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9 9  = Pharos Project =
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11 -Pharos projects are created using the free Pharos Designer 2 software from Pharos Controls. When creating a project for use with ShowRunner™, ensure that API version 5.0 is selected for the project. ShowRunner™ sends group-level commands over the Pharos Controller API, so each Fixture Group in Pharos will correspond to
11 +Pharos projects are created using the free Pharos Designer 2 software from Pharos Controls. When creating a project for use with ShowRunner™, ensure that API version 5.0 is selected for the project. Individual loads control from ShowRunner™ is achieved with group-level commands using the Pharos Controller API, so each Fixture Group defined in the Pharos Project should correspond to a single load in ShowRunner™. In addition to group-level commands, ShowRunner™ also supports mapping ShowRunner™ Scenes to Pharos Timelines.
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13 -1. Download the Pharos Designer 2 software from Ph
13 +When creating a Pharos project for a ShowRunner™ installation, there are several things to consider:
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15 +* Individual loads in ShowRunner™ send group-level commands to Fixture Groups in Pharos
16 +* Scene recalls in ShowRunner™ can be made to trigger Timelines in Pharos
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18 +The Pharos API limits group-level commands to intensity, intensity/RGB, and intensity/CCT* (((
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22 +|(% style="width:244px" %)ShowRunner™ Load Type|(% style="width:244px" %)Pharos API Command
23 +|(% style="width:244px" %)Single-Channel|(% style="width:244px" %)Intensity
24 +|(% style="width:244px" %)RGB|(% style="width:244px" %)Intensity/RGB
25 +|(% style="width:244px" %)Dynamic White|(% style="width:244px" %)Intensity/CCT
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16 -The Pharos project layout can be as simple or as complicated as desired as long as the fixtures are grouped in a way that is compatible with ShowRunner™
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34 +* The Pharos controller does any necessary processing to adapt these commands for the fixtures
35 +** For example,
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19 -Due to limitations with the Pharos API, only single channel, RGB, or Intensity/CCT load types can be defined in ShowRunner™.
39 +* ShowRunner™ uses group-level commands, so each individual load in ShowRunner™ must have a corresponding Fixture Group in Pharos
40 +* Fixture Groups defined as single-channel loads in ShowRunner™
41 +* For RGBW fixtures, it may be a good idea to define them as separate RGB and W fixtures so that ShowRunner™ is able to control the white channel separately from the RGB channels
42 +* Fixtures can belong to multiple Fixture Groups, allowing ShowRunner™ to send different types (e.g. RGB vs CCT) of command to the same fixture 
43 +** Useful for certain situations, such as HSIC fixtures that need to be controlled as color-changing (RGB) in some situations but dynamic white (intensity/CCT) in others
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45 +The basic steps for creating a Pharos Project for use with ShowRunner™ are:
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47 +1. Open the Pharos Designer 2 software
48 +1. In the top-right, click "New Project" and select the type of Pharos controller that will be the primary controller
49 +1*. Crestron SKUs DIN-DMX-1UNIVERSE and DIN-DMX-2UNIVERSE both correspond to "LPC" in Pharos
50 +1. Navigate to the "Project" page by clicking the Pharos logo on the left
51 +1. Under the "Controller API" heading, verify that API Version 5.0 is selected
52 +1. Navigate to the "Network" page by clicking the network icon on the left
53 +1. Select "Controller 1" and verify that the number of universes in the "Properties" menu matches the controller that was ordered for the job
54 +1. If required, click the "New Controller..." button to add additional Pharos controllers
55 +1. Navigate to the "Layout" page by clicking the pencil and ruler icon on the left
56 +1. At the top left, click "Manage..." to edit the layout name and dimensions, modify grid settings, and upload a background image if desired
57 +1. Locate the desired fixture in the Fixture Profile List on the right side of the Layout page
58 +1*. Most fixtures can be controlled correctly using the generic single-channel, RGB, warm/cool, intensity/CCT, HSIC, etc. profiles
59 +1*. Pharos also has a large selection of manufacturer-specific profiles which can be used instead of the generics
60 +1*. Additional generic and manufacturer-specific profiles can be downloaded by clicking the cloud icon on the right, above the fixture profile list
61 +1. Add fixtures to the layout by dragging them from the fixture profile list
62 +1*. Every fixture that is added to the layout represents a unique set of DMX addresses
63 +1*. The fixture number is different than the fixture address, and is automatically incremented by Pharos Designer 2
64 +1*. Fixture properties such as name, shape, and size can be edited
65 +1*. Right-clicking a fixture on the layout will allow you to either "Duplicate" or create a "New Instance" of a fixture
66 +1**. Duplicating a fixture creates a new fixture with the same profile and properties but that will occupy different DMX addresses
67 +1**. Creating a New Instance will create a new representation of the fixture without actually creating a new fixture; this allows you to have multiple fixtures represented on the layout that share the same DMX address
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71 +Note: Due to limitations with the API, only single channel, RGB, or Intensity/CCT load types can be defined in ShowRunner™. Other fixture types are controllable, but the types of command that ShowRunner™
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21 21  = Device Configuration =
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23 23  = ShowRunner™ Configuration =