Dutch firm Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, has launched a mains-powered motion and daylight Dali (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) sensor to give site managers more control over their lighting.

It can also save on energy costs by ensuring lights are only switched on when needed.

Designed to sit within the Signify Interact connected lighting platform, the Dali sensor can partner with a range of luminaire families including Maxos Fusion, GentleSpace and Pacific LED. Within this connected platform, users can access the sensor’s data metrics to optimise their lighting management.

The Dali sensor provides optimal coverage from ceiling heights ranging from 2 to 16 metres, making it suitable in industrial settings, such as manufacturing sites, warehouses, logistics centres and indoor parking.

The Signify Interact connected products in these environments provide high-quality lighting, asset management capabilities and lighting control, which can improve worker productivity, enhance safety, health and wellbeing, and bring energy, cost and time savings.

The sensor automatically adjusts lighting levels depending on the amount of daylight and uses passive infra-red (PIR) motion detection technology to control luminaires. Featuring adjustable sensitivity, it can be used to adapt to specific environments and user behaviour. Its wireless Zigbee communication has a range of 50 metres. Some variants of the sensor have high IP and IK ratings to withstand dust, water and impact in tough environments.

The sensor supports the Dali 2 driver with parts 251, 252 and 253 for energy metrics and up to ten Dali drivers can connect via an integrated Dali port of 20mA. It can be commissioned using the Interact Pro app via Bluetooth and the IR remote control.

“Connected lighting can help address many of the challenges industrial businesses face,” said Greg Nelson, executive vice president at Signify (www.signify.com). “With this new mains-powered Dali sensor, building operators can more easily reduce wasteful energy use and, through automation and advanced data metrics, better manage the use of light throughout the day.”