Description
TPS
The Pharos TPS (Touch Panel Station) is an elegant interface with a customisable, 4.3” capacitive touch screen, that works with any Pharos Controller.
The TPS is available in a range of different coloured bezels and overlays. Install is easy and convenient as the TPS only requires a single Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) network connection.
The customisable touch screen user interface lets you create multiple pages of controls, configure their appearance and get immediate visual feedback. The controls then allow you to trigger and adjust scenes, timelines, overrides and a myriad of other functions that are part of your control system.
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 Pharos system at your fingertips.
Customisable
Create your fully customisable user interface using the free Pharos Designer software. Create multiple pages of 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.
Pharos Trigger
Timing is everything. Whatever the stimulus, Pharos Trigger can handle it. You can control your lighting with responsive, reactive programming. Pharos Trigger is a rules engine that uses conditional logic and a broad range of interfaces and protocols. 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.
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 Controllers and Touch Devices in total. Each Touch Device is easily programmed using our Designer software.
Network
Works with any Pharos Controller, and links to it using standard protocols over an Ethernet network.
Pharos Designer
Programmed and configured using the free Pharos Designer 2 software – available for Windows or Mac OS X – with upload over Ethernet.
PoE Powered
As a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) device, the TPS can be placed at any remote location and only needs a single Cat5 cable that provides both power and data.
5 Year Warranty
Designed and manufactured in the UK, with quality and reliability our top priority.
Certifications
CE compliant; ETL/cETL listed
If you have questions about any of the below, please get in touch with one of our sales team who will be happy to help.
Capabilities
Orientation
Portrait or landscape
Layouts
Free editable layouts
Pages
Any number of pages
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
If you have questions about any of the below, please get in touch with one of our sales team who will be happy to help.
Specifications
Certifications
CE compliant, ETL/cETL listed
Power
PoE (IEEE802.3af, Class 2) 4W typical
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)
Shipping
20 x 15 x 12 cm (8″ x 6″ x 5″)
0.6 kg (1.3 lbs)
Recovery
Hardware watchdog and recessed reset button
Warranty
5 years
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
If you have questions about any of the below, please get in touch with one of our sales team who will be happy to help.
Order Code & Variants
TPS BB
Touch Panel Station Black-on-Black (Touch Device) *
TPS CC
Touch Panel Station Cream-on-Cream (Touch Device)
TPS WW
Touch Panel Station White-on-White (Touch Device)
* TPS BB is the default colour and shipped as standard
Pharos Controller required
