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TPx - Our new flagship distributed control solution.


For too long now, the luxury marine industry has relied on overstretched centralised control systems to provide monitoring and management of boat functions. Over the years we have seen control systems come and go, often failing to offer satisfactory reliability or functionality, and lacking the ‘wow’ factor demanded by the luxury marine market. We decided it was time for a fundamental change in the philosophy of boat control. Thus TPx Logic was born.

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TPx Logic Distributed Control

Most luxury yachts are fitted with some kind of computerised management system to take charge of everything from interior lighting to mechanical systems. The most common configuration to date is based on centralised control - the boat is fitted with one central electronic ‘brain’ from which all functions are managed. This arrangement originated from smaller boats and vehicles where only a few functions were required within a relatively small area. The centralised model of control, however, has now been stretched to its limits and reliability has become a major issue on larger vessels. The key flaw with centralised control lies in redundancy - if the central computer system fails, most, if not all controlled functions are lost. In practice this can mean total lighting failure, loss of monitoring and loss of mechanical systems, all as the result of one piece of equipment failing. With centralised control systems, functionality is totally dependent on the central controller.

The TPx system works a little differently. Rather than stretching an already dated control model, we looked at the other end of the spectrum - industrial control. The TPx philosophy is based on that of ‘distributed control’ - an industrial control model where every function can be operated independently of the master controller. When applied to the field of luxury yacht control, the industrial model ensures rock solid reliability alongside greatly enhanced functionality.


Each function on the boat is handled by its own dedicated TPx Logic module, programmed to carry out a particular task such as fuel monitoring, light dimming or wiper synchronisation. Each of the TPx Logic modules operate as stand-alone controllers but are connected together on a network, so can be controlled and monitored remotely from any number of touch-screen interfaces around the boat. As such, if a module fails, it is only the functionality of that module that is lost. If a touch-screen interface fails, all modules continue functioning correctly and can still be controlled either locally or from another touch-screen elsewhere on the boat.


When compared to the centralised model of control, the TPx Logic system offers far superior inherent reliability. By breaking away from the centralised model, TPx also presents the opportunity for much enhanced functionality. Standard features include full colour touch-screen light switches capable of displaying live boat information to every cabin and elegant glass touch-screen instrument panels for unparalleled sophistication.


TPx Logic is an industrial specification solution in a marine scale package. Its modular design makes TPx Logic highly scalable. It can be easily incorporated into new boat designs, or retrofitted to any boat, either as a new system or to replace an existing control system such as E-Plex.


Bring the future of marine control closer with TPx Logic.

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