EP2182778A1 - Procédé de commande d'une lampe extérieure et lampe correspondante - Google Patents

Procédé de commande d'une lampe extérieure et lampe correspondante Download PDF

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EP2182778A1
EP2182778A1 EP09013615A EP09013615A EP2182778A1 EP 2182778 A1 EP2182778 A1 EP 2182778A1 EP 09013615 A EP09013615 A EP 09013615A EP 09013615 A EP09013615 A EP 09013615A EP 2182778 A1 EP2182778 A1 EP 2182778A1
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Christoph Georg Hofinger
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  • the invention relates to a method for controlling an outdoor lamp according to the preamble of claim 1 and a lamp configured for this method.
  • this object is achieved by a method for controlling an exterior light, in particular a street light, by means of a control device assigned to the light, the light having a power supply input connected to a first phase line for powering the light and the control device having a control input connected to a second phase line, which is characterized in that pulse-length-coded and / or pulse-height-coded signals are applied to the control input via the second phase line, which are decoded by the control device and used to control the light.
  • the phase line is a line that is directly or indirectly connected to a phase of a power supply network and is not isolated from this.
  • the invention can provide that the control input of the control device is supplied with an alternating voltage.
  • an AC voltage for controlling the lamp via the said control input of the control device can be used.
  • a voltage value, a voltage level or the like is mentioned in the context of the patent, this refers to the effective value of the voltage in the case of alternating current, unless otherwise stated or apparent from the context.
  • the rms value of the voltage with which the control input is applied is equal to the rms value of the supply voltage for the luminaire discontinued via the supply connection of the luminaire, which can in particular be the mains voltage, or at least not less than 50%.
  • the rms value of the supply voltage is.
  • the pulse length of the pulses from which the pulse length coded signals are constructed is greater than the reciprocal of the frequency of the AC voltage with which the control input is applied.
  • the pulse length is at least four times greater than the reciprocal of the frequency of the AC voltage, preferably at least ten times greater than the reciprocal of the frequency of the AC voltage.
  • the pulse lengths in these embodiments are more than 80 ms and preferably more than 200 ms. In the most preferred embodiments, the pulse lengths are greater than 400 ms.
  • the pulse length is defined by the time during which the applied voltage or the effective value of the applied voltage is constant.
  • the invention can provide that the first phase line is not galvanically isolated from the second phase line.
  • the supply voltage is applied both to the first phase line and to the second phase line.
  • the invention can provide, in particular, that the voltage on the first phase line is switched to the second phase line in accordance with the pulses to be transmitted by means of a suitable switching device.
  • the invention may provide that in the signal input to the control input of the control device, the voltage on the second phase line at the control input between exactly two different levels changes, which correspond to an L level and an H level of the signals.
  • the L level of the signals corresponds to the voltage level of the neutral conductor and the H level corresponds to the value or effective value of the voltage applied to the second phase line. This can be in particular the mains voltage.
  • the pulses are discriminated by the length of time during which the signal has a certain constant value.
  • square-wave pulses are defined by the combination of a constant voltage level (eg H-level or L-level) and an associated pulse duration, ie the time duration during which the voltage is at the appropriate level and specific pulses for certain pulses or combinations of pulses or information unit, eg a bit or a specific control measure.
  • a signal applying device or a transmitter now outputs to the second phase line a sequence of pulses which have a different length, corresponding to the information or information unit to be transmitted.
  • an evaluation circuit On the receiver side, ie in the control device, an evaluation circuit is provided, which detects each incoming pulse at the H level or at the L level whose length or its length with one or more predetermined values of the pulse length compares and the sequence of these Compare pulses or a segment of the sequence of these pulses with those pulses or pulse sequences to which a specific piece of information or a specific information unit has previously been assigned. Starting from this coded in the pulses information then the light or the lights is controlled by the controller. Means for determining the pulse length are known as well as devices for decoding pulse-length-coded signal sequences or for controlling a device in response to a specific pulse sequence and will not be explained in detail here.
  • a pulse can be defined according to the invention in that for a certain period of time the voltage on the phase line is at the H level or at the L level for a certain period of time lies.
  • the pulse-length-coded signal is a binary signal, wherein a pulse having a first length or a first sequence of pulses of respectively fixed length has the value 0 and a pulse with a second pulse length or a second combination of pulses each with a fixed length Length, which is different from the first combination of pulses, represents the value 1.
