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Luminaire Testing Made Easy: The All-in-One Solution for Your Testing Tasks

The lighting industry has undergone the far-reaching technological change of recent years – LED technology is now the standard. Current challenges arise from the light source and the increasing complexity of the electronics used.

Future-proof testing systems for your luminaires

Safety test

• Protective conductor resistance between PE terminal and any housing parts – even with 60Hz
• Insulation resistance single-phase on L1, N and PE or three-phase on L1, L2, L3, N and PE
• Insulation resistance between the mains terminals L1, L2, L3, N and interface connections
• If required, high voltage test with AC, e.g., for UL – even with 60Hz
• If required, high voltage test with DC
• If required, leakage current test – even with 60 Hz
• Compliant with all globally recognized standards

function test

• Function test / Current consumption measurement starting from 1 mA, switchable to different phases
• Power consumption measurement starting from 1 Watt
• Power sources for LED modules
• Voltage sources for LED modules
• Testing of the emergency power operation of luminaires

Rail Connector Testing / Through-Wiring Testing

• Testing of T- or cross connectors for light rails
• Through-wiring test up to 7-pin and more
• Wiring single-phase, three-phase and dimming cables
• Test Methods
  • Contact resistance
  • Swapping
  • Interruption
  • Phase Switching
  • protective conductor resistance with 10 – 32 A
  • insulation resistance against the earth conductor and among each other
  • HVAC with safety current limited Test current of ≤ 3 mA (as far as possible); alternatively with ≤ 20 mA or ≤ 100 mA, if the leakage current of the test object is above 3 mA due to its design
  • HVDC with safety current limited Test current ≤ 12 mA

Interface Communication

• DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface)
  • Reading of the EVG/ECG/LED driver data such as version of the software etc.
  • Writing and reading out of OEM data, such as luminaire serial number, order etc.
• DSI (Digital Signal Interface)
• DMX (Digital Multiplex)
• Casambi
• HUE
• Zigbee
• Matter over Thread, Homematic, Shelly, KNX and more...
• Analog
• Touch / Push
• Cost savings:
  safety-, function and interface communication directly via a test device! Full integration of interface communication into the test sequence.
  No additional components, programming adapters or additional PC required!

Parameterization of the ECGs / ECGs / LED drivers

• Parameter transmission for individual configuration of the luminaire
• Parameterization in devices from a wide range of manufacturers

Evaluations with Camera

• Brightness of individual LEDs
• Light color of individual LEDs
• Inspection of reflectors and diffusers

Integration into your IT

• Central test plan storage on a server
• Test plan creation independent of the test device at multiple workstations
• Central test plan management
• Reading and saving serial numbers
• Integration of barcode / Data Matrix scanners
• Label printing for luminaires and packaging
• Communication with your ERP system (e.g., SAP, MS-Dynamics, ProAlpha…)
  •   Management of test orders
  •   Transfer of bills of material and information from your ERP system into the test plans
  •   Reporting back of test results and order data (such as serial number) to your ERP system
• Central test result memory on a server
• Various printing options for the test results
• Statistical analyses

What do the abbreviations EVG and ECG stand for?