PHANTOMCONTROLS

Professional smart-home infrastructure

Any Wall Switch.
Smart Home Automation.

Connect architectural, traditional, designer and vintage latching wall switches to modern automation—while keeping the control platform centralized at the rack.

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The difference

The switch belongs to the room.
The intelligence belongs at the rack.

Phantom creates a shared low-voltage switching layer, giving designers freedom at the wall and integrators centralized control where it is easier to configure and service.

01 / DESIGN

Architectural freedom

Keep real toggles, antique mechanisms, designer plates and existing wall switches—even in sensitive renovations and historic homes.

02 / INFRASTRUCTURE

Wired by design

A shared four-conductor field bus carries deterministic switch events without home-running every contact closure.

03 / PLATFORM

Centralized integration

The simple wall-side layer stays consistent while receiver-side software bridges into the selected automation ecosystem.

How it works

Four steps. One shared field bus.

A dry-contact switch at the wall becomes an addressed digital event, moves over RS-485 and arrives at the rack for local IP integration.

  1. 01
    Choose

    Use the latching dry-contact switch that fits the room.

  2. 02
    Address

    Phantom-TX reads its state and applies a field-set ID.

  3. 03
    Transport

    TX nodes share the common 24V + RS-485 trunk.

  4. 04
    Integrate

    Phantom-RX bridges field events to the control ecosystem.

Technical overview

Wired RS-485 switch integration.

Purpose-built hardware turns the mechanical state of a conventional latching switch into an addressed event and bridges it to a local IP smart-home system.

Bus power
24V DC
Physical layer
4-wire · Power + RS-485
Addressing
Local rotary ID
Gateway
Ethernet / local IP
Phantom-TX installed behind a traditional latching dry-contact wall switch
Phantom-TX behind a standard latching wall switch.

Phantom-TX

A latching switch interface designed to disappear.

The transmitter reads a dry contact, applies a locally selected address and reports state changes over the shared bus.

  • Dry-contact inputSW IN + SW COM connect to the physical switch.
  • Visible field addressingTwo local 0–9 selectors set the device ID without software.
  • Shared infrastructure+24V, GND, A and B continue through the wall-side bus.

Designed for latching switch inputs, not momentary-only keypad architecture.

Phantom-RX mounted in a DIN-rail panel beside a 24-volt power supply
Phantom-RX with 24V power, Phantom Bus and Ethernet.

Phantom-RX

Smart-home integration at the rack.

The receiver is the bridge between the deterministic field bus and the software-driven automation network.

  • Structured installationDIN-rail hardware lives with the serviceable network and control infrastructure.
  • Local IP integrationEthernet supports configuration and automation-system connections.
  • Status at a glanceOLED and indicators expose address, switch state, bus activity and integration status.

Engineering details describe the current beta architecture and may change before production certification. Final cable limits, certification requirements and installation rules will be established through validation testing.

Integration targets

One wall-side layer.
Multiple control systems.

Receiver-side adapters are being developed so the physical switch infrastructure can remain stable while software integrations evolve.

Lutron QS / QSX Control4 Crestron Home Savant Elan / Nice
Platform names are trademarks of their respective owners. Compatibility is subject to validation, software revision and final production configuration.

Current stage

Prototype proven. Production work ahead.

Hardware refinement, firmware hardening, integration validation and real-world beta preparation are underway.

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