  • the control means may e.g. be a controller that is integrated into the lamp or can be performed separately to this.
  • the control unit may be mounted at the end of the same mast as the luminaire or may be arranged in a mast to which the luminaire is attached.
  • the controller does not necessarily have to control only a single lamp. It can also control several lights, for example, several lights that are attached to the same mast.
  • the control device can in particular be an operating device for one or more light sources, in particular LEDs or conventional lamps.
  • the control unit may be, for example, a ballast, in particular a fully electronic ballast, which operates one or more light sources and mitüber Thus control tasks.
  • the control unit can be, for example, a ballast of the luminaire, which is set up for decoding the pulse-length-coded signals or is coupled to a decoder for decoding the pulse-length-coded signals and regulates or dims the brightness of the luminaire, for example, in response to a specific signal.
  • the invention can provide that the pulse-length-coded signals are generated by an interruption of the conductive connection between the control input of the control device and the power supply.
  • This type of signal task has the advantage that, unlike, for example, the modulation of signals to a mains voltage signal, it can be implemented with simple and robust means.
  • a switch e.g. an optoelectronic switch or a relay may be provided, which is incorporated in the second phase line or in the connection between the second phase line and the power supply, and is electrically or optically driven according to the desired sequence of pulses.
  • a switch which selectively interrupts the connection from the power supply to the control input of the control device or manufactures.
  • an information or information unit transmitted to the luminaire and to be decoded e.g. a bit, by a pulse defined by a constant H level (H pulse) or a sequence of H pulses, by a pulse defined by a constant L level (L pulse), or a sequence of L pulses or pulses Combination of one or more consecutive H and L pulses are coded.
  • H pulse H level
  • L pulse constant L level
  • an H-pulse having a duration of 800 ms followed by an L-pulse having a duration of 400 ms may encode a logical 1 followed by an H-pulse of 400 ms is encoded by a L-pulse with a length of 400 ms a logical 0.
  • the information transmission by means of pulse-length-coded signals is not necessarily limited to binary numbers. Other numbers except 0 and 1 can be coded or transmitted by specific pulse lengths or by a combination of pulses of a certain length. For example, in the foregoing example, a logical 1 would be defined by a combination of an H-pulse and an L-pulse, the length of the H-pulse is different for a logical 0 and for a logical 1, while the length of the L-pulse is the same in both cases, it is possible to code further numbers by also varying the length of the L-pulse.
  • the length of the H-pulse and the length of the L-pulse may each be 800 ms or 400 ms
  • four numbers can be coded by appropriate combinations of an H-pulse and an L-pulse.
  • a pulse height coding can also be provided according to the invention.
  • a pulse height coding in the signal application to the second phase line, depending on the information to be transmitted, a pulse is generated at one of a plurality of voltage levels associated with the information to be transmitted, or a sequence of pulses is generated, each on one of several predetermined voltage levels are. In this case, more than two voltage levels can be defined for the signaling. In principle, however, pulse height coding is possible even at two voltage levels (H level and L level). If necessary, apart from the pulse length, it is determined on the receiver side at which voltage level the pulse lies.
  • Pulse length coding and pulse height coding can be combined.
  • the information content of a pulse depends both on its pulse height or on its voltage level and on the pulse length, or the information of a sequence of pulses on the sequence of the corresponding pulse heights and pulse lengths.
  • H pulses are assigned to information contents other than L pulses which have the same length as the H pulses, for example other numbers.
  • each of the predetermined pulse heights may be assigned a particular information content, for example a certain number.
  • each combination of a pulse height with a pulse length is assigned a specific information content, for example a specific number.
  • the supply voltage typically 230V
  • easily discriminatable pulse heights can be realized and decoded with simple means. In this way, the information per unit of time, which can be transmitted to the control device, enlarge.
  • the pulse length is defined by the time duration at which the voltage remains at a constant voltage level or level of the rms value of an alternating voltage (pulse height).
  • the pulse length can be defined by the time interval between the rising edge and the falling edge and the pulse height by the maximum value or the mean maximum value of a pulse.
  • the invention can provide that the control device ignores received control signals, if the control signal does not contain an identifier that is assigned to the control device and / or to a light controlled by the control device.
