3rd party visualization for older EOS software on Element board

Capture

Do you think Capture is free? How is their tech support, or is it still better to go through ETC for tech support for install? I can call ETC tomorrow and maybe ETC tech support can walk me through it. On the back of our board is just one ethernet in (not two). We have a tan, Elements board, slightly older.

But the software is 2.9. 

Capture is not free, nor is it an ETC product. However, they have worked together for many years prior to the release of Augment3d. Capture would run on a PC or Mac, not the console. If you're using sACN as your data source you can use a simple ethernet switch to connect your Computer and console solving the one NIC question. Are you looking for real time playback information or an offline editor/visualizer?

Similarly if your console is in fact 10+ years old it may be time for an investment in a newer console that could accommodate 3.0 and Augment3d.

I am deeply thankful for this description; I really mean that. I am learning so much. I suspect that not in real time might work. And as I face the console, there is a new Mac on the desk to the right side. Do you perhaps have a rough idea, just a rough idea, of the software cost? I assume there is not a free version to try it out. I really appreciate these answers. All this is for college students.

there actually is both a Demo version and an Educational license.

Have a look at www.capture.se

This is great! You are so very generous to talk about this. I will call Capture support from work, and they do briefly mention their educational, one-license category. We might have a nice room for teaching lighting (about 20 fixtures plus 12 LEDs). This is so encouraging as a teaching kind of idea. The next step for me is to contact Capture tomorrow at work; I'm looking at their The-History-of-Capture page this evening.

This is great! You are so very generous to talk about this. I will call Capture support from work, and they do briefly mention their educational, one-license category. We might have a nice room for teaching lighting (about 20 fixtures plus 12 LEDs). This is so encouraging as a teaching kind of idea. The next step for me is to contact Capture tomorrow at work; I'm looking at their The-History-of-Capture page this evening.