The automatic full-service platform for sustainable light management.
- save up to 60% operational costs
- immediate failure management
- relief for skilled service technicians
- reduce light pollution and CO2
- automatically manage ESG data
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The LichtWART module is the heart of your installation
The focus in the development of the LichtWART module was on robust and reliable industry-standard technology. The module was specially developed by Deutsche Telekom for use in electrical enclosures. Thanks to the integrated control electronics, the module works reliably around the clock, even without a data connection. And with the Deutsche Telekom SIM card, a connection to the cloud is regularly established to send measured values and receive new configurations.
Central cloud control
Remote monitoring and control of your installations on the web
View the current status of your systems directly in the browser: whether by desktop, tablet or smartphone. Sunday open for sales? No problem: use the programmable timers with calendar function. Or adjust the brightness of your lights to reduce emissions or improve visibility.
Process cost optimization
Automated notification of service technicians
A partial failure of your lighting system leads to a loss of brand image or even to loss of sales? Do you want to minimize the processing time and your costs for damage reports, administrative handling and status updates? The LichtWART automatically sends the alarm messages to recipients specified by you and logs the alarms and their rectification. There is no quicker and easier way to rectify a failure.
Increase your chances of obtaining building permission and save money
Automatically reduce light emissions and save money
The German Emission Control Act is leading to increasingly restrictive conditions imposed by the authorities on lighting installations. The LichtWART has an optional dynamic lighting control system for automatic adjustment of light intensity to ambient brightness. This, together with the very varied timer functions with calendar entries, increases your chances of obtaining building permission. And, in the event of subsequent tightening, you can easily control the brightness of the systems directly — conveniently via cloud. And thanks to the reduced light intensity, you not only effectively save electricity costs. The LEDs therefore "age" less quickly and last longer!
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What happy customers & partners say
As part of the brand relaunch at the beginning of 2021, VARTA redesigned its illuminated advertising. The decision was made to use LichtWart modules throughout. The reasons are simple: the technology enables optimal control of our illuminated advertising and helps us to reduce maintenance and operating costs. In addition, errors in the lighting are sent directly to the supplier of the logos so that the problem can be solved immediately. The reduction in light pollution thanks to the intelligent control system was also a convincing argument for us.
For HanseMerkur, responsible entrepreneurial action as a mutual insurance company is part of its DNA. Accordingly, the retrofitting of our prominent illuminated advertising system in Hamburg's Dammtorbahnhof station with a LichtWART module was a deliberate starting signal for more sustainable illuminated advertising.
"In a dark time, this technical solution helped to set a shining example of courage and hope. Controllable without contact via cloud, directly from the home office, the workplace or the garden lounger, our citizens can use their voice to make the LED candle shine."
LichtWART breaks new ground in the field of digital infrastructure. The service platform creates a product service offer that provides added value for the operators of illuminated advertising systems. Together with LichtWART, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA is further developing the technical infrastructure and embedding it in sustainable business models. The IoT architecture will be designed in a way that illuminated advertising systems from different manufacturers will be integrated into the newly emerging platform.
The LichtWART opens the way to the digitalization of our products. And this new technology gives our customers a view into their installations at any time and from any place. We expect that new business models will emerge and that predictive maintenance will enable considerable cost savings.
With it's OWL technology transfer, we provide targeted support to SMEs — whether they are handicraft enterprises, media agencies or medium-sized suppliers — in quickly transforming the abstract potential of digital technologies into individual value creation. To date, around 250 successful projects prove that scientific expertise can be put into practice rapidly in the backbone of the German economy.
Cloud packages
We offer the right cloud package for each expansion stage of the LichtWART module.
- 8 expansion stages for every system size i
The LichtWART module is prepared for controlling up to 2, 4, 5, 16, 32, 48, 64 DALI-compliant converters (e.g. HANSEN, Mean Well, Tridonic etc.). This means that even very small systems can be used profitably.
- More than 16 DALI groups i
The DALI protocol allows the control of up to 64 individual converters and a maximum of 16 groups. With our LichtWART module, ou can create up to 32 groups at the highest expansion stage. Each group can then be controlled separately as a single installation.
- Control of several system i
Our LichtWART module can be installed centrally in an electrical housing an can control and monitor all connected converters from there. This allows you, for example, to operate several lighting systems at one location with just one LichtWART module and control and monitor them in the cloud.
