ELT has developed this standard solution alongside a hybrid solution that offers all the advantages of the eSMART technology developed by ELT with the aim of providing the customer with a high performance solution.
This is why the solutions developed by ELT based on BLE technology for interior lighting (Upulse) and street lighting (IMonitor), not only offer a standard solution but also go one step further to offer an extensive range of lighting configurations.
Upulse
Upulse is the first of the solutions developed by ELT. This is a mobile app based on an Android operating system that is able to control, configure and manage the range of drivers for indoor use from ELT that incorporate BLE technology.
It uniquely identifies each device in addition to creating groups and scenes that allow a set of selected drivers to be linked together. It can fade, change the colour temperature and create scenes that combine different dimming and temperature values, all of which are executed independently.
Thanks to Upulse, full advantage can also be made of the eSMART technology developed by ELT, enabling the real time monitoring of the main variables. These include, among other features, the light level and energy consumption as well as the voltage consumed by the load, the current provided by the driver, the status of the mains grid and its RMS value as well as the driver temperature.
Lastly, the scene configuration is directly linked to one of the concepts on which ELT has aimed to place great importance and one which is gaining in popularity today in the field of lighting: Human Centric Lighting. Following the momentum generated by LED technology and the technological capacity to equip devices with intelligence to achieve autonomous and remotely controlled systems, one of the aspects that is setting the trend and future of lighting focuses on human beings themselves. It appears that lighting is converting into a series of parameters that can impact on quality of life and have a direct influence on humankind.
iMonitor
The second of these applications is iMonitor. This is an application designed for street lighting, enabling the point by point management of each lighting fixture thanks to BLE and eSMART technology, integrated into the iLC PRO range of drivers from ELT.
As with Upulse, iMonitor makes it possible to configure each light point, changing parameters such as fading or the lighting profile which is being applied. Similarly, iMonitor provides the option for real time monitoring of the variables associated with energy consumption, such as output, supply voltage, etc.
The lighting profile is implemented autonomously, and thanks to the eSMART technology, a profile with up to 9 different levels can be configured that allow energy savings to be made, and with this, a considerable reduction on the electricity bill.
iMonitor becomes the ideal tool for the managers and maintainers of street lighting installations. Acting remotely and with no need for any physical intervention, each lighting fixture can be monitored, obtaining information on its status and the ability to simply and easily program maintenance tasks.
In addition, iMonitor is a tool designed for manufacturers that need a straightforward way to program each individual driver. The lighting profiles can be recorded by group making costly and wired reprogramming processes a thing of the past.
Miguel Sousa
Smart Systems Division
