In my view, the Element is sort of a dead end for a venue to purchase. You either get a more powerful controller than the Smart fade or the new Color Source console, or you get Eos that's been cut down, and doesn't play nice with it's older brothers.
It always made me laugh in the Bobble Head Fred video about Networking, when they show a Technician Spilling Coffee on an Element, and the backup Ion takes control, because that can't happen.
But what do you do when you want your venue to eventually expand, and grow out of the 1024 Addresses, but still use all that Eos Power that you started on Element.
Nowadays, you have to buy an Ion, and either re-purpose your Element somewhere else, or sell it. Since Element can't interface with the other Eos Devices.
But what if it could?
What if there was a USB Dongle, that unlocked the full power of EOS, allowing Element to serve as an EOS Device?
This way, Elements can be sold for their primary purpose, providing a simpler feature set to smaller venues, but with this USB Dongle, your Element can serve as a ready Conventional Programming Desk for your larger systems.
Upgrading and moving up to the more robust systems will be easier than ever.
