Specifications

ETC Release Note:
Eos/Ion Software v1.4.0
Eos/Ion v1.4.0 Release Note Page 5 of 10 Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
• Virtual Encoder Controls. The virtual encoder controls have been improved.
Key Enhancements in v1.3.0
• Ion Support. Eos and Ion use the same software, including the Client Software and Offline.
Eos v1.3.0 incorporates support for Ion hardware
• Partitioned Channel Control. Each user may work in an individual channel partition, so that
he is not controlling or storing channels under the control of a different user.
• Channel Level Delete commands. It is possible from Live or Blind to remove channels from
record targets (individually or in ranges) using delete.
• Patch [at] [Next] commands. When patching, it is possible to search for the next available
address block large enough to accommodate the channel selection(s) [at] [Last] and
searching by universe are also supported.
• Move to in Patch. It is possible to move an entire channel and all of its recorded information
in patch.
• Cue Level Timing Changes. Focus, Color and Beam cue level timing defaults to the Intensity
Up fade time.
• Utility Reports. Reports can now be generated for channel usage, palette and preset usage,
as well as a “dark moves” report.
• Preheat. Channels can now be assigned a preheat level in patch. When those channels
then need to be warmed, the preheat function may be applied on a cue or cue part basis.
This will set channels that are fading from off to an intensity value to their preheat level in
the preceding cue.
• Selective Partial Show Read. It is possible to import just specific record targets, by number.
They can be imported using their existing numeric assignments or provided a new
numeric range.
• Scroller Calibration. Live calibration tools have been added for color scrollers.
• Offline Visualization Support
Installation Instructions
New Eos or Ion consoles will ship with the current version of software loaded and you do not need
to update the software in the console to begin using it.
Software Installation
There are two ways to update your console or offline software to the v1.4.0 release.
One is to download it from the ETC website, load it to a USB device, and then transfer it to your
console from the USB port using the Eos Configuration Utility (a.k.a. Eos Shell). For Ion users, this
is the only method for updating your software.
The other is to use the Update CD which ships with any new Eos console or client software kit.
This CD updates individual components of the software to achieve the overall update. This may
require running multiple installers depending on what needs to be updated in the release. Both
methods leave all of your show data intact.
Note:
All processors on the Eos/Ion network must be running the same version of
software. Therefore, you must also update all RVIs and RPUs when you update
your console.
Note:
During installation, the following error message may appear:
“Installshield could not shut down AppMux.”
If this message appears, click {OK} and all ow the installation to complete. The
error will then be resolved when the system completes the reboot process.