Specifications

ETC Release Note:
Eos/Ion Software v1.4.0
Eos/Ion v1.4.0 Release Note Page 2 of 10 Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
Documentation
The current documentation for Eos is the Eos v1.3 Operations Manual. The current documentation
for Ion is the Ion v1.3 Operations Manual Revision B. A version 1.4 of both manuals is anticipated
very soon. Please keep this release note with your user manual for descriptions of the newest
features, changes and bug fixes in Eos/Ion. ETC manuals can be downloaded free of charge from
ETC’s website at www.etcconnect.com
. They are available in portable document format (.pdf), and
viewable with Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
™
v6.x and later.
Compatibility
ACN
The software is compatible with all Net3™ products that meet or exceed ESTA ratified standard
BSR E1.17 2006 Architecture for Control Networks (ACN) and the current draft specification of
BSR E1.31 Streaming ACN (sACN).
ETCNet2 Network Compatibility
This release is compatible for the exchange of EDMX and/or configuration information with the
following ETC hardware and software:
•Eos
®
/Ion™ Lighting Control System - Version 1.0.0 and later software
• Congo™/Congo jr - Version 4.0.0 and later software
• Emphasis
®
Control System - Version 1.4.0 and later software.
• Obsession
®
II Control System - Version 5.1.x software.
• Network Configuration Editor (NCE) - Version 4.x.x and later software.
• Net3 Four Port Gateway (ETCNet2 mode) - Version 4.0.x and later software
• ETCNet2 DMX Node - Version 4.0.x software.
• ETCNet2 Two Port Node - Version 4.x.x and later software.
•Unison
®
- Version 1.9.x software.
CAUTION:
Eos show files are forward compatible to v1.4.x. However, v1.4.x show files are
not backward compatible to v1.3.x and previous. Once you load a v1.3.x show file
and then save it under v1.4.x software, you may lose some show data if you try to
revert the show file to v1.3.x software.
WARNING:
Eos show files created in versions prior to v1.2.0 will have some compatibility
issues when upgrading to v1.2.0 or later. Show file data (palettes, cues...)
pertaining to moving lights and their beam and some color information will be lost
in the upgrade. This is due to the work that’s been done to improve the fixture
library. Conventional lights/shows are not affected.