Philips Ledalite Airwave - 16.0 Occupancy Sensor Linking

Product Manual
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AIRWAVE DEVICES
1.0 Overview
Airwave provides wireless individual personal control, daylight harvesting, occupancy sensing, and full range dimming for private offices, open plan areas, conference rooms, and other spaces. Airwave devices
can also be used to transform large areas of uncontrolled lighting into smaller, discreet zones with improved user accessibility and control.
Airwave Devices:
• Solarpowered,wirelessphotosensorfordaylightharvesting.
• Solarpowered,wirelessPIRoccupancysensor.
• Kineticallypoweredandwirelesshandheldremote,singlepaddleswitchanddualpaddleswitchesforON/OFFandfullrangedimmingcontrol.
• IntelligenttransceiverthatreceivessignalsfromwirelessAirwavedevicesandwiredorwirelessoccupancysensorsandcontrolslightingxtures.
2.0 Airwave Transceiver
TheAirwavetransceiveristhehubofthesystemintelligence.ItreceiveswirelesssignalsfromkineticallypoweredAirwaveswitchesand
solarpoweredAirwavephotosensorsaswellaswiredandwirelesssignalsfromoccupancysensorstocontrolON/OFFfunctionsand0-10V
dimming for individual light fixtures or a group of light fixtures contained within a lighting zone. The Airwave Transceiver can also:
• TransmitoccupancysignalstootherwirelessTransceivers
• RepeatAirwaveswitchesandotherdevicestodistantTransceivers
• RespondtowirelessDemandResponsesignalstodimorturnofflightstoreduceenergyconsumption
 (seeSection12.0–DemandResponse)
2.1 Wired and Wireless Occupancy Sensing
2.1.1 24VWiredOccupancySensing
TheAirwavetransceiverisfullycompatiblewithwiredoccupancysensors,includinginfra-red(PIR),ultrasonic,dual-
technologyandmicrophonicdevices.Infact,thetransceiverhasanintegrated24V(50mA)outputtoprovide
powerforthesewiredmotiondetectiondeviceswhichreducestheneedforadditionalpowerpacksandlow
voltagewiring.UsingwiredoccupancysensorswithAirwaveisakeystrategytoenhanceenergysavingswhich
allowsdesignerstodeploythemostapplicableandreliabletechnologymountedinthemostappropriatelocation(s)
without the concerns of detection coverage patterns or batteries and their associated maintenance.
Note: a wired occupancy trigger signal should be wired to only one transceiver. Triggering multiple transceivers
must be done wirelessly using the steps outlined in 20.8.