ETC Eos Apex 20 24K Lighting Console (US)

The ETC Eos Apex 20 Console is engineered for comfort and customization, with generous programming surfaces and the power to run complex lighting and media rigs. As the largest and most luxurious of ETC’s flagship lighting control line, the Eos Apex 20 is the ultimate hands-on, professional workspace – powered by the award-winning Eos control software.

Apex hardware is designed to remain state-of-the-art for years to come. Top-of-the-line features include customizable Target keys for Direct Selects, a built-in soft keypad, book lights for paperwork, drawers for accessories, dual-axis folding displays, and generous encoder tools for LEDs, moving lights, and media control. The Eos Apex 20 offers more playbacks than any other Eos Family console, providing tactile rig control for even the largest venues and productions.

Eos Family software includes:

• Approachable yet powerful syntax for programmers of every level
• Industry-leading color control tools
• Magic Sheets for custom programming and displays
• Augment3d 3D programming and visualization environment
• Virtual Media Server function for pixel-mapping
• Timecode and automation integration
• Multi-user and multi-programmer working environment

 System Capacity:

• 24,576 Outputs
• 32,768 Control Channels (mapped to any number from 1 to 99,999)
• 100,000 Cues
• 999 Cue Lists
• 999 Submasters
• 100 Fader Pages
• 4 x 10,000 Palettes (Intensity, Focus, Color, Beam)
• 10,000 Presets (all palette)
• 10,000 Groups
• 10,000 Effects (relative, absolute or step)
• 99,999 Macros
• 10,000 Snapshots
• 10,000 Curves
• 10,000 Color Paths
• 99 discrete users
• Partitioned control
• Show import from Obsession, Express™, Expression®, Emphasis®, Congo®, Cobalt®, Grand MA 1, Grand MA 2, Safari and Strand 500/300 Series
• Augment3d 3D programming and visualization environment, with support for augmented reality features via connected phone or tablet app
• Magic Sheets suite for customized user programming and displays
• Virtual Media Server function for pixel-mapping effects, images, and animations
• Support for multiple languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)

Hardware/Interfaces: 

• Two 27-inch 4K multi-touch LCD touchscreens, in an articulating dual-axis display panel
• Supports three external display port monitors (1920x1080 minimum, 3840x2160 maximum), with optional single-touch or multi-touch screen control and DDC/IC support
• Twenty 60mm motorized faders, 100 10-fader pages for configurable faders, for channel, submaster and palette/preset, timing and effect rate/speed playback control
• Twenty backlit scroll wheel faders with button, 100 10-fader pages for configurable faders, for channel, submaster and palette/preset, timing and effect rate/speed playback control
• Four 5-inch high-resolution fader displays, with multi-touch and haptic touch feedback
• Main Playback with two 60mm motorized faders, and display load buttons
• Five banks of 10-button user-definable Target Keys
• Six force-feedback encoders for non-intensity parameter control
• Eight backlit mini encoders for non-intensity parameter control, plus one mini encoder for navigation
• Dedicated 10.1-inch high-resolution encoder display
• Dedicated high-resolution intensity level wheel
• Backlit expanded Eos keypad
• 6.3-inch keypad touchscreen, with haptic touch feedback, servicing softkeys and custom user layouts
• Built-in keyboard tray, with USB A & C ports
• Built-in accessory tray, with USB A & C ports and dedicated 5-volt/2-amp USB-A charging port
• One front-facing 5-volt/2-amp USB-A dedicated charging port
• Two independently dimmable warm-white LED booklights to illuminate adjacent surfaces
• Solid-state hard drive
• Dedicated graphics processing
• IEC power input (100-240 VAC at 50/60Hz), inset power switch with integrated breaker, locking regionalized power cable included
• Four individually configurable Gigabit Ethernet ports, etherCON connectors, PoE++ (802.3bt compliant PSE)
• Two individually configurable 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports, which accept modules for copper, single-mode fiber, or multi-mode fiber connections
• One 802.11ac WiFi Ethernet adapter (to be enabled with future software)
• Bluetooth 5.1 for connecting input accessories (to be enabled with future software)
• sACN and Art-Net network output protocols
• USB 3.1 ports, for flash drives, pointing devices, keyboards (12 USB-A ports, 8 USB-C ports)
• Two Littlite XLR ports
• Two Kensington lock ports
• I/O Garage with four bays, which accept Response backpack-style show control gateways, or Gadget II DMX output modules
• Multiple MIDI and/or SMPTE timecode inputs, MIDI In and Out, Analog/Serial Inputs, OSC transmit/receive, UDP transmit/receive through network interface or Response Gateways