WMAX-ILL LVZ
WMAX-ILL MLV
The “Smart & Self-configuring”
technology by LEF
In a world like that of the management of networks
and services of public outdoor and indoor lighting,
where competitiveness and timing are increasingly
becoming a decisive element in terms of achieving a
real competitive advantage, the applied technology
represents the fulcrum and the key to success.
Every device used and combined with lamps to
manage, optimize, and reduce energy consumption
and maintenance costs must also be able, during the
startup phase of the system, not to burden the
commissioning costs, often little considered, despite
having an important economic and financial impact.
The need to speed up and optimize processes and
timing related to systems startup activities emerged
from a first-level analysis of how much Esco (Energy
Saving Company) commits in terms of resources,
organization, commissioning costs, as well as in
terms of managing all the configuration or on-site
intervention required by the programming or
reprogramming of control equipment. About a year
ago, a research and development phase was started,
with the aim of making the remote-control system
completely autonomous also from this point of view,
limiting to a minimum the on-field intervention of
an operator – i.e. only in case of configuration of
more complex devices combined with remote
control, such as CCTV or Wi-Fi or TAI and FAI
traffic monitoring and management systems, for
example. At the beginning of the year, a new version
of the Smart platform developed by LEF was
released, which also integrates these new functions.
The devices used by LEF integrate a GPS chip that
allows to completely eliminate commissioning costs,
automatically configuring without any intervention
by Apps or by programs that are uneven or so
complicated that thousands of hours are lost,
especially on large installations. It is a real “plug &
play” system, and NOT a “plug & pray” one, meaning
that it does not need any tools or configuration
programs, often incomprehensible and expensive.
The device uses a standard Zhaga connection (this is
the name of the new generation connector that has
become virtually essential in Smart lighting
engineering), automatically logging onto the network
using GPS position as an auto-configuration
parameter for the cloud.
The GPS data is collected by the system concentrator
( usually installed on the electrical panel), which
records all the lamp devices connected to the
lampposts pertaining to it, communicating the
acquired configuration through a status message to
the managing SW.
The thus made lighting system “enters the network”
on its own, without the need for on-site operators,
who can see on their control room the active
lampposts, having all the information on the
cartographic synoptic in a totally automatic way.
A new and revolutionary system of the latest
generation, designed to provide not only a
technology, but also a completely Smart
management, especially for those who have to
manage lighting networks for 10 or 15 years and
cannot afford a waste of cost or time with obsolete
tools that are no longer up-to-date.
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