Specification
TPS

A. General
i.	The Station shall be a microprocessor-based system specifically designed for triggering lighting control in an architectural or entertainment application. A personal computer running emulation software shall not be acceptable.
ii.	The Station shall have a fully integrated capacitive touch screen, driven by the application running on the microprocessor. A web browser displaying remotely served content shall not be acceptable.
iii.	The touch screen application shall be dedicated to displaying a user interface for the Station. No other processes shall run.
iv.	The appearance and content of the user interface may be customized by the user.
v.	The user interface may be used in landscape or portrait orientation.
vi.	The Operating Software of the Station shall be stored in a dedicated non-removable non-volatile solid-state memory. It shall be possible to update the Operating Software by download from a remote personal computer over an Ethernet connection.
vii.	There shall be visual indicators on the Station showing status of the Station and its system status.
viii.	The Station shall allow lighting to be controlled as separate zones, with independent triggering and manual intensity control.
ix.	The Station shall support an ambient light sensor, configured to automatically adjust the brightness of the screen backlight.
x.	The Station shall support a proximity sensor, which may be used in triggers and also to ‘wake’ the screen after a period of inactivity.
xi.	The Station shall support a learning IR sensor.
xii.	The Station shall be capable of providing show feedback via the user interface.
xiii.	The Station shall have a recessed switch for resetting the unit without removal of power.
xiv.	The Station shall have a recessed switch for launching the internal configuration menu.
xv.	No physical buttons shall be visible or exposed when the Station is correctly installed.
xvi.	The Station shall have an internal watchdog feature that will restart the unit in the event of software failure.
xvii.	Multiple Stations shall be supported at one time with each either operating unique triggers or mirroring each other.
xviii.	The Station shall be provided with a 5 year manufacturer warranty.

B. Physical
i.	The capacitive touch screen shall be 4.3” with a resolution of 480x272 and 24bit colour depth.
ii.	The unit shall mount in a UK double gang (35mm deep) back box or custom 2.5” back box (available separately).
iii.	The construction of the unit shall house mounting screws and technician’s tools concealed beneath a magnetic overlay which shall sit within the bezel.
iv.	The unit shall be entirely solid-state with no moving parts, fans nor hard disc drives.
v.	The unit shall operate in a temperature range from 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F).
vi.	The unit shall be CE compliant.
vii.	The unit shall be ETL/cETL listed.

C. Electrical
i.	The Station shall support the following standard connectors:
a.	RJ45 socket for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet
ii.	The Station shall be able to receive power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af PoE powered device).

D. Software
i.	The Station shall be supported by user interface creation software running on either a PC or Mac platform.  User interface configuration features shall include:
a.	Create multiple pages of user interface controls
b.	Library of page control layouts with buttons, sliders and colour pickers
c.	Change the appearance of pages and controls by applying themes
d.	Use themes from the theme library, or create custom themes
e.	Choose a background image for each page
f.	Assign local functionality to controls, e.g. change page or screen brightness
g.	Add navigation controls to pages and configure page transitions.
h.	Support imported images to be applied to controls on the interface
i.	Interface themes must be able to support various fonts including special character fonts.
j.	All control must have the ability to define a startup state, color, position or image.

E. Protection
i.	The Station is protected under licence by the following patents:  
U.S. Patents: 6,016,038; 6,150,774; 6,166,496; 6,211,626; 6,292,901; 6,340,868; 6,459,919; 6,528,954; 6,548,967; 6,577,080; 6,608,453; 6,624,597; 6,636,003; 6,717,376; 6,720,745; 6,774,584; 6,777,891; 6,781,329; 6,788,011; 6,801,003; 6,806,659; 6,869,204; 6,883,929; 6,888,322; 6,897,624; 6,936,978; 6,965,205; 6,967,448; 6,969,954; 6,975,079; 7,014,336; 7,031,920; 7,038,398; 7,038,399; 7,042,172; 7,064,498; 7,113,541; 7,132,635; 7,132,785; 7,132,804; 7,135,824; 7,139,617; 7,288,190; 7,231,060; Canadian Patent: CA 2,302,227; Hong Kong Patent: HK 1025416; Australian Patent: AU 757000; AU 2003203584; European Patents: EP 1 016 062 B1; EP 1 224 845 B1; EP 1 234 140 B1; DE 698 07 092 C0; DE 600 21 911 C0; DE 600 23 730 C0