Cobalt Light Server

• Discontinued in April 2018.  While Cobalt hardware is no longer available, ETC will continue to develop the software for at least the next 5 years.
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Presenting the Cobalt Light Server - all the functionality of ETC's Cobalt lighting control system, but in a purpose-built, rack-mounted enclosure!  The Cobalt Light Server's 19" design packs Cobalt's identical features and channel/output capacities into a stand-alone enclosure suitable for permanently installed applications.  Running the powerful Cobalt operating software, the Cobalt Light Server is a fully independent lighting playback controller or a convenient backup option.

Cobalt Light Server RPU Features

• Full Cobalt power in a 19" rack, use as primary or backup
• 8 or 32 DMX universes with no co-processing
• 20 user-definable buttons
• Supports three external high resolution monitors or touchscreens
• 2 DMX/RDM outputs
• 2 EtherCon RJ45 outputs (sACN, ETCNet2, Net3, and ArtNet)
• 7 USB Ports, plus Contact Closure and MIDI connections
• Supports the Cobalt Programming Wing
• Support for up to 80 additional master playbacks (not wings) using Cobalt Motorized Fader Wings, Universal Fader Wings or the Congo jr Master Playback Wing

Cobalt Family Features

• Short-command style and direct access tools.  Designed for professionals and advanced users
• Show file compatibility with the entire Cobalt Family, from the Cobalt 20 down to the Congo Kid² and ETCnomad.
• Configure and program a pixel-map layout, using integral or custom-designed content.
• Channel layouts for topographical views of channels and other show data
• Live attributes display for spreadsheet view of devices
• Client/server networking and synchronized backup using multiple consoles and/or RPUs
• Client and Offline programming on PC³ and Mac³ via ETCnomad
• Partitioned control
• 5,000 Control Channels (Fixtures)⁴
• 9,999,999 Presets
• 999 Master Pages
• 99 Effect Playbacks
• 999 each of Palettes, Groups, Macros, and Sequences
• ² The Congo Kid does not support fader wings and is limited to 2 DMX Universes of output.
• ³ PC requires Windows 7 or higher.  Mac is Intel only and requires OS X or higher.  The ETCnomad software is free for offline programming or "mirror mode", but requires a dongle to act as a client.
• ⁴ The console is still limited by the number of DMX universes/outputs, thus you may not be able to use all these channels.