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The Singapore Turf Club – Singapore.Photo from EwingColeThe Singapore Turf Club – Singapore.Photo from EwingColethe redundant networks also needed to beconsidered,” Bond said.A key challenge for the installation teamwas overcoming access restrictions. Duringinstallation, the racecourse was fullyoperational. There was no opportunity to‘shut’ the facilities to allow the installers thefreedom to connect, test and commission.The lighting control system was installedin the background until it was ready to beswitched over. It had to be 100 per centoperational, first time.The Philips Dynalite tender submission bytheir experienced VAR – Control Tech Asia,utilised off-the-shelf products, but it was theability to integrate with an existing legacypower system and provide a maintenanceagreement post-commissioning that gave thecompany the green light.The product range used to control thelighting towers included the DDRC1220-GLand DDRC420 Din Rail relay controllersover the Firetide 5.8Ghz wireless networkequipment. Three desktop work stations aswell as three maintenance laptops, runningthe Philips Dynalite EnvisionManager andMapView software were supplied to overseeand manage the system.Monitoring of energy consumption andcomponent failure and integration with thirdpartypower meters required the PhilipsDynalite team to write special software.Each tower’s monitoring system is housedin outdoor enclosures, linked by cables andwireless networks. By linking the towers, themaintenance crew can readily establish whichtower is exhibiting abnormalities, based onirregular power consumption behaviour andrespond accordingly.The use of outdoor enclosures to housethe equipment in the high heat and humidityof Singapore presented a whole new setof challenges. “Some of our equipment hasbeen modified to tolerate the conditionsto literally protect them from meltingin the heat,” said Bond. “Being a tropicalenvironment, a huge amount of protectionhas also been added to cope with the highrisk of lightning strike.”The second phase of the Kranji racecourseredevelopment will focus on control ofthe broadcast monitors around the track.As racegoers move around the complex,individual races and betting information areconstantly broadcast and updated on thedisplays. With the monitors fully integrated,energy consumption of each screen canbe monitored based on the amount ofcurrent drawn. “Power consumptionmonitoring is rapidly becoming a corerequirement for many businesses in theregion. With monitoring equipment andenergy-efficient LEDs and luminaires, wecan provide companies with opportunitiesfor improvement in their energy savings,”concluded Bond.The project at Singapore Turf Clubracecourse highlights the increasing demandby many companies for quality productsand service. The ability to adapt to specificclient requirements allowed Control TechAsia to meet the unique and complex needsof the Singapore Turf Club. The flexibility ofPhilips Dynalite lighting control equipment,and its capacity to integrate to and optimise,existing systems, will ensure that the Kranjiracecourse continues to be the number onehorse racing venue in the region. nLightnews Vol 13 | 13