Purpose and Scope

This document defines the Resource Schedule Board, which is one type of board contained in the AV/C Bulletin Board Subunit. The purpose and scope of this board are summarized below.

1 Purpose

The purpose of the Resource Schedule Board is to provide a location on a target device where other devices can post a schedule of the use of a target’s resources. Devices on a 1394 network can then avoid resource-scheduling conflicts on that target device.

2 Scope

This document defines the model for the Resource Schedule Board, Resource Schedule Board specific fields, and command set. The model and data structure in this specification follow the AV/C Digital Interface Command General Specification version 3.0 [R1], the Enhancements to AV/ General Specification 3.0 version 1.0 [R2], and the AV/C Bulletin Board Subunit General Specification [R3].