Echelon Lumewave CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge User Manual
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
Integrator’s Guide
078-0439-01C
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Welcome
Intelligent street lighting uses electronic ballasts, power line communications
hardware, and local network controllers that are interconnected with specialized
control and reporting software. A street lighting network establishes two-way
communications with each lighting fixture so that you can control the lighting
level of each fixture, turn it on and off, and monitor its condition.
The luminaires in a street lighting network use a L
communications channel for the network, which is managed by an Echelon
i.LON
segments of the street lighting network. To extend the network across lowvoltage step-down distribution transformers, Echelon introduces a power line and
radio frequency (RF) wireless hybrid device, the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
(SLB) module.
This document describes the elements of the Echelon street lighting solution,
including the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module and the Segment Controller.
Audience
This document assumes that you understand basic networking and that you have
some experience working with an i.LON SmartServer. It also assumes that you
understand the basics of a low-voltage power distribution network.
ONWORKS
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SmartServer, known as the Segment Controller because it controls
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power line
Related Documentation
The following manuals are available from the Echelon Web site
(www.echelon.com
a street lighting network:
• Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 User’s Guide (078-0423-01A). This
document describes how to use the i.LON AdminServer and LNS Proxy
Web service included in Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 (EES 2.0).
• i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User's Guide (078-0345-01E). This document
describes how to configure the i.LON SmartServer and use its
applications to manage control networks.
• Introduction to the L
provides an introduction to the ISO/IEC 14908-1 (ANSI/CEA-709.1 and
EN14908) Control Network Protocol, and provides a high-level
introduction to L
are used for developing, installing, operating, and maintaining them.
• NodeUtil Node Utility User’s Guide (078-0438-01A). This manual
describes the NodeUtil Node Utility, which allows you to diagnose and
configure L
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) and provide additional information that can help you manage
ONWORKS Platform (078-0183-01B). This manual
ONWORKS networks and the tools and components that
ONWORKS network interfaces, routers, and devices.
.
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Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide iii
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Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules, per sections 15.107 and
15.109. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause interference
with radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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which the receiver is connected.
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Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Echelon Corporation could
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RF Statements
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sections 15.203, 15.205, 15.207, 15.209 and 15.247. It uses frequency 2.4 GHz
per Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard 802.15.42006, and uses a frequency bandwidth from 2400 MHz to 2483.5 MHz.
This equipment complies with the FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for
an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated
with a minimum distance of 20 centimeters between the radiator and your body.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any
other antenna or transmitter.
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Table of Contents
Welcome ......................................................................................................... iii
Audience ........................................................................................................ iii
Related Documentation ................................................................................ iii
FCC Compliance Notice ................................................................................ iv
RF Statements ............................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1. Introduction ................................................................................... 1
The Echelon Street Lighting Solution .......................................................... 2
The Segment Controller .......................................................................... 3
Luminaires and Street Light Controllers .............................................. 4
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge Modules ................................................ 4
Benefits of Managed Street Lighting ............................................................ 5
Examples .................................................................................................. 6
Street Lighting Solution Restrictions ........................................................... 7
Chapter 2. Installation for the Street Lighting Solution ........................ 9
Overview ....................................................................................................... 10
High-Voltage Warning ................................................................................. 11
ESD Warning ............................................................................................... 11
Safety Warning ............................................................................................ 12
New Installations ......................................................................................... 12
Step 1: Install the Segment Controller ................................................ 14
Step 2: Install Luminaires .................................................................... 14
Step 3: Install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge Modules ...................... 15
Step 4: Complete Installation ............................................................... 16
Existing Installations .................................................................................. 16
Verifying Successful Installation ................................................................ 17
Verify Green Power LED State ............................................................ 17
Verify Amber RF LED State ................................................................. 17
Example Installations .................................................................................. 18
Basic Installation ................................................................................... 18
Extending a Basic Installation ............................................................. 19
Adding Multiple RF Hops ..................................................................... 20
Chapter 3. Setting Up the Segment Controller........................................ 23
Placing the Segment Controller in Standalone Mode ................................ 24
Placing a Network in Standalone Mode ............................................... 24
Network Limitations in Standalone Mode ........................................... 24
Configuring the LonWorks Channel for Power Line Repeating ............... 25
