SECTION 260943 SPECIFICATIONS - Wireless Network Lighting Controls. PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS 1.2 SUMMARY AND KEY SYSTEM DIFFERENTIATORS A. The lighting control system specified herein shall provide a wireless, distributed, secure, selfhealing peer to peer mesh network of controlled luminaires with optional motion sensors for outdoor lighting applications. B. The system shall provide a marked-up site map with all fixture locations, and fixtures shall be labeled (on box and fixture) with corresponding location/type for easy installation. C. The system shall be capable of turning luminaires on/off (where supported by the luminaire) as well as full range dimming. D. The system shall be capable of operating luminaires completely independently, without the need for external control equipment (routers, servers, access points, etc.). The controlled luminaires shall have an internal Real Time Clock (RTC) to support independent operation. The RTC shall be backed with a solid state battery, providing backup power for at least four days with AC power disconnected. E. If required, the controlled luminaires can be shipped pre-commissioned from the factory. F. The system shall communicate wirelessly utilizing long range 2.4GHz ISM radio band (16 channels) and be capable of supporting distances up to 300. Systems which use other frequencies shall provide documentation insuring range and performances equal to that of the specified system. G. All system components shall be completely contained inside of the luminaire. H. The controlled luminaires shall support multiple schedules including weekday and special date (e.g. Holiday) schedules. I. The controlled luminaires shall be able to perform lumen maintenance. J. The controlled luminaires shall support an optional integrated Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor (where available). Each sensor shall be capable of controlling its host fixture, satellite luminaires within its group, up to four motion zones or the entire network. K. The system shall be supplied with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and USB bridge node to wirelessly interface with and configure the luminaires.
L. Device firmware shall be updateable from the GUI and USB bridge node. Firmware updates shall not require a serial or patch cable. M. For security purposes, the system shall not be capable of Internet connectivity or remote access. The system shall support AES-128 encryption for wireless communications. N. System shall not require a third-party 24/7 manned network operations center for systems monitoring. O. System shall not require an annual service contract or licensing fees. P. The system shall provide a 5-year warranty for all components. 1.3 DEFINITIONS A. AES-128 Advanced Encryption Standard 128 bit encryption key B. FCC Federal Communications Commission C. HCS Hubbell Control Solutions D. HLI Hubbell Lighting Incorporated E. IC Industry Canada F. ISM Band Industrial, Scientific and Medical radio frequency band G. NEC National Electrical Code H. NEMA National Electrical Manufacturer Association I. RF Radio Frequency J. RTC Real Time Clock 1.4 SUBMITTALS A. Manufacturer shall provide submittal drawings and data for approval prior to beginning manufacture of equipment in printed and/or electronic formats. B. Submittal package shall include, but not be limited to, the following. Submittals that do not contain all the information listed below will not be considered for approval. AIA Specifications 1. Bill of Materials: Provide as part of the submittal package a detailed itemized listing of all proposed equipment, including quantities and capacities for all major system components. 2. Product Data Sheets: Provide as part of the submittal package detailed product data sheets for all major system components.
3. Shop Drawings: Submittal shall include shop drawings that accurately represent the system or systems specified herein. Shop drawings shall include the name of the project, quantity and physical dimensions of all major system components, wire sizes and counts for all required connections between system components. 4. Factory Pre-commissioning and/or Onsite Commissioning Worksheets must be completed prior to factory pre-commissioning or onsite commissioning start-up. 5. Specifications Compliance: Submit a line-by-line comparison that describes the differences between each specifications requirement and the equipment / systems being proposed. Comparison shall include a complete listing of how the proposed equipment / systems differ from that specified with regard to size, quantity, quality, method of control, features and functions, control software functions and installation requirements. 1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Factory Assembly: All devices shall be factory assembled and tested. All system components shall arrive at the job site complete and ready for installation, requiring only the connection of lighting circuits and wireless update of date and time to the network. B. Component Testing: All system components and assemblies shall be individually tested prior to assembly. Once assembled, all finished products shall be tested for proper operation of all control functions per specifications prior to shipment. C. NEC Compliance: All system components shall comply with all applicable sections of the National Electrical Code (NEC) as required. D. NEMA Compliance: All system components shall comply with all applicable portions of NEMA standards pertaining to types of electrical equipment and enclosures. E. FCC Emissions: All applicable equipment shall comply with FCC emissions standards specified in Part 15, sub-part C for commercial and residential applications and shall bear labels indicating compliance testing. Equipment that does not meet these standards shall not be acceptable. F. All applicable products must be ETL or UL Listed or certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. G. Manufacturer must have a minimum of ten [10] years of experience manufacturing lighting controls. 