NEW YORK — ESTA has published a new standard on slippery floors, and has made three draft standards available for public review on its Web site. The draft standards deal with the manufacture of chain hoists, the placement of followspots in public spaces and device description language (DDL) extensions for DMX512 and E1.31 devices.
ANSI E1.34 – 2009, Entertainment Technology – Measuring and Specifying the Slipperiness of Floors Used in Live Performance Venues, is now available at http://www.estafoundation.org/pubs.htm. The standard describes procedures for using a drag-sled for measuring the slipperiness of a performance floor.
The three draft standards will be posted for public review at http://www.esta.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php through May 25, 2009.
Here are the details:
BSR E1.6-2-200x, Entertainment Technology – Purpose Designed Serially Manufactured Electric Chain Hoists for the Entertainment Industry
This draft American National Standard is a part of the BSR E1.6 powered theatrical rigging systems project. This document, BSR E1.6-2, covers the design, inspection, and maintenance of serially manufactured electric chain hoists having capacities of two tons or less and used in the entertainment industry as part of a performance or in preparation for a performance.
BSR E1.28-200x, Guidance on planning followspot positions in places of public assembly
The E1.28 document offers guidance on the planning of permanent followspot positions. It is a guidance document, not a mandatory compliance document. The document offers recommendations on the locations of the followspot positions within the venue, the power likely to be needed, the waste heat generated, the amount of space likely to be needed, and the fall protection and egress issues to be considered for the operators’ safety, among other things.
BSR E1.30-4-200x, EPI 26, Device Description Language (DDL) Extensions for DMX512 and E1.31 Devices
This document is part of BSR E1.30-200x, Application level equipment interoperability for control of commonly encountered entertainment technology devices using ANSI E1.17. This part defines protocol-specific extensions to ANSI E1.17’s Device Description Language for describing DMX512-type devices.
For more information, please visit www.esta.org.
