Various manufacturers offer software for devices such as [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[IPhone|iPhones]] that cause the devices to act as remote controllers for their consoles. Also, independent software developers have released applications that can send [[Art-Net]] packets from an iPhone, thus enabling an iPhone to serve as a fully featured console when used in conjunction with an Art-Net to DMX converter or Art-Net compatible luminaries and dimmers.
The ''Controller Interface Transport Protocol'', or ''CITP'', is a [[network protocol]] used between [[Visualizer (advertising)|visualizer]]svisualizers, lighting control consoles and [[media server]]s to [[Data transmission|transport]] non-show critical information during [[pre-production]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Claiborne|first1=Vickie|title=Media Servers for Lighting Programmers: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Digital Lighting|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781317938224|pages=101–104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPrJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT119&dq=CITP+protocol&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBxM_z5K_NAhVGImMKHYFmCRQQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=CITP%20protocol&f=false|accessdate=17 June 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tannemyr|first1=Peppe|title=Hippotizer Forum Scandinavia - Information|url=http://www.digigobos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=288|website=www.digigobos.com|publisher=SSR Beacon DigiGobos|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref> The protocol is used for a number of purposes including [[DMX512|SDMX]], browsing media and thumbnails, and streaming media among different devices.<ref>{{cite web|title=MADRIX 3 Help and Manual|url=http://help.madrix.com/m3/html/madrix/index.html?hidd_citp.html|website=help.madrix.com|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref>
