With a Pharos control system, you can discover and patch KiNet power supplies with ease. The discovery system allows you to pre-patch fixtures onto KiNet power supplies offline, and then associate discovered power supplies with the patched power supplies when you’re ready to commission the project.
Using discovery to find KiNet power supplies on the same network as the computer running Pharos Designer is a simple process. In the Patch view of Designer, select KiNet from the tabs of different protocols. You’ll see something similar to the screenshot below:
KiNet tab in patch
Let’s first take the case where you are starting a new project. If your power supplies are on the same network as Designer then you can discover them now by clicking the ‘Discover’ button. When discovery is complete, click on the ‘Show Discovered’ button to see a table of discovered power supplies. Select the power supply you want to add to your project by pressing the button on the left of the table row and click ‘Add Selected to Project’. Alternatively, you can click ‘Add All To Project’ to add all of the discovered power supplies to the project at once. You can now patch your fixtures to the power supplies.
KiNet Discovery in progress
Now let’s say you’ve patched fixtures to power supplies offline but don’t know the IP addresses of the real power supplies. For this example we have created a new power supply by going to the Patch view of Designer and clicking on the ‘Add’ button in the Protocols tab on the right of the application window. It is crucial that you select the correct type of power supply in preparation for associating later. We have patched a 2×2 iTile to the power supply, which we have named ‘iTile’ for reference.
Adding a PSU offline
With Designer on the same network as the power supply, click the ‘Discover’ button as before then select the discovered power supply that you want to associate. Select the pre-patched power supply from the Power Supply list (‘iTile’ in the case of our example) and click the ‘Apply Selected to Power Supply’ button.
Linking discovered PSUs
It’s worth noting that if you have multiple network interfaces active on your computer, Designer will ask you which interface you want to use to discover power supplies. Every time you click ‘Discover’ the table of discovered power supplies will be emptied and then repopulated with the power supplies on the chosen network interface.
For more information on patching in Pharos Designer, see this page on our online help.
