What are the control options for smart fixtures?
Mobile App Control
Mobile application control is one of the most common control methods for smart lighting. Luminaire manufacturers usually develop corresponding cell phone applications, and users can realize a variety of functions through cell phone applications.
Cree Lighting
Developed by Ideal Industries Lighting LLC for the iPhone, the app allows users to turn on, off, or dim white light for everyday use, as well as use millions of colors to create ambiance in scenarios such as parties. It also supports the “Follow the Sun” feature, where the light gradually changes according to the time of day to mimic natural light, helping to improve mood, health and productivity.
Future Smart BLE
Developed by Aurora International Lighting Corporation Limited. It is a Bluetooth Mesh-based smart lighting control application that can be used to control lamps and sensors in various environments. It not only has basic dimming and color control functions, but also has the ability to set up different scenarios and preset schedules according to the user’s preference, making it a good choice for combining smart lighting with entertainment.
Ervan smart
This is a useful zigbee fixture control software. Users can bind lights, check the status of the lights, control the color and brightness of the lights, as well as turn them on and off at regular intervals. The app has three types of lights to choose from: warm and cool, RGB multi-color, and background lights, and you can control the added lights individually or in groups.
Control through gateway connection
Some smart fixture systems use gateway devices, where the fixtures need to be connected to the gateway first, and then the cell phone communicates with the gateway to realize the control of the fixtures. This approach can build a more stable and complex smart home network that supports more devices to be linked and centrally managed. For example, smart lamps in multiple rooms can be controlled in a unified way through a single gateway to achieve intelligent management of lights in the whole house.
Voice control
One smart lamps and lanterns mobile apps support integration with intelligent voice assistants, such as Apple’s Siri, Android’s Google Assistant or the domestic Xiaoxi classmates, Tmall Genie and so on. After users set up the connection with the voice assistant in the cell phone application, they can control the smart lamps and lanterns through voice commands without manually operating the cell phone application. For example, say “open the living room lights”, “dim the bedroom lights” and other commands, intelligent voice assistant will recognize and communicate the instructions to the cell phone application, and then control the lamps to perform the corresponding operations.
Scene Mode Control
Preset scene modes: cell phone applications usually provide some preset scene modes, such as reading mode, sleep mode, party mode, movie watching mode and so on. Users can directly select the corresponding scene mode according to their needs, and the smart lamps will automatically adjust to the brightness, color temperature and color and other parameters suitable for the scene. For example, in reading mode, the light will be automatically adjusted to a brighter state with moderate color temperature to reduce eye fatigue; in sleep mode, the light will be gradually dimmed until it is turned off to create a good sleeping atmosphere.