  • the invention may provide that the control device controls one or more electrical components of a lamp associated with it only in accordance with the received control signal, if this control signal contains an identifier which is assigned to the component or components.
  • the invention may provide that the control device checks whether the received signal contains a predetermined identifier for an operating state, an operating mode or a control program and, if it detects such an identifier, one or more lights controlled by it according to the operating state corresponding to the identifier, Operating mode or control program controls or terminates a corresponding operating state, operating mode or control program.
  • Operating states in this sense can be, for example, the on state and the off state, an on state with reduced brightness of the luminaire or on states with different brightness of the luminaire.
  • An operating mode may be, for example, a time-controlled mode or a remote-controlled mode. For example, by transmitting a first identifier, the lamp can be set in a mode in which it turns on and off at certain times, or varies the light output according to a particular temporal mode, and is put into a state by a second identifier it remains in a certain operating state, for example the on or off state, until another identifier is received.
  • a control program of the aforementioned type can be present, for example, as a predetermined routine in a control unit which, for example, the lamp depending on environmental influences (eg ambient brightness, precipitation, etc.) controls.
  • environmental influences eg ambient brightness, precipitation, etc.
  • the invention can provide that the luminaire is switched to a predetermined operating state or operating mode if the time duration during which a voltage is present at the control input of the control device or no voltage is present at the said control input, ie the potential is at the level of the neutral conductor, is greater than a predetermined limit.
  • the voltage applied to the control input of the control device can in particular be a voltage with a predetermined constant voltage value or effective value.
  • the lamp leaves the said operating state, in particular returns to the previous operating state or a predefined initial state, when this voltage is no longer applied or applied to a non-zero voltage.
  • the light can also be controlled with a continuous signal.
  • the control device determines whether a pulse signal or a continuous signal is present. If a continuous signal is present, the control device places the luminaire in the corresponding operating state or operating mode. For example, can be switched to a reduced brightness for the duration of concern of the continuous signal by applying a continuous voltage to the control input, the lamp after the discontinuation of the continuous voltage, the light back to the normal state Brightness returns.
  • the continuous signal controls in this case, the light directly. It can also be provided that, when such a control signal is applied, the control device executes a specific program, eg a control program for controlling the luminaire or a self-test.
  • the invention can provide that the pulse-length-coded and / or pulse-height-coded signals are used for configuring or parameterizing one or more luminaires.
  • the invention can provide, in particular, that the pulse-length-coded and / or pulse-height-coded signal or a signal sequence contained therein contains information about an operating parameter and / or a configuration parameter and the control unit, if it recognizes the corresponding signal or the corresponding signal sequence, corresponding to one or more lamps configures the configuration parameter or adjusts the corresponding parameter or operates the luminaire according to this parameter.
  • a parameter relating to the brightness of the luminaires by means of a corresponding signal input, thereby adjusting the illuminance in the illuminated area to different levels.
  • a specific for a lamp or lighting group identifier and / or specific for light sources or lighting assemblies identifier it is also possible to adjust the brightness of the lights independently in an outdoor lighting system that includes several outdoor lights according to the local conditions and this setting to change again if the conditions change.
  • the invention also provides a method for controlling a plurality of exterior lights, in particular a plurality of street lights, by means of a control device associated with the respective lamp, the lights each having a connected to a first phase line power supply input for powering the lamp and the control device has a connected to a second phase line control input, available by that is characterized in that the individual lamps are controlled according to a method as described above and the discontinued on the control input of the respective lamp pulse length coded and / or Puls breathencod striving signals are the same for all lights.
  • the invention also provides an outdoor lamp, in particular a street lamp, which has an input for a phase line for the power supply of the lamp and a control unit, wherein the control unit has a control input for a second phase line, which is characterized in that the control unit is set up for it , pulse-length-coded and / or pulse-height coded signals applied to the control input to be decoded and used to control the luminaire.
  • control unit does not necessarily have to be integrated with the actual luminous part, for example a lamp head of a street lamp, in a common housing. It can also be provided, for example, that the control unit is fastened in a housing separate from the luminaire head on the mast of the street lamp or accommodated in the mast.
  • the invention can provide that the control device is set up to receive an alternating current signal at its control input and determine in a time-resolved manner whether the rms value of the alternating voltage corresponds to a predetermined voltage level, for example the L level or the H level.
