The new lighting installation in the ERCO auditorium reveals the scenographic capabilities of Light System DALI

Talks and seminars on attractive lighting

Lüdenscheid, 18 September 2007 - The auditorium in ERCO's Technical Centre has now been equipped with a new lighting installation incorporating the ERCO lighting control system, Light System DALI. It's here that each year thousands of visitors take part in architectural seminars, talks and other events related to lighting design. Now they can experience first hand a wealth of options made possible by Light System DALI as a tool for the scenographic lighting of architecture.

Using a laptop with ERCO Light Studio software, the ERCO designers set up a range of complex light scenes with fantastic colour effects and dynamic progressions. The light scenes can be recalled from the lectern using a linked media control system. They can also be recalled via the ERCO Light Changers which are compact wall control panels with user-friendly touch screens to navigate through the menu. The entire auditorium with its 70 seats can be continuously reinterpreted based on functional, design and dramatic effects simply at the push of a button.

The scenographic concept includes glare-free, dimmable Skim low-voltage halogen downlights providing ambient lighting and Parscan spotlights with low-voltage halogen lamps attached to a DALI track to provide accent lighting for the lectern . This is supplemented with colourful effect lighting predominantly on the vertical surfaces of the room. So, for example, Quadra varychrome wallwashers with high-power LEDs illuminate the side walls very evenly, while the front wall can be bathed in any required spectral colour using Optec varychrome LED spotlights. The walls which are visible behind and on either side of the front wall are illuminated using Focalflood varychrome floodlights with T16 fluorescent lamps which provide contrasting coloured light. Even the varychrome rings of the Skim downlights containing LED's can be controlled individually to produce any required colour.

The installation consists of 160 ERCO Light Clients all of which have DALI-compatible lighting equipment connected via a control line through nine networked ERCO Light Servers 64+. All the Light Servers are installed in a single switch cabinet storing the system and scene data and providing the control functions.

The new lighting system demonstrates to the audience the scenographic potential of the DALI technology, as available from ERCO in the form of Light Studio DALI. So the installation not only manages the functional requirements of the multipurpose room, but provides interested visitors with insight into the creative possibilities and the intuitive operation of the Light Studio software.


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About ERCO
ERCO Leuchten GmbH, Lüdenscheid, is one of the leading companies in the luminaire industry. The family business founded in 1934 now operates with over 60 subsidiaries, branches and agencies all around the world. Working together with internationally renowned designers, lighting engineers and architects, ERCO develops hardware and software for all areas of architectural lighting: luminaires and lighting systems for indoor and outdoor areas, as well as lighting control and software for scenographic lighting applications. In keeping with the corporate philosophy of "Light not luminaires," lighting equipment is not offered simply as furnishing for rooms, but rather luminaries are offered as instruments of lighting design. Many demanding architectural projects are illuminated using ERCO equipment, including the Berlin Reichstag, the Louvre in Paris and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. In 2006 ERCO's over 1000 strong worldwide workforce produced sales of 150 million euros.


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		Image 1 1183 x 1800 pixel 185.50 kb Individually addressable Optec varychrome LED spotlights bathe the projection screen in the intensive light of the entire colour spectrum. Proper illumination of the lectern with minimal glare is ensured by Parscan spotlights for low-voltage halogen lamps.
		Image 2 1200 x 1800 pixel 275.85 kb The scenographic concept includes glare-free, dimmable ambient lighting, combined with varychrome luminaires for colour effects. Skim varychrome downlights provide for a neutral mood.
		Image 3 1200 x 1800 pixel 271.02 kb Quadra varychrome wallwashers evenly illuminate the side walls with light in a free choice of colours.
		Image 4 1200 x 1800 pixel 239.26 kb Due to LED technology, the colour-mixing luminaires provide a wide spectrum of highly saturated colours, which is optimally reproduced in true colours thanks to the colour compensation feature.
		Image 5 1200 x 1800 pixel 292.13 kb A multitude of complex light scenes with colour effects and dynamic progressions has been set up using the ERCO Light Studio software. The scenes can be recalled using the laptop on the lectern or via ERCO Light Changers in the wall.
		Image 6 1200 x 1800 pixel 160.01 kb Due to the individual control of the varychrome rings of the Skim downlights, fascinating effects can be created. DALI control technology ensures an uncomplicated and economically efficient installation.
		Image 7 1144 x 1800 pixel 337.79 kb The auditorium lighting with a total of 375 DALI addresses is controlled via nine Light Servers 64+ located in a single switch cabinet. For DALI installations with more than 64 addresses, the Light Servers 64+ are simply networked via Ethernet.