WELCOME Award winning products, industry-leading development and an experienced support team make Pharos Controls one of the most respected architectural controls manufacturers in the world. Independently owned, we employ the talents of the best R&D team of its kind – a group of highly motivated individuals who relish the challenge of developing advanced lighting and audio-visual solutions. All Pharos equipment is engineered and built in London, England, giving complete control over the quality of each and every item, and is backed by a five year warranty. Since 2004, the Pharos team has been privileged to work with outstanding designers, architects and installers, producing bespoke solutions for the control of complex lighting, art and multimedia installations. Our controllers are installed in hundreds of iconic venues around the world, from theme parks and cruise ships to renowned architectural structures and stadia. Whether your project focus is interaction, reliability, or simply to create a unique visual experience, we hope you find the following pages both thought provoking and inspiring.
Pharos is the key to creating art out of time. Create mood and feature lighting for homes and gardens; control the colour of a bridge by the times of the tides; set the colour of a building by the phase of the moon; manage a shopping mall's lighting by time of day and seasonal events. The real time clock has flexible programming for recurring events, including religious and secular holidays, bus timetables and tide charts. Clock and calendar based events for anniversaries, national days and special events Worldwide support for daylight saving, sunrise and sunset, civil and nautical twilight and lunar calendar Respond to any timetable or schedule Cyclical daily settings for residential and commercial applications Tune lighting to follow circadian rhythm
BE INSPIRATIONAL Homes & hotels – houses of worship – museums
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Don't be limited by size or structure. Create stunning, seamless displays of light around an entire building. Give movement to an art installation, manipulate colour on every level – no matter how many levels there are. Create your looks with built in effects or imported video Flexible mapping allows for different screens, aspects and resolutions of fixtures Unwrap any structure, any shape Generate impressive, seamlessly looping effects on any array of pixels
BE UNIQUE Façades – art installations – multi-layered & 3D structures
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Bring landmarks, buildings and structures to life. Reflect their surroundings and transform them into brilliant light shows. Atmospheric pressure, motion, wind speed and direction, sunlight and even pollution levels – all these and more are being used as triggers for Pharos systems all over the world. Accept data from a range of external devices and interpret it to create unique, interactive visual spectacles. Connect to a host of different environmental and interactive sensors Condition-based logic provides powerful decision-making Flexible integration of command strings with other control systems Real time clock, calendar and seasonal events Respond to the presence or movement of people for functional or artistic interpretation
BE INTERACTIVE Landmarks – themed environments – art installations
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BE REMOTE Any project – anywhere
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Enjoy the freedom to monitor and control your facility wherever you are, via standard Internet browsers. Whether client or installer, you have the ability to manage multiple sites and multiple installations from anywhere in the world. Smart mobile devices enable easy end-user access. Multiple sites managed easily and cost effectively Integrated diagnostics Status updates delivered via email, text or web page Customised web pages for smart devices Options for user override of colour, intensity and sequences
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BE CONFIDENT Cruise ships & yachts – theme parks & rides – kinetic art – live broadcast
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Safe in the knowledge that all Pharos products are designed for reliability, you can specify interactive lighting, automation, audio and visual spectacles, kinetic art and water displays in any situation. Designed specifically for totally automated installations, Pharos hardware is solid state and runs 24/7, regardless of movement, orientation and vibration. Proven reliability Low maintenance 5 year warranty and long life expectancy Compact footprint Intelligent recovery settings after power out
With Pharos as the heart of your show control, reacting to or controlling other systems using a variety of protocols and commands, you can seamlessly integrate lighting, sound, vision and effects. Pharos communicates with entertainment systems to respond to stage events, casino jackpots, ride car activity, interactive museum exhibits and special needs immersive experiences. Pharos products interface with residential & commercial controllers and building management systems, complementing these functional lighting systems, sharing triggers and taking the strain with the dynamic lighting. Entertainment and building control protocols Lighting – DMX & eDMX, DALI, DVI Video in & out, audio in & out, timecode, MIDI Bi-directional Ethernet & serial commands Analogue and digital switching Control lighting, audio & video, lasers, fountains, motors & animatronics
BE CONNECTED Son et lumière – fountains – casinos – stadia
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BE IN CONTROL
Remote Devices Scalable remote input and output solutions for show control over an Ethernet network
Lighting Playback Controllers
BPS
A flexible and stylish 8-button station with integrated button LEDs, the BPS is easy to install with its single PoE connection. Any number of BPSs can be placed on a network. Available in nickel, black, white or cream bezels with black, white or cream magnetic overlays
RIO 80 RIO 44 RIO 08
The scalable remote input and output solution for show control over an Ethernet network, featuring a multi-protocol serial port with DMX output support plus combinations of digital/analogue inputs and relay outputs.
RIO A
The remote solution for audio and MIDI triggering or timecode injection, the RIO A features 30 band spectrum analysis per audio channel, MIDI in/out, Linear Time Code and MIDI Time Code.
RIO D
The ground-breaking new solution for DALI installations, providing Ethernet-distributed DALI to where it is needed.
