LightShape
LEDcode is a digital two-wire bus that programs the driver and communicates with select sensors and controls. This intra-luminaire bus enables the driver to seamlessly interact with controls and sensors from SensorSwitch, nLight, Atrius and Casambi, and select emergency components from nLight and IOTA.
Seamless Compatibility
Seamless Compatibility
Aux Power Delivery
Digital Programming
Leverage our FluxTool software and TOOLbox for LED driver configuration and finetuning for your lighting application in the factor or in the field. Endless possibilities are at your fingertips with an LED output current range in 1mA, steps between 150 and 1400mA, minimum dimming levels and dim curve type. You can also commission a variety of DMX/RDM settings for dynamic applications.
Digital Programming
The LEDcode bus is more than just communication – the bus also provides power to some sensors and controls, eliminating the need for additional auxiliary power supply options.
Aux Power Delivery
The Power of DT8 (Tc)
The Leader in DALI-Certified Drivers
The Power of DT8 (Tc)
The Leader in DALI-Certified Drivers
Broadest Portfolio
Wireless Quality of Light
Our Casambi-ready solutions deliver flicker-safe dimming from 10% to 0.1%, dim to warm and tunable white capability, and multiple power levels and control protocols. Our LEDcode-based radios are 50% smaller than the average module offerings and designed for easy ‘plug and play’ integration.
Broadest Portfolio
Achieve wireless control of your lighting with LEDcode-based Casambi radios compatible with any DALI-2 ECOdrive, SOLOdrive, or DUALdrive driver. eldoLED solutions for Casambi applications are designed to ensure easy integration to bring quality, capability, and intelligence to your wireless designs.
Wireless Quality of Light
Drivers utilizing the DT8 protocol can use a single DALI short address to control two or more outputs. The DALI-2 DT8 (Tc) technology allows changes to both the color temperature and intensity of fixtures within an LED lighting system and is a powerful capability for dynamic or tunable white applications. Introduced in early 2020, eldoLED DUALdrive LED drivers were the first to receive certification from the DiiA.
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is a protocol for digital lighting control that enables robust, scalable, and flexible lighting networks. With the introduction of DALI-2 in 2014, testing became much more comprehensive in order to ensure interoperability of compliant products. A certification program was established and is managed by the independent Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA). Today, eldoLED provides more DALI-2 DiiA-Certified drivers than any other manufacturer. We are committed to developing driver solutions that are DALI-2 Certified and interoperable with the sensors, systems, and solutions being used in today’s applications.
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Success Through Partnerships
Multiple LMS Compatibility
Bi-Directional Communication
We’re the first in the industry to achieve D4i certification on both indoor and outdoor DALI/ D4i LED drivers. The D4i certification of our DALI LED drivers allows for new opportunities to pair with D4i-certified sensors. Our D4i Partners and their sensors are certified by DiiA Alliance.
Success Through Partnerships
OPTOTRONIC drivers with D4i/DALI also enable manufacturers to support multiple projects requiring bi-directional communications with only one driver, even if each project specifies a different light management system. One driver for multiple projects – it’s that simple!
Multiple LMS Compatibility
D4i is an intra-luminaire interface based on DALI technology, providing bi-directional communication and power between the driver and a fixture-integrated component. D4i-Certified LED Drivers by eldoLED, exclusive in North America, leverage the power of a single interface for compatible luminaires in intelligent systems by turning your fixture into a smart node on a lighting control network. These are a simple, elegant solution for creating smart, connected lighting that can extract fixture-specific data, are compatible with industry-leading light management systems (LMS), and support future data-driven applications that require precise luminaire data.
Bi-Directional Communication
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Curve Adjusting
Best Practices
Simple Application
eldoLED drivers can change the dimming curves in a 0-10V system via the FluxTool programming tool to adapt to different dimmers. Dimming curves are not standardized on shape and tolerance (linear, logarithmic, square, soft-linear) and not all controls manufacturers publish their controller dimming curve data, therefore test your dimming curve settings beforehand to ensure desired performance.
Curve Adjusting
For optimal performance of these systems, avoid running 0-10V wires next to mains cables or potential noise sources like big motors or fans which can interfere with the 0-10V signal.
Best Practices
While popular due to its simplicity, 0-10V and 1-10V systems pose certain limitations. 0-10V and 1-10V do not support bi-directional communication and no addressing is possible. All connected LED-drivers react identically on a command from their controller.
0-10V and 1-10V are traditional, easy to understand systems. 0-10V and 1-10V dimming is a widely known protocol and commissioning does not require specialized knowledge or software. 0-10V is mostly used for entertainment lighting, 1-10V is more common for general lighting. The simplicity and low costs associated with 0-10V and 1-10V makes these a common and widely used protocol. eldoLED offers a full range of driver solutions compatible with 0-10V and 1-10V systems.
Simple Application
How to Wire DMX Lighting Systems
Bi-Directional Flexibility with RDM
Multi-Channel Versatility
Dramatic Performance
RDM (Remote Device Management) adds bi-directional communication to DMX. This is especially useful during commissioning. Without RDM, a channel must be assigned to each device. And if a channel must be changed on a device hanging high above the stage in a theatre, someone must go to that device physically to change its channel. With RDM, channels can be assigned automatically by the controller, without the need to program each device separately. RDM also allows reporting of device status.
Bi-Directional Flexibility with RDM
A DMX controller sends messages to each device in its network up to 300 meters away. The protocol sends a value between 0 and 255 to each of the 512 channels. This combination of channels provides a stunning range of versatility. For example, one value can be used to set a light level, but also to set the position of a moving head or to change gobos.
Multi-Channel Versatility
With DMX/RDM, bi-directional communication is possible. DMX/RMD can be used for automatic addressing during commissioning and for status reporting of connected devices.
DMX provides the ability to create dramatic changes in both intensity and color virtually instantly and deliver dynamic fades and rapid lighting effects. DMX was originally created for the theatre industry, but today is also widely used for dynamic architectural designs.
Dramatic Performance
Working with a D4i / DiiA Alliance Partner makes it easy to design-in OPTOTRONIC D4i Certified LED Driver and D4i sensors that support multiple light management systems and provide light specifiers and agents greater flexibility to choose the best LMS system and luminaire for their project.
OPTOTRONIC D4i Certified LED drivers enable a streamlined means of designing luminaires for smart, connected systems with bi-directional communication compatible with multiple light management systems, and allow end-users to extract valuable fixture-specific data such as operational hours, energy consumption, diagnostics, and more.
For this reason, 0-10V and 1-10V systems are best suited for simple installations. For complex systems, groups can only be created by adding extra 0-10V networks but would require additional wiring and equipment (i.e. extra controller and extra cabling.)
Since light output is determined by the voltage in 0-10V and 1-10V systems, guard against light output differences caused by voltage drop by using identical lengths and gauges of signal wiring in the lighting system.
One connected device can/will use multiple channels. For example, a luminaire connected to a four channel LED driver assigned to channel 5 will also use channels 6, 7 and 8 – this means that only 128 devices could be connected within the 512 channels.
The Royal Academy of Arts located in London, England,
Photographed by James Newton
Air Lease Corporation located in Los Angeles, CA,
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BIAN located in Chicago, IL,
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Bar & Restaurant at Sea located in Dronten, Netherlands,
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