  • control device has a rectifier circuit or is coupled to a rectifier circuit which converts the alternating current into direct current and preferably smooths the direct current generated by the rectifier circuit such that, despite the smoothing, the pulses which are applied to the control input, be discriminated against.
  • control device can be set up such that the exterior light can be controlled according to one of the methods described above and the control device controls the light in accordance with one of these methods.
  • the invention can provide that the control device is set up to check the received signal for predetermined identifiers and to control the luminaire according to the detected identifier.
  • control device does not respond to the received control signal when the detected identifier is not assigned to the light.
  • individual luminaire modules or luminaire components can be addressed with corresponding identifiers, for example light sources or groups of light sources.
  • the invention also provides for a use of a conduit system for exterior lights, in particular street lights, wherein a first phase line and a second phase line is provided for each luminaire, the first phase lines each having a first phase bus for supplying the supply voltage and the second phase lines having a second phase line Phase bus are connected so that the task of a voltage on the second phase bus has the task of a voltage on every second phase bus result, the second phase lines and the second phase bus are designed so that by applying the mains voltage to the second phase bus, a relay of a Ballast can be controlled in an outdoor lamp, wherein the phase bus line pulse-length-coded and / or pulse height coded signals for decoding and control of a lamp by a control device according to a method as above Described to be abandoned.
  • the invention can provide that the first and second phase line are not separated from each other galvanically.
  • the invention may provide that the first and second phase bus are connected to each other such that the voltage on at least a part of the second phase bus is identical to the voltage on the first phase bus or the voltage on the first phase bus to the second phase bus by operating a switching device can be given up.
  • a switching device provided in the second phase bus or provided between the second phase bus and a power supply can be provided, with which the voltage on the second phase lines can be set to one of a plurality of predetermined levels.
  • connection between a voltage supply and the second phase lines can be interrupted by the switching device.
  • the invention finds a particularly advantageous application in lights that have light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as light sources.
  • a control device may be provided, with which individual light-emitting diodes or groups of LEDs can be controlled individually.
  • a pulse-length-coded and / or pulse height-coded control of this control device according to the invention it is possible not only to address individual lights from a remote location, but also to change individual LEDs or groups of LEDs within the light and thereby differentiated the operating behavior of the light. In this way it is possible, even with a given line network, as is intended for conventional street lights, to control individual luminaires individually and differentiated without a costly relocation of lines.
  • each luminaire can be configured individually matched to the respective location with regard to normal and reduced brightness.
  • the luminaire or the luminaires may also have other light sources, if appropriate also in combination with LEDs, For example, high-pressure gas discharge lamps or fluorescent lamps, in particular rod-shaped fluorescent lamps or compact fluorescent lamps.
  • the invention finds a particularly advantageous application in street lighting or other lighting or lighting systems in the outdoor area, in which comparatively long cable routes are given and in which the line infrastructure is often specified.
  • the invention finds advantageous application to lights mounted on or on a mast or scaffolding or mounted on ropes over a terrain section.
  • the invention finds application, for example, in headlamps in the interior and exterior, tunnel lights, in particular lights for the illumination of road tunnels or tunnels for rail transport, or lights for sports field and / or stadium lighting, especially lights for illuminating fields or competition zones.
  • a significant advantage of the invention is that you can use an existing line infrastructure in many cases and therefore no new lines must be laid when replacing old lights with modern lights.
  • a further advantage is that the signal task and the signal decoding can be achieved with relatively simple means. Signaling does not require a low voltage power supply or other separate power supply.
  • Fig. 1 the power supply for the lamp in the usual way of a phase conductor 1, which carries the mains voltage, typically 230 V AC at 50 Hz, and a neutral conductor 3.
  • the phase conductor 1 and the neutral conductor 3 are in a manner not shown with the power supply terminals of the lamp connected and provide in particular the voltage required for the operation of the light sources.
  • a second phase conductor 5 is branched off, which is connected to a control unit 6 of the lamp, which, as shown symbolically, a rectifier and smoothing circuit 7, which is shown with dashed lines, and an evaluation and control circuit 9 contains ,
  • a switch 11 is provided between the control input 10 of the control device and the first phase conductor, ie between the rectifier and smoothing circuit 7 and the first phase conductor 1, with which the connection between the first phase conductor 1 and the circuit 7 and The control unit 6 can be interrupted.
