OpenAV: Open Source AV Control

Dartmouth developed the OpenAV control system using IT technologies and skills to address challenges and high costs presented by traditional AV practices. OpenAV significantly reduces total cost of ownership of AV systems while empowering institutions to design, program, fix, maintain, and upgrade their own systems without having to rely on third party integrators. OpenAV uses open standards and common IT technologies, and all code is open source. OpenAV allows upgrading AV control software completely automatically and remotely with almost no disruption to users, and greatly facilitates keeping systems consistent and adding capabilities incrementally. We will present why we developed OpenAV and its advantages, an overview of OpenAV technology, a report on current deployment at Dartmouth, and challenges we encountered along the way. Finally, we seek opportunities to collaborate with others to further the project and its community, all around open standards.

Presenters

Mark Franklin

Senior Director of Computing Services, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Isaac Ramirez

Software Engineer, Dartmouth College
Jane Reynolds

Senior Systems Engineer, Dartmouth College
Ben Servoz

Enterprise Systems Engineer, Dartmouth College