- Dimming value adjustable per system i
Without additional dimmers, you an can adjust the brightness for each system 1. And you can do this, for example, with your iPad or your smartphone while you are standing in the car park. And if the neighbor complains that the light is too bright, you can easily adjust it from home or on the road.
- Operating hours counter per converter i
The cloud counts the operating hours for each newly installed converter. This allows you to see at any time wether a converter should be replaced in the near future. And: you can also set up a corresponding alarm.
- Switching on or off? By cloud! i
You can conveniently switch any system on or off via cloud. Or switch to automatic mode so that the timer can switch the system for you. And if you have booked dynamic lighting control, this additionally regulates the brightness and the switching when changing between day and night or when sudden darkness sets in. Individual converters can also be switched on or off - if that should ever be necessary.
- Alarm on component failure i
The LichtWART module detects wheter a converter or LED chain is failing and reports thes directly to the cloud. The light sensor supplied is also monitored. Even a complete power failure is reliably reported to the cloud by the built-in buffer battery.
- Cloud access for any number of users - at no extra cost i
Cloud role/rights management allows you to grant several employees or service providers access to your LichtWART modules in the cloud - with or without editing rights. For example, employees on site can directly operate the systems.
- Log of all relevant processes i
The cloud is where all the information about your systems comes together and the most important processes are logged. This ensures that, for example, agreed running times or dimming values are adhered to.
- Customizable display of the installations in the cloud i
In the cloud, the systems connected to the LichtWART module are displayed accourding to your specifications and templates so that you can see the status at a glance. This, togheter with the possibility of referencing technical documents of the system in the cloud, enables technicans, for example, to detect and rectify faults in a much more targeted manner.
- No software installation necessary i
This was particullarly important to us right from the start: the LichtWART can be put into operation immediately without installing software and can be controlled and monitored 24/7 from any location via cloud. The only requirement is that you access the Deutsche Telekom Cloud of Things via www.lichtwart.cloud in your browser.
- Including Deutsche Telekom SIM and data tariff i
Each LichtWART module is supplied with an activated and configured SIM card from Deutsche Telekom and connected to the Telecom Cloud of Things. You do not need to deal with mobile phone contracts and data volumes.
- Can also be used in other European countries i
As a member of the Global M2M Association (GMA), our partner Deutsche Telekom is one of the leading mobile communications providers from Europe, Asia and North America. It aims to improve not only service quality but also standards for M2M communications. Thanks to mergers such as this, companies in almost all sectors of the economy are able to implement M2M solutions across Europe or even worldwide without any problems.
- Starter Package plus... i
Everything the starter package offers, plus...
- Dynamic lighting control — adapted to ambient light i
With dynamic lighting control, the LichtWART module makes a significant contribution to reducing light emissions while simultaneously improving the visibillity of the installations at dusk and at night:
- at twilight, a lighting installation must provide maximum illumination to ensure sufficient contrast with ambient light and ensure the visibility of the installation.
- In darkness, however, maximum brightness causes the system to - Twilight circuit i
As part of the dynamic lighting controll add-on, twilight control is the perfect complement to timed control. This ensures that the system lights up, for example, when the sky is very cloudy or in heafy rain - even during the day.
- Automatic shutdown of a plant in case of failure of a part i
If a part of an installation fails, this is not visible during the day. However, the effect at night can sometimes be very damaging - especially if the failure is not noticed for a long time or is not remedied.
In the cloud, you can specify wether the entire plant should be shut down if part of a plant fails. And with the Primary/Secondary operation function, you have even more control. - Primary/secondary operation of several plants i
Primary/secondary operation allows you to define how the other systems should react in case of failure of one system. If you have an installation with the logo in operation and an installation with the site name, you may want the logo to remain lit in case the site name has a failure? Conversely, does it make no sens for you to have the site name lit if the logo is no longer visible? Then set up the logo in the cloud as the primary system and the site as the secondary system: and the LichtWART module will control this exactly as you have set it up.
- Convenient time switching with calendar i
You canconveniently specify the switch-on and switch-off time for each system for all days of the week. For special occasions, such as public holidays, Sundays when sales ar open, events, etc., you can make appropriate entries in the calendar and transfer them to the LichtWART module via cloud. Everything else then happens automatically.
- Alarm on reaching a specified number of operating hours i
For essential lighting systems, the number of operation hours of the converters is an important indicator for possible failures. A number of operating hours can be specified for each converter. The cloud then sends e. g. an email to the supplier of the converters so that a suitable replacement can be sent directly to the site. The technician also receives an email so that he can replace the converter during the next maintenance - before a failure occours.
