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ETC Ion Xe 20
Compact Eos-family console with twenty motorised faders and a single external monitor, running the same Eos software as an Apex. The workhorse of regional theatre and mid-size touring.
Protocols it speaks
| Protocol | Direction | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| sacn | bidirectional | sACN output, the Eos default. |
| art-net | bidirectional | Art-Net output. |
| etcnet3 | bidirectional | ETCNet3 for ETC gateways, Net3 and Sensor racks. |
| dmx512 | out | Local DMX out via the rear ports. |
| rdm | bidirectional | RDM through Net3 gateways. |
| osc | bidirectional | OSC in and out, widely used with QLab. |
| midi | bidirectional | MIDI notes and MSC. |
| midi-show-control | bidirectional | MSC in and out. |
| ltc | in | LTC timecode in. |
| mtc | in | MIDI timecode in. |
Connectors
- 2x XLR5F DMX / RDM
- 2x etherCON
- MIDI in/out
- LTC in
- USB
- DisplayPort
What to watch for
Eos show files move between every console in the family, but output capacity does not. An Ion Xe is licensed to a lower parameter count than an Apex, so a file that plays back on the big desk may exceed it.
Eos speaks sACN, Art-Net and ETCNet3 at once and will happily output all three. Two consoles quietly outputting the same universe on different protocols is a merge problem that looks like a fixture fault.
Sources
- ETC consoles — ETC primary
Understand the mechanism
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