In the face of numerous connection technologies, it is necessary to choose the appropriate connection technology to connect lighting and apply to differen application scenarios.
In the application scenario of intelligent home lighting, it is necessary to consider the full connection, convenient operation and safety of the overall home equipment. Moreover, it is more important to consider the multiple points and complex networking. Some nodes, such as sensors and remote controls, must also support low power consumption.Bluetooth technology defines the bluetooth Mesh technology based on controllable broadcast, which inherits the characteristics of low power consumption of bluetooth, and is also a connection technology worthy of attention in the future.However, if there are not many nodes to connect to, or if there is a single point-to-point simple connection, a wi-fi or bluetooth connection will suffice.
In order to control lighting, intelligent lighting should first establish a connection between lighting equipment and control equipment. Connection is the first step towards intelligent lighting.In intelligent building application scenario, the intelligent lighting system generally requires and linkage of building automation system, based on the connecting way of bus in building automation has a large number of applications, such as KnX, BAcnet or Dynet, can use the bus technology to control the lighting, but for the lighting equipment, DALI due to its simple, reliable, easy to install, etc, become a lighting connection technology.Wireless connection network is more flexible.
For example, Fairhair connection technology that supports IP and has the same origin as ZigBee/thread also has a unified common application layer compatible with multiple building automation protocols. In the complex environment of smart building, it will become a unified connection mode in the future.
