Echo System Overview and Limits
Description
This article gives a simple overview of Echo system limits that must be respected to achieve a working Echo system. See also the additional articles linked at the end of this one.
EchoConnect Bus Limits
| Output Product limit | 16 |
| Control Product limit | 16 |
| Bus length (via Belden 8471) | 500m (1640ft) |
| Bus length (via CAT5E) | 304.8m (1000ft) |
Echo Output Products
| Feeder power required |
Bus power (Output Products) | Bus power (Control Products) | Station limit | Presets | Spaces | DMX (In/Out/Thru) | sACN | Power modules | DALI | 0-10v | Contacts | |
| Echo Architectural Control Processor (E-ACP) | 24vAC Via DRd | 16 (with E-SPM-A; see below) |
16 (with E-SPM-A; see below) |
16 | 64 | v2+, 16 Echo Spaces | 1/0/1 | Optional interface card | 6 or 12 Sensor modules via DRd | 24 Broadcast loops (Option card1) | 24 400mA sink circuits (Option card1) | 1 Panic |
| Echo Power Control Processor (E-PCP) | 24vDC via enclosure | 6 | 6 | 16 | 64 | v3+, 16 Echo Spaces, 255 Net3 Spaces (When networked, see below) | 1/0/1 | Standard interface card | Varies by enclosure type | 24 Broadcast loops (Option card2) | 24 400mA sink circuits (Option card2) | 1 Panic, 24 dry inputs (via Option card2) |
| EchoDIN Power Control Processor (PCP-DIN) | 24vDC | 6 | 6 | 16 | 64 | v3+, 16 Echo Spaces, 255 Net3 Spaces (When networked, see below) | 1/0/1 | Optional interface card | 12 EchoDIN modules | 24 Broadcast loops (Option card2) | 24 400mA sink circuits (Option card2) | 1 Panic, 24 dry inputs (via Option card2) |
| Echo Room Controller Gen 2 | 100-277vAC to Enclosure | 6 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 Echo Spaces | 1/0/1 | No | No | No | 4 or 8 400mA sink circuits | 1 Panic, 1 dry input |
| Echo DMX Scene Controller | 24vDC | 0 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 1 (Exists in a single Space) |
1/1/0 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sensor CEM3 | SR Enclosure | 6 | 6 | 16 | 64 | 16 Echo Spaces, 255 Net3 Spaces (When networked, see below) | 2/0/2 | Yes | Sensor modules | No | No | 1 Panic |
| EchoTouch | 24vDC or POE | 0 | 0 | N/A | 64 | 1 (Exists in a single Space; v3+ communicates over 16 Spaces) |
0/1/0 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
1One option card per processor (DRd Only)
2Two option cards per processor
3CEM3 and E-PCP use Net3 Spaces. Spaces 1-16 are shared with the Echo Bus. Spaces 1-255 are shared with other CEM3s and E-PCPs on the same network.
External Bus Power Supplies
Important Note: Only 1 Station Power Supply per Echo System.
| Bus power (Output Products) | Bus power (Control Products) | Aux power | Notes | |
| Echo Station Power Module (E-SPM-A) | 16 | 16 | 1500 mA | Requires DRd |
| Echo Wall Mount Station Power Supply (E-SPM-WM) | 16 | 16 | 1500 mA | Wall mount (Discontinued February 2020) |
| Echo Rack-Mount Station Power Module (E-SPM-RM) | 16 | 16 | 1500 mA | 2U 19" Rack mounted (Discontinued February 2020) |
| Echo Room Controller | 6 | 6 | 40 mA | Provides Aux power for an optional TimeClock |
| Echo Distributed Station Power Supply (E-SPS) | 6 | 6 | None | Mounts via 1/2" (13mm) knockout |
| Echo Distributed Aux Power Supply (E-APS) | None | None | 160 mA | Mounts via 1/2" (13mm) knockout |
| Echo DIN Rail Power Supply (E-SPS-DIN) (7186A1212) | 16 | 16 | 1500 mA | Includes 24vDC PSU |
| E-SPS-DIN with 8" DINrail Enclosure (7186K1212) | 16 | 16 | 1500 mA | Includes 24vDC PSU |