Built for the new assistive listening standards.

What exists today

IEC 63087:2026, Assistive listening devices and systems for active assisted living, was published on 18 September 2026. It covers every type of assistive listening system, including 2.4 GHz broadcast streaming. Its clause 11 deals with system compliance, testing and certification, and its Annex E is an assessment report covering coverage, frequency response, signal-to-noise ratio, latency, speech intelligibility, access and signage, among other items. BroadcastPlan Pro's standards readiness record, part of the commissioning report, follows those same assessment headings, so an installer's evidence is organised the way a specifier who cites IEC 63087 will expect to see it. We have not purchased and read the standard's own numeric limits, so the planner never grades a reading against them, and the record is not a certificate. IEC 63087:2026 on the IEC webstore →

IEC 60118-17 is the standard the IEC is writing specifically for 2.4 GHz audio-streaming assistive listening systems. It sits with IEC TC 29, Working Group 13, and is forecast for November 2027. Its published scope covers coverage measurement, signal levels and performance verification for single-transmitter systems. We will update this page and the readiness record once it publishes. IEC TC 29, standards under preparation →

The ISCVE Code of Practice for the Design and Operation of Assistive Listening Systems (Issue 1, December 2023) already lists Auracast-specific test items in its Annex A.3: coverage (signal strength and packet loss), audio level, frequency response, signal-to-noise ratio, latency, RF interference and a subjective listening check. The readiness record lists each of those items and shows which ones the installer has recorded so far. Today the walk test covers signal strength, listening and band load; packet loss arrives with the Field Kit, now in development. ISCVE Code of Practice →

What the Bluetooth SIG sets

Auracast™ broadcast audio has no specification of its own: it is defined by the Public Broadcast Profile, which sets how a broadcast is announced and joined, and by the SIG's brand guides, which set the stream and venue rules a location must meet to use the Auracast trademarks. BroadcastPlan Pro checks the Standard Quality flag and the Broadcast_Name (4 to 32 bytes) in the planned broadcast settings and generates Broadcast Audio URI join QR codes from them. The Field Kit, now in development, will check the same settings on air. Public Broadcast Profile 1.0.2 → · Broadcast Audio URI →

The SIG's Auracast simple transmitter best practices guide recommends a walk test at installation, a re-check once the room is occupied, a Standard Quality stream for all content and clear broadcast naming. The commissioning workflow and the readiness record follow that same sequence. Transmitter best practices guide →

Accessibility law and radio rules

In the United States, the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design set a minimum receiver count by seating capacity (§219.3), a share of hearing-aid-compatible receivers with neckloops (§706.3) and signage (§216.10). BroadcastPlan Pro calculates the receiver table from the seating capacity and includes it in the readiness record for US projects. 2010 ADA Standards →

Transmitter power stays inside the limit radio law sets for each region: FCC §15.247 in the United States and ETSI EN 300 328 in Europe. These are regional presets already built into the planner's power rules, not a certification of our own software. FCC §15.247 → · ETSI EN 300 328 →

What we do not claim

We do not say BroadcastPlan Pro's output is certified to IEC 63087, and nothing in it can be described as meeting IEC 60118-17, because that standard is still being written. Venues register their Auracast™ location with the Bluetooth SIG; they are not certified, and neither is this software. Whether an installation satisfies the ADA is a legal judgment for the venue and its advisors, not a label our planner can attach on its own. Coverage and RF predictions stay planning-grade until occupied-site measurements calibrate them. Our standards readiness record documents evidence against published assessment headings; it is not a substitute for a certificate, and we label it that way everywhere it appears.