Introduction

ETC Concert is a powerful configuration setup and monitoring application provided for users of networked ETC systems. ETC developed the Concert application to supply our customers, both end-users and technicians alike, a unified system configuration and monitoring application. Concert can be used either online, connected to a networked system, or offline, without connection to any network.

When used online, updates to the connected system can be made in Live Edit, where changes made to devices are real-time, or changes can be synchronized to the networked system.
When used offline, full system configurations can be written and uploaded when later connected to the actual networked system.

Methodology

ETC Concert software is a device-based configuration and management application. All devices which have a device package available can be configured and managed through Concert.

Synchronizing and Linking Devices

ETC Concert maintains values for all of the device properties locally on the host computer. When Concert is running and devices are present on the network, Concert compares its local values with the properties of the linked device on the network. If the values of the device on the network and the values in the Concert configuration differ, then the device will display a Sync Status icon in red, meaning it is out of sync. To synchronize the network devices and the Concert configuration, use the provided Synchronize button in the toolbar, or select Synchronize Configuration from the Network menu.

The association of a device in the Concert configuration with a physical device on the network is called Linking. If a configuration is created using the Network Map feature, or by dragging devices into the Workspace from Discovered Devices, the devices will be linked. If a configuration is created using devices from the Device Library, which is a method typically done when working offline from a networked system, when later connected to a network, you will need to manually link to the physical network device using the Link to Network Device feature.

New in Concert version 4.5.0

Errors dock now shows IP Address and description text for devices
ERP (PCP-Mk2) device package now provides MAC address information
Devices that use file-based configurations are temporarily restricted from using copy/paste (i.e., ERP, ERP (PCP-Mk2), F-Drive, Gadget, Gadget II)
Support for Response Mk2 CPU2 DMX Gateways, Response SnapBack, and ColorSource Spot VXT