1.6 COORDINATION 1.7 WARRANTY A. All devices in the lighting control system shall have a 5-year manufacturer s warranty. B. Warranty period shall begin after the completion of the installation and the system s start-up and training, the point at which the system owner receives beneficial use of the control system or 1 year after shipment from the manufacturer, whichever occurs first.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 MANUFACTURERS A. Acceptable Manufacturer: 1. Hubbell Control Solutions a. System: SiteSync Lighting Control 2. Basis of design product: Hubbell Control Solutions SiteSync or subject to compliance and prior approval with specified requirements of this section, one of the following: a. HCS SiteSync b. <Insert manufacturer s name> B. Substitutions: [Not Permitted] 1. All proposed substitutions (clearly delineated as such) must be submitted in writing for approval by the design professional a minimum of 10 working days prior to the bid date and must be made available to all bidders. Proposed substitutes must be accompanied by a review of the specification noting compliance on a line-by-line basis. 2. By using pre-approved substitutions, the contractor accepts responsibility and associated costs for all required modifications to circuitry, devices and wiring. The contractor shall provide complete engineered shop drawings (including power and control wiring) with deviations from the original design highlighted in an alternate color to the engineer for review and approval prior to rough-in. 2.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS A. System shall consist of wireless, distributed and intelligent luminaires consisting of but not limited to ON/OFF (where available) and 0-10VDC full range dimming capabilities, and optional integrated motion sensors. B. Device Firmware and radio firmware shall be upgradable over the air via a USB bridge node. C. System shall use a flood mesh algorithm wherein each repeater broadcasts each packet received (with safeguards against repeating a message more than once). Selection of repeaters shall be done via a system configuration file. D. System shall be self healing. System shall be capable to bypass a failed node without compromising message delivery. E. Controlled luminaires shall be able to maintain accurate date and time using an internal Real Time Clock (RTC). RTC shall be backed with a solid state battery, providing backup power for at least four days with AC power disconnected.
F. System architecture shall facilitate data transmission between each wireless luminaire over the 2.4GHz ISM Radio Frequency (RF) band with an unobstructed RF range of 300ft between each controlled luminaire. G. System architecture shall support the ability to configure controlled luminaires as wireless repeating nodes or non-repeating nodes. This setting shall be part of the luminaire precommissioning if the manufacturer is supplied with an appropriate site map. H. System shall be capable of securing all wireless messages. When transmitting over the air, each controlled luminaire can be configured to use the strong and secure AES-128 (Advanced Encryption Standard) security cipher to encrypt and decrypt messages. I. System shall be capable of being accessed from a computer running the Windows Operating System, the SiteSync GUI client application and the SiteSync USB bridge node. J. System shall have an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI) to configure, control and schedule individual luminaires or groups of luminaires. K. System shall support factory pre-commissioning. If programming is required on site, the system shall remain fully functional during the programming process. Lighting control systems that must be taken OFF LINE for programming are not acceptable. All programming changes shall take effect immediately as they are programmed. L. System shall belong to the customer and the SiteSync client application can be installed on the customer s own computers. 2.3 WIRELESS CONTROLLED LUMINAIRES A. Controlled Luminaires shall be fully programmable and capable of storing and autonomously execute commands and schedules. The operating scenarios described below shall reside within each addressable intelligent controlled luminaire even in case of power outage. Systems which rely on the operator to develop these scenarios using a programming language will not be allowed. B. Standard on all controlled luminaires: 1. Unique network address 2. Radio Script Version Status 3. Radio Channel # 4. Encryption Key 5. Repeater Setting 6. Catalog # 7. Group #
8. Name (Optional) 9. Type (Optional) 10. Pole # (Optional) 11. Description 1 (Optional) 12. Description 2 (Optional) 13. Short ID 14. Schedules (6) Includes Weekday and Special Date Schedules 15. Lumen Maintenance Setting 16. Motion Sensor Settings 17. Manual Control 18. Diagnostics Information C. System shall provide repeat capabilities to extend the range beyond normal radio range. D. Distributed Control 1. Each addressable intelligent luminaire and sensor-modules shall be capable of autonomous automatic operation. Operating scenarios discussed above shall not depend on the operation of a central panel or computer. E. Controlled luminaires shall be FCC Certified and IC Certified. 2.4 SITESYNC SOFTWARE A. Graphical User Interface (GUI) 1. Data shall be entered through a simple Graphical User Interface independently of the language of the operating system. The operating system shall be Windows 7 or more recent. B. Schedules 1. Up to six (6) schedules may be assigned to controlled luminaires. 2. Each schedule shall allow up to eight (8) events per day. 3. Applicable period for individual schedules shall be user-defined, may be specific to the day of week, and shall include the concept of holidays, and special event periods. 4. Schedules may be individually specified for up to twenty-four (24) specific calendar dates, overriding the normally scheduled weekday schedule. 5. Daylight savings time changes (if applicable to the locale) shall be automatic.
