Pharos Architectural Controls has announced it will continue its busy lineup of industry events in the first half of 2025, including its return to Leeds for PLASA Focus in May.

Hosted at the Royal Armouries on 13 – 14 May, this exciting exhibition brings together the latest innovations and the brightest minds in live events, installation, and entertainment technology.

Located at stand N-D19, the team will meet with visitors and highlight key updates to their lighting control product ranges, Pharos Expert and Pharos Designer.

The team will be demonstrating what’s new in the Pharos Expert range, including support for the Pharos RIO G4 – a four-port gateway that adds convenient Ethernet-distributed DMX ports to an Expert system. At the show, Pharos will also showcase the latest improvements in their Expert 1.2 software, including RDM (Remote Device Management) fixture status monitoring and support for fixtures with extended parameters such as focus, zoom and gobo. Furthermore, the latest version of Expert software also supports two new capacity variants of Expert Control: Expert Control 4 and Expert Control 6. As well as experiencing hands-on demonstrations of the latest products, including the Expert Touch mobile app, visitors to the stand can expect to be among the first to learn more about new features in the Expert range.

In addition, the team is looking forward to showcasing the latest advancements in the Designer range, centred around scalable, highly configurable lighting controllers for any DMX, eDMX, and DALI lighting project. Programming with Designer 2 software provides you with a versatile, comprehensive feature set, powerful show control solutions and ultimate flexibility.

Ryan Sainsbury, Regional Sales Manager for the UK & Northern Europe at Pharos Architectural Controls said: “With 15 years of growth, PLASA Focus Leeds is an unmissable event for the UK’s entertainment technology industry. We are eager to network with over 2,000 like-minded individuals in the sector, meeting existing peers and potential new customers, showcasing the best of Pharos technology that can bring their lighting projects to life. We are particularly looking forward to sharing the much-anticipated updates to Expert and Designer that will continue to revolutionise the way that designers, specifiers and installers approach lighting projects.”