  • the switch 11 is an optoelectronic switch, which is controlled by a transmitter 13.
  • the rectifier and smoothing circuit 7 has a series resistor R1, which is connected in series with a diode D1 and the evaluation and control circuit 9. Between the diode D1 and the evaluation and control circuit 9, a load resistor R2 and a capacitor C1 are connected in parallel between the second phase conductor 5 and the neutral conductor 3.
  • the resistor R1 serves as a series resistor.
  • the diode D1 generates a rectification of the discontinued AC voltage.
  • the capacitor C1 smoothes the rectified voltage generated by D1, where R2 acts as a load resistor.
  • a pulse-length-coded signal is applied to the second phase conductor 5, by closing the switch for a certain time, so that for this Duration of the supply voltage is given up.
  • the potential on the line 5 drops to the potential of the neutral conductor 3.
  • the potential for a certain period of time is at the potential of the neutral conductor.
  • the evaluation and control circuit 9 analyzes the (rectified) voltage 10 present at its input 15 and assigns the respective pulses or sequences of pulses to a specific data value. Specifically, the evaluation and control circuit 9 compares the time duration during which the voltage applied to the input 15 is at the H level and at the L level with predetermined comparison values which correspond to the pulse lengths of the pulses defined as information carriers in the system in the event that a pulse length encoded for a particular information at the H level (H-pulse) or at the L-level (L-pulse) corresponds to the length of the received pulse or a sequence of received pulses predetermined information corresponds to the information associated with this information measure, which may relate to a control or regulation of the lamp, but also the internal control or regulation of the control unit 7.
  • a serial sequence of binary data values which can assume the values 0 or 1 is transmitted via the second phase conductor 5.
  • a pulse sequence in which the voltage is first for 800 ms at the H level, ie at the level for supply voltage, and then 400 ms at the level of the neutral conductor, defined as a logical 1 and a pulse sequence in which the voltage initially for 400 ms at the H level and then for 400 ms at the N level, defined as logical 0.
  • the control commands for the controller or the luminaire are digitally coded as a sequence of bits.
  • the comparatively long pulse durations and the associated relatively low data transmission rate can be taken into account by predetermining a certain number of control options, each of which is indexed, with only the corresponding index via line 5 triggering the corresponding control the control unit 6 is transmitted.
  • parameters can be transmitted to the luminaire or the control unit 6 and the luminaire can be configured.
  • the circuit shown can additionally be used to bring about a specific operating state of the luminaire, for example a state of reduced brightness, by means of a continuous signal.
  • the control unit 6 has a comparison circuit which determines whether the voltage level applied to the terminal 10 is constant for longer than a certain period of time, for example 2 seconds. If the signal is not constant during this minimum time, the control unit 6 recognizes that a pulse-length-coded information signal is present, analyzes the pulse sequence and initiates certain control measures on this basis, as described above.
  • the control unit determines that the signal is constant for longer than the minimum time, it starts from a continuous signal and switches the light for the duration of this signal to that operating state which is assigned to the continuous signal, for example to a state of reduced brightness.
  • the switching between a controller based on a pulse train and a controller in which the lamp is kept the duration of the application of a signal in a certain operating state can also be done in other ways, for example, by a certain pulse sequence is transmitted to the controller, indicating that a direct control of said operating state by the applied control signal should. It can also be indicated by a further pulse sequence that the luminaire or the control unit is now to be controlled on the basis of the pulsed information signals received thereafter.
  • Fig. 1 An embodiment has been described in which the voltage applied to the control input 10 control signal only between two levels (H level and L level) changes, can also be provided in a modification of this embodiment, not shown, that the signal at the control input 10 more than can have two different values.
  • the switch 11 not only establishes a conductive connection to the first phase conductor, but at the same time the voltage level in the portion of the line 5 between the switch 11 and the control input 10 to one of a plurality of predetermined voltage levels, which is the supply voltage and the zero voltage as extreme values and one or more intermediate values, switches. Due to the different voltage level, additional information can be transmitted with one pulse by means of pulse height coding.
