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The award-winning Pharos Designer TPC (Touch Panel Controller) is an elegant touchscreen lighting controller with sleek styling, advanced lighting control playback engine and fully integrated user interface with vast design potential.
Customisable control
With control of playback selection and lighting levels at your fingertips, you can gracefully transition between scenes, timelines, effects and pixel-mapped media. The customisable touchscreen user interface lets you create multiple pages of lighting controls, configure their appearance and get immediate visual feedback.
Multiple Pharos Designer Controllers can be used together and will synchronise automatically
Additional integration options are supported by our range of Pharos Designer Remote Devices, IO Modules and the EXT
Installations can be managed locally with the built-in web server, and from anywhere in the world via Pharos Cloud
Fully customisable interface, created in the free Pharos Designer 2 software
Features
Touch Panel Interface
Touchscreen user interface is fully customisable using the free Pharos Designer 2 software. Create multiple pages of lighting controls including buttons, sliders, keypads and colour pickers, and configure their appearance and visual feedback. Make it eye-catching by importing your own graphics or picking from one of our attractive themes.
Designer Engine
Based on individually controllable and independently running timelines and scenes, the intelligent Designer Engine gives you complete control, letting you build dynamic, precise, fully customisable pre-programmed lighting displays, all while giving you the freedom of real-time manual overrides, flexible multi-zone control, prioritisation and more. Read more
Designer Trigger
Designer Trigger is a rules engine that uses conditional logic and a broad range of interfaces and protocols so you can control your lighting with responsive, reactive programming. Send and receive any command, to and from any system. Conditional logic is supported, along with a powerful built-in scripting language for unlimited flexibility. Read more
Remote Management
Future-proof your lighting projects by connecting your Designer controllers to Pharos Cloud. This allows remote, but direct, control of your controllers from anywhere in the world, letting you check the status, fire triggers, schedule events, upload new projects and much more. All through one portal, accessible at your own Internet domain. Read more
Scalable
The right fit for every installation. Multiple Designer controllers can be seamlessly linked together to work as one via a standard Ethernet network giving impressive scalability. For additional integration options simply add Remote Devices to further extend the network. Whether one controller or many, it’s all easily programmed using our Designer 2 software. Read more
Designer Mapping
Design the big picture; control every pixel. Create a 2D map of your fixtures within the Designer 2 software, then use Designer Mapping to create visually striking effects or play video across the entire LED array. Powerful controls allow you to build maps fast with pixel precise adjustment. Read more
Flexible
Be limited by your design brief, not your lighting control system. Our products support a vast range of different fixture types and can output multiple DMX-over-Ethernet (eDMX) lighting protocols at the same time.
The TPC is available in a range of different coloured bezels and overlays
Interface
Customisable, 4.3″ capacitive touch panel.
Capacity
512 channels of eDMX output.
Power over Ethernet
One convenient PoE network connection for power and data.
Unsure which controller to choose? Learn more about the LPC & VLC families here
TECHNICAL INFORMATION & DOWNLOADS
TPC Datasheet
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Download Software
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Supported Fixtures
LEDs
Any colour configuration e.g. RGB, RGBW, 8-bit, 16-bit, tuneable white
Generic
Downlights, spotlights, uplights, etc. via controllable dimmers, relays or ballasts
Intelligent
Moving and multi-parameter fixtures
Fountain Jets
Fountain jets for fountain animation or other animatronics
Fixture Library
Pharos offers an online fixture library with over 30,000 fixture profiles, for easy download of your luminaires
Output
sACN
ANSI E1.31 (with per fixture priority)
Art-Net
Art-Net I, Art-Net II, Art-Net 3, Art-Net 4 (transmit only). Configurable broadcast override
KiNET
KiNET V1, V2, V3; PDS/Data Enabler discovery
Pathport
Pathway Connectivity protocol
RDM
Via Art-Net, EXT or EDN: supports discovery and addressing via Pharos Designer 2 software
EDN
Via EDN: natively integrate, and output DMX, with the EDN
Simultaneous
Multiple protocols can be in operation simultaneously. Limited by patched channels, not universes used
Scalable
Synchronises with up to 40 Pharos Designer Controllers over network
Triggering & Integration
Startup
Commences programmed playback automatically on receiving power
Touchscreen
Buttons, sliders, colour picker, etc
Clock
Battery-backed real-time clock for calendar and time-based triggers
Astronomical
Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight and Lunar phases
Temperature
Trigger on changes or entering a range
Ethernet
UDP, TCP, Multicast; send/receive any Ethernet message
eDMX
sACN or Art-Net
Serial Data
MIDI
MIDI Notes, SysEx or MIDI Time Code
Timecode
Via RIO A: Linear Timecode (SMPTE, Film, EBU, NTSC)
Audio Level
Via RIO A: stereo 30-band spectrum analysis
Outputs
Via RIO: isolated relay outputs (48V, 250mA)
Web Interface
Built-in or custom designed
Conditions
Full conditional logic support
Scripting
Lua scripting for total flexibility
IO Modules
Supports our extensive IO Module library for easy integration
Scalable
Supports Pharos Designer Remote Devices
Capabilities
Orientation
Portrait or landscape
Layouts
Free editable layouts
Pages
Any number of pages, although performance may be affected by complexity and number
Navigation
Convenient and custom navigation via configurable navigation bars
Fonts
Custom font support, including fonts with extended character sets e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Themes
Wide selection of themes available to download, or create your own with Designer’s theme editor
Controls
A wide array of customisable buttons, sliders, colour pickers, labels, keypads and clocks
Flexible integration
Fully integrated with Pharos Trigger, so button states, graphics, and captions can change according to any number of preset triggers
Infrared
Learning IR allows any standard remote control to be used to activate button presses/state changes
Secure access
Keypad for PIN-code entry; multiple user levels
Commissioning
Commissioned with Pharos Designer 2 software
Interfaces
Ethernet
RJ45 socket for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet with Link/Data LEDs; Fixed IP or DHCP; Dual IP address for eDMX
Touchscreen
4.3” capacitive touch; 480×272 24bpp; 340 cd/m2; magnetic overlay
IR Sensor
Learning IR sensor for remote control
Temperature
Built-in ambient temperature sensor
Specifications
Certifications
CE compliant, UKCA compliant, ETL/cETL listed, may be used as part of a Title 24 compliant lighting control system
Power
PoE (IEEE802.3af, Class 2), 4W typical
Configuration
Pharos Designer 2
Data Storage
Removable SD Card (supplied)
Temperature
0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F)
Humidity
10-50% relative, non-condensing
Ingress
IP40
Physical
Wall mounted, partly recessed in UK 2-gang 35mm or custom US 2.5” backbox (supplied separately)
14.6 x 8.6 x 3.2 cm (5.8 x 3.4 x 1.3 in)
0.25 kg (0.55 lbs)
Shipping
20 x 15 x 12 cm (8 x 6 x 5 in)
0.6 kg (1.3 lbs)
Recovery
Hardware watchdog and recessed reset button
Warranty
5 years