- Multiple e-mail recipients can be set per alarm i
For the different alarms you can choose who should receive the corresponding e-mail. Several recipients per alarm are also possible.
In this way you can ensure that each incident can be processed by the responsible persons.
- Pro Package plus... i
Everything the pro package offers, plus...
- API for automated alarm transmission i
Do you use a CAFM system and want the messages from the LichtWART module to be fed directly into your system? Then we can automate the data exchange with our API via corresponding M2M connectors.
- Monthly reports i
Use the reports on all your installations for documentation, logging or invoicing of services
- Custom Functions i
We still have a number of ideas about what our LichtWART should be able to do. To this end, we work closely with our partners Deutsche Telekom and Fraunhofer Institute. In addition, we can program and certify the implementation of enterprise functions according to your special requirements with Deutsche Telekom.
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FURTHER FUNCTIONS ARE IN PLANNING
We still have a number of ideas about what our LichtWART should be able to do. On this, we work closely with our partners Deutsche Telekom and the Fraunhofer Institute. Are you missing a function?
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Fraunhofer IOSB-INA
Fraunhofer Society is the largest organization for applied research in Europe. The research fields are based on society and industry needs: health, safety, communication, mobility, energy and the environment. All in all, more than 25,000 people work in 72 locations across Germany.
The Mission: Empowering our partners for the digital age!
In the midst of the excellence cluster region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (IT’S OWL) we support manufacturers of automation technology, mechanical and plant engineering as well as operators and users of automated technical systems in the digital transformation – through research and development cooperation as well as individual support and further education offers. SmartFactoryOWL and Lemgo Digital are two outstanding living labs led by Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, used to field test and apply the solutions for intelligent technical systems in the factory of the future and the digital city respectively
it’s OWL Cluster
In the technology network it’s OWL – Intelligent Technical Systems OstWestfalenLippe more than 200 companies, research institutions and organizations develop solutions for intelligent products and production processes. With the support of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, projects worth 100 million euros will be implemented between 2018 and 2023. The main topics are artificial intelligence, digital platforms, digital twin and Work 4.0. Awarded in the federal government’s Leading-Edge Cluster Competition, it’s OWL is considered one of the largest initiatives for Industry 4.0 in medium-sized companies. it’s OWL has established itself over the past seven years as a driving force for the competitiveness of manufacturing industry in OstWestfalenLippe.
Hansen
Since 1984, Hansen GmbH has been providing luminous results.
With a team of about 80 employees, they focus on quality “Made in Germany”.
As an expert in lighting technology, hansen has specialized in the development and production of lamps and the associated electronics. Hansen GmbH is the exclusive sales partner for LichtWART modules and spare parts in the DACH region.
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the leading service companies in the telecommunications and IT market. In the business customer segment of Deutsche Telekom, the Group bundles all services for small and medium-sized companies as well as for freelancers and the selfemployed. The division serves around 2.7 million business customers in Germany. The business customer segment offers these customers an integrated portfolio of fixed-line, mobile and IT services for connected life and work.
Deutsche Telekom contributed its IoT expertise to the development of LichtWART and in just 18 months developed an industrial application that can be used in buildings and industrial plants as well as on greenfield sites away from an existing Internet connection. As a technology partner, we played a major role in the development and production of the LichtWart module. As a network operator, we take care of both the mobile phone connection and the connection of the solution to the Deutsche Telekom Cloud of Things — our cloudbased IoT platform, with which networked devices and machines are managed and controlled remotely. This ensures that all future developments in the IoT sector can also be adapted for the LichtWART.
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What does the LichtWART have to do with the building permission?
The building authorities have to pay more attention to the compliance with the requirements of the Emission Control Act. They often prohibit the lighting of installations or impose very strict conditions. Make the use of the LichtWART known in the building application and thus increase the chances of obtaining planning permission
What is dynamic lighting control?
You are familiar with simple lighting control: above a certain ambient brightness, lighting systems are switched off to save electricity. As soon as it gets dark, the systems are switched on. Our dynamic lighting control system dims the light intensity depending on the ambient light between freely selectable minimum and maximum values: this not only saves electricity! It improves the visibility of the systems at night and extends the lifetime of the LEDs.
What more can the LichtWART do than control systems available so far?
