Multiple Programmers with live vs. pre-viz

Is it possible to have two Ion's networked together and do the following? :

Have Ion A act as master which would run the show and output to the live environment while having Ion B, sharing the same file and synchronizing, output to a pre-visualization suite (via ArtNet)? The main idea being having the two Ions seamlessly exchange data back and forth without the need to manually partially re-import cues from Ion B to Ion A. 

This is for a multi-designer dance show. The idea being that while one designer is teching his or her piece other designers can be tweaking cues, etc. in the pre-visualization suite. 

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  • That sounds like a nightmare! Would that not mean that the second console would be essentially outputting the same channel information to the pre-viz?

    So your pre-viz would end up showing the 'live show' AND what ever 'offline' work was being done, and vice-versa, the live show would get conflicts from the 'offline' work.

    Not sure that would be a pretty arrangement!

    Sorry to rain on that...!

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  • That sounds like a nightmare! Would that not mean that the second console would be essentially outputting the same channel information to the pre-viz?

    So your pre-viz would end up showing the 'live show' AND what ever 'offline' work was being done, and vice-versa, the live show would get conflicts from the 'offline' work.

    Not sure that would be a pretty arrangement!

    Sorry to rain on that...!

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