ETC ColorSource Console

In case anyone cares, there's an Obsession II for sale on eBay for $900 -- dual processors, no monitors.
Ooooh! There was a time when I'dve coveted an Obsession, obsessed over one actually.
Granted that time was in 1991 when I was pleased to be driving an early LP90.
I'm remembering an Obsession with the rock musical Tommy in Offenbach / Frankfurt Germany in 1995 and again with Tommy in London's West End in 1996. We'd power it up first thing in the morning then go for coffee while it booted. The boot seemed to take forever, partially due to associate LD Dave Grill having so many remote monitors on it.
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Just ordered a color source 40 for a local community theater. Should be programming my first show on it on Saturday. Going to have to build quite a few profiles though for the cheapo LEDs....
 
I have a basic system riser question about the ColorSource 40 AV. To access universes 3-5 in addition to 1 and 2, an Ethernet gateway is required, correct? Is that as simple as plugging an ETC Response Mk2 4-Port Gateway (RSN-DMX4-O) into the ethernet port on the console and configuring the Response gateway to output the DMX? Do I also need a network switch? There is currently no network, just 2 DMX runs. I guess this is actually a Response Mk2 question. Thanks!

 
I have a basic system riser question about the ColorSource 40 AV. To access universes 3-5 in addition to 1 and 2, an Ethernet gateway is required, correct? Is that as simple as plugging an ETC Response Mk2 4-Port Gateway (RSN-DMX4-O) into the ethernet port on the console and configuring the Response gateway to output the DMX? Do I also need a network switch? There is currently no network, just 2 DMX runs. I guess this is actually a Response Mk2 question. Thanks!

That's correct - you need an Ethernet gateway. In theory, no switch is required but it is generally good practice to have one. It doesn't have to be anything fancy.

ColorSource AV outputs standard E1.31 / sACN so any Gateway that can translate that (really anything modern) should work. You'll want to configure the outputs to be universes 3-5. Using Art-Net is another option if you don't have an sACN gateway.

Good luck!
Luke
 
That's correct - you need an Ethernet gateway. In theory, no switch is required but it is generally good practice to have one. It doesn't have to be anything fancy.

ColorSource AV outputs standard E1.31 / sACN so any Gateway that can translate that (really anything modern) should work. You'll want to configure the outputs to be universes 3-5. Using Art-Net is another option if you don't have an sACN gateway.

Good luck!
Luke
Thanks Luke,
I appreciate your opinion before I commit the funds. I am looking to translate to DMX as well, so that is why I am looking at the Response Mk2. I am leaning toward ETC because I have run into a problem with the Colorsource AV detecting RDM opto-splitters as a non recognizable device that must be deleted after RDM is disabled.
I will probably get a switch with PoE instead of a power supply for the gateway.
 
Thanks Luke,
I appreciate your opinion before I commit the funds. I am looking to translate to DMX as well, so that is why I am looking at the Response Mk2. I am leaning toward ETC because I have run into a problem with the Colorsource AV detecting RDM opto-splitters as a non recognizable device that must be deleted after RDM is disabled.
I will probably get a switch with PoE instead of a power supply for the gateway.
You'll have to go with Pathway instead of Response right now. ETC is having an impossible time with sourcing components for their Response product line and are recommending Pathway as an alternate in the meanwhile.
 
Thanks Luke,
I appreciate your opinion before I commit the funds. I am looking to translate to DMX as well, so that is why I am looking at the Response Mk2. I am leaning toward ETC because I have run into a problem with the Colorsource AV detecting RDM opto-splitters as a non recognizable device that must be deleted after RDM is disabled.
I will probably get a switch with PoE instead of a power supply for the gateway.
Opto-splitters will often be detected in this way, if they are configurable. There is no actual DMX address to link it to, but it is a device on the chain. It is worth noting that you should indeed "see" RDM devices via a Response Mk2 Gateway, but you will not via a Pathway or other, due to how RDM traffic is handled on the network.

Luke
 
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you should indeed "see" RDM devices via a Response Mk2 Gateway, but you will not via a Pathway or other, due to how RDM traffic is handled on the network.
Correct - ColorSource will not RDM with a Pathport, but the Pathport, of course, can output DMX512 from the sACN coming from the ColorSource. Using Pathscape, you can RDM with the Pathport and you would see RDM devices, including splitters, as seen here.
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