Mobile Lighting Commissioning via Automated Map Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing commissioning process for large-scale lighting systems is inefficient and time-consuming, particularly in large facilities, as it requires manual, serial association of light identifiers with their locations, which can be cumbersome and prone to errors, especially in high-bay industrial settings where numerous lights need to be managed.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface (GUI) on a mobile device allows commissioners to pre-position light sources on a 2D map, specifying areas and automatically generating equidistant positions, enabling quick association of identifiers with locations, reducing the need for manual drag-and-drop operations and optimizing the commissioning process by allowing batch selection and search functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual serial commissioning is used where each light is individually instructed to blink and drag-and-dropped, then accurate mapping of light identifiers to locations is achieved, but the commissioning process becomes extremely time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting light sources in an area and pre-positioning them on the facility map before the commissioning process begins. This eliminates the need for manual location search and initial positioning, allowing commissioners to directly associate identifiers with pre-positioned lights, thereby significantly reducing commissioning time while maintaining mapping accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy of the facility layout and pre-positions light icons on the map according to their actual physical locations. This digital representation allows commissioners to work with accurate light positions without manually searching for each physical light, thus reducing time loss while ensuring precise mapping
2Reliability
If individual serial processing of each light is performed, then each light's identifier and location are accurately associated, but productivity and efficiency of the commissioning process deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple light sources into a single selectable group on the map. Commissioners can select multiple pre-positioned light icons simultaneously and associate identifiers with multiple lights in one operation, thereby increasing productivity through batch processing while maintaining reliable identifier-location associations through the same validation mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of light positions and allows bulk selection and identification operations on these digital representations. This enables parallel processing of multiple lights without compromising the accuracy of individual identifier-location mappings, thus improving productivity while maintaining reliability
3Loss of information
If comprehensive manual commissioning procedures are implemented to ensure accurate light mapping, then mapping completeness is improved, but the complexity and burden of the commissioning process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting light sources, determining their locations, and pre-positioning them on the facility map without requiring manual intervention for these tasks. This automation reduces the complexity of the commissioning process while ensuring complete light location information is captured, as the system independently completes these information-gathering functions
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical processes (physically searching for lights, manually plotting their positions on maps) with automated electronic detection and digital positioning. This substitution reduces commissioning process complexity by eliminating manual steps while ensuring complete and accurate light location information through automated detection
4Measurement precision
If traditional drag-and-drop interface operations are used for each light, then precise location association is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to repetitive manual actions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary positioning of light icons on the facility map based on automated detection of light locations before the commissioning process. This preliminary action eliminates the need for repetitive drag-and-drop operations to position lights, making the commissioning process easier to operate while maintaining precise location mapping through the automated positioning algorithm
Data Source
AI summary
Lights sources may be installed in a facility without regard to their unique identifiers, which are necessary for a lighting control system to exercise control over the light sources. After installation, a graphical user interface (GUI) executed on a user's mobile device can facilitate the user's identification of the identifier of a particular light source located at a particular position. The GUI displays to the user a map of the facility, onto which the user can delineate the boundaries of a lighting area in which he intends to identify the location of light sources. The user then inputs into the GUI row and column dimensions for the lights positioned within the delineated lighting area. The GUI automatically generates and displays a plurality of selectable lighting positions arranged within the delineated area according to the selected dimensions, without the need for individual placement by the user. The user may then, via the GUI, select a displayed lighting position and execute a search function to find an intended identifier for the light source located at the selected lighting position. The GUI may then store a correspondence between the light source's identifier and its location in the facility. Accordingly, a mapping of a plurality of light sources can be accurately created while improving the efficiency of a user's commissioning of a lighting system.