Copying Resource Files ................................................................................ 26
Deploying a “Golden Master” Segment Controller .................................... 27
Automatically Discovering Devices ............................................................. 27
Chapter 4. Planning for the Street Lighting Solution ........................... 31
Security Planning......................................................................................... 32
General Network Communications Security ....................................... 32
Network Security for Device Installation ............................................ 33
Using a NodeUtil Script to Define Security ......................................... 34
Device Upgrade Planning ............................................................................ 35
Network Management Planning ................................................................. 36
Defining the Networking Channels ...................................................... 36
Signal Strength ............................................................................... 37
Defining the Media Access Protocol ..................................................... 37
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Preparing the Segment Controller ....................................................... 38
Preparing the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge Modules ...................... 38
Preparing the Luminaires ..................................................................... 39
Device Discovery .................................................................................... 39
Defining Repeating ................................................................................ 40
PL/RF Repeater ............................................................................... 40
PL/PL Repeater ............................................................................... 41
RF/RF Repeater ............................................................................... 41
Scheduling .............................................................................................. 42
Device and Network Recovery Planning .................................................... 42
Scenario 1: Loss of SLB A ..................................................................... 43
Scenario 2: Brief Loss of SLB B ............................................................ 43
Scenario 3: Prolonged Loss of SLB B ................................................... 44
Simulating Communications Errors ........................................................... 44
Error Codes ................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 5. Managing a Street Lighting Network.................................... 47
Manually Installing a Street Lighting Network ........................................ 48
Creating Devices .................................................................................... 48
Entering Device Locations and Neuron IDs ........................................ 49
Selecting Devices ................................................................................... 49
Installing Devices with Smart Network Management ....................... 50
Enabling Smart Network Management ........................................ 50
Installing Devices ............................................................................ 51
Checking Device Installation Status ............................................. 51
Troubleshooting Street Lighting Network Installation ............................. 53
Maintaining a Street Lighting Network ..................................................... 53
Analyzing a Power Line Repeating Network ....................................... 54
Adding Devices ...................................................................................... 64
Upgrading Devices................................................................................. 65
Replacing Devices .................................................................................. 68
Decommissioning Devices ..................................................................... 70
Setting Devices Offline .......................................................................... 71
Testing Devices ...................................................................................... 73
Querying Devices ............................................................................ 73
Winking Devices .............................................................................. 75
Deleting Devices .................................................................................... 76
Chapter 6. Controlling a Street Lighting Network................................. 77
Scheduling Overview ................................................................................... 78
Configuring the Real-Time Clock ................................................................ 79
Setting the Segment Controller Time .................................................. 79
Adding an SNTP Time Server ........................................................ 79
Manually Configuring the Time ..................................................... 82
Entering the Location of the Segment Controller ............................... 82
Creating Event Schedulers .......................................................................... 84
Adding Data Point Preset Values ............................................................... 88
Selecting Data Points ................................................................................... 88
Creating Scheduled Events ......................................................................... 91
Creating Exception Schedules ..................................................................... 96
Demonstrating a Street Lighting Schedule ................................................ 97
Creating the Weekday Schedule ........................................................... 98
Creating the Weekend Schedule ........................................................... 99
The Example Schedule ........................................................................ 100
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Copying Event Schedulers to Other Segment Controllers ...................... 101
Appendix A. Interoperable Interface for the Street Light Bridge .... 103
Interface ...................................................................................................... 104
Output Data Points ............................................................................. 104
Input Data Points ................................................................................ 104
Appendix B. Cryptography License ......................................................... 109
License ........................................................................................................ 110
Glossary ........................................................................................................... 111
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1
Introduction
This chapter introduces the Echelon Street Lighting
solution.
Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 1
The Echelon Street Lighting Solution
Energy and maintenance costs are increasing for municipal street lighting.
Studies show that the electricity used for street lighting can account for up to
40% of municipal electric bills. With an estimated 90 million street lights in
Europe and 63 million in North America, efficient use of energy for street lighting
is important, both for economic reasons and for environmental reasons.
Fortunately, components and systems are now available to manage, monitor, and
reduce that electricity demand.
