Pharos Express Controller LED States

Issue

XPC Controllers can indicate a controller's state based on the front panel LEDs.
An XPC controller has (8) LEDs located on the front of the hardware on the left handside.

Standard LED States

• Power - Illuminates solid when the controller is powered from either POE or an external 9-48VDC power supply.
• Active - Once the boot up procedure has completed and is indicative of a fully functional unit.
• Ethernet - Indicates Pharos related network activity (not network link) while the remaining LEDs indicate communication on the various ports of the Express Control.
• Remote - Flashes when the unit has internet access, and will illuminate when the unit is connected to a Remote Site on Pharos Cloud or a Pharos Cloud Portal.
• I/O - Flashes with any activity on Express Control’s inputs or outputs.
• DALI - Illuminates with DALI power and flashes with DALI data activity.
• DMX - Indicates that valid DMX512 data is being output from the DMX ports.
• Output - Indicates that a valid project file has been loaded from the memory card and that playback and data output has started.

Error LED States

The controller LEDs can also indicate fault states, a controller in fault will be indicated in the following ways:

• Power LED lit
• Active LED off
• Ethernet, Remote, and I/Os LEDs double flashing followed by a 1 second pause.
• Dali LED lit solid = Memory card missing