  • a switching operation by the switch 11 includes not only turning on and off the connection to the first phase conductor 1, but also switching between different voltage levels. Therefore, a pulse having a non-zero voltage level or a non-zero pulse level does not necessarily follow, as in the embodiment of FIG Fig. 1 , a pulse with the voltage level of the neutral conductor. Rather, a pulse with a certain voltage different from zero can be followed by another pulse with a further non-disappearing voltage.
  • the evaluation and control circuit 9 determines not only the length of a pulse, but also its pulse height, ie the voltage level of the signal applied to the control input 10. The control and evaluation circuit 9 determines in dependence on the detected pulse lengths and pulse heights or the detected sequence of pairs of pulse lengths and pulse heights, which each belong to a pulse, the information assigned to the corresponding combination or sequence and triggers the associated control measure.
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows an inventive control of multiple lights, wherein like elements with the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1 are designated.
  • a first phase conductor 1 and a neutral conductor 3 and a second phase conductor 5 are provided, which is connected to the first phase conductor 1 via the optoelectronic switch 11, which is controlled via the transmitter 13.
  • the two phase conductors 1 and 5 serve as bus bars, to each of which lights 20a, 20b, 20c are connected.
  • the luminaires 20a to 20c each have an integrated control unit 22a to 22c which in each case corresponds to the control unit 6 in FIG Fig. 1 equivalent.
  • Each of the luminaires is connected to the first phase conductor 1 via a supply line 24a to 24c, to the second phase conductor 5 via a control line 26a to 26c and to the neutral conductor 3 via a neutral line 28a to 28c.
  • Fig. 2 shown system in the same way as previously for Fig. 1 has been explained, fed by means of the transmitter 13 of the optoelectronic switch on the second phase line 5, here the second phase bus, pulse-length-coded signals which rest on the control devices 22a to 22c respectively via the control lines 26 a to 26c in the same way.
  • the lights 20a to 20c are all controlled in the same way, i. the control signal applied to the second phase line 5 causes the same behavior for all luminaires.
  • a logical sequence 1 is encoded by a pulse sequence 800 ms H level / 400 ms L level and a logical 0 by a sequence 400 ms H level / 400 ms L level
  • the following identifiers can be identified by means of a sequence of 3 bits be transmitted.
  • the above-given 3-bit identifiers precede the actual control signal and that the control devices 22a to 22c only respond to the control signal and trigger a control if this control signal is preceded by an identifier which of the associated lamp 20a is assigned to 20c.
  • the controller 22a will only respond to the identifiers 000, 011, 100, and 110, the controller 22b only to the identifiers 001, 011, 101, and 110, and so forth.
  • the inventive method is particularly advantageous in LED lights, which can be dimmed very well. For example, one can assign a specific bit sequence to different dimming levels, which is transmitted in the manner described above, so that the relevant lamp, controlled by the transmitter 13 and the switch 11, on different levels can be set. If you add a light-specific identifier, as described above, you can set the lights 20a to 20c independently of each other to a respective individual dimming level, and you continue to use an additional bit sequence as an identifier for individual light-emitting diode groups can within a light different LED groups be dimmed differently. In this way, each luminaire can be individually configured and adjusted to the respective location with regard to normal and reduced brightness.
  • the individual control of individual lights and the transfer of parameters to a plurality of street lights are possible according to the invention by addressing them accordingly. For example, minimum or maximum values can be set, lights can be switched on or off and a time control can be triggered.
  • the invention makes it possible to change the luminous intensity distribution of the luminaire by means of a controller. This can already be advantageous during the installation of the luminaire, since an adjustment of the luminous intensity distribution can take place without access to the luminaire itself.
  • the luminous intensity distribution can be corrected or adjusted, if it turns out in a subsequent review that the luminous intensity distribution or the lighting of the corresponding room or area area does not meet or not optimally the specifications, without affecting the luminaire itself must be accessed.
  • a later readjustment or readjustment is possible.
  • the light-emitting properties of the lamp can also be subsequently adapted to changed conditions without direct access to the lamp itself.
  • the luminance of the pavement depends not only on the illuminance of the luminaire, but also on the optical properties of the pavement, so that after replacement or repair of the pavement changed settings of the luminaire may be required to obtain the same lighting result.
  • Such adjustments can also be made automatically, for example, sensor-controlled.
  • the lighting can be adapted in this way to ambient or weather conditions and also depending on of whether extraneous light sources, for example, building lighting, shop-window and advertising lighting, etc., are activated or not.

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