Introduction
This section describes the system design and how this design can support the requirements of a customer.
The information in this section helps with initial sales and designing a system to the situation of the customer.
About the system
Interact Pro is designed to install, setup and manage a lighting system in buildings of the following types:
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Office
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Small industry (for example a small workshop or warehouse)
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Retail
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Combinations of the types mentioned
The following tiers can be distinguished:
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standalone is an easy to install standalone lighting system that doesn’t rely on gateways to connect to the cloud.
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connected is a connected lighting system that adds gateways to lighting devices to provide additional features.
Interact Pro is optimized to connect maximum 200 lights per gateway for connected (connected) or a light network for standalone (not-connected). This translates to office buildings with a floor area of up to 1000 m2 (10,500 to 11,000 ft2), or larger in buildings with lower lighting requirements (for example up to 10,000 m2 (105,000 to 110,000 ft2) for warehousing).
Multiple networks / gateways can be used to further scale up the system. Interact - standalone can easily be updated to connected by adding gateway(s) to connect the system to the cloud.
The application areas of the Interact Pro system are:
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Newbuild
The lighting installation is optimized for the building by design. The lighting design, placement of sensors, user interfaces, and the gateway is discussed with the customer upfront. -
Renovation
Existing luminaires will be replaced by new luminaires or lamps, keeping the existing electrical infrastructure and lighting design intact. Only the gateway needs an additional power and network outlet, which in most cases is not problematic.
Roles and responsibilities
For a better understanding of the stakeholders that are being discussed in this document, below an overview of the different roles and their responsibilities.
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Provides the goods at the site at a certain price
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Can process service requests from the Expert
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Designs the installation and prepares it in the installer portal
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Administrates his projects
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Invites new users to the project, allocates installers to a project
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Commissions the system by means of the app
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Provides technical assistance at the site of the customer
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Manages the lighting system by means of the customer portal
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Controls the lighting system in building
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Controls the lighting system
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Possibility of restricted access to specific groups
Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Explanation |
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ACL |
Access Control List |
AES |
connected Encryption Standard |
IoT |
Internet of Things |
MER/SER |
Main Equipment Room / Satellite Equipment Room |
MQTT |
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport |
IAP |
Interact Pro |
OTA |
Over the Air |
SME |
Small and Medium Size Enterprises |
UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
WG |
Wireless Gateway |
ZGP |
Zigbee Green Power |
Terms and definitions
Abbreviation | Explanation |
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Access port |
A switch or router port which is used to connect to an “end device”. An end device in this context is for example the Wireless Gateway. |
IPv4 |
Internet Protocol version 4; IPv4 consists of a set of protocols that together enable communication of packets between network interfaces that are identified by 32 bit IPv4 addresses. |
Light point |
Either a lamp or a luminaire. When using smart lamps in a luminaire, the luminaire can consist of multiple lights. When using luminaires, each single luminaire counts as a light point. |
Task level |
Configurable light level on the task plane (80% of full output). |
Background level |
Configurable light level of 20% of task level, used to save energy when a space in not occupied. |
Hold time |
Configurable delay time from the moment the last movement has been detected until the start of the grace fading time. |
Prolong time |
Configurable time the background level is maintained at a fixed level. |
Vacant level |
Configurable light level used when an area is vacated. Prevents the light to switch off completely in case of security reasons (for example security cameras), or for comfort reasons. The level can also be set to completely off. |