Wireless Lighting Controls using Bluetooth® Mesh

ONLINE TRAINING

UltraLink Wireless Controls, How to Win Deals

You will learn:

  • How to gain a competitive advantage by leading the controls narrative.
  • How to make prospects compelled to choose Linmore LED, UltraLink, and You.
  • How the savings created by UltraLink improves ROI, not increases it.
  • All about the upcoming standard: Bluetooth® Networked Lighting Control (NLC), a huge step towards multi-vendor interoperability and mass adoption of wireless lighting controls.

This training is for customers only.
Contact your sales rep to obtain your password.

What's UltraLink?

Linmore LED’s UltraLink, powered by Silvair, is an intelligent lighting control system that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communications at 2.4 GHz. The complete mesh network system is comprised of wireless fixture controllers, occupancy sensors, and wireless switches.

Main Benefits:

  • UltraLink is a non-proprietary, open standard, and DLC-qualified networked wireless control system using Bluetooth®Mesh.
  • Brings freedom of choice, transparency, and security that can never be reached by proprietary technologies.
  • Qualified by the Bluetooth®SIG means your components will work with other qualified Bluetooth®Mesh devices from other vendors.

UltraLink Projects

Features

UltraLink iPhone App

Functionality

  • Energy Dashboard
  • Heat Mapping by Occupancy
  • Heat Mapping by Energy
  • Scheduling
  • Scenes
  • Occupancy sensing
  • Lighting zones / grouping
  • High-end and low-end trim
  • Manual control
  • Timer switch control
  • Vacancy sensing
  • Per zone daylight control
  • Per fixture daylight control
  • Zone linking
  • ON power up behavior
  • UL 924 Compliant Functionality

User Interface

  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • PC

System Hardware

  • Wireless fixture controller in each fixture.
  • Occupancy Sensors control fixtures by zones.
  • Daylight sensor controls light level offset by daylight.
  • Gateways (optional) provide system access when not onsite.
  • Energy meter measures energy consumption of a sample or all fixtures.
  • Wireless switches for controlling lighting by zones.

How the System Works

Qualified Bluetooth® mesh is a global wireless networking standard which expands the capabilities of the Bluetooth® radio communication by introducing a new type of network topology.

Enabling many-to-many device connectivity, qualified Bluetooth® mesh is optimized for creating large-scale networks consisting of thousands of devices.

Downloads

Quick Start Guide

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Commissioning Checklist

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Commissioning User Manual

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Bluetooth® Mesh Brochure

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Myths of Qualified Bluetooth® Mesh

MYTH #1: Bluetooth is for personal / home use

Not true: Bluetooth mesh is not “your father’s Bluetooth”. It has been designed with commercial / industrial use cases in mind. Bluetooth mesh is more secure and scales better than competing technologies.

MYTH #2: Delays and popcorning are inherent to wireless

Not true for Bluetooth mesh: The architecture of Bluetooth mesh addresses precisely these wireless challenges. Works as well as wired!

MYTH #3: Bluetooth does not define dimming curves

Not true: Bluetooth defines both linear and perceptual (logarithmic) dimming curves as well as precise device behaviors WRT the dimming curves. Tests for the curves and their behaviors are covered by the Bluetooth Mesh Test Suite and are part of the Qualification program.

MYTH #4: Bluetooth is easy to hack

Not true: security is at the heart of the design of Bluetooth mesh networking and its use is mandatory. It uses the most advanced encryption standard and device authentication preventing third parties from trying to break into smart lighting infrastructures.

MYTH #5: Bluetooth has a really short range

Not true: Range depends on surroundings, radio performance and antennas. While the radio performance and antennas are pretty static for a given Bluetooth device, the surroundings can vary a lot. Outdoors, in an open field, you can get a range of up to a hundred meters. Indoors, in normal condition it’s about 30m. Bluetooth, thanks to its mesh topology, is able to cover big networks.

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Linmore LED Labs, Inc. is under license. Other trademarks and tradenames are those of their respective owners.