ELM (ENTTEC LED MAPPER) 2026 Preview
Pixel map a strip. a façade. a bridge. a city.
ELM (ENTTEC LED Mapper) is pixel mapping software that turns any LED install into one show you control. Map thousands of pixels in 2D or 3D and drive them live with video, generative effects and any lighting console.
Map any rig.
Run any show.
ELM turns thousands of LEDs, any strip, dot or fixture, into one surface you can map in 2D or 3D and drive with live video, generative effects and audio-reactive shows, from a nightclub wall to a city-scale media façade.
Map your rig
Tell ELM where every LED physically sits: lay out strips, dots and fixtures with fast vector tools, in 2D or true 3D. No CAD experience needed.
Design what plays
Play video, generated effects (“shaders”) or a live camera feed across that mapped shape. Composite and tune the layers live until it looks exactly right.
Send it to the lights
Stream the right colour to every pixel over Art-Net, sACN and KiNet, spread across multiple NICs, so even city-scale rigs stay perfectly in sync.
Shows that move with the music.
ELM’s audio-reactive Eye Candy effects lock your rig to a live audio feed, so clubs, gigs and events stay in time with the room, reacting beat to beat.
Run the show from your iPad.
ELM runs on Windows, but you can drive it live from iOS and iPadOS, where a built-in remote API lets apps like TouchOSC recall states or run a full control surface.
The biggest leap ELM has ever made.
Know the moment
a light goes dark.
On a facade, a bridge or a citywide scheme, fixtures fail quietly in the hardest places to reach. Sentry watches every one over RDM around the clock and alerts your team in-app, by email or SMS the moment something drifts out of range, while it's still a heads-up and not a dark pixel on a landmark.
And see exactly why.
An alert is only useful if you can trust it and act on it. Sentry shows its working.
Catch it before it fails
Per-fixture temperature, voltage and current, charted over time against each fixture's own normal band, so you see a thermal climb building long before it turns into a dark pixel.
Pinpoint the fault fast
Group the whole site by gateway, model or custom zone ("North Facade", "Bridge Span"). Each gateway shows its RDM response time and a health dot, so Sentry can flag when it is the problem, not ELM.
Alerts you can trust
Debounce and cooldown mean one clear alert per real problem, not a pager storm, plus a recovery notice when it clears. Faults reach an off-site crew by email or SMS, so nobody watches a screen.
Never touches your show
Deep RDM sweeps run only while the rig is dark and stand down the instant content plays, so Sentry guards an unmanned, city-scale site without ever risking a single frame of live output.
What every edition includes
One app, one download. Start free two ways, then scale with a paid edition and capacity packs as your show grows.
| Edition | Demotry free, no sign-up | Free€0 | Professional€224 | Architectural€1,787 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D pixel mapping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voxel 3D workspace~1M nodes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Media enginelibVLC, IP/RTSP cameras, capture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 130+ GPU shaders + BPM syncMIDI-clock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live effect layersblend / opacity / mask / solo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uninterrupted outputno periodic blackout nag | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Who it's forBest-fit audience | Anyone evaluating | Hobbyists & small installs | Designers, live & touring | Integrators & installs |
| UniversesHow many DMX universes you can drive | Unlimited | 2 | 16base · packs → 32,768 | 256base · packs → 32,768 |
| Machine activationsa primary + a backup; revoke one to move | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Remote controlOSC / HTTP / DMX-in (+ CITP) | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Device ManagerCommission hundreds of gateways in one pass | ✓ | – | – | ✓included in full |
| Sentry monitoringCatch a failing fixture before your client does | ✓ | – | – | ✓1,000 devices, packs → thousands |
| White / CCT tunable-white mixing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NDI / Spout input | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Output protocols: Art-Net / sACN / KiNet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling / sequences / player | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-NIC output + Benchmark tab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-update + offline activation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Universe packsone-time, stacks onto your license | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| +16 universes | – | – | €89 | €89 |
| +64 universes | – | – | €312 | €312 |
| +256 universes | – | – | €1,161 | €1,161 |
| +1,024 universes | – | – | €4,022 | €4,022 |
| +4,096 universes | – | – | €7,598 | €7,598 |
| +8,192 universes | – | – | €10,727 | €10,727 |
| Sentry device packsArchitectural only | – | – | – | ✓ |
| +1,000 devices | – | – | – | €893 |
| +5,000 devices | – | – | – | €3,575 |
ELM Free requires telemetry / marketing opt-in; ELM Professional and ELM Architectural can opt out.
Download ELM 2026
Download the full app and start building. Until you activate a license, it runs in Demo: every feature unlocked, with a brief output pause every few minutes.
Windows 10 or 11
Quad-core 3.5 GHz CPU
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 900 / 10-series or better
Not sure your computer can handle it? ELM's built-in benchmarkTests your actual network, CPU and GPU, then tells you how many universes your rig can truly sustain at your chosen frame rate, so you size a show against real capacity, not a guess. View more checks your machine and shows what it can drive.
Built to run ENTTEC hardware
Download ELM 2026
One license, yours forever.
- Perpetual, no subscription
- Instant voucher by email, activated in the ELM 2026 app
- Runs on 2 machines, a primary and a backup
- Grow your license any time with Universe & Sentry packs
Choose your license
Start free, or buy a license and add packs. Activate licenses in the ELM 2026 app; apply add-on packs from your My Licenses page. Compare all features →