Emergency Lighting Management

Intelligent lighting control that promotes occupant safety

Lighting control is an essential requirement for effective emergency lighting installations. Through regular testing, and a range of monitoring and maintenance tools, the Philips Dynalite control solution ensures that emergency lights function correctly around the clock so that occupants can evacuate safely in an emergency.

Scalable emergency system controls for all building environments

The Philips Dynalite system is a flexible and scalable control platform that connects a range of intelligent network devices to create a complete control solution.

Operational and system status information is passed to all devices over an RS-485 or Ethernet network using the DyNet protocol.

DyNet can link multiple DALI networks together seamlessly to reach the required scale of any project. The system is application agnostic and has been proven in over 35,000 projects around the world, including a variety of retail, hospitality, office, industry, and public building projects.

The control system’s compatibility with DALI emergency exit fittings and DALI emergency luminaires enables effective monitoring, maintenance, and management of any emergency lighting system.

Automated testing of all connected emergency and non-emergency fittings can be scheduled using Philips Dynalite’s head-end software, System Manager.

Control System Features

System Manager provides a suite of features that ensures the optimum health of any emergency lighting system.

System monitoring and reporting
View system health, energy usage, scheduled events, and recent alerts on the dashboard. Users can also generate reports and/or check historical results for a specific timeframe. These reports can be customized to suit specific needs.

Real-time status alarms and alerts

Get notified via email when lamps and drivers fail or are close to end-of-life. Maximise uptime in mission-critical areas by scheduling proactive maintenance.

Schedule emergency tests
Each of the standard emergency lighting tests are required by law to be carried out at different intervals. Simplify this process and conduct all tests in a timely manner through System Manager’s automatic testing feature.

Simple reconfiguration
When multiple DALI drivers need to be replaced at once, System Manager’s replacement wizard tool will identify the drivers and configure the load controllers, ensuring a seamless transition.

End-of-life notification
System Manager tracks actual lamp usage so that as a lamp approaches its end of life, the software can send a notification to facility managers, informing them of which fixture requires replacing.

Emergency Installation Tests 

Scheduled system health checks ensure regulatory compliance. The system can run the following checks:

Functional test
A functional test confirms the integrity of the emergency circuit and the correct operation of a lamp, changeover device, and battery emergency power supply. This test simulates a power failure to see whether the driver correctly switches to battery power. The test is passed if the emergency fixture illuminates. It is recommended to run this test at least once per month.

Duration test
The duration test verifies whether the battery has sufficient capacity to illuminate the emergency fixtures for the rated duration. Generally run for a minimum of 180-minutes, as regulated by the local authority, this test ensures the emergency lighting remains on long enough for people to safely exit the building. This test must be executed as part of the commissioning process, and then repeated at least once per year.

DALI lamp test
DALI’s two-way communication enables System Manager to poll all DALI luminaires, including emergency fixtures, to see whether the luminaire is currently working. This test can identify premature lamp failures that do not fit within System Manager’s predictive lamp failure feature. This test is usually conducted daily, after business hours.

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