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7 7  ShowRunner™ can control DMX fixtures through several different methods, including Pharos DMX controllers. The most common Pharos controllers sold through Crestron are the Pharos LPC-1 (DIN-DMX-1UNIVERSE) and the Pharos LPC-2 (DIN-DMX-2UNIVERSE). These LPC controllers appear physically identical, but the LPC-1 shares a single universe across both DMX outputs while the LPC-2 has a separate universe for each output. ShowRunner™ uses the Pharos Controller API to send commands over Ethernet to the Pharos Controller, which then sends DMX commands to the fixtures.
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9 -= Pharos Project =
7 += Pharos Projects =
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9 +ShowRunner™ integrates with Pharos LPC DMX controllers using the Pharos API. The ShowRunner™ configuration and the Pharos project loaded to the Pharos LPC need to be in coordination with each other in order for ShowRunner™ to control the DMX loads as expected. It is therefore sometimes necessary to either create or edit a Pharos project in order to determine how the DMX loads need to be defined in the ShowRunner™ configuration.
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11 11  == Creating a New Pharos Project for ShowRunner™ ==
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13 13  Pharos projects are created using the free [[Pharos Designer 2 software>>https://www.pharoscontrols.com/support/designer/software-downloads/]] 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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96 96  1. Select the Pharos controller from the list
97 97  1*. If a Pharos project is open, controllers defined in the project will be displayed above the list of online controllers
98 98  1*. If there are multiple online controllers, use the "Beacon" function to flash all the LEDs on the front of the controller and verify the correct one is selected
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99 99  1. If the Pharos Designer 2 version is different than the firmware on the Pharos controller, then it is necessary to either update the controller by pressing the "Reload Firmware" button, or downgrade Pharos Designer 2 by downloading the appropriate version from [[Pharos Controls' website>>https://www.pharoscontrols.com/support/designer/software-downloads/#software-archive]]
100 100  1. Press the "Configure" button to open the network configuration menu
101 101  1. Set DHCP mode to Static and configure the IP address, IP mask, default gateway, and DNS servers as required for your network
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112 112  1*. If you do not see the controller online, but you are connecting to it over a routed network, proceed to the next step
113 113  1. Select a controller that is defined in the project
114 114  1. In the Properties menu on the right, click the Serial Number dropdown menu and select the SN corresponding to the controller
115 -1*. If you do not see the corresponding serial number, click the "Find..." button
116 -1*. If you are connecting to the controller over a routed network, put the controller's IP address into this field
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117 +1*. If you do not see the corresponding serial number, click the "Find..." button to open the search menu
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119 +1*. If you are connecting to the controller over a routed network, put the controller's IP address into this field and press the "Add" button
117 117  1*. If you are connecting to a controller on a Control Subnet from the LAN side of the processor, put the processor's LAN IP address followed by a colon and the external port number that corresponds to internal port 38008 of the controller. See our [[FAQ>>https://wiki.chiefintegrations.com/FAQ/I%20can%27t%20connect%20to%20my%20Pharos%20LPC%20on%20the%20Control%20Subnet]] for information
118 118  1. If there are multiple controllers in the project, repeat step 6 for all controllers
119 119  1. Once all controllers defined in the project have been assigned a serial number, press the "Upload" button
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173 173  ** Non-DMX loads in an area with Scene Tracking will still go to their predefined scene levels unless they are excluded from the scene
174 174  ** Pharos DMX loads will go to their predefined scene levels unless they are excluded from the scene, even if they are included in the Pharos Timeline being triggered
175 175  * If Timelines are being used to control DMX fixtures, then the Fixture Groups do not actually need to be defined in ShowRunner™ unless direct control of the Fixture Groups is desired
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180 += Fixture Addressing =
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182 +Pharos Designer 2 has several features that make it relatively straightforward to address DMX fixtures, or to change how fixtures need to be addressed in order for the lighting controls to work correctly. Since ShowRunner™ uses fixture groups to send commands to DMX fixtures on the Pharos LPC, the specific fixture addresses do not matter as long as they are addressed according to the Pharos project. This means that if fixtures are re-patched to different addresses in the Pharos project but kept in the same fixture groups, then no changes to the ShowRunner™ configuration are necessary.
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184 +In addition to allowing the re-patching of fixtures, Pharos LPC have Remote Device Management (RDM) capabilities that allow for remotely addressing DMX fixtures provided the fixtures are RDM capable. See our [[DMX Fixture Addressing page>>doc:SHOWRUNNER™ Setup Guide.SHOWRUNNER™ Installation Guide.Device Addressing.DMX Fixture Addressing.WebHome]] for more general information regarding DMX networks and fixture addressing for non-RDM capable fixtues.
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