School and Educational Lighting - Phillips ActiLume the Perfect Solution

ActiLume operating mode 3

School/Classroom

General info on Mode 3 Mode 3 is a special mode and can only be activated by means of the advanced mode selection tool (IRT 8099/00). The sequence is to push the "mode" button and push button "3". Now point towards the luminaire where the ActiLume sensor is mounted into and press the green button on the selection tool. As a conformation that the selection has been done the lamps will flash once.

presence detection When using Mode 3 the daylight linking and presence detection are switched on. The presence detection will keep the light on for as long as the sensor detects movement. After the last movement detection ActiLume will keep the lights on for another 15 minutes and will switch off the lights when these 15 minutes have passed. Since Mode 3 is a semi automatic mode, the lights will not be switched on automatically when entering the room. To switch on the lights a separate switch has to be connected to the ActiLume controller. The switch can be located near the entrance of the classroom. This switch is a so called "push to make" switch. The switch will give you a Touch and Dim functionality so it can also be used to dim up and down the lights.

Since the ActiLume sensor is mounted in one of the luminaires near the window and a classroom is rather big this immediately brings the problem of not covering the whole classroom concerning presence detection. To overcome this an extension sensor (LRM 8118/00) can be connected to the system. Since the controller also has to supply the needed operating current for the extension sensor the number of ballasts in combination with extension sensors is limited. The combinations are as follows:    number of ballasts  number of extension sensors  11  0  10  1  9  2

Daylight linking Apart from the presence detection there is also a daylight linking mechanism. This will keep the light level at the work area at a constant level. This light level is independent of the amount of light that is coming through the windows. ActiLume will adapt the amount of artificial light so the light level at the work area will stay constant. The default set-point of Philips ActiLume is set at 600 lux with a reflection of 30% and can easily be changed.

Automatic offset Everybody knows that when you have a daylight regulating system that the amount of light near the windows is too high or the light level at the corridor side of the cell office is too low. This issue is solved within the ActiLume controller and this is what makes this system so unique. Thanks to the two outputs (window and corridor side), the settings of the lighting control are pre-programmed according to the place of the luminaire. Therefore the Philips ActiLume system does not require any programming or commissioning. Within Mode 1 (cell office mode) an offset of 30% is pre-programmed between these two outputs so you will always have enough light at the corridor side of the office and still benefit of the daylight linking system.