Harman release HiQNet Control System
01 August 2005

With a single software application at its heart, HiQnet™ is complex enough to handle system-wide configuration, routing, and control, flexible enough to traverse any cable, and intelligent enough to be truly plug’n’play. Now we can all speak one language.With HiQnet™ it simply is as simple as connect, configure and control.

One Interface.
The full HiQnet system is configured and controlled with a single software application - Harman Pro System Architect . A comprehensive core PC application into which device-specific plugins developed by each Harman Pro brand can be loaded, System Architect has been written entirely from the ground up to achieve the goal of accommodating all requirements from all the links in a signal chain. System Architect has been optimized for use in both tour sound and installation environments and includes features enabling quick and easy system configuration for both disciplines.

Hardware Architecture.
Employing industry standard networking technologies, HiQnet™ hardware is ready to be integrated into any system. By utilizing Ethernet as its main interface, HiQnet™ assures that products will operate within existing and new infrastructures and provides all the remote access, connectivity, and control required.

Software Architecture.
More than just a messaging protocol, HiQnet™ is a software architecture for real-time control and monitoring combined with streamed audio. The HiQnet™ architecture is truly the first to allow the system not to be tied to an underlying physical medium. Whether a simple RS232 control command or fully streamed CobraNet audio and HiQnet™ control over Ethernet, our architecture is flexible enough to handle any situation.

System Applications
The range of HiQnet™-compatible devices offers previously unattainable benefits in a number of diverse real-world systems:
- Live sound
- Commercial installation
- Engineered installation
- Broadcast
- Portable PA

Control Software.
The HiQnet™ system benefits from two comprehensive control applications - Harman Pro System Architect™ and BSS Audio London Architect.

o System Architect offers the ability to address all the links in the signal chain from within a single application. It enables flagship products from best-in-class brands to act as one collective consciousness and makes real the benefits only the truly unified system can bring. System Architect heralds the escape from the non-communicative world.

o London Architect allows for configuration and control of both BSS Audio’s new flagship audio distribution system, Soundweb London, and Crown Audio’s CTs amplifier PIP cards. The ethos of London Architect is to make complex design simple. Never before has the system designer been considered such a number one priority.

HiQnet Compatible Devices.
- AKG WMS 4000 wireless microphone system
- BSS Soundweb London networked audio distribution system
- Crown I-Tech tour sound amplifier range
- Crown amplifier PIP modules - Lite, USP3, USP3/CN
- dbx DriveRack 4800 / 4820 networked loudspeaker management processors
- JBL DP Series intelligent networked amplified speaker
- Studer Vista 8 high-end theatre / install digital console