The Protocols section allows you to configure settings for your console's data output.
Note: Protocols can also be enabled or disabled via Setup > Device > Network.
Note: Apex consoles, Windows 10 consoles, and ETCnomad software do not support Net2 or AVAB UDP output protocols.
Enables or disables output of the sACN protocol. Defaults to enabled.
Choose a starting sACN universe between 1 and 63,999. Defaults to 1.
Changing the start universe will offset your patch; for example, if you start at universe 3, anything patched to address 1 will actually output to address 1025 (universe 3, address 1).
Enables or disables sACN as a default output protocol. Defaults to enabled.
Sets the sACN output priority level from 1 (lowest) to 200 (highest). Defaults to 100.
This enables the backup device in a multi-console system to take over at one priority level higher than the current priority if the primary goes offline. Any per-address priority levels will also increase by one.
Enables or disables per-address priority for all sACN universes (commonly referred to as the "DD packet").
When enabled, individual sACN output priority levels can be entered for any patched addresses via the sACN Interface column in the Patch Main Display. See Patch > Patch.
The following options are available in the table:
Unicast destinations can also be added from the command line with the syntax {sACN} {Universe} [#] {Unicast Destinations} #.#.#.# [Enter], e.g. sACN Universe 1 Unicast Destinations 10.101.1.1. Additional sACN universes can be added with [Thru] and additional unicast addresses with [+].
When Eos is configured to output to unicast addresses, generally only a single universe will need to be sent to a single IP address. However, Eos can output up to 64 universes and IP addresses total. This total can be divided however you see fit; for example, you could output 64 universes to a single IP address, 16 universes each to four IP addresses, 10 universes to one IP address and the other 54 to a second IP address, and so on.
Enables or disables output of the Art-Net protocol. Defaults to disabled.
Choose a starting Art-Net universe between 0 and 255. Defaults to 0 (0:0:0). Art-Net addresses can be displayed as a single number (e.g. 1) or divided into a network number, subnet number, and port number (e.g. 0.0.1).
Changing the start universe will offset your patch; for example, if you start at universe 3, anything patched to address 1 will actually output to address 1025 (universe 3, address 1).
Enables or disables Art-Net as a default output protocol. Defaults to disabled.
Choose between the following options:
Enables or disables the sending of ArtPoll packets for device discovery via Art-Net2 and later. Currently, Eos only uses ArtPoll to identify itself on the network. Older or incompatible Art-Net devices can experience issues interpreting ArtPoll packets, which may be mitigated by disabling it. Enabled by default.
The following options are available in the table:
Unicast destinations can also be added from the command line with the syntax {sACN} {Universe} [#] {Unicast Destinations} #.#.#.# [Enter], e.g. sACN Universe 1 Unicast Destinations 10.101.1.1. Additional sACN universes can be added with [Thru] and additional unicast addresses with [+].
When Eos is configured to output to unicast addresses, generally only a single universe will need to be sent to a single IP address. However, Eos can output up to 64 universes and IP addresses total. This total can be divided however you see fit; for example, you could output 64 universes to a single IP address, 16 universes each to four IP addresses, 10 universes to one IP address and the other 54 to a second IP address, and so on.
Controls are available to enable or disable local DMX and designate it a default protocol. Both default to enabled.