The Antumbra Configurator is a fantastic tool that allows integrators and users to create the necessary documentation to label Dynalite Antumbra series user interfaces.
With so may panel finishes and options, it is recommended to have the client sign off and approve the generated configuration sheets to ensure the correct customisation is ordered.
This series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey
In years gone by, I used to carry around a car load of brochures and binders, that were distributed with joyful abundance. Today, Philips like many sustainable companies, no longer produces physical brochures, but continue to have them in PDF form.
I save these to a Dropbox folder, and often access them from my mobile devices, to forward them on-the-go. Feel free to download, save, and distribute as necessary.
Product Portfolio
The Product Portfolio brochure provides a general overview of the Philips Dynalite range of indoor networked controls products and solutions.
This brochure is very useful to reference the product range to clients, without burdening them with a load of technical information.
The User Interface brochure is available for US/ANZ and EU markets, and features an overview of the current range of Dynalite user interfaces.
For many clients, user interfaces are one of the most important products, because of their visibility and need to integrate with interior design and decor.
This brochure is a nice resource for home owners and designers to provide a better overview of the user interface range that the Product Portfolio brochure touches upon.
The intention of this brochure is to explain the Dynalite system in detail, particularly its application to the office segment. It has been designed to explain basic controls and network components, using a boardroom example, then eventually explaining the system over an entire floor plan and a building wide network system.
Although focused on the office environment, these fundamental principles can also be applied to a wide range of other energy management and architectural lighting applications, including residential.
This brochure is not necessarily designed for home owners and designers, but is a great resource to reference the legitimacy of Dynalite being the best lighting control system, for those who may appreciate extra information.
This series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey
The Philips Dynalite DDNG485 is a flexible network communications bridge designed for RS-485 networks. The two opto-isolated RS-485 ports enable the DDNG485 to implement a trunk and spur topology on large project sites, with the bridge providing a high-speed backbone opto-coupled to many lower speed spurs.
Route DyNet to third-party systems – Such as audio-visual, Somfy blind controllers, Modbus meters and building automation systems, providing an integrated approach to total building control and energy management.
DMX512 mode – Transmit or receive up to 64 channels of DMX512, with automatic DyNet conversion and task triggering. Provides temporary control of house lights from the DMX512 console in an auditorium scenario.
Electrical fault isolation – Faults can be isolated to individual network spurs.
Internal controls – Programmable logic controller capable of comprehensive conditional and sequential logic and arithmetic function processing, packet filtering and DyNet to DyNet 2 translation.
The DDNG485 is one of those Dynalite products that has multiple uses depending on the project and application.
RS-485 Gateway On larger projects the gateway is used as a RS485 network bridge for trunk and spur systems, enabling the Dynalite system to be greatly expanded.
DMX Gateway The device is also designed to enable cost-effective integration between the Philips Dynalite control system and third-party devices. The DDNG485 has a DMX mode that can transmit or receive up to 64 channels of DMX512, with automatic DyNet conversion and task triggering. This is a popular method of allowing a lighting operator temporary control of the house lights from the DMX lighting console in an auditorium scenario.
With the increased popularity of colour changing LED lights, and the ability to run shows, it has become more common to see small DMX systems in residential projects, particularly entertainment and outdoor areas. Dynalite integrates with these systems seamlessly.
Somfy Integration As part of the Philips Somfy Alliance, the DDNG485 is capable of connecting to a range of Somfy products (specifically controllers that have RS485 connectivity) to seamlessly integrate the lighting and window coverings control under one system. In addition to being able to drive blinds and AV screens up and down, user programmable Intermediate Positions (IPs) in the Somfy system are mapped to DyNet Presets (the number available depends on the Somfy interface used) to allow the lighting and blinds to operate together for specific presets.
TThis series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey
The Philips Dynalite DUS360CR is a recess mountable 360 degree multifunction sensor that combines motion detection (PIR), infrared remote control reception (IR) and ambient light level detection (PE) into one device in applications such as offices, lecture theaters and homes.
