Control at your fingertips
Vizion Central Management System (CMS) is a convenient and effective street lighting system that provides you with total management of your entire street light network from any web enabled computer. Log into the Vizion website and you have access to reports, information and control over your street lighting. The Vizion Host exchanges information with the installed estate of Collectors. Using the safe and secure WiMAC protocol, the Collector in turn sends and receives information from each Node within its range.
Regardless of the number of lighting points Vizion gives you the freedom to choose interoperable products that fully integrate within your lighting network.
Within the Vizion Central Management System (CMS) there are four main products:
• Collector
• Nema Node
• Ballast Node
• ZEBC Smart Electronic Ballast
A Node is located on top or within each street light. The Node, which replaces the existing PECU, is a communication module which sends and receives information about the status of the street light to/from the ‘Collector’.
The Nema Node is a retrofit solution replacing the existing Nema photocell. Nema Nodes offer a quick and convenient replacement for any street light that currently uses a Nema Photocell. Each Nema Node provides monitoring and switching of conventional and ECG gear. |
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 The new ZEBC Ballast is suitable for both Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium lamps. The ZEBC is designed for use as either a stand-alone unit or for integration into the Vizion system. The ZEBCs high efficiency ensures significant reductions are made in energy consumption and that stable power consumption is maintained over the full operating voltage range. The full features of the ZEBC ballast are unlocked by connection to a Ballast Node and Vizion CMS.
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The collector is a two way transmitting module that sits within a localised network of nodes.
Each collector has a maximum capacity of up to 250 nodes within a 3km radius. In practice, working numbers may be less due to localised conditions.
The collector scans the local network for faults and modifies control regimes according to the type of activation and time profile selected.
Each collector has the facility to adopt any nodes within its range that are not already assigned to another collector or if an adjacent collector ceases to operate for any reason (up to the collectors maximum capacity)
Through the WiMAC protocol – a secure, wireless communication channel - the Collector, has two-way communication with the Nodes on all street lights within its range. Each Collector has a maximum capacity of up to 250 Nodes within a 3km radius. In practice, working numbers may be less due to localised conditions. The Collector collects the information from all the street lights in its area and, using GPRS, sends the information to the Vizion Host. The Collector also receives messages from the Vizion Host and transmits them to the individual Nodes on the street lights. The Collector ensures that the Nodes are operating according to their schedule.
Variable lighting solution
A variable lighting facility can be provided by operating a Ballast node in conjunction with a ZEBC Smart Electronic Ballast.
This combination offers a two-tier dimming facility within the lighting fixture and can lead to greater energy and cost savings. Using the ZEBC Smart Electronic Ballast you can
• Switch off
• Dim at 50% light output
• Dim at 75% light output
• Switch on at 100% light output
Using the Ballast Node in conjunction with the ZEBC Ballast presents you with full system diagnostics. Any predictive or actual lamp failures are quickly identified. Vizion also monitors the performance of any control gear present within the lighting network and any communication anomaly is displayed by the reporting facility.
 The Vizion Host is hosted and maintained by Zodion. All authorised users are provided with secure access to this web-based system, via the Internet. It is through the Vizion Host that instructions are sent from your internet browser to the Collector and transferred to the Nodes within the street lights. It also collects information from the Collectors, which can then be accessed, via the Internet, by any authorised user.This convenient and cost-effective system means that you do not require any additional software or equipment other than a computer or laptop with a suitable browser and Internet access. Instead, as an authorised user, you can log onto Vizion from anywhere in the world through our secure website. Zodion will carry out this web hosting service under a separate Service Level Agreement. |
When the system is set up Zodion will enter into a service agreement with the system operators. This agreement covers the maintenance of connectivity and access to the Vizion Host. There are annual charges associated with this agreement to cover the provision of this connectivity. Access to the system is dependent upon this agreement.
Vizion offers a comprehensive range of system services enabling you to manage your street lighting network. Routine system reporting includes details of:
• Predictive and actual lamp failure
• Lamp strike failure
• Aged lamp
• Ballast thermal shutdown
• Ballast operating the lamp at reduced power
• Ballast to Node communications errors
• Communication integrity between Collector and Node
• Collector communication status
• Early warning report of any high lamp hours and high lamp voltage
• Poor Power Factor (NEMA Node)
You can elect to be notified by e-mail the status of the system each day.
In addition the system provides reports on
• Historical Sunrise/Sunset
• Projected ‘solar clock’ sunrise/sunset
• Historical lamp voltage
• Historical Collector temperature
• Energy consumption
• Inventory (with various levels of detail)
All reports can be printed and most can be exported as spreadsheets, ‘pdf’ documents, or text (data) files.
Downloads
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Vizion Brochure download (112 kb) |
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Vizion Technical Specifications download (104 kb) |
