Systems Integration & Advanced Building Automation Systems

Systems Integration

Lightcloud can work with your existing BMS system, sensors, and alarms.

Three Options for Integration

Lightcloud is the best lighting control system and offers a variety of solutions for nearly every lighting need. We also know it’s important to have a unified experience between all of your building management systems, so Lightcloud makes integration really easy. Integration can be provided in three forms:

Switching: Lightcloud Controllers can be used for non-lighting controls such as powering a water pump on a schedule. Just about any device that can be controlled via a switch can be controlled by Lightcloud.

Triggers: Triggers are perfect for most sites that want to integrate with other systems and don’t require BACnet. Triggers act like a contact closure and Lightcloud reads it like a sensor. Whenever the circuit is powered, Lightcloud will respond to the event with a configurable action such as activating a scene.

BACnet: BACnet is perfect for large buildings with an existing building automation system and allows for Lightcloud to be controlled by other systems on the same BACnet network such as HVAC, alarms, or window shades.

TRIGGERS

How are Triggers typically used?

The beauty of a Trigger is that the input type doesn’t matter. Triggers are commonly used with 3rd party motion sensors and alarms but can also be used for a variety of other uses.

How does a Trigger work?

Triggers sense the flow of current. Any time current is flowing, the Trigger reads occupied. Any time current is not flowing, the Trigger reads vacant. Those occupancy and vacancy states can be configured to perform actions just like any other Lightcloud sensor.

What types of inputs are compatible with Triggers?

Lightcloud has Trigger solutions for 120-277VAC, 347/480VAC, and 12/24VDC.

What’s needed for a Trigger?

Trigger requirements vary based on the application. Please contact us with your specific requirements for the best solution.

BACnet

What is BACnet?

BACnet is a standard communications protocol for building automation and management systems that leverage the ASHRAE, ANSI, and ISO 16484-5 standard protocols.

How does it work?

Lightcloud is placed on the BACnet network via Ethernet. Each zone in Lightcloud is given an ID and reports its state to the network. The building management system is then able to send commands to each ID/zone to go to a specified state (on/off/dim level).

To learn more, please contact us.