ACADA cloud enables the control and monitoring of indoor LED lighting via the DALI bus in order to:
✓ Monitoring of operating parameters of lighting fixtures – intensity, duration of light, malfunctions and others.
✓ Evaluation of the condition of lighting fixtures, malfunctions, battery condition (for emergency lighting fixtures).
✓ Data collection and preparation of reports and statistics.
✓ Immediate notification of malfunctions.
✓ Emergency remote control.
✓ Light scenarios.
✓ New: Touch control in rooms with ACADA on Premise.
The DALI bus is a central data bus enabling the connection of various types of devices supporting this standard. At the same time, it can be branched into sub-networks in different ways (picture from the DALI alliance).
✓ Luminaires
✓ Buttons and other actuators
✓ Other devices supporting DALI
✓ Option to create sub-networks
✓ Gateway, router, hub or interface – device for connecting to the cloud
We support standard DALI and DALI-2 LED drivers of various types from various manufacturers. Thanks to the DALI standard, their compatibility with the superior system is guaranteed. The LED drivers are connected to a DALI bus (up to 64), which is terminated by a device viz. below ensuring data transfer to the Internet and ACADA cloud.
✓ Control of up to 64 LED lights and 64 inputs
✓ Bus voltage 12 – 22.5 V DC
✓ Maximum bus length 300 m
✓ The cross-section of the bus conductors is ideally 2 x 1.5 mm2.
✓ Transmission speed 1200 bit/s
The individual branches of the DALI busbars are terminated by the DALI to Modbus Gateway, which is connected either via Modbus RTU or Modbus TCP to the Ethernet and subsequently to the ACADA cloud.
INMBSDAL***0200 DALI to Modbus Slave Gateway:
✓ Enables Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP simultaneously.
✓ Remote monitoring.
✓ Scan DALI bus for easy installation.
✓ Configuration via the Internet.
✓ Dimensions 100 mm x 130 mm x 100 mm
✓ Operating temperature 0-50°C
PoiNode is a LoRa WAN device enabling the connection of a DALI bus to the Internet via a wireless LoRa WAN signal or standard LoRa local gateways.
✓ Non-invasive solution
✓ Connecting the DALI bus and addressing individual devices on it.
✓ LoRa WAN RF 868 MHz
✓ RTC (real-time clock)
✓ Programmable scenarios
✓ Light sensor
✓ AES128-bit security
✓ Dimensions Ø79.7 mm x 43.43 mm
✓ Weight 0.15 kg
The IQRF Lighting Bridge is a wireless IQRF device enabling the connection of the DALI bus to the IQRF gateway and subsequently to the Internet.
✓ Non-invasive solution
✓ Connecting the DALI bus and addressing individual devices on it.
✓ IQRF RF 868 MHz mesh network
✓ RTC (real-time clock)
✓ Programmable scenarios
✓ Light sensor
✓ AES128-bit security
✓ Dimensions Ø88 mm x 38 mm x 22 mm
✓ Weight 0.48 g
The ACADA user interface is designed for mass management of end devices and not only indoor lighting. It supports a variety of other devices with different communication technologies and allows for easy integration of completely new devices with your system.
The dashboard displays groups into which devices can be organized and thus create different views, for example grouping luminaires according to rooms, switchgear circuits, responsible administrator and others.
The system is modular and enables the creation of user dashboards for specific cases.
Each group is evaluated separately and according to the chosen criteria, for example signaling of lighting failure, error status, low intensity level, etc. and is alerted on the dashboard.
These KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are chosen by the user, for example send an alert when the voltage drops below a certain limit, or alert if one of the lamps does not light up during working hours, etc.
KPIs also serve as filters, when the system displays those devices that are currently alerting. KPIs are displayed in color on the dashboard and at the same time it is possible to set e-mail notifications if the given alert occurs.
The devices are regularly read according to the requirements of the given application and sent to ACADA Cloud, where this information is stored in the database and can be viewed and evaluated retrospectively.
Each parameter, or a group of parameters of a given device can be displayed in a graph with the selection of a time period. It is thus possible to compare the parameters with each other and also to export to XLS format.
The history is kept for the entire life of the given device.
The system enables the following functions:
✓ Creating groups and assigning lights to locations
✓ Program creation and assignment to locations
✓ Daily, weekly and monthly program cycles
✓ Astrodyne function for dynamic programming
✓ Switching on, off and adjusting the intensity of the lights
✓ Manual control of individual lights and entire groups
✓ Instant detection of lighting status, statistics history
✓ Automatic reports with failure history
✓ Service operation of automatic creation of the network and its backup – according to the devices used.
Local control touch panels are used for local control of the lighting system, for example as classic switches, central service or maintenance panels.
We use touch panels from Review Display Systems Ltd., which are specially designed for these purposes.
✓ Control panels in the rooms
✓ Central panels for operation, local and remote
✓ Entrance and registration points for maintenance and cleaning
✓ Information panels
✓ Combined control of other devices as well
*Requires ACADA on-premise local mini-server connected to Ethernet.
Emergency lights are battery powered and are activated in the event of a power outage in the building. Therefore, their regular preventive control and monitoring is important. ACADA cloud automates these tasks:
✓ Periodic check of circuit and battery
✓ Mass evaluation of the condition of lighting fixtures
✓ Automatic reports
✓ E-mail or SMS notifications
✓ Combined control of other devices as well
New: ACADA on Premise without internet connection required.