Cobalt Light Server

Rack 'em up

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.

Software features

• Multiple formats for all channel views, including graphical channel layouts
• Multiple Sequences (Cue Lists)
• Trigger/Action Event system for automating playback functions
• OSC Open Sound Control
• UDP triggers via Ethernet
• MIDI, MIDI Time Code and MIDI Show Control supported
• Contact closure interface for GO, PAUSE, BACK and Master 40 execution
• MIDI and SMPTE input via Net3™ Show Control Gateway
• Contact closure (12 analog inputs, 12 SPDT contact outputs, RS-232) through Gateway
• Client/server networking and synchronised backup
• Show import via ASCII

Overall product features

• Three female IEC connectors
• Three video connectors support DVI/SVGA external displays (1280x1024) with optional single-touch or multi-touch screen control
• Up to 5000 devices/channels and 16,384 outputs/parameters
• 2 x DMX512A/RDM direct outputs
• Two individually configurable ethernet ports, 802.3af compliant PoE
• ETCNet2™, Net3/ACN, sACN, ArtNet output protocols
• SSD memory
• MIDI In/Out
• Contact closure triggers
• USB multipurpose bus (memory, pointing device)
• Radio Focus Remote (RFR) and Phone remote control
• aRFR for Android devices and iRFR for Apple iOS devices