AVP stands for Audio, Video & Power. ControlAVP was written to allow control of different home A/V equipment using different communication methods. Example equipment includes, but is not limited to:

• Open Source Scan Converter (OSSC) via IR
• Aten HDMI Switch via RS232
• Sony Television via JSON RPC
• APC Power Distribution Unit (PDU) via SSH

ControlAVP was written to control the specific equipment in my home setup, but could potentially be extended to suit other home A/V setups. This project has unfortunately not yet been productised and currently requires some software programming skills to build, configure and run.

ControlAVP itself is an ASP.NET Core web application built using C# that is hosted in the Azure Cloud. It provides a web interface to the equipment with communication being managed by an Azure Iot Hub. This allows the equipment to be controlled from any devices that supports a web browser from anywhere in the world.

ControlRelay is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application built using C#. It runs using Windows IoT on a RaspberryPi 3 and handles messages that arrive via the Azure IoT Hub. These messages are prosessed and then relayed to the appropriate device via IR, RS232, JSON RPC or SSH.