The LichtWART has been developed from the ground up in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom to make lighting installations intelligent even away from ordinary electrical installations and without conventional Internet connections. And with the Deutsche Telekom cloud of things, you can control and monitor your installations from anywhere, e.g. with your smartphone, without intensive training or technical education.
When do I need the primary/secondary operation add-on?
Only if your brand image is also important to you at night! If a part of your lighting system fails, it is not visible during the day — but at night it may leave a bad impression if the company name or logo is not fully visible. With primary/secondary operation you can define important parts of the installation, e.g. the logo. If an element fails here, all associated elements are switched off. However, if only one subordinate element fails, e.g. a lighting contour, only the subordinate elements are switched off and the rest, in this case the logo, remains lit.
Do I have to install any software?
No, the LichtWART was developed on the Deutsche Telekom Cloud of Things in a way that you can start controlling and monitoring directly in a browser and use it conveniently. No downloads or installations are necessary. With your personal access data and an Internet browser (desktop, tablet or smartphone), you can access your systems from anywhere — at any time.
I already have a lighting system — can I retrofit the LichtWART?
LED lighting systems that have already been installed can also be equipped with a LichtWART. All that is required are DALI-compliant converters. If simple converters have been used, they can also be replaced. We are also working on hardware extensions to enable historical neon installations and conventional installations with fluorescent tube illumination to be retrofitted with the LichtWART.
Do I need a server or special hardware?
Our solution consists of the LichtWART module, which is integrated into the electrical installation of your system by a specialist company, and a Deutsche Telekom cloud application that can be opened directly in a browser. You do not need your own server or special computers.
Who can install the LichtWART?
Ask the manufacturer of your illuminated advertising systems! If he does not know the LichtWART yet, we will support him in designing the systems and carrying out the installation
What does the cloud offer me?
First of all, you can view the status of all your assets in the cloud. No matter whether you only operate illuminated advertising in your shop or have a widespread branch network: with the Deutsche Telekom Cloud of Things you can get an overview in no time at all and receive automated messages about all malfunctions and their rectification.
How exactly are alarms sent automatically?
You can specify for each system who should be notified by e-mail. For example, in addition to the facility management of your company, the electrician and the service technician can also be notified. Any number of recipients can be stored.
What can I control with the cloud?
You can adjust the brightness of the installations and also conveniently adjust them at any time. With the timer for all days of the week and the calendar function, you can control exactly when the lighting systems are in operation. Your lighting requirements have changed? Then configure your system in any lighting zones and adjust brightness and switching times.
Who has access to my facilities?
The employees of LichtWART GmbH have access to your systems as system administrators and for installation and support. In addition, the distributors and manufacturers of the systems are given access for the purpose of administration and billing. And you can register up to ten different users to monitor and control your systems at no extra cost.
What are the fees?
The LichtWART consists of a hardware module that is installed in the electrical installation of your system and the corresponding cloud connection in the Deutsche Telekom cloud of things. The LichtWART module is offered to you by the manufacturer of your lighting system including planning and installation. The cloud connection including the Deutsche Telekom SIM card, the Deutsche Telekom data connection via mobile phone and the cloud of things connection is charged separately — see price overview.
What add-ons are offered?
Even in its basic configuration, the LichtWART turns your installation into an intelligent digital system 4.0 — but you can exploit its full potential with dynamic lighting control and primary/secondary operation. These two add-ons can be purchased optionally. Or you can opt for the Pro version and save money.
Are different modules / cloud packages available?
Depending on the size of the system, a different number of converters are required. The LichtWART module is available for up to 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 48 or 64 converters. Accordingly, we offer the cloud connection for these modules.
How long does the contract run?
We believe that the LichtWART with its functions and ease of use offers so many advantages that we do not need long contract periods or periods of notice. You can either choose the monthly rate and cancel at any time at the end of the month. Or you can choose the annual tariff and save up to 40% on the monthly price, depending on the module. Here too, you can terminate the contract at any time at the end of the annual period.
What kind of support is available?
For each LichtWART module, the Cloud of Things is set up individually and created according to user accounts. Users can thus log in directly to the Deutsche Telekom Cloud of Things and also use our ticket system and online manuals in the help desk. This support is included in the cloud tariff. In addition, we offer a web support service with costs. This can be used both stationary via desktop and mobile via tablet or smartphone.
How do I book an online demo?
An online demo can be booked at https://calendly.com/lichtwart.
How do I reach the help desk?
The help desk can be reached at https://support.lichtwart.io
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