ETC® Lighting Board

This setup information applies to the ETC® Lighting Board.

Cable Connections

The device connects to the switcher over standard ethernet.

Switcher Setup

The switcher must be set up to communicate with the lighting board using an ethernet protocol.

To Set Up Ethernet Communications

  1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation > Com Setup
  2. Press Type and use the Com Port knob to select the net port that you want to set up for the device.
  3. Use the Device knob to select RossTalk.
  4. Press Select Device and use the Device knob to select RTalkXPN.
  5. Press Com Type and use the Type knob to select Network TCP.
  6. Press Com Settings and use the Client/Server knob to select Client and enter the IP Settings.
    IP Setting Value
    Remote IP Address (IP of device)
    Remote Port (Port on device)
    Local IP Address 0.0.0.0
    Local Port 0
  7. Press HOME > Confirm.

Device Setup

Refer to the documentation that came with your device or contact your ETC® technical support representative for information on setting it to receive RossTalk commands.

Device Control

The switcher uses the TypeInCmd custom controls to send RossTalk commands to the ETC®. You must create a custom control for each command you want to send to the device.

Note: You must enter the HEX value for the ASCII command you want to send to the device. For example enter 6d 61 63 72 6f 20 6f 6e 20 53 54 55 44 49 4f 5f 41 2d 41 4d 0d as the command and the switcher sends macro on STUDIO_A-AM to the device when that custom control is run.