Specifications

Controlling LED Lighting24
Installation, conguration,
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.
Streamlining LED lighting system installation
and configuration
For most medium to large lighting systems, installers
work from a layout or a lighting design plan that shows
the physical layout of the installation and identifies the
locations of all lighting fixtures, power / data supplies,
controllers, switches, and cables.
Assuring optimal performance through
commissioning
Commissioning is a formal process that “ensures that
all elements of the lighting control system perform
interactively and continuously according to documented
design intent and the needs of the building owner” (The
IES Lighting Handbook, Ninth Edition).
For large, complex installations, commissioning is a
formal quality assurance process that begins with a clearly
expressed design intent and proceeds through system
activation and installation verification; calibration and
testing of occupancy, light, and other sensors that may be
included in the system; control and schedule programming;
and end-user training on how to use the controls and
triggering devices, and how to maintain the system in good
working order.
Commissioning lighting control systems that integrate
with building automation systems is an important aspect
of achieving energy-efficiency targets, and is required
by green building certification systems such as LEED.
According to the U.S. Green Building Council, proper
commissioning yields “reduced energy use, lower
operating costs, reduced contractor callbacks, better
building documentation, improved occupancy productivity
and verification that the systems perform in accordance
with the owner’s project requirements.”
Some utility rebate and energy incentive programs require
commissioning by a qualified third-party professional,
as do the recent LEED guidelines for new construction
and renovations of over 50,000 square ft. Third-party
commissioning is a good idea for all large projects, even
if it isn’t explicitly required by regulations. For small
installations, commissioning can be handled relatively
informally by the lighting or control system designer, the
installer, or the end user.
Philips Color Kinetics provides devices, applications, and
services to help you successfully install, configure, and
commission LED lighting systems. Pharos controllers
can be accessed by the project team from anywhere in
the world, providing immediate troubleshooting and
maintenance solutions without even leaving the office.
QuickPlay Pro addressing and conguration software
lets you congure, test, and demonstrate Philips Color Kinetics
lighting systems via a Mac or PC computer.