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Thorlux takes education lighting
control to a new level
SmartScan from Thorlux is a lighting control and emergency monitoring system that is already bringing the power of enhanced
information to decision makers across the education sector.
The SmartScan emergency luminaires are
stand-alone, with each self-testing to the
schedule specified in BS EN 62034:2012. The
operational status of each is displayed by the
status LED.
Standard
Smart
Sensor
SmartScan builds on established
energy-saving technologies in a
system that is easy to install, offers a
high degree of flexibility and provides
online access to the operational details of
their entire lighting systems.
SmartScan merges Thorlux’s Smart energy
efficient indoor lighting controls - which are
designed with group presence detection and
individual daylight-based switching and
dimming - with energy-saving Smart
External lighting controls. It also
incorporates Scanlight AT web-based
emergency lighting testing and monitoring
systems, combining all three into one
wireless control system.
The system is designed to efficiently control
all main and external lighting and
automatically test all emergency lighting,
providing central reporting and diagnostics.
It monitors energy usage for all lighting,
displaying the results in a graphic dashboard
on any device with an internet connection.
Luminaires are fitted with a SmartScan
SmartScan
Wireless
Module
...Users can access
the system
information from any
location, using a web
browser on any
enabled device
without the need for
additional apps or
software...
transceiver which uses the latest wireless
mesh technology to replace wired
communications signals between each unit.
SmartScan uses 868MHz secure radio
communication which offers excellent
transmission distance within buildings, with
each luminaire acting as a wireless node to
repeat commands on to the next luminaire.
This provides a robust system that will
always find a communication path.
Philip Hill, Lighting Systems Product
Manager at Thorlux, explains: “SmartScan
replaces the wired motionline with mesh
networking technology, with groups on the
system formed by addressing instead of hard
wiring. This means that changes or
additions can be easily made to the lighting
system as the building layout or needs
change. This makes the system extremely
easy to install and programme and, in retrofit
situations, it eliminates the time and
disruption involved in installing new wiring
systems.”
Another key benefit of the SmartScan
system is the accessibility of the information.
At the heart of the system is a SmartScan
Gateway which uses the mesh network to
communicate with individual luminaires and
transmits energy performance and
emergency lighting status reports to the
SmartScan web server. Users can access the
system information from any location, using
a web browser on any enabled device
without the need for additional apps or
software. This also provides off-site storage
for all energy performance data, emergency
lighting testing schedules, commissioning
certificates and other associated
documentation.
Philip Hill concludes: “With our Smart
technology, Thorlux is already delivering
lighting energy savings in excess of 70%
compared with conventional technology.
What SmartScan brings is better, easily
accessible information and a much more
sophisticated level of control with muchenhanced
diagnostic tools. With that level
of information, educational establishments
should be in a position to reap even more
energy savings from their lighting systems
whilst still providing the level and quality of
lighting that is conducive in a learning
environment.”
For more information, please visit the
website.
www.thorlux.com/smartscan-welcome-ed
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