Originally launched in 2014, the N-Light CONNECT system was seen, at the time, as a breakthrough in emergency lighting automation, thanks to its intuitive interface and ease of installation. Following its success, this product has now evolved into an ecosystem of options, designed for scaling both within large buildings and across entire estates.
The N-Light CONNECT+ DALI emergency lighting test and monitoring system has developed from the original product for 128 devices into a system where a single touch panel can test and monitor up to 1,024 emergency luminaires, making it a suitable and desirable option for very large buildings across a large square metre footprint or many storeys.
To complement this, Mackwell has launched a wireless version of the system, known as N-Light AIR, which provides the ability to more easily retrofit the N-Light functionality into existing buildings, where rewiring may prove challenging. This may be especially desirable in older housing blocks, offices, retail units and heritage buildings, especially where challenges such as asbestos tend to exist.
Finally, both wired and wireless versions of N-Light can be brought together via remote reporting to the N-Light Cloud. This allows facilities management teams to access reports from the system and to see the status of emergency lighting from wherever they are. The cloud system, and the wireless retrofit, can run alongside a wired new build and be visible on a single portal, offering a complete, scalable and integrated monitoring solution that allows wired and wireless monitoring as well as cloud connectivity all in one system.