New to ETC consoles and want to know how to connect the EOS software on a Mac to our old Element console.

You will need an ETCnomad dongle in order to use the macbook as a remote.  Without a dongle it will be able to connect but only mirror the Element console's monitor, not allow changes to take place.  

I apologize for ongoing parts shortages.  We are doing what we can to get parts into people's hands as quickly as possible.

saranow:  When you say mirror the element, will it allow you to control the lights as far as fading in and out. The board that I have is up in the audio booth but it is on the second story of the theater and having the ability to just fade up and down on stage to check lights would be a great help. Thanks for your response.

I'm not Sara so I hope it is still okay that I answer your question. :D

Mirror mode won't help you in this case because it only mirrors what the desk is doing without giving you control over anything. The only thing that you can use is paging up and down and shutdown. If you want to make any changes you need a dongle to log in in client mode or (what may be the better solution if you really just want to turn on and of lights) the IOS iRFR app.

In my theatre for example we use the app to trigger a rig check cuelist.

Hi Henry no it's absolutely okay that you answer instead of Sarah not a problem. Thank you for the response. So you're talking about the Apple iPad app that will allow me to at least turn lights on and off wirelessly as long as the unit and the iPad are on the same network correct? Again thanks for the response

Yes exactly. We use a simple wifi-accesspoint or a router to wirelessly connect to our lighting network and once set up correctly it worked fine all the time.

We use the iRFR-LR version so we actually have a complete facepanel, ML controls, direct selects, faders and you can control the cuelist. I don't know if you have that with all the iRFR versions. But afaik you can do a lot more then turning lights on and off with the other versions as well - obviously it's not that handy and depending what you also want to do with it, or planing to do with it in the future, a client-laptop may still be something to think about.

Yes exactly. We use a simple wifi-accesspoint or a router to wirelessly connect to our lighting network and once set up correctly it worked fine all the time.

We use the iRFR-LR version so we actually have a complete facepanel, ML controls, direct selects, faders and you can control the cuelist. I don't know if you have that with all the iRFR versions. But afaik you can do a lot more then turning lights on and off with the other versions as well - obviously it's not that handy and depending what you also want to do with it, or planing to do with it in the future, a client-laptop may still be something to think about.

Thanks Henry:

Henry:

So are you using an android emulator for your PC use?

Oh sorry no. What I meant was that the app has a lot of features but depending on the situation in your house and what you might plan for the future, a laptop with the nomad software and a dongle could still be a good purchase.