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General Info
This chapter describes the key syntaxes, basic software and
control terminology.
This chapter contains the following sections
• System Overview
• Setup Guide
• Installation Guidelines
• Key Syntaxes
• Cobalt Terminology
• Control Hierarchy
• Software & Update
Interface Specification
For more information, see the Setup Guide >>
• Two individually configurable ethernet ports, 802.3 af-compliant POE
• ETCNet2™, Net3™ (powered by ACN), sACN and Artnet output protocols
• Two DMX512a/RDM ports
• Contact closure triggers via D-Sub connector
• Three female IEC connectors
• Three active Display Port-to-DVI adapters. If passive adapters are used, only two may be
used at a single time. A third adapter must be an active adapter. Displays using an active
adapter have a max resolution of 1920x1200. Optional single- or multi-touch screen control
• USB 2.0 multipurpose (11 ports)
• Client PC via ethernet (requires Client Dongle)
• Net3 radio focus remote (rfr) via USB or ethernet
• Phone remote
• OSC open Sound Control via ethernet
• UDP event triggering via ethernet
• ARFR for android devices and irfr for apple iOS devices via wireless ethernet
• MIDI in/out (MIDI timecode, MIDI notes, MIDI Show Control (MSC))
• MIDI timecode, MIDI Show Control through Net3 Show Control Gateway
• SMPTE timecode through net3 Show Control Gateway
• Contact closure (12 analog inputs, 12 SPDT contact outputs, RS-232) through Net3 I/o
Gateway