CONNECTED-READY Smart choices today, smart cities tomorrow
The decisions that city leaders take now will affect how cities, towns and villages will function in five, ten or twenty years. Lighting is an essential ecosystem and as residents and visitors’ needs evolve, urban infrastructure must be capable to adapt to this journey. With connected-ready technology, communities can be flexible and activate the future without changing their infrastructure. In hardware terms, there are two options. One option is to buy a connected-ready luminaire that comes with a socket, where a NEMA or Zhaga node can be added later. The other option is to buy a luminaire already fitted with a node, where the node is not yet connected to a CMS. The second option ensures that future lighting infrastructure can be connected instantly, without any manual interventions on-site, saving time and money. In addition, a luminaire that has been bought connected-ready, can easily have its unique asset data retrieved by a remote management system such as Schréder EXEDRA. This enables easy, cost-effective asset management through the connected functions. So connected-ready means the luminaire isn’t connected yet, but it can easily become part of a connected system if and when the asset owner wants to activate one. Once the nodes are installed, the activation of the nodes on the controls platform can be performed by the Schreder support team at any time upon a customer’s request. The platform is hosted and maintained in the cloud and provided “as-a-service” with access available through any standard web browser. It is instantly available for installed control nodes to connect to wirelessly using the inbuilt communication capabilities. Annual network and software services fees apply for each connected control node, and the services can be activated and discontinued as needed by the customer.
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