Unlocking universes with a backup? (Nomad Education Package)

Hello ETC Programmers,

I am a designer/programmer at a small school theater. We are currently running an Ion 1024, and are looking into getting another universe of output, but are on a tight budget. The Nomad education package has 2 universes, and is only $250.

I am wondering if when you connect a second console over a network a backup(in this case a Nomad education package) if the unlocked universes are combined, or if unlocked addresses are limited to the capabilities of one console. I know you can output DMX in client/backup mode(Ion manual 2.8.3 page 448), but I would like to know if you can output to different universes than the primary console. For example our Ion would output universes 1 and 2, and the nomad would output 3 and 4, but the Ion would still control all 4 universes. Obviously this would only work once though.

Thanks

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  • No they are not combined. which ever has the lowest parameter count will be the limiting factor. Seeing as both your devices have a 1024 parameter count that is what you will have in backup mode.

    The education package is great value and being able to have that as a back up will work great for your venue as they match the output.Remember that both items need to be running the same software version and fixture library.

    Regards

    Geoff 

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  • No they are not combined. which ever has the lowest parameter count will be the limiting factor. Seeing as both your devices have a 1024 parameter count that is what you will have in backup mode.

    The education package is great value and being able to have that as a back up will work great for your venue as they match the output.Remember that both items need to be running the same software version and fixture library.

    Regards

    Geoff 

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