open, free sign-up
Optocore
Proprietary
Q-LAN
Proprietary, documented
RAVENNA
tcp/8080
S/PDIF
Paid spec
SDI Embedded Audio
Open
SoundGrid
Proprietary
Device management 15
BACnet
udp/47808
Bluetooth LE
Open, free sign-up
Ember+
tcp/9000
KNX
udp/3671
LLDP
Open
Matter
Open
MQTT
tcp/1883 · tcp/8883
OPC UA
tcp/4840
OSCQuery
Open
RDM
Open
RDMnet
udp/5569
RS-232
Paid spec
RS-422
Paid spec
RS-485
Paid spec
SNMP
udp/161 · udp/162
Lighting control 13
0-10V Analog Dimming Control
Paid spec
Art-Net
udp/6454
DALI
Paid spec
DDP
udp/4048
DMX512
Open
ETC Net3
udp/5568
HogNet
udp/6600
KiNET
udp/6038
MA-Net
udp/30020 · udp/30021 · tcp/30022
Pathport
udp/3792
sACN
udp/5568
TPM2.net
udp/65506 · udp/65442
W-DMX
Proprietary
Network transport 9
ACN
udp/5568
DHCP
udp/67 · udp/68
IGMP
Open
LoRaWAN
Open, free sign-up
mDNS / DNS-SD
udp/5353
Power over Ethernet
Open
RTP
Open
Thread
Open, free sign-up
Zigbee
Open, free sign-up
Timecode and sync 8
Ableton Link
udp/20808
Genlock / Black Burst
Paid spec
LTC
Open
MIDI Timecode
Open
NTP
udp/123
PTP (IEEE 1588)
udp/319 · udp/320
Tri-level sync
Paid spec
Word Clock / AES11
Open, free sign-up
Video transport 7
HDBaseT
Proprietary, documented
HDMI
Proprietary
NDI
udp/5353 · tcp/5959 · tcp/5960 · tcp/5961
RTMP
tcp/1935
SDI (Serial Digital Interface)
Open
SMPTE ST 2110
Paid spec
SRT (Secure Reliable Transport)
udp/9000
Machinery and motion 6
CANopen
Open, free sign-up
EtherCAT
Proprietary, documented
Modbus TCP
tcp/502
PROFINET
udp/34962 · udp/34963 · udp/34964
PROFIsafe
Paid spec
Safety over EtherCAT
Paid spec
Tracking and position 5
Audio control 4
AES70 (Open Control Architecture)
Paid spec
Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI (BLE-MIDI)
Paid spec
MIDI 1.0
Open, free sign-up
MIDI 2.0 / Universal MIDI Packet (UMP)
Open, free sign-up