Fulham's
Russ Sharer to Show How Lighting Industry Serves as a Test Case for
IoT Interoperability in Presentation on "How Smart Lighting
Headaches are Delaying IoT".
Orlando,
FL, USA -- For industrial lighting controls to become part of any
Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure the lighting industry is
going to have to overcome two primary hurdles: 1) lack of
intelligence in lighting devices and 2) a lack of common control
standards. That's the primary focus of "How Smart Lighting
Headaches are Delaying IoT," a presentation to be delivered by
Russ Sharer, Vice President of Global Marketing for Fulham Co., Inc.,
at IoT Evolution to be held here January 22 -25.
Fulham
is a leading supplier of programmable LED lighting sub-systems and
has been working with lighting vendors and OEMs to shape the future
of intelligent lighting and IoT. As Sharer notes, there already is a
new category of "clever" LED lighting products with
on-board intelligence and programmability. To elevate these clever
devices to smart lighting requires integration as well as
intelligence, providing two-way communications for device monitoring
and control. This is where the lighting industry is lagging behind;
adopting common communication standards that can integrate current
lighting controls into an IoT infrastructure.
"The
challenges the lighting community are facing are typical of many
industries; how to develop a common set of protocols to integrate
legacy smart devices into an IoT infrastructure, said Sharer.
"Clearly, IoT is going to be the foundation for building
automation, but there are too many proprietary lighting control and
communications standards. Today, customers can choose between DALI,
Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and many more for lighting controls, but
there is still no guarantee of integration with a central IoT
platform."
To
complicate the interoperability issue, many vendors are creating
their own flavors of popular control standards. For example, some
vendors are using DALI electrically and signaling, but adding
proprietary commands for basic functions. Similarly, Zigbee has
multiple variants of commands for when a luminaire is turned "off,"
so two luminaires can receive the same signal and one device dims
while the other turns off completely, which matters when it comes to
energy consumption and extending the life of the luminaire.
"The
teething pains of the lighting control industry are the perfect test
case for other IoT control applications," said Sharer. "It
shows that without a well-defined set of common control standards,
there is no way to implement control using IoT."
Sharer's
presentation, "How Smart Lighitng Headaches are Delaying IoT,"
is scheduled to take place Thursday, January 25, at 10:00 a.m. -
#IOTEVOLUTION.
About
Fulham
Fulham
Co., Inc. is a leading global provider of intelligent,
socially-conscious 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
Netherlands, China, India and the UAE. For more information, visit
http://www.fulham.com.
(@FulhamUSA and @FulhamEurope)
Media
Contact:
Andy
Firchau
Marketing
Manager
Fulham
Co., Inc.
Phone:
+1 (323) 779-2980, ext. 1252
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