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11 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 -The basic steps for creating a Pharos Project for use with ShowRunner™ are:
13 +When creating a Pharos project for a ShowRunner™ installation, there are several things to consider:
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15 +* Individual loads defined in ShowRunner™ send commands to individual Fixture Groups in Pharos
16 +* Scenes in ShowRunner™ can be mapped in order to trigger Timelines in Pharos
17 +* The Pharos API limits group-level commands to intensity, intensity/RGB, and intensity/CCT(% class="row" %)
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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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28 +* The Pharos controller does any necessary processing to adapt these commands for the fixtures
29 +** For example, if Pharos receives an RGB command for a group containing RGB, HSI, and HSIC fixtures, it will do its best to make sure that the output color is consistent across all the different fixture types
30 +** Certain manufacturer-specific fixture Profiles exist in order to help the Pharos controller achieve a consistent output across multiple different fixture types
31 +* If it is desired to control the white channel separately from the RGB channels of an RGBW fixture, then it must be defined in the Pharos project as two separate RGB and W fixtures that are in different groups
32 +* Individual Fixtures can belong to multiple Fixture Groups, allowing ShowRunner™ to send different types of command (e.g. RGB vs CCT) to the same fixture 
33 +** 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
34 +** In this scenario, one group would be defined in ShowRunner™ as an RGB load and one group would be defined as a Dynamic White load
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36 +The basic steps for creating a Pharos Project for use with ShowRunner™ are as follows:
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15 15  1. Open the Pharos Designer 2 software
16 16  1. In the top-right, click "New Project" and select the type of Pharos controller that will be the primary controller
17 17  1*. Crestron SKUs DIN-DMX-1UNIVERSE and DIN-DMX-2UNIVERSE both correspond to "LPC" in Pharos
18 18  1. Navigate to the "Project" page by clicking the Pharos logo on the left
19 19  1. Under the "Controller API" heading, verify that API Version 5.0 is selected
43 +1. Navigate to the "Network" page by clicking the network icon on the left
44 +1. Select "Controller 1" and verify that the number of universes in the "Properties" menu matches the controller that was ordered for the job
45 +1. If required, click the "New Controller..." button to add additional Pharos controllers
20 20  1. Navigate to the "Layout" page by clicking the pencil and ruler icon on the left
21 21  1. At the top left, click "Manage..." to edit the layout name and dimensions, modify grid settings, and upload a background image if desired
22 -1. Locate your fixture in the Fixture Profile List on the right side of the Layout page
23 -1*. Most fixtures can be controlled correctly using the generic single-channel, RGB, warm/cool, intensity/CCT, etc. profiles
24 -1*. Pharos also has a large selection of manufacturer-specific profiles which can be used instead of the generics
48 +1. Locate the desired fixture in the Fixture Profile List on the right side of the Layout page
49 +1*. Most fixtures can be controlled correctly using the generic single-channel, RGB, warm/cool, intensity/CCT, HSIC, etc. profiles
25 25  1*. Additional generic and manufacturer-specific profiles can be downloaded by clicking the cloud icon on the right, above the fixture profile list
26 -1. Add a fixture to the layout by dragging it from the fixture profile list and onto the layout
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51 +1. Add fixtures to the layout by dragging them from the fixture profile list
52 +1*. Every fixture that is added to the layout represents a unique set of DMX addresses
53 +1*. The fixture number is different than the fixture address, and is automatically incremented by Pharos Designer 2
54 +1*. Fixture properties such as name, shape, and size can be edited using the menu on the right
55 +1*. Right-clicking a fixture on the layout will allow you to either "Duplicate" or create a "New Instance" of a fixture
56 +1**. Duplicating a fixture creates a new fixture with the same profile and properties but that will occupy different DMX addresses
57 +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
58 +1. Select the fixtures you would like to be grouped together 
59 +1*. Click a fixture on the layout or in the list of fixtures to select it
60 +1*. Hold Ctrl while clicking on fixtures to add or remove them from the selection
61 +1*. Ctrl+click will add or remove a fixture from the selection
62 +1*. While holding the Ctrl key, click on fixtures in the list of fixtures on the left or on the layout to select them
63 +1*. Clicking fixtures w
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66 +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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31 -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 -Due to limitations with the Pharos API, only single channel, RGB, or Intensity/CCT load types can be defined in ShowRunner™.
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36 36  = Device Configuration =
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38 38  = ShowRunner™ Configuration =
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