Lighting controls specialist Pharos Architectural Controls has announced the release of its new Expert Touch 8. Pharos Expert is a practical and straightforward control solution centred around a single, reliable, set-and-forget controller. The new 8” touchscreen is an addition to Expert Control, offering a generously proportioned control surface that is easy to install and easy to commission.
The new solution is an elegant wall station with a spacious 8” capacitive touchscreen. The seamless, uninterrupted glass front plate provides a beautiful interface for projects that require user interaction. Expert Touch 8 is available in black or white, providing a choice of colour to suit the installation environment.
Expert Touch 8 will join its more compact, yet equally powerful, counterpart: Expert Touch 5. It will also sit alongside the all-new Expert Touch mobile app which is free to install on any iOS or Android device on the same local network as Expert Control; a convenient way for users to quickly and easily respond to lighting needs. The technology allows users to override the preset programming and change the lighting to suit the current use of a space.
The larger screen offered by the Expert Touch 8 comfortably provides space for up to 30 scenes, or 6 faders, per page. Automatically-generated pages display stylish buttons, faders and colour pickers.
Themes can be selected to match every project and setting, from colourful and vibrant to low-key and subtle. The welcome page has the option to add custom text and a branding image – making Expert Touch 8 unique for every application.
Expert Touch 8 provides flexible controls for scene selection, colour and intensity override, tag controls and even a graphical schedule overview. Upcoming scheduled events can be temporarily paused if required.
With a unique and innovative tool-free universal mounting solution, Expert Touch 8 can optionally be fitted to a regulation UK, US or EU backbox. Furthermore, it is easily installed with a single Ethernet cable that provides both power and data.
Michael Crilly, Product Manager at Pharos Architectural Controls said: “Expert Touch 8 is a natural addition to the Expert family of solutions.
Responding to customers asking for larger touchscreens to access more controls on the fly, we’re pleased that Expert Touch 8 is now available to order.
With a larger screen offering plenty of room for controls, Expert Touch 8 is the ideal solution for an installation’s permanently mounted wall stations.”
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