DMX Input

Question

Have a DMX input question. From the 7.3 manual it say: 
 DMX Input mode You can activate DMX input for one DMX universe (selectable) though an ETC node from an EDMX or sACN universe and map it to a channel which will be the start channel for that universe. When DMX input is activated, master playback 20 will act as a master for the DMX input. 
 But I remember asking about it in the Cobalt programmers FaceBook page I got the answer that any sACN node should work but I haven't got it working. 
 I need to know this fast because I need DMX input in 2 days and I do not have a ETC node in hose.

Richard · Accepted Answer

You can use anything that outputs DMX-over-Ethernet compliant with the sACN (E1.31) standard. 
 
 Cobalt/Congo consoles can use any network input device compliant with EDMX (ETCNet 2) or sACN (E1.31). 
 Cobalt ETCnomad can use any network input device compliant with sACN (E1.31) (ETCnomad doesn't support ETCNet 2 due to limitations of desktop versions of Windows and macOS.) 
 
 We recommend that ETC nodes/DMX Gateways be used as we know those work perfectly, however these days pretty much everything supports sACN (E1.31). 
 When the Help was first written there weren't many 3rd party devices that supported sACN.