TPS
Please note the TPS has now been superseded by the newer TPS 5.
To find out more about this updated version of our Designer touch screen, click on the link above.
The Pharos Designer TPS (Touch Panel Station) is an elegant interface with a customisable, 4.3” capacitive touch screen that works with any Pharos Designer Controller.
Customised controls
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 touch screen user interface lets you create multiple pages of lighting controls, configure their appearance and get immediate visual feedback.
Pharos Designer Remote Devices can be used with the full range of Pharos Designer Controllers, providing additional functionality
The TPS works in a similar way to the Pharos Designer TPC without a channel capacity, providing a user interface at a lower price point
Interface controls can be altered during live operation through the Designer Trigger functionality
Fully customisable interface, created in the free Pharos Designer 2 software
Features
Touch Interface
A 4.3″ vivid colour capacitive touchscreen makes navigating your project’s controls appealing and intuitive. It’s quick and easy to activate presets, manual overrides, or even use a custom colour picker to personalise your lighting. The TPS puts control of your Designer system at your fingertips.
Customisable
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 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
Flexible
Be limited by your design brief, not your interface. Whether you want to show a few simple buttons, or use custom branded graphics, the touch panel supports it all. It is also capable of supporting any font, including those with extended character sets; e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese.
Learning IR
The TPS may be taught to recognise up to 16 different IR codes from a standard infra-red remote control. When one of these keys on the remote control is pressed, the TPS will treat that as a press on its own screen.
Scalable
Multiple Touch Devices can be combined with one or more Pharos controllers on the same network to build the ideal system for your installation, with a maximum of 40 Designer Controllers and Touch Devices in total. Each Touch Device is easily programmed using our Designer 2 software. Read more
Network
Works with any Pharos Designer Controller, and links to it using standard protocols over an Ethernet network.
The TPS is available in a range of different coloured bezels and overlays
Installation
Install is easy and convenient with just a single Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) network connection.
Power over Ethernet
Easily placed at any remote location and only needs a single Cat 5 cable that provides both power and data.
Interface
Provides a custom user interface to any Pharos Designer control system.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION & DOWNLOADS
TPS Datasheet
Click on the link below to download the datasheet.
Download Software
Download the latest version of our Designer software.
Comparison Chart
See and compare features and specs of all our products.
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
Infra-red
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
Specifications
Certifications
CE compliant, UKCA compliant, ETL/cETL listed
Power
PoE (IEEE802.3af, Class 2) 4W typical
Required
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)
Interfaces
Ethernet
RJ45 socket for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet with Link/Data LEDs; Static IP or DHCP
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
Order Code & Variants
TPS BB
Designer Touch Panel Station Black-on-Black (Touch Device)
TPS CC
Designer Touch Panel Station Cream-on-Cream (Touch Device)
TPS WW
Designer Touch Panel Station White-on-White (Touch Device)
If no colour is specified, TPS BB will be shipped by default
Pharos Designer Controller required