Quick Guide Owner's manual

ETC Quick Guide
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Which protocol you use depends on the lighting devices you wish to control and the intermediate
converter you may need to get data to those lighting devices. For example, if you want to control an
ETC Sensor3 dimmer rack, you can connect the rack and the computer to an Ethernet network and
communicate directly to the rack using the sACN protocol. No intermediate converter is required if all
your lighting devices can communicate over Ethernet directly.
If you are connecting to a DMX based system, an intermediate converter is required to translate an
Ethernet lighting protocol to DMX.
The Ethernet lighting protocol settings are found in the System Settings application, on the network tab,
accessible from the main Cobalt welcome screen.
Protocols
Protocols are assigned to the Ethernet port. Scroll down on the Network tab to find the Output Protocols
and their settings:
• ACN – enable this if you are using ETC Net3 DMX/RDM Gateways and you want to use the RDM
protocol, or if you are using ETC Net3 I/O or Show Control Gateways with your system.
• sACN – enable this if you want to use the sACN protocol to send levels to devices or if you are
using an ETC Net3 DMX/RDM Gateway or other sACN converter to send levels.
• ArtNet – enable this if you are using ArtNet or an ArtNet converter to send levels to devices.
Please note the Address options and adjust this setting if necessary based on the ArtNet devices
you are controlling. See the user documentation of those devices for more information.
• Logical Network – allows Cobalt family products to communicate with each other in backup/client
configurations. For two or more Cobalt family products to communicate with each other, the
Logical Network number must be the same. If you would like various Cobalt family products to
operate independently on the network, ensure that each grouping of products (a server and its
backup, or a server and its clients) has its own Logical Network number.