CNS's
elitedali™ IoT Smart Light Management Software Provides Total
Control Over Fulham's Intelligent Programmable WorkHorse LED Drivers.
Hawthorne,
CA, USA -- Fulham Co., Inc., a leading supplier of lighting
components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications,
has partnered with Control Network Solutions (CNS), to deliver a
smart lighting solution based on the Digital Addressable Lighting
Interface (DALI) intelligent lighting communications standard.
Fulham's new line of WorkHorse LED programmable dimming DALI drivers
are designed to interoperate with CNS's elitedali™ smart
lighting control and management system to provide an extensible
lighting system that is easy to install, commission, and control.
Combining
Fulham's programmable WorkHorse LED drivers with CNS's elitedali
management system applies an Internet of Things (IoT) approach to
lighting control. The combination of Fulham's drivers and CNS's DALI
software provides total control over LED fixtures, including reducing
input current to adjust the lumen display, managing lights to
optimize useful life, adjust lighting to ensure they dim at a
constant level, and even adjusting power output to accommodate
different light sources. For example, with LED efficiency improving
at a rate of 7 to 9 percent every six months, using the same input
power for newly installed light fixtures can result in uneven
lighting with new fixtures appearing as much as 20 percent brighter.
Intelligent LED drivers controlled by a DALI management system
adjusts the power for even illumination.
"Fulham
believes the future of lighting is in programmable drivers, and DALI
is the industry's only interoperable lighting control standard
today," said Russ Sharer, Vice President of Global Marketing for
Fulham. "CNS takes it the next step by making the system easier
to install, commission, and operate."
The
Fulham/CNS smart solution for DALI controlled lighting provides
flicker-free dimming down to 10 percent with real-time access to all
lighting device value data. The output current can be set in
increments of 1mA, and the driver can be programmed without power.
Fulham's WorkHorse intelligent dimming drivers are available in 40W
and 60W units in various sizes and all use Fulham's SmartSet
one-touch programming.
"We've
worked with many driver and ballast companies, yet Fulham's products
seem to integrate faster and easier than any other products currently
available," said Mike Welch, CEO of Control Network Solutions.
"They're truly DALI "plug and play.' They also have a great
vision for the value that smart IoT-based control systems and
intelligent drivers can offer customers."
The
CNS elitedali solution is based on Tridium's Niagara®
software framework for building IoT, smart, and web-enabled software
applications. It enables any suitable Niagara building controls
platform to discover, commission, and control directly networks of
intelligent light fixtures that conform to the DALI (IEC 62386) open
standard. Value intelligent light fixture data such as the operating
status of the drivers, including hours of operation, average or peak
temperature, power consumption, emergency light readiness, and more
are seamlessly accessible via Niagara for local or remote monitoring,
management, and analytics. For facilities managers, such solutions
can dramatically reduce the down time and number of site support
visits.
Fulham
is offering CNS partners globally direct access to their
DALI-compatible driver products through Fulham's global network of
distributors. Fulham also works with a network of luminaire
manufacturers that incorporate the company's DALI drivers.
"Together
these new market disruptive partnerships enable us to collectively
deliver world-class IoT smart lighting solutions to customers
globally," added Sharer.
The
demand for such a solution was recently showcased at LIGHTFAIR
International 2016, San Diego receiving extremely positive feedback.
Furthermore, the unique Fulham and CNS lighting control solution will
also be discussed and demonstrated at the upcoming Niagara Summit -
the industry event for all Niagara system developers, programmers and
integrators.
For
more information about Fulham's complete line of LED drivers, please
visit http://www.fulham.com.
For
more information on CNS and elitedali smart lighting controls,
please visit http://www.elitedali.com.
For
more information on the Niagara Summit, please visit
https://www.niagarasummit.com.
About
Fulham
Fulham
Co., Inc. is a leading global provider of intelligent, sustainable
commercial lighting components and electronics for use in commercial
general lighting, parking structure, signage, horticultural, UV and
other applications. The company develops and manufactures a variety
of award-winning LED and emergency products, as well as legacy
products across multiple lighting platforms. Fulham sells its
lighting solutions worldwide through original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) and electrical equipment distribution channels. Headquartered
in Hawthorne, Calif., the company has sales and/or manufacturing
facilities in the U.K., China, India, and the UAE. For more
information, visit http://www.fulham.com.
About
CNS
CNS
is the creator of smart, IoT, market disruptive, building and
lighting control solutions. A transformational company, CNS is based
45 minutes southwest of London, England.
Its
solutions are deployed world-wide, with more than 100,000 DALI
intelligent light fixtures commissioned, controlled, visualized, and
analyzed in greater than 1,000,000 sq mtrs of built environment from
state of the art medical facilities to factories, offices,
warehouses, and more. For more information, please visit
http://www.control-network-solutions.co.uk.
Media
Contact:
Andy
Firchau
Marketing
Manager
Fulham
Co., Inc.
Phone:
+1 (323) 779-2980, ext. 1252