Award winning, all-in-one control solutions for entertainment and LED lighting installations
TPC
LPC 1 LPC 2 LPC 4
LPC X
The Touch Panel Controller is an elegant lighting controller with a customizable, 4.3" capacitive touch screen, 512 channels of eDMX output and vast interfacing potential, all over a single PoE network connection. Available in nickel, black, white or cream bezels with black, white or cream magnetic overlays The versatile, comprehensive control solution for entertainment and LED lighting installations, featuring advanced playback and show control engines, built-in astronomical and real time clocks and a wealth of third-party integration options. LPC 1: 512 DMX/eDMX channels; LPC 2: 1024 DMX/eDMX channels; LPC 4: up to 1024 DMX/eDMX channels plus 1024 eDMX-only channels An unprecedented level of power and integration for landmark lighting installations, with a channel capacity of up to 200 universes from a single unit. 20 Universes (10240 control channels) up to 200 Universes (102400 control channels) with further scaling over Ethernet
Software The main Designer software plus our utility applications for Windows and Mac OS X
Audio Visual Controller
Designer
Powerful software for programming all Pharos Controllers and Remote Devices with an intuitive, graphical drag & drop interface, timeline-based programming and powerful show control including conditions and scripting.
Interface Editor
Create user interfaces for the Pharos Touch Panel Controller, organising and theming multiple pages of buttons, sliders and colour pickers.
Installation Manager
Utility for managing installations across multiple sites using standard network protocols over the Internet.
Dynamic Media Manager
Utility for creating new content for LPCs independent of Designer. The solution for installations requiring frequent changes to pixel matrix content for marketing campaigns, corporate colour schemes, etc.
Award winning audio visual control solution for themed, retail and entertainment installations
AVC
A single controller combining the functionality of two DVD players and a vision mixer with additional live input, all under seamless show control.
Accessories A growing range that provides a unified and reliable power and data infrastructure
POE
1+4 port unmanaged 10/100 Power-over-Ethernet switch, perfect for interconnecting Pharos controllers and remote devices.
RDM
1+4 port DMX512 repeater compatible with the Remote Device Management (RDM) standard.
CVD CCD 700 CCD 500 CCD 350
A range of DMX LED drivers with manual/RDM addressing and test modes. Constant voltage and constant current drivers available
Be inspirational
Technical support As with all successful control products, support is crucial and our technical support team will do everything possible to ensure your project is a success. Pharos is renowned for delivering a fast response to support requests and going the extra mile to advise on system configurations, schematics and project programming.
Be interactive
Be unique
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Be remote
Download our software Pharos Designer is common to all our products and is free to download from our website. It's simple to use, feature rich and runs on Windows and Mac OS X.
Be confident
FIND OUT MORE
support@pharoscontrols.com
Contact us Our head office is in London, England and we have regional offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Pharos products are available from any of our local sales offices or through our extensive network of worldwide resellers.
Be connected
When your project requires something truly unique, Pharos engineers can provide bespoke programming services and custom solutions.
Private residence, USA. ©Anthony Masters | Philips Color Kinetics Pharos LPC
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Launch of Project Ocean, Selfridges, London. ©Philips Light UK Romsås Kirke, Oslo. ©Geir Sire Bright AS | SCL Norge | Lumenpulse Metropolis, private residence, Dubai. ©Lumensense | Beau McClellan Cristo del Pacífico, Lima. ©LED-LS | Philips Color Kinetics Private residence, UK. ©Pharos
Rockheim Museum, Trondheim. ©Stockholm Lighting | Philips Color Kinetics Pharos LPC 90
1 Bluefin, London. ©Orri Petursson | Speirs & Major | Architainment | Color Kinetics 2 Ministry of Internal Affairs, Tbilisi. ©Ivane Goliadze | Primo Exposures, Marco de Boer | Philippe Martinaud 3 Cloud, T5, Heathrow Airport, London. ©Alex Delfanne / Artwise Curators | Troika 4 Vegas Mall, Moscow. ©Bas Hoksbergen for Philips | Philips Color Kinetics 5 O2 Concierge, Dublin. ©Christopher Rowell | Architen Landrell
Bridge of Peace, Tbilisi. ©Ivane Goliadze | Primo Exposures, Marco de Boer| Philippe Martinaud 9 Pharos LPCs, 32 RIOs, 16 POE
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Clink Street Tunnel, London. ©Halo Lighting | Architainment Murray Bridge, Little Rock. ©Eric Chernuka | Illumivision Tabard Square Beacon, London. ©Arup Lighting / Berkeley Homes | Color Kinetics Glasshoughton Wheel, Yorkshire. ©Christopher Rowell | Architen Landrell Bridge of Peace, Tbilisi. ©Ivane Goliadze | Primo Exposures, Marco de Boer | Philippe Martinaud
Åre Ski Resort, Jämtland. ©Mikael Silkeberg | Lumenpulse | Stockholm Lighting | Ljusarkitektur Pharos TPC, 7 LPCs
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Sportpaleis Ahoy Rotterdam. ©Livingprojects Trafalgar Square, London. ©Tryka L.E.D. Ltd App for Waterfront Congress Centre, Stockholm. ©Ian Fanning | Stockholm Lighting Untitled (UFO). ©Cinimod Studios, Dominic Harris/Peter Coffin App for Westfield Stratford, London. ©Pharos | Architainment | Philips Color Kinetics | Cinimod
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Mitchell Domes, Milwaukee. ©Marty Peck | Creative Lighting Design & Engineering | Doug MacDonald, Designlab Pharos AVC, 2 LPCs
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Fountains, T5, Heathrow Airport, London. ©Pharos | Ocmis National Theatre, London. ©Pharos | Philips City of Dreams casino, Macau. ©Creative Lighting Asia | Philips Color Kinetics BC Place, Vancouver. ©Ed White | Lumenpulse | CD/M2 Lightworks Corp | EOS Lightmedia Cloud, T5, Heathrow Airport, London. ©Pharos | Troika
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