ETC Element 2 User Manual

Console Overview 27
Additional Targets &Functions
Other hardkeys provide options for a variety of common console functions and shortcuts to
various Blind displays.
Keypad Touchscreen
Apex consoles include a haptic touch-enabled screen above the keypad that can be configured
to control custom direct selects or magic sheets.
Softkeys and a gear icon to access screen settings are docked at the bottom of this display.
Target Keys
Apex consoles offer multiple banks of target keys, physical buttons with built-in high-
resolution displays.
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Apex 5 - 30 target keys (3 banks of 10)
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Apex 10 - 40 target keys (4 banks of 10)
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Apex 20 - 50 target keys (5 banks of 10)
All Apex consoles also offer two target keys over the main playback faders for dedicated load
functionality, as well as local status of playback content.
For more information, see Target Keys (on page120) .
Main Playbacks
The main playback fader pair, located to the left of the control keypad, is a split cross-fader
pair.
The button or buttons located directly above the playbacks load content to the playbacks. The
two buttons below control the [Go] and [Stop/Back] functions.
Motorized Faders
In addition to the main playbacks, five, ten, or twenty slots of configurable motorized faders
are provided. The faders may be configured as playbacks, submasters, grandmasters, timing
masters, effects masters, targets, or target lists. One hundred virtual pages of 10 faders each
are provided.
Fader Touchscreens
Each bank of five faders has a dedicated multi-touch display for local status of playback
content.
Load Buttons
Load buttons, located directly above each fader, are used to load a specified target to the
associated fader, or to place special conditions on that fader.
See Assigning Faders Manually (on page363) for more information.
Endless Fader Wheels
Apex consoles offer five, ten, or twenty detented, color-changing fader wheels, adding an
endless fader and additional button to each overall fader slot.
Each fader wheel and button can be mapped to any function for additional control before
needing to expand the overall fader slot to double or triple density.

ETC Element 2 Specifications

General

DMX Outputs	2
Touchscreen	Yes
Networking	Ethernet
Type	Lighting Control Console
Master Faders	2
Encoders	4
Ethernet Ports	2
USB Ports	4
Video Output	DisplayPort
Power Input	100-240VAC, 50/60Hz
Power Supply	Internal
Control Channels	6144
Output	Art-Net
Display	Multi-Touch LCD
Storage	Solid State Drive (SSD)