Lighting Control System Design; Introduction; Types Of Lighting System Designs - Crestron Lighting Design Design Manual

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Lighting Control System Design

Introduction

Types of Lighting System Designs

Design Guide – DOC. 5999A
A lighting control system is as unique as the home it supports.
Crestron offers the equipment and flexibility of design required for every one-of-a-
kind solution to home automation needs. The designer can create a complete lighting
system consisting of traditional wiring with local intelligence, up to a system that
incorporates distributed, high-voltage wiring with centralized and/or distributed
intelligence. Cresnet low-voltage wiring is used for control throughout this wide
range of system design possibilities.
In a typical home with traditional wiring, a wall switch completes a simple circuit to
an overhead light. Adding additional lighting controls to the room requires that banks
of switches, dimmers, or timers replace the single switch.
In larger homes, businesses, and institutions, a multi-function user interface replaces
the large banks of traditional switches, dimmers, and timers. In addition to lighting,
these user interfaces can also be used to control security, HVAC, and audio/video
systems.
The system control can be located near the user interface, the controlled circuits, or
can be centralized at some other remote location.
Crestron D3 Pro software is a comprehensive design and development tool that
provides a programming environment for all lighting, HVAC and security needs. It
contains many features to facilitate a successful installation, including an
astronomical clock that allows the scheduling of events based on time of day or
sunrise and sunset. Keypads and touchpanels are easily designed and programmed,
and communication among Crestron control equipment is simplified.
Crestron offers centralized and distributed lighting control system components. A
centralized system is one in which all the high-voltage circuits are terminated within
a Crestron home automation enclosure. A distributed system is the traditional wiring
system of individual lighting circuits with local control. The most efficient lighting
systems are a combination of centralized processing and distributed dimmers. This
provides the reliability of local control along with sophisticated central control.
Control System
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