Such a system incorporates several key elements: electronic ballasts, power line
communications hardware, and local network controllers that are interconnected
with specialized control and reporting software. Together, they create a flexible
and powerful control system that simplifies day-to-day operations and facilitates
the implementation of cost-cutting strategies. Establishing two-way
communications with each lighting fixture in a street lighting network allows you
to control the lighting level of each fixture, turn it on and off, and monitor its
condition.
Because each luminaire in a street lighting network is already connected to the
power grid, defining a power line communications channel for the network is a
straightforward way to establish two-way communications with each lighting
fixture. However, in many countries, there are a limited number of luminaires
per low-voltage service distribution transformer.
Echelon introduces the Echelon Control Router Device (CRD) 3000 Street Light
Bridge module: a power line and wireless hybrid device that allows
communications to bridge gaps in the power line network created by the low-
voltage service distribution transformers, and manage an extended street
lighting network.
Figure 1 on page 3 shows part of a basic street lighting network, with a
SmartServer Segment Controller, several street lights, and a pair of CRD 3000
Street Light Bridge modules. The Segment Controller uses power line
communications to communicate with the street light luminaires and the CRD
3000 Street Light Bridge modules. The CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules
use radio frequency communications to communicate with each other, and thus
provide a communications bridge across the power line gap. Such a gap
represents the end of one transformer’s service distribution and the beginning of
the next transformer’s service distribution.
2 Introduction
Figure 1. A Basic Street Lighting Network
Because the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module provides both ISO/IEC 14908-
3 Control Network Protocol power line communications and IEEE 802.15.4 (2.4
GHz) radio frequency (RF) wireless communications, the street lighting network
can leverage the existing power line circuits to communicate with the luminaires,
and create small RF bridges to bypass power line gaps created service
distribution transformers. Each CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module manages
RF communications with other CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules, so that
you do not need to set up and manage a complex RF network – you simply install
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules to extend power line communications for
the street lighting network.
You manage and control the street lighting network using an Echelon
SmartServer, known as the Segment Controller because it controls segments of
the street lighting network. A Segment Controller can consolidate data from half
a dozen or more service distribution transformers in a municipal residential
environment, allowing you to manage and control up to 200 devices – luminaires
and CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules. For larger street lighting networks,
you can install additional Segment Controllers.
The Segment Controller
The Segment Controller is a SmartServer 2.0 (or later) that is configured to
manage a street lighting network. You use it to configure the power line channel
for repeating, so that each luminaire and CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module
can forward messages to luminaires and to CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules within the network. You also use the Segment Controller to define
operational schedules for the luminaires.
See Chapter 3, Setting Up the Segment Controller, on page 23, Chapter 5,
Managing a Street Lighting Network, on page 47, and Chapter 6, Controlling a
Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 3
Street Lighting Network, on page 77, for more information about the Segment
Controller. See the i.LON SmartServer User's Guide for more information about
the SmartServer.
Luminaires and Street Light Controllers
Each street light in an intelligent street light network must be able to
communicate over a L
luminaire must include a L
an Echelon Power Line Smart Transceiver). If the luminaire does not already
include power line communications, you can add a street light controller
either the luminaire or to the street light pole to provide power line
communications.
A luminaire in a street lighting network remains on until it is commissioned by
the Segment Controller. After it is commissioned, the luminaire turns on or off
based on the schedule defined for it by the Segment Controller.
ONWORKS power line communications channel. Thus, each
ONWORKS power line communications chip (such as
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge Modules
A CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module is a power line channel device that
extends the communications range of the Segment Controller. A CRD 3000
Street Light Bridge module uses the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) wireless personal area network standard 802.15.4 for radio
frequency (RF) communications to allow it to bypass service distribution
transformers and extend the street lighting network.
1
to
The primary function of a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module is to act as a
repeater for the street lighting network. A CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module
can repeat network packets on the power line channel, an RF channel, or both.
The Segment Controller determines both the route and channel type that the
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module should use for repeating.
Figure 2 on page 5 shows a simple repeating chain that could be used to relay a
network management command from the Segment Controller to a target device
(a luminaire in this case, but it could be a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module).
