Automatic Scene Control

Transform ordinary street lighting into an intelligent urban infrastructure. With real-time sensing and adaptive control, our system ensures energy savings, enhanced safety, and seamless smart city integration. Built on the principle of Perceive → Analyze → Execute, the system integrates sensors, edge computing, and adaptive dimming. A future-ready solution to make street lighting responsive, sustainable, and efficient.

What is Automatic Scene Control?

Automatic Scene Control is an advanced lighting management method that enables streetlights to respond intelligently to real-world conditions. Instead of relying on fixed schedules or manual operations, the system continuously perceives the environment through sensors, analyzes data with edge computing and cloud platforms, and executes precise actions via LED drivers. This closed-loop process ensures that every streetlight delivers the right illumination at the right moment—improving efficiency, safety, and sustainability for modern urban infrastructure.

How Automatic Scene Control Works

A complete Automatic Scene Control system is built on a three-layer architecture that links sensing, analysis, and execution into a unified process. By continuously collecting environmental data and applying intelligent decisions, the system ensures precise lighting adjustments in real time—delivering energy efficiency, safety, and reliability for modern street lighting.

By integrating these layers, streetlights evolve from simple on/off devices into dynamic, responsive nodes of the smart city network.

Practical Lighting Scenarios

With Automatic Scene Control, streetlights adapt to vehicles, pedestrians, traffic flow, and weather, ensuring the right brightness at the right time and place.

Scene	Perceive	Automatic Control	Benefit
Dusk / Dawn	Photocell measures ambient light level	Auto switch on at dusk, off at dawn	Basic automation, replaces timers & manual work
Vehicle-Triggered Lighting	Radar detects approaching vehicles & speed	Ahead lights ramp to 100%; trailing lights fade to ~30%	Major energy saving, better driver visibility
Pedestrian Boost	Camera/IR identifies pedestrians in the zone	Target lamp and neighbors increase brightness	Safety & comfort for walkers and cyclists
Traffic Congestion	Video analytics detect long queues & low speed	Maintain high-level lighting; push data to traffic platform	Accident risk reduction & smart-traffic data
Event / Incident Alert	Acoustic sensor (brake/impact) or fall detection	Warning flash pattern; auto alarm to control center	Public safety, faster response time
Weather Adaptation	Weather API / sensors detect rain, fog, or snow	Global dimming profile raised one level	Visibility in adverse weather, fewer incidents

Key Benefits for Municipal & EPC Projects

Automatic Scene Control turns lighting from a fixed-cost asset into a responsive, data-driven system. It delivers measurable outcomes across safety, energy, and operations—helping you win tenders and run networks at lower total cost.

Why Upgrade from Traditional Lighting Control?

Replace fixed timers and manual switches with real-time, data-driven decisions—delivering the right light only when and where it’s needed.

Traditional Control	Automatic Scene Control
Energy Waste	Demand-responsive dimming based on vehicles, pedestrians, and weather 30–60% kWh ↓
Safety Blind Spots	Context-aware lighting: ramp up for approaching cars and walkers; hold higher levels in congestion/incidents
High O&M Costs	Remote monitoring, fault alarms, runtime counters, and predictive maintenance Truck rolls ↓20–40%
No Operational Data	Per-pole energy metering, traffic & pedestrian heatmaps, API export to city/traffic platforms
Rigid & Closed	Open & scalable: DALI-2 / 0–10 V, NEMA/Zhaga, LoRa / NB-IoT / BLE / PLC for phased retrofits
Tender Compliance Risk	Proven alignment with municipal specs & lighting standards; easier acceptance and reporting ESG & CO₂ reports

System Integration & Compatibility

Automatic Scene Control is engineered for seamless integration with street-lighting hardware and city platforms—reducing retrofit risk and accelerating deployment.

Driver Interfaces

DALI-2 (DT6/DT8) 0–10 V PWM

Native support for constant-current LED drivers
Step-dimming fallback for legacy drivers

Controller Sockets

NEMA 7-pin Zhaga Book 18 (D4i)

Hot-plug maintenance & rapid swap
Future-ready for sensor/controller upgrades

Communications Options

LoRaWAN NB-IoT / LTE-M BLE Mesh PLC

Hybrid topologies for mixed terrains
Redundant paths for higher availability

Sensing Suite

Photocell mmWave / PIR Camera Analytics Acoustic / Weather

Modular per road class and risk profile
Edge fusion for low-latency decisions

Edge & Cloud

MQTT Modbus TCP OTA

Protocol conversion and on-device rules
Cloud fleet analytics to optimize policies

Open Data & APIs

REST GraphQL Webhooks CSV Export

Integrates with ITS, EMS/BMS, city dashboards
Per-pole data for planning & ESG reporting

Cybersecurity

TLS 1.2+ Device Certs Signed FW RBAC

Encrypted comms & signed firmware
Role-based access and audit logs

Fail-Safe Modes

Astronomical fallback & last-good profile
Local photocell override; safe defaults on loss of comms

Standards & Compliance

DALI-2 Zhaga-D4i CE / EMC / RoHS

Smoother tender acceptance and inspection
Interoperability across multi-vendor fleets

Adaptive Control Policies for Real World Roads

Automatic Scene Control works best with clear, measurable policies. Define rule sets by road class, time window, and sensor triggers. Examples include dusk ramp up, vehicle triggered boost, pedestrian corridor uplift, congestion hold, and adverse weather override. For each policy, specify target luminance/illuminance, fade times, minimum and maximum dimming limits, and fallback behavior such as an astronomical clock or a last good profile. This keeps lighting responsive, consistent, and easier to commission and optimize across varied road types.

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