Motion detection feature – Detects the presence or absence of motion and adjusts lights accordingly.
Segmented click-up bezel – Surrounds the motion sensor element and enables a portion of the sensing field to be masked. This prevents nuisance detection from adjacent doorways or corridors.
Ambient light level regulation – In applications where it is critical to maintain precise light levels, the PE function reads ambient levels and adjusts artificial light accordingly.
Infrared receive capability – Manually adjust light levels using a hand-held remote control, via the inbuilt IR receive sensor of the DUS360CR.
Daylight harvesting mode – Delivers automatic energy savings.
Lighting controls with smart networked sensors are a key to creating intelligent, responsive solutions that reduce unnecessary energy usage while effectively managing the quality of light to enhance people’s lives wherever they are.
The powerful combination of motion and light level sensors, together with powerful tasking capabilities, allows Dynalite sensors to modify their behaviour over time throughout the day and night.
With a smart home’s objective of providing less touch points (lighting control panels, switches, mobile devices, etc.), sensors can often provide a better experience, and are best implemented when functionality is considered early, at the design stage of the project.
I have recently focused on home user experience; taking into consideration how a space is used throughout the day and night, and how lighting should activate and change. I have found that the user experience is greatly improved when we get involved in the lighting design of a home, to make it really look amazing.
Feel free to contact me, for a coffee, to further discuss some new ideas and concepts that may significantly improve your projects.
Philips has a fantastic publication ‘Networked Sensors‘, that provides an excellent overview of Phillips Dynalite sensors. It is an excellent resource to even provide clients and specifiers, to give them a better understanding of how sensors work.
This series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey
“Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it work.” – Steve Jobs
Most home owners give considerable thought to what their new home will look like – the floor plan, bench top materials, shower head type, curtain fabrics etc., but perhaps don’t give as much thought into how things will really work.
As a key foundation for a smart home, an electronic lighting system is one of the first electronic systems that should be considered for any building. Electronic lighting systems have been around for the best part of a quarter of a century, but in many homes, systems have been poorly designed, incorrectly installed, inadequately delivered, and under-utilised.
Without proper design consideration, a lighting control system can be nothing more than an over complicated, expensive electronic dimming system, that promises the world. There are many installed lighting control systems where electronic light switches merely replicate traditional light switches, and underwhelms the purchaser.
From experience, confusing and over complex lighting control systems never provide ideal room control, and therefore never presents the intended lighting to its best potential. The supposedly simple act of switching and adjusting lights becomes a counter-intuitive, cumbersome task – hardly the feature of a smart home.
A well designed lighting control system will consider how a room or area will be used. Lights are logically grouped together, and presets are created using these groupings, to customise the room to your requirements. The lighting control panel elegantly consolidates multiple buttons to control your lights and other systems. Buttons can be custom labeled with multi-language text or icons to suit the application.
In an example of a residential kitchen, a button labeled Cooking, could switch on the kitchen downlights, pendant lights, overhead cupboard lights, pantry lights, the kitchen exhaust fan, and perhaps play your favourite music album – everything you may need to prepare the family dinner. Individual light levels are automatically set to your exact requirements. The user can quickly and easily control all required lights at the touch of a single button, rather than having to manually adjust each and every light.
Today, progressive lighting control manufacturers provide beautiful, elegant switch panels that can be custom labeled for the application and project, allowing the user to quickly and easily identify the functionality of the room. Functionality can also extend to the practical, with intelligent panels that magically illuminate when your hand waves over fascia, and temperature sensors that can integrate with a heating and cooling system.
Other home systems such as motorised blinds, security and audio visual, can be easily controlled from a single room control panel. When integrated with intelligent motion sensors, ambient light sensors, and timers, functionality can be further extended. Lights can automatically be controlled, seemingly knowing your routines and intentions, without you even having to touch a button – now, that’s a smart home!
Philips Dynalite Antumbra series of lighting control panels