In this example:
• Lamp 1 and Lamp 2 have direct power line communications with the
Segment Controller
• Lamp 2 and Lamp 3 use SLB 1 and SLB 2 for RF communications
• Lamp 3 and Lamp 4 use power line communications
• Lamp 5 is a power line repeater (a repeating-enabled luminaire), and so
forwards messages from the Segment Controller to Lamp 6, and from
Lamp 6 to the Segment Controller
• Lamp 6 is at the end of the repeating chain
1
Street light controllers that provide power line communications are available from companies such
as Citylone, Koninklijke Philips
SCS StreetLight Control Solutions, S.L., Siteco Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH, and Superior
Electronic Lighting Controllers (SELC Ireland Limited).
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Electronics.N.V., Luminext BV, ROMlight™ International Inc,
4 Introduction
Figure 2. An Example Repeating Network
Each time that a message is repeated, on either channel type, is a repeater hop.
A message within a street lighting network must be able to reach its destination
in eight or fewer hops. That is, there can be no more than eight repeater hops on
the path (power line, RF, or both) between the Segment Controller and the
luminaire for which a message is destined. Figure 2 shows four hops between
the Segment Controller and Lamp 6.
From a L
ONWORKS network point of view, a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
module acts like any other power line device: It has a number of network
variables that are used to provision the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module
and collect status and statistics.
Installation of a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module is similar to installation
for any power line device. You must add it to the Segment Controller, either by
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providing the Segment Controller with the Neuron
ID for the CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge module, or by allowing the Segment Controller to automatically
discover and commission the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module. In either
case, power and RF communication LEDs on the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
module provide a visual cue to the installer that the CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge module is operational. Additional configuration of the CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge module is generally not necessary, but advanced configuration
options are available.
Benefits of Managed Street Lighting
A managed street lighting network can offer many benefits, including2:
• Electricity use can be reduced – in one installation, by as much as 45%,
which in turn resulted in a 30% reduction in streetlight electricity costs
(USD 80 000 per year for this installation).
• Reduction in carbon dioxide (CO
tons per year (corresponding to the 45% reduction in electricity use).
2
See Monitored Outdoor Lighting Market, Challenges, Solutions, and Next Steps, Echelon Corp,
September 2007
(www.echelon.com/solutions/streetlight/documents/Echelon_StreetlightWhitepaper_FINAL.pdf).
) emissions – in one installation, by 70
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• Lamp failures can be identified quickly, reducing average lamp downtime
by as much as 90%.
• Alarms can be triggered when lamp voltage exceeds recommended levels,
preventing future lamp failures.
• Reduction in replacement costs for aging lamps – for one installation that
uses electronic ballasts that regulate high-pressure sodium lamps, lamp
replacement costs were reduced by 20% by replacing the lamp before its
power consumption became uneconomical.
• Because software enables most operations to be performed remotely, the
number of onsite maintenance operations can be reduced – in one
installation, by at least 30%.
The SmartServer as the Segment Controller can serve as a gateway for a variety
of devices types. It provides:
• Universal connectivity for devices attached to it, making data available to
a city’s IT system.
• Local device monitoring and control through built-in scheduling,
alarming, and data logging applications.
• An astronomical clock, which is used to automatically switch lamps on
and off, thus reducing lamp burning hours and saving energy (compared
to a fixed scheduler or to photocells that require field maintenance).
The SmartServer is the streetlight segment controller and logs and reports lamp
failures, lamp behavior (dimming level and voltage), energy use, and burning
hours. It could also collect information from traffic and weather sensors to adapt
lamp dimming levels. The astronomical clock switches lamps off and on
depending on the position of the sun. Lamps are dimmed at a fixed time, using
the SmartServer’s internal scheduler, during low activity hours at night. This
highly efficient method of controlling light levels results in significant energy
savings. Lamp lifetime is extended due to the way electronic ballasts regulate
the lamp.
Examples
Cities, counties, and other local authorities need ways to contain their expenses
and limit local taxes while increasing the level of service and security they
provide to citizens.
For example, the portion of the United Kingdom budget that is related to
streetlight services is estimated at more than GBP 280 million per year, of which
40 percent is spent on energy. As another example, the electricity costs for the
city of Los Angeles, California, with 270 000 streetlights, is estimated at over
USD 17 million per year. Streetlights are the main electricity consumer in a
modern city.
