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Pharos Designer LPC – All-In-One Lighting Playback Controller
The Pharos Designer LPC (Lighting Playback Controller) is a industry-leading, all-in-one control engine tailored for architectural lighting, themed entertainment, and commercial LED installations. Operating with individually controllable, independently running timelines and scenes, this unit allows you to build precision-crafted lighting sequences while retaining full capability for real-time manual overrides. Designed to integrate smoothly into complex environments, the LPC delivers complete control through the Pharos Designer 2.0 (or later) software suite.
* Install-friendly 0.200″ (5.08mm) plug in rising clamp connectors (included)
Downloadable Documentation
Datasheet
Categories: DMX ControlTags: DMX Distribution, DMX Ethernet, DMX Wall Mount, LED Strip Hardware, LED Strip Software & Controllers
Key Features
- Advanced Designer Engine: Take complete command of your lighting array. Run multiple independent timelines and scenes concurrently to generate dynamic visual displays. Seamlessly handle multi-zone layouts, priority settings, and instant manual overrides.
- Responsive Designer Trigger: Program your lighting setup to react dynamically to external inputs. Utilizing robust conditional logic, custom scripting, and broad protocol compatibility, the Designer Trigger rules engine sends and receives commands across virtually any system interface.
- Pixel-Precise Mapping: Translate complex visual designs across your entire fixture array. Use built-in video playback and multi-zone mapping tools within the software to build intricate pixel effects across diverse layout grids.
- Unmatched Hardware Flexibility: Output multiple DMX-over-Ethernet (eDMX) protocols simultaneously. The system accommodates a wide variety of fixture types, giving you complete design freedom without protocol bottlenecks.
- Custom Web Interfaces: Serve intuitive user controls via the onboard web server. Build customized, browser-based interfaces using the extensive JavaScript and HTTP API, complete with multi-level access management.
- Remote and Cloud Management: Monitor and configure your installation from any location. Link to Pharos Cloud for off-site scheduling, remote project updates, and live diagnostic monitoring, or use the local network Web Interface to inspect logs and fire triggers on site.
- Seamless System Scalability: Connect multiple Pharos units over standard Ethernet networks to expand your universe capacity transparently. Integrate Pharos Remote Devices to expand physical I/O connections as your project grows.
- Standalone Operating Reliability: Built for 24/7 continuous operation, this compact DIN-rail mounted device runs autonomously without requiring an on-site control PC.
Supported Fixtures |
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| 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 a cloud library with over 30,000 fixture profiles, for easy download of your luminaires |
| DALI | Via RIO D4, DALI ballasts, such as single channel, Tc and XY |
Output |
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| DMX512 | Two ports (max 512 channels each) ANSI E1.11-2008 |
| RDM | Via local ports, Pharos Gateways RIO G4 and EDN, or Art-Net, supports discovery and addressing via Designer 2 software |
| Gateway | Via Pharos RIO G4 and EDN, or any eDMX node: natively integrate, and output DMX |
| sACN | ANSI E1.31 (with per fixture priority) standard |
| 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 |
| SPI | Via RIO G4 + SDI / EDN + SDI: synchronous and asynchronous serial data output |
| DALI | Via RIO D4, interface limits apply, DALI ballasts do not count towards used channels |
| Simultaneous | Multiple protocols can be in operation simultaneously |
| Capacity | Limited by patched channels, not universes used |
| Scalable | Synchronises with up to 40 Pharos Designer Controllers over network |
Triggering & Integration |
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| Startup | Commences programmed playback automatically on receiving power |
| Contact Closures | Connect an external volt-free switch between input and ground (internal 2.2k pull-up to 5V) |
| Digital In | Connect an external DC voltage source between input and ground (24V maximum; internal 2MOhm pull-down to 0V); software configurable low/high threshold |
| Analog In | Connect an external DC voltage source between input and ground (24V maximum); software-configurable range |
| Outputs | Via RIO: isolated relay outputs (48V, 250mA) |
| Clock | Battery-backed real-time clock for calendar and time-based triggers |
| Astronomical | Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight and Lunar phases |
| Ethernet | UDP, TCP, Multicast; send/receive any Ethernet message |
| Serial Data | RS232, RS485; configurable port; send/receive free syntax in ASCII, HEX or decimal |
| 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 |
| DMX | Trigger on changes within a range or entering a range |
| eDMX | sACN or Art-Net (option to pass-thru on local DMX output) |
| DALI | Via RIO D4: transmit and receive DALI commands |
| Web Interface | Built-in or custom designed |
| Wall Stations | Integrate with BPS, TPS or TPC |
| 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 |
Interfaces |
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| Ethernet | RJ45 socket for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet with Link/Data LEDs; Static IP or DHCP; Dual IP address for eDMX; Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging |
| DMX512 | Two isolated DMX ports, RDM compatible * |
| Serial | RS232 / RS485 / DMX in * |
| Inputs | Eight inputs, individually selectable operating mode for contact closure, digital or analog input * |
| MIDI In & Out | MIDI via standard 5-pin DIN |
| USB-B socket | USB 1.1 for connection to PC |
Specifications |
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| Power | 9-48V DC * or PoE (IEEE802.3af, Class 2), 4W typical |
| Configuration | Pharos Designer 2.0 or later |
| 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 | 8 unit wide DIN rail mounting enclosure (DIN43880 / EN60715 (35/7.5 rail)) 14.4 x 9 x 5.8 cm (5.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 in) 0.5 kg (1.1 lbs) |
| Shipping | 20 x 15 x 12 cm (8 x 6 x 5 in) 0.8 kg (1.8 lbs) |
| Recovery | Hardware watchdog and recessed reset button |
Warranty & Certifications |
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| Warranty | 5 years |
| Certifications | CE compliant, UKCA compliant, ETL/cETL listed, may be used as part of a Title 24 compliant lighting control system. |
| Options | LPC 1 – Designer Lighting Playback Controller 1 (512 channels DMX/eDMX), LPC 2 – Designer Lighting Playback Controller 2 (1,024 channels DMX/eDMX), LPC 4 – Designer Lighting Playback Controller 4 (2,048 channels eDMX, 2 local DMX ports) |
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