Controlling LED Lighting Transform environments, provide comfort and security, save energy
Control LED Control LED lighting to change lighting to brand the atmosphere of spaces for special a space. Intelligent events. Light walls inside TD Garden in Boston Massachusetts, USA change to match the team colors when the Boston Celtics basketball team or the Boston Bruins hockey team play. white LED lighting fixtures fill the dining room at Rustic Kitchen, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with cool or warm light depending on the time of day.
Control is freedom As digital light sources, LED lighting fixtures can be precisely controlled with dimmers, push-button devices, wireless touchscreens, intelligent phones, advanced software / hardware solutions, and building management control systems.
Controlling LED Lighting
Your vision, realized With the right choices and combinations of LED lighting controllers, media servers, sensors, and push-button controls, you can achieve virtually any effect in virtually any lighting environment. Together, intelligent LED lighting and digital control systems can transform environments, create spectacle, and minimize energy costs. Freedom With intelligent LED lighting fixtures and control, you are no longer limited to a single color or effect.
Scalable, precise control Philips Color Kinetics offers a full range of lighting control systems specifically iColor Player iColor Keypad designed to integrate seamlessly with our intelligent LED lighting fixtures. Regardless of the size and intent of your lighting installation, Philips Color Kinetics has a solution for you.
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Philips Color Kinetics control solutions at a glance iColor Player* iColor Keypad ColorDial Pro iPlayer 3 1 1 1 2 Maximum RGB nodes supported 170 170 170 340 Basic light show playback Yes Yes Yes Yes Playback multiple shows simultaneously — — — — Video playback — — — with Video effect Audio / video control — — — — Show authoring / configuration software ColorPlay 3 Effect Manager — ColorPlay 3 Show schedule triggering — — — Yes Conditional logic triggering — — —
Pharos LPC 1 / 2 / 4 Light System Manager Pharos LPC X Video System Manager Pro Pharos AVC 1 1/2/4 88 200 1,470 — 170 170 / 340 / 680 15,000 34,000 250,000 — Yes Yes Yes Yes — — up to 500 1 show per zone up to 500 — up to 500 Yes Yes with Animation effect Yes Yes Yes — — — — Video input Audio / Video Designer Light System Composer Designer — Designer Yes Yes Yes — Yes up to 1,000 — up to 1,000 — up to 1,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Y
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Photography: John Arrowsmith Lighting Fixtures: ColorBlaze Controller: Third-party theatrical controls Different lighting applications require different control solutions. Left: W Hotel, New York, New York, USA. Guests control the ambience in the luxury suites by dimming and switching solid white and solid color LED cove lighting fixtures. Center: Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia.
Controlling intelligent LED lighting fixtures The most common communications networks for controlling intelligent LED lighting systems are DMX, Ethernet, and DALI. Ethernet is now the most widely used and effective network infrastructure for medium to large architectural lighting installations, while DMX continues to be the standard for entertainment and stage lighting. DALI is a popular control protocol for lighting systems in buildings and homes, especially in Europe.
A DMX universe consists of 512 addresses. The majority of intelligent LED fixtures use three addresses, one for each LED channel used in the fixture — red, green, and blue in a color-changing fixture, or 2700 K, 4000 K, and 6500 K in an intelligent white fixture, for example.
Ethernet Ethernet is the most popular computer communications protocol standard and is used in most local area networks around the world. Because they are inherently digital devices, intelligent LED lighting fixtures lend themselves to Ethernet-based control. As a control solution for larger intelligent LED lighting systems in architectural environments, Ethernet offers a number of advantages: • Ethernet structured cable plans are standardized IT systems well understood by today’s electrical contractors.
Ethernet Controllers from Philips Color Kinetics and Pharos Video System Manager Pro Integrated hardware / software solution that streams video playback and visual effects output to Philips intelligent LED lighting systems. Can process output for up to 250,000 individually controllable LED nodes. Light System Manager Versatile show authoring and control for large-scale lighting installations. Supports up to 15,000 individually controllable LED nodes depending on system configuration.
DALI DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is designed especially for dimming and controlling fluorescent lamps in homes and office buildings. DALI is popular in Europe, where it’s often used for integrating with building management systems. Compared to DMX and Ethernet, the DALI data transfer rate is very slow: 1,200 bits per second, compared with 256 kilobits per second (kbps) for DMX, and 10 / 100 / 1000 megabits per second (Mbps) for Ethernet.
Other control options from Philips Color Kinetics In addition to DMX and Ethernet controllers, Philips Color Kinetics offers low-voltage power / data supplies and LED stage lights with pre-programmed lighting effects and onboard controls. ColorBlaze TRX and ColorBlast TRX RGBAW stage lights offer convenient onboard menus that give you fingertip control of all fixture functions, including a standalone mode offering configurable effects.
Triggering and integration In order to function properly, a lighting system must have an appropriate set of triggers to display the light output when and how it’s needed. Triggering methods are determined by such concerns as the type of lighting system, the level of automation required, how much local or user control the system needs, security, and the physical layout of the space in which the lighting system is installed.
Lighting System Accessories from Philips Color Kinetics and Pharos Ethernet Controller Keypad Trigger up to eight Light System Manager or ColorDial Pro light shows. The ideal solution for installations with multiple shows in multiple zones or locations. Controller Keypad Push-button playback of up to eight iPlayer 3 light shows. Adjust the brightness of light fixtures during playback. Master switch turns all show lights off.
Light shows and light maps A light show is a set of digital instructions that a controller uses to determine how and when a system of installed LED lighting fixtures produces illumination. Whether a light show is a simple color fade on a single fixture or a complex presentation encompassing dozens of fixtures each displaying unique effects or layers of effects, the goal is the same: to create mood, interest, and impact. Light shows include or use light maps or plans.
Lighting Show Authoring and Light Mapping Software from Philips Color Kinetics and Pharos ColorPlay 3 ColorPlay 3, the light show authoring software component of iPlayer 3, gives you the ability to create and manage light shows using fully customizable effects, multitrack editing, effect stacking, and custom transition styles. ColorPlay 3 provides 24 customizable effects, and offers multiple techniques for editing the appearance and behavior of effects.
Dimming eW Powercore and eColor Powercore Fixtures Solid white and solid color LED lighting fixtures in the eW Powercore and eColor Powercore families from Philips Color Kinetics can be switched (turned on and off) or dimmed. Switching is straightforward with standard wall switches. Since eW Powercore and eColor Powercore lighting fixtures are compatible only with certain dimmer types, you must take some care when selecting dimmers.
W Hotel, New York, New York, USA To enhance the soothing, nature-inspired décor, New York-based architectural lighting designers G2J Design concealed over 3,000 linear feet of low-profile LED cove fixtures throughout the luxury suites at W Hotel. Because of their energy-efficiency, minimal maintenance requirements, long useful source life, and cool beam of light, LED fixtures can be integrated into architectural details where conventional lighting fixtures cannot.
Installation, configuration, and commissioning Philips Color Kinetics provides devices, applications, and services to help you successfully install, configure, and commission LED lighting systems. Although it’s only one aspect of a complete lighting system, lighting control systems present specific challenges and concerns to designers, installers, and commissioning specialists.
Configuration and Commissioning Tools from Philips Color Kinetics and Pharos Controller Software Tools The software components of iPlayer 3, Light System Manager, Video System Manager Pro, and Pharos controllers offer simulation and playback tools that you can use to test light shows and effects and troubleshoot the addressing and configuration of intelligent LED lighting fixtures in an installation.
Example control systems Stand-alone DMX network Smith Campus Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA As part of a major renovation of the Smith Campus Center at Pomona College, SmithGroup design principal Mark McVay selected iColor Cove fixtures from Philips Color Kinetics to dynamically illuminate an 8 ft x 23 ft light wall. According to McVay, the goal of the project was “to transform a windowless basement-level room into a nighttime social space for students to dance and enjoy music.
Controller Keypad Serial data iPlayer 3 controller DM Data Enabler Pro X5 12 ColorBlast Powercore fixtures dat a 100 – 240 VAC Controlling LED Lighting 27
Ethernet network with multiple zones In this example, a multi-zone, Ethernet-based lighting system integrates with an office building’s IT infrastructure through a fiber optic backbone and switch. A single Light System Manager (LSM) Ethernet controller from Philips Color Kinetics controls three LED lighting zones in the building, two interior and one exterior. Zone 1 contains 24 ColorBlast Powercore LED wash lights, which display dynamic, colorchanging effects in the main lobby.
Zone 3 Fiber optic backbone ColorReach Powercore fixtures Data Enabler Pro 100 – 240 VAC Ethernet Controller Keypad Eth ern ern Out to additional Data Enabler Pro devices or Ethernet switches (up to three levels) Zone 1 ColorBlast Powercore fixtures 100 – 240 VAC PoE switch Eth Computer with Light System Composer software for uploading shows to LSM ata Data Enabler Pro Fiber optic to Ethernet switch Light System Manager controller et d et d ata iW Cove MX Powercore DMX dimmer Zone 2
Control system for large-scale multi-dimensional façade The Prada store in the Crystals retail and dining district at CityCenter Las Vegas encompasses 23,000 square feet of ready-to-wear, bags, accessories, and footwear collections on three levels. Architect Roberto Baciocchi was commissioned to design a stylish and dramatic façade to complement the cutting-edge Prada brand. The black aluminum façade, fashioned by Aliva UK, measures over 4,300 square feet (400 m2).
14 sPDS-480ca 24V power / data supplies in each rack with Ethernet switch To sPDS-480ca 24V power / data supply Semi-opaque polymer cone Reflector Cone Custom length string of eW Flex SLX nodes Metal panels with over 1200 various sized holes Fiber optic backbone Façade Pharos LPC 30 and BPS in rack with PoE switch 14 sPDS-480ca 24V power / data supplies in each rack with Ethernet switch Controlling LED Lighting 31
Integrated multi-purpose control solution The award-winning Philips Color Kinetics booth at Lightfair 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, demonstrated the extensive capabilities of the line of LED lighting fixtures and controllers from Philips Color Kinetics. A multi-protocol Ethernet-based system produced an extraordinary range of functions and effects through tight integration among controllers, triggering devices, and media servers from Philips Color Kinetics, Pharos, and third-party suppliers.
Synchronized large-scale video and audio Multiple interconnected modular FlexiFlex LED panels from RGB Lights used over 21,000 individually controllable full-color iColor Flex nodes to create a three-dimensional video screen on the booth’s rear wall and ceiling. The FlexiFlex panels used standard Audio system pixel spacing of 50 mm, 71 mm, and 100 mm to display video at high, medium, and low resolution.
Control solutions for any LED lighting system Philips Color Kinetics offers a full range of lighting control systems specifically designed to integrate seamlessly with our LED lighting fixtures.
iColor Player iColor Keypad ColorDial Pro iPlayer 3 Pharos TPC iColor Player is a simple, affordable solution for controlling multiple light fixtures simultaneously. iColor Player can control a full universe of DMX addresses and can play a single show authored in ColorPlay 3, the light show authoring software component of iPlayer 3. Power-over-Ethernet keypad stores eight pre-programmed light shows and controls a full universe of DMX addresses.
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