In Milton Keynes, U.K., the managed street lighting system includes dimming
controls that lower light output by 2 lux between the hours of 22h00 (10 PM) and
05h00 (5 AM). As a result, the city has reduced its electricity use by 30%.
Furthermore, Milton Keynes installed white light lamps that, in addition to
6 Introduction
offering far longer operating life, have helped the city improve its closed-circuit
television (CCTV) image capturing system for increased public safety.
As stated by the city of Oslo, Norway, in November 2004, cities that take
advantage of today’s new technologies and solutions can reduce the overall costs
associated with streetlight networks by almost 50%, while increasing the quality
of service and safety. The city of Oslo and its energy supplier have shown that
deploying a solution based on electronic programmable and dimmable ballasts
that identify and communicate failures over power lines using a standardized
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protocol can pay for itself immediately.
Street Lighting Solution Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to a street lighting network:
• Each Segment Controller supports up to a total of 200 devices (luminaires
plus CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules).
• A CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module must be within 85 meters (275
feet) of another CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module and should have
direct line of sight in all seasons.
• Each Segment Controller supports up to eight repeating hops to any
device (luminaire or CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module). However,
during installation, there can be no more than six hops (power line or RF)
between any luminaire and the Segment Controller. After installation, it
is possible to add hops (power line or RF), up to the maximum of eight,
between a luminaire and the Segment Controller.
3
3
Source: HBS Case Study, Netherfield Improved Lighting System, Milton Keynes Council, May 2007,
cited in Monitored Outdoor Lighting Market, Challenges, Solutions, and Next Steps, Echelon Corp,
September 2007
(www.echelon.com/solutions/streetlight/documents/Echelon_StreetlightWhitepaper_FINAL.pdf
4
Source: Hafslund presentation, November 2004, cited in Monitored Outdoor Lighting Market,
Challenges, Solutions, and Next Steps, Echelon Corp, September 2007
(www.echelon.com/solutions/streetlight/documents/Echelon_StreetlightWhitepaper_FINAL.pdf
).
).
Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 7
Installation for the Street Lighting
Solution
This chapter describes installation for a street lighting network.
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Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 9
Overview
The process for installing a street lighting network includes the following basic
tasks:
• Install a Segment Controller
• Install luminaires
• Install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules, as needed
For a typical new installation, you install the Segment Controller first. However,
you could install luminaires (or have already existing luminaires), and then
install the Segment Controller. In either case, you install CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge modules, as needed, to enable and extend the network. A single Segment
Controller can support up to 200 devices, including both luminaires and CRD
3000 Street Light Bridge modules.
For an existing installation, typically the luminaires and the Segment Controller
are already installed. In this case, you can add additional luminaires to define
additional network segments, or you can install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules to enable and extend the communications range for the network.
To decide when to install a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module, you generally
install luminaires and add them to the Segment Controller (or allow the Segment
Controller to automatically discover and commission the luminaires), then verify
that they were all commissioned. If any of them could not be commissioned,
install a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module near one of the commissioned
luminaires (to be sure that the Segment Controller can communicate with the
newly installed CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module). Then, you install a
companion CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module at the luminaire that could not
be commissioned so that the Segment Controller can discover and commission it.
If there are additional uncommissioned luminaires after the installation of the
first pair of CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules, you can add additional CRD
3000 Street Light Bridge modules, for example, at the end of the first
uncommissioned street light chain and the start of the next chain.
You can repeat these three steps many times to install a complete street lighting
solution. Typically, you install hundreds or thousands of luminaires, a small
number of Segment Controllers, and dozens or hundreds of CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge modules. How many CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules are
required depends on the number of luminaires each service distribution
transformer supports, and on the kind of network topology that is required for
the street lighting solution.
10 Installation for the Street Lighting Solution
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!
!
!
High-Voltage Warning
High Voltage Warning
High-voltage installation must be performed only by a qualified service person.
Sicherheitshinweis: Vorsicht Hochspannung
Hochspannungs-Installation darf nur von einem qualifizierten Servicetechniker
durchgeführt werden.
ESD Warning
This product contains components which are sensitive to static electricity.
Elektrostatische Entladungen Warnung
Dieses Produkt beinhaltet Komponenten, die empfindlich für eine statische
Electrostatic Discharge Warning
Aufladung sind.
Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 11
!
