Lighting Control System.

Lighting Control System

A lighting control system consists of a device that controls electric lighting and devices, alone or as part of a daylight harvesting system, for a public, commercial, or residential building or property, or the theater. Lighting control systems are used for working, aesthetic, and security illumination for interior, exterior, and landscape lighting, and theater stage lighting productions. They are often part of sustainable architecture and lighting design for integrated green building energy conservation programs.

Lighting control systems, with an embedded processor or industrial computer device, usually include one or more portable or mounted keypad or touch screen console interfaces, and can include mobile phone operation. These control interfaces allow users the ability to remotely toggle (on-off) power to individual or groups of lights (and ceiling fans and other devices), operate dimmers, and pre-program space lighting levels.

·  X10 (industry standard)

·  Digital Addressable Lighting Interface

·  DMX512

·  Lonworks

·  Dynalite

·  Modbus

·  C-Bus (protocol)

·  KNX (standard)

·  MIDI

·  INSTEON

BASIC SYSTEM

A.        Lighting Control System (LCS) system shall utilize DDC to control lighting relays, dimmable ballasts, and lighting contactors as specified in the sequence of operation and in the drawings for all systems.

B.        The control system shall be fully integrated and installed as a complete package of controls and instruments in a manor that provides maximum benefit to the end user.

C.        The system shall include all computer software and hardware, control unit hardware and software, operator input/output devices, sensors, control devices, and miscellaneous devices required for complete operation and future modifications.  Documentation for all software and hardware devices shall be provided.

D.        Provide engineering, installation, calibration, commissioning, acceptance testing assistance, software programming, and checkout for complete and fully operational LCS.