20.08.2025

SmartLight – a Modern Solution for Lighting Control

Author

SmartLight

Squid-5n-energy

📌 Purpose and Functions

The SmartLight software product is a modern, flexible, and universal solution which, together with the GSM controller Squid-5N-Energy, forms a complete system for monitoring and controlling lighting facilities:

• 🌆 street lighting of urban highways;
• 🏘 residential complexes (courtyards, parking areas);
• 🏢 architectural and facade lighting;
• 🌳 decorative illumination of parks and estates;
• 🏭 industrial facilities with energy management systems.

Its use improves the efficiency of lighting network operation, reduces energy consumption, and provides convenient dispatching.

⚙️ Key Functional Capabilities

⏰ Automatic Control

• Switching lights on/off according to a preset schedule;
• Support for up to 6 time intervals per day;
• Individual logic settings for each interval;
• Schedule synchronization with controllers.

📲 Remote Control

• Manual control of lighting networks from the operator’s workstation;
• Independent switching of three lighting branches;
• Real-time display of the status of each line.

💡 Intensity Regulation

• Smooth brightness adjustment of luminaires;
• Dimming mode to reduce energy consumption;
• Implementation of power reduction functions.

🔌 Power Supply Monitoring

• Control of power phase availability;
• Status monitoring of the lighting control cabinet;
• Detection of faults and malfunctions.

⚡ Energy Monitoring

Electricity consumption accounting:

• total,
• by tariffs (active, reactive, generation);
• Monitoring of instantaneous values (voltage, current, power);
• Display of data for each cabinet individually.

📂 Archiving and Logging

• Event logging (operator actions, alarms, power loss, equipment access);
• Graphical representation of operation history;
• Archiving of switching and fault events.

🗺 Geographic Visualization

• City map display with all control cabinets;
• Information panel for each facility;
• Ability to group objects by districts or other criteria.

🌍 Group Management

• Automatic control of lighting groups