Lighting control expert Pharos Architectural Controls is delighted to be exhibiting at LightFair International where it will be showcasing its Designer product range and some ground-breaking new features in Cloud, such as Portals and Multi-Sites. LightFair 2022 is the premier lighting trade show and conference for architectural and commercial lighting. This year it is heldRead more
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London, UK – Miami FL, USA – April 25, 2022 –– Pharos Architectural Controls Limited, the award-winning UK manufacturer of dynamic lighting control solutions, and Smart Monkeys, Inc., the global specialist in entertainment show and media control, today announced the integration of Pharos lighting controllers, within the ISAAC Ecosystem, Smart Monkeys’ modular AV management platform. PharosRead more
The DALI protocol allows for up to 16 DALI Scenes to be saved locally in the fixture to be recalled on command. We can also programme DALI fixtures in a more traditional way using flexible Designer Scenes, which can then be placed on a timeline or triggered as required. In this Tips and Tricks, weRead more
The DALI protocol is a staple for static architectural lighting and is often now used hand-in-hand in projects with more flexible DMX for dynamic lighting. Pharos has always supported DALI via the RIO D to work alongside the standard controllers and with native support on the EXT recognising the TPC’s ideal package of DMX, DALIRead more
Custom web interfaces offer end users a useful device-based override control solution. Prior to 2.8.0, triggering web API (JavaScript/HTTP) commands via a custom web interface would only affect the controller on which it was fired. For projects with multiple controllers, which all needed to respond to a web UI command, this necessitated many additional triggersRead more
sACN Sync is a new feature that aligns with the specification for the sACN protocol. It works in a similar vein to ArtSync or KiNET Sync, although there is a keen difference that will be covered in this introduction to the new feature. But, firstly, why would you need to use sACN Sync? When youRead more
With the cost of LEDs becoming incredibly low over the past few years, new protocols were developed to drive large numbers of LEDs easily; the SDI was designed to convert our current DMX functionality into an ability to speak these new protocols. This is where serial data comes in; by this, we mean two types;Read more
With our continuous development of Designer software, we have upgraded a few of the capabilities of the VLC family Controllers. From 2.8.0, the following changes/additions have been made: White space management; allowing a content target multiplier to scale content on arrays where there is a lot of physical space between pixels Support for 60Hz ImprovementsRead more
NOTE: the method described below for EDNs also applies to KiNET Power Supplies. The EDN is our new Ethernet Data Node, capable of distributing up to 20 ports of DMX from a Pharos networked control system. As well as a single Controller, such as an LPC 20, sending its output to all the portsRead more
For fixtures that have more emitters than just RGB, we have always intelligently mixed colours using our internal “Virtual RGB” playback engine algorithm, converting a given RGB colour to RGBA, RGBW, etc, by extrapolating the additional values based on relevant emitter levels. However, the calculated level for White or Amber was not always the desiredRead more