!
Safety Warning
Fuse F1 in the Street Light Bridge uses a Littleman rated, 300 VAC, 10 A, SLO-
Only qualified personnel should perform the procedures in this guide.
Sicherung F1 im Street Light Bridge ist ein Littleman Sicherung bewertet 300
Dieses Gerät hat keine vom Anwender zu wartenden Teile.
Nur qualifiziertes Personal sollte die in diesem Handbuch beschriebenen
Safety Warning
BLO.
This device has no user-serviceable parts.
Sicherheitshinweis
VAC, 10 A, SLO-BLO.
Verfahren durchführen.
New Installations
Figure 3 on page 13 shows an overview of the basic process for installing
intelligent street lights with Echelon’s Street Light Bridge technology. The
process includes the following basic steps:
1. Install a Segment Controller
2. Install luminaires
3. Install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules, as needed
Alternatively, you can install the luminaires, and then install the Segment
Controller. However, this document does not describe details for this alternate
installation scenario.
12 Installation for the Street Lighting Solution
START
Install SLB
Install a Street Light
Bridge module on a
previously installed
luminaire; install another
Street Light Bridge within
line of sight of the first
NO
YES
1
2
3
All
Lamps Off?
Install Luminaires
Install luminaires
Each lamp turns on
Install i.LON
Segment Controller
discovers as many lamps
as it can, and turns each
one off to indicate that
communications are
established
DONE
Install i.LON
Place Segment
Controller in Acquisition
Mode to discover
luminaires and SLB
modules
Install Luminaires
Install luminaires
Segment Controller
discovers lamps and
turns each off
OR
After your initial network of the Segment Controller and luminaires is defined,
you can add CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules to extend the
communications range of the network.
Figure 3. Basic Street Lighting Installation Process
Street Light Bridge Integrator’s Guide 13
Step 1: Install the Segment Controller
Configure the Segment Controller (see Chapter 3, Setting Up the Segment
Controller, on page 23) and install it at any convenient location for the street
lighting solution. For example, you can install it on one of the street light poles
or utility poles (typically below the neutral space) within the area for the street
lighting solution. Ensure that the Segment Controller has power.
Place the Segment Controller into Acquisition Mode; see Automatically
Discovering Devices on page 27. While in Acquisition Mode, the Segment
Controller continually attempts to discover devices (luminaires and CRD 3000
Street Light Bridge modules) on the power line network. In Acquisition Mode,
the Segment Controller’s Service LED flashes at 4 Hz.
As the Segment Controller establishes communications with each luminaire and
commissions it, the Segment Controller turns the lamp off.
Note that if you install luminaires first, all of the lamps within the network stay
on until you install the Segment Controller. Some installations might require
several days of installation time, so some of the lamps could remain on for one or
more days.
Recommendation: For installations in which the luminaires are managed by
monitoring software (such as Streetlight.Vision Data Collect) and have group
switching established, install the Segment Controller during the day so that the
schedule defined by the monitoring software can specify the luminaire’s behavior
(that is, the schedule should specify that lamps are off during the day) as the
Segment Controller establishes communications with each luminaire. Thus, you
can receive visual confirmation that the Segment Controller has established
communications with each luminaire.
When all of the lamps are off, the installation is complete. For any that do not
turn off, proceed to Step 3 to install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules; the
Segment Controller will discover and commission the installed luminaires
through the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules.
Step 2: Install Luminaires
Install one or more luminaires. Each luminaire’s lamp should turn on to indicate
that it has power.
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Allow the Segment Controller to discover and commission each installed
luminaire. If you install the luminaires before the Segment Controller, record
each luminaire’s physical location and Neuron ID so that you can enter this
information into the Segment Controller Device Web page for each luminaire.
For example, record the luminaire’s GPS coordinates, pole ID, or map grid
reference.
If you install the Segment Controller before any of the luminaires, the Segment
Controller will discover and commission each luminaire as it is installed. If a
given lamp does not turn off within approximately two minutes, you should
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This behavior is defined by the luminaire’s LonMark® interoperable profile. The Segment
Controller updates the primary data point for the luminaire during device commissioning; for a
luminaire’s LonMark profile, the primary data point is the on/off snvt_switch network variable.
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assume that the Segment Controller cannot communicate with the luminaire,
and you should proceed to step 3.
If you install the luminaires before the Segment Controller, the Segment
Controller will discover and commission all of the luminaires; however, this
process could take some time.
After an installed luminaire is discovered and commissioned by the Segment
Controller, the lamp should turn off. For any that do not turn off, proceed to Step
3 to install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules; the Segment Controller will
discover the installed luminaires through the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules.
Step 3: Install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge Modules
Install a CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module to extend the communications
range of the Segment Controller.
Return to any previously installed luminaire for which the lamp is off (that is, it
has communications with the Segment Controller). Install the CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge module on the luminaire or on a pole near the luminaire, and record
its physical location (GPS coordinates, pole ID, or map grid reference) and its
Neuron ID (the barcoded number printed on or attached to the module); or
alternatively, let the Segment Controller automatically discover and commission
the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module.
You can install the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module in the luminaire’s
photocell receptor after removing the photocell. For luminaraires that do not
have a photocell receptor, you need to add a locking-type photocontrol receptacle
that conforms to the ANSI C136.10 standard.
photocell receptor or locking-type photocontrol receptacle, and turn the module ¼
turn clockwise to lock it into position.
The CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module has a green LED to indicate that it is
receiving power. In addition, if this LED is on solid, the CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge module has been discovered and commissioned by the Segment Controller;
if this LED is flashing slowly, the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module has not
yet been commissioned.
Install a second CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module on a luminaire (or on a
nearby pole) for which the lamp is on (that is, the luminaire does not have
communications with the Segment Controller). This second CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge module should have direct line-of-sight with the previously installed
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module. Ensure that the two modules are within
85 meters (275 feet) of one another.
Verify that the newly installed CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module’s amber
LED is on to indicate that the module has good radio frequency (RF)
communication with a previously installed module; see Verifying Successful
Installation on page 17. If the newly installed CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
module does not have a sufficient RF signal with a nearby CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge module, reinstall the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module in a different
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Insert the module into the
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Locking-type photocontrol receptacles are available from companies such as Ripley Lighting
Controls (for example, their 5927 or 5926 Receptacle With Cast Housing can accommodate the
Street Light Bridge module).
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location (perhaps closer to or within a different line-of-sight of a previously
installed CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module).
After you install the second CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module, wait a few
minutes for the Segment Controller to discover and commission it. When the
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module’s green LED is on solid, the module has
been discovered and commissioned. Within a few more minutes, one or more
lamps should turn off as the Segment Controller discovers and commissions the
luminaires. If all of the lamps are off, the installation is complete.
For those lamps that do not turn off, install additional CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge modules to further extend the communications range of the Segment
Controller.
If a newly installed CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module does not cause any
lamps to turn off (perhaps because the newly installed module exceeds the
maximum hop count or range), it is likely that you need return to step 1 to install
a new Segment Controller.
Step 4: Complete Installation
After all of the luminaires, the Segment Controller, and the CRD 3000 Street
Light Bridge modules are installed, you can establish remote communications
with the Segment Controller and can manage the installed network. For
example, you can modify the installation information for each of the luminaires
and CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules, and define schedules for the lights
within the network. These tasks are typically performed by a network
integrator.
Recommendation: For installations in which each luminaire has its photocell
removed to allow network communications to manage the luminaires (for
example, a typical US installation), install a small number of luminaires
(perhaps 20 to 30) and CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules each day so that
you can minimize the amount of time that any luminaire remains on (out of
communications with the Segment Controller).
For installations in which the luminaires are managed by monitoring software
(such as Streetlight.Vision Data Collect) and have group switching established,
normal switching operations control the lamps’ behavior (that is, they are off
during the day and on at night). Thus, for such preconfigured networks, you can
install as many luminaires as required for the project without concern for the
amount of time that any luminaire remains on.
Existing Installations
Installation for existing street lighting networks is similar to installation for new
networks. In general, you can add new luminaires and CRD 3000 Street Light
Bridge modules to add new segments to the network, or you can relocate,
reassign, or replace existing luminaires or CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules based on the needs of the network.
If a luminaire or CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module fails, you can use the
Segment Controller Web pages to determine which device is bad. You can
decommission the failing device, physically replace the failing device, assign the
new device’s Neuron ID to the decommissioned device, then recommission it. See
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Chapter 5, Managing a Street Lighting Network, on page 47, for more
information about these tasks.
Verifying Successful Installation
You can verify a successful Street Light Bridge installation in two ways:
• Verify the states of the power LED and the RF signal LED – both LEDs
are off initially
• Query the status of the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module from the
Segment Controller
See Testing Devices on page 73 for more information about using the Segment
Controller to verify Street Light Bridge installation.
Verify Green Power LED State
The green power LED turns on as soon as possible after you supply power to the
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module. The state of the power LED depends on
the state of the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module:
• If the module is configured and running normally, the power LED is on
solid.
• If the module is not configured, but is otherwise operating normally, the
power LED flashes at a ½ Hz rate.
• If there is a serious error, the power LED flashes at a 4 Hz rate. In this
case, the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module continues to operate as
well as possible, but functionality could be reduced. You can manually
reset the device to attempt to recover and restore functionality. You can
also query the module’s error log to determine the cause of the problem.
If the problem persists, replace the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
module.
Verify Amber RF LED State
The amber RF signal LED is used during installation to indicate whether the
CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module can establish RF communications with a
nearby CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module. If so, the RF signal flashes in a
pattern that represents the signal quality, as shown in Figure 4 on page 18.
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t
[ms]
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Naught
0 150 500 850 1000
One period (1000ms)
Figure 4. RF Signal Quality as Represented by the RF Signal LED
The flashing pattern of the RF signal LED allows the installer to confirm good
RF communications with nearby CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules without
having to return to the Segment Controller. Echelon does not recommend using
a link that indicates poor or no margin; such a link is likely to have poor
reliability.
However, the RF communications indicated by the LED could possibly be with an
unrelated street lighting network that uses a different Segment Controller than
the network into which you installed the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module.
In addition, the quality of the RF communications link has some dependency on
ambient temperature conditions, so you should verify RF communications at
extreme temperatures as well as at nominal temperatures.
By default, both LEDs turn off after one hour. You can modify this timeout value
by updating the nciLedTimeout data point. Setting this data point to zero
disables LED shutoff (that is, the LEDs remain on or flashing indefinitely). See
Appendix A, Interoperable Interface for the Street Light Bridge, on page 103, for
more information about this and other data points that comprise the Street Light
Bridge interoperable interface.
Example Installations
You can install CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules in almost any
configuration to provide power line and radio frequency communications for
street lights within a street lighting solution.
In the figures, the street lights in the figures are shown in straight lines, but they
could be in any physical configuration. Also, the service distribution
transformers are shown installed on utility poles, but the transformers could be
pad mounted.
Basic Installation
Figure 5 and Figure 6 on page 19 shows a basic installation with a Segment
Controller and two CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules. The Segment
Controller uses the power line communications channel for the nearest set of
luminaires, and two CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules provide the
communications bridge between the two service distribution transformers.
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Note that the Segment Controller does not share a power line connection with the
luminaires on the other side of the RF bridge; the CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules forward all communications between the two network segments.
Figure 5. Basic Street Light Bridge Installation (Typical US Installation)
Figure 6. Basic Street Light Bridge Installation (Typical European Installation)
Extending a Basic Installation
A single CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module can communicate with more than
one companion CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module to define a more complex
configuration. Figure 7 on page 20 shows an extension to the configuration
shown in Figure 5 (a European installation is not shown, but can be extended in
the same way). A single CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge module communicates
with three CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules to further extend the range of
the Segment Controller and provide communications to a greater number of
luminaires.
Communications between the Segment Controller and the network segments in
the foreground (the bottom of Figure 7) connect to the Segment Controller’s
network segment through an RF hop.
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Figure 7. Extending the Street Light Bridge Installation
Adding Multiple RF Hops
Because CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge modules provide communications across
power line boundaries, you can connect them in a series to provide maximum
range extension. Figure 8 on page 21 shows such an extension from the
configuration shown in Figure 7. By adding CRD 3000 Street Light Bridge
modules in series as shown in the bottom portion of Figure 8, you can create
complex networks to provide power line and RF communications for almost any
physical configuration of luminaires in a street lighting solution.
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