6. Dimming events within each schedule may be defined in terms of a definite time (i.e. clock time), or astronomical time (relative to sunrise and sunset). Definite and astronomical times may be combined within the same schedule the software shall automatically detect any conflict and provide a warning. AIA Specifications 7. Sunrise and sunset times shall be based on the site location, and shall be programmed at the factory as part of the luminaire pre-commissioning. Each luminaire shall recalculate sunrise and sunset times on a daily basis and adjust schedules accordingly. C. Lumen Maintenance 1. Lumen Maintenance settings shall be available to disable or enable lumen maintenance functionality. D. Motion Sensor Settings 1. Enable Individual Motion Sensing 2. Enable as a Master Sensor for Own Group 3. Configurable cycle duration (mins) 4. Enable as a Master Sensor for up to four (4) Motion Zones 5. Enable as a Master Sensor for Entire Network 6. Restrict motion detection to specific time intervals 7. Configurable High Brightness Level 8. Luminaires responding as satellites can be configured to use either the controlling master s settings, or their own, for cycle duration and high brightness level. E. Manual Control 1. Slider control for dimming level % 2. Numerical input for brightness % 3. Increase light level 4. Decrease light level 5. Flash/Wink luminaire 6. Reboot luminaire F. Diagnostics 1. Downloadable diagnostic data a. Network address
b. Brightness % c. Time d. Date e. Current DST status f. DST setting g. Clock status h. Mode i. RTC battery charging status j. PCB temperature (where available) k. Operating hours l. Highest recorded temperature (where available) m. Highest temp time/date (where available) n. Dim Schedule o. Scheduled Events #1 - #8 p. Thermal Protection Limit % q. Global Dimming Factor % r. Executed Brightness % s. Link Quality % t. Dimming Voltage u. Voltage Ckt 1 and Ckt 2 (where available) v. Drive Current (A) (where available) w. Power (W) (where available) x. Energy Used (kwh) (where available, not certified as Utility Grade) y. Time of Last Boot z. Time of Last Time Set aa. bb. Repeater Setting Group (Live)
cc. dd. ee. ff. gg. hh. ii. jj. kk. ll. Motion Sensor State Motion Config ID Individual Motion Sensor Setting Remote Motion Sensor Setting Motion Sensor Master for Network Motion Sensor Master for Group Motion Sensor Master for Motion Zones Software Script Version (Live) Radio Channel (Live) Encryption Key (Live) 2.5 MOTION SENSORS (OPTIONAL) A. Motion Sensors shall provide automatic switching of lighting load(s) within an area/zone based on the presence of human activity. B. Motion Sensors shall not require any manual adjustment at the time of installation or during operation. C. Motion Sensors shall utilize passive infrared to detect motion. D. Motion Sensors with passive infrared technology shall monitor background temperature levels and automatically make corresponding adjustments. E. Motion Sensors shall be capable of controlling its host fixture, satellite luminaires within its group, up to four motion zones or the entire network, or any combination thereof. F. Motion Sensors shall have a configurable timeout delay that can be set via the GUI. Motion sensors that require manual time delay knobs or DIP switch settings for field adjustment are not acceptable. G. Motion Sensors shall be end or surface mounted (depending on model). PART 3 - EXECUTION 3.1 INSTALLATION A. All equipment shall be installed in accordance with manufacturer s installation instructions and in compliance with all applicable local and national codes and requirements. B. Provide complete installation of system in accordance with Contract Documents.
C. Provide documentation on the commissioning of the system including by not limited to the following: 1. Sequence of operations 2. Device settings 3. Load parameters 4. Schedules 3.2 ON-SITE FACTORY COMMISSIONING (OPTIONAL) AIA Specifications A. Upon completion of the installation, the system shall be commissioned by the manufacturer s factory authorized representative who will verify a complete fully functional system. B. The electrical contractor shall provide both the manufacturer and the electrical engineer with ten working days written notice of the system startup and adjustment date. C. Upon completion of the system commissioning, the factory-authorized technician shall provide the proper training to the owner s personnel on the adjustment and maintenance of the system.