ETC Gio, Eos, Cobalt, Congo, Congo jr Installation Manual

ETC® Setup Guide

Universal Fader Wing Installation

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Introduction

The Universal Fader Wings are peripheral devices that can expand the functionality of your ETC
Eos

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, Eos Ti™, Gio®, Ion®, Cobalt®, Congo®, or Congo jr™ lighting control system. Fader wings are
available in two different sizes: 2 x 10 (20 faders) and 2 x 20 (40 faders). Fader wings can be
physically attached to a console or they can stand alone and attach using a USB cable and an
external power supply. For information about the 1x20 fader wing, please see the Universal Fader
Wing - 1x20 Setup Guide, which is available for download from the ETC website at

www.etcconnect.com

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Rules of Connection

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Universal Fader Wings may be connected together and then connected to Eos, Eos Ti, Gio, Ion,
Cobalt, Congo, or Congo jr consoles using a USB cable. They may also be physically attached to
both Ion and Congo jr consoles. When attaching fader wings with a USB cable, one external power
supply must also be used.

Rule One

Eos Family

Your entire system is limited to a total of 300 faders per processor (Eos, Eos Ti, Gio, Ion, RPU, RVI).

Cobalt/Congo Family

Cobalt and Congo consoles support up to 80 Master Playback faders, 40 of which are built into the
console itself. Congo can support the connection of additional faders (up to two 2x10, or 1 2x20
wing, or the Master Playback Wing) via USB cable. The wing requires an external power supply
when used via USB cable.

Congo jr consoles can support up to a total of 80 Master Playback faders (console + wings), in any

combination of wings, as long as the total fader count is 80 or fewer.

Note:

The 2 x 10 and 2 x 20 Universal Fader Wings are compatible with Eos v1.3.1 or
higher (running on Eos, Eos Ti, Gio, Ion, Net3 RVI,

Eos RPU, or Nomad/Eos
Family Client or Offline Software in Eos, Gio, or Ion Mode, running on a PC. The
Mac OS is not supported).

Fader Wings are supported on Cobalt, Congo, and

Congo jr consoles with version 6.x.x software and above. The software is
available from the ETC website at www.etcconnect.com

. Consult the user manual
and/or release notes of those control systems to determine the level of
compatibility and complete functionality of the wings within those systems.

CAUTION:

Disconnect power from your console before connecting or removing fader wings.
“Hot swapping” (connecting or disconnecting with a powered, running console) is
not advised and may cause data loss or other unexpected results.

Note:

Element™ does not support external fader wings.

Note:

Congo Kid® does not support external wings.

ETC Setup Guide

Universal Fader Wing Setup Guide

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USB 2.0 Consoles

Each fader wing can connect using a USB cable to the console, but must be powered separately.

Fader wings with an orange USB connector can be used with no additional modification. You can
use a USB cable or physically attach them directly to the console.

Fader wings without an orange USB connecter cannot be physically attached directly to the
console without upgrading the hardware. These fader wings can be daisy chained together, but
first, they must be plugged into a USB 1.1 hub and then connected using a USB cable to the
console. There is a limit of three wings per port.

Rule Two

No more than three fader wings may be physically attached to each other. This means:

• An arrangement of three fader wings may be directly attached to either side of a
console. For example:

• An arrangement of three fader wings may be connected using a USB cable to
form a single external array using an external power supply. For example:

Note:

This section only applies to consoles with two network adapters or Nomad Puck.