New in v2.14

RIO D4: a new four-port DALI remote device.

• Each RIO D4 supports four DALI buses, which can be used as outputs for control and for receiving DALI commands as triggers.
• Support for up to 64 DALI ballasts per bus, including discovery, configuration and command.
• Each device can be placed where it is needed and connected to a Pharos Designer controller over an Ethernet network.

New DALI features: for use in conjunction with RIO D4.

• Triggers for DALI Button Event, DALI Illuminance and DALI Occupancy.
• New Set DALI Feedback State Action.

Changes to touch device communication: touch devices are now remote devices.

• TPS, TPS 5 and TPS 8 are categorised as remote devices.
• Touch interfaces are sent from the controller to the touch device, rather than uploaded directly from Pharos Designer.
• Touch Triggers, Conditions and Actions allow you to specify a particular device.
• Please see this article for more information.

Pharos Designer Enhancements: We continue to make improvements throughout the software. Latest changes include:

• Specify playback group in timeline and scene triggers.
• Give timeline presets custom labels.
• View time at end of timeline preset by holding shift while moving the preset.
• Specify a fade time in the Set Screen Brightness action.
• Populate group name with model of first fixture in selection.
• Fixture tooltip settings are now saved in project files.
• The following system limits have been increased:
  • Up to 1000 timelines per project.
  • Up to 1000 scenes per project.
  • Up to 2000 fixture groups per project.
  • TPC, LPC 1, LPC 2 and LPC 4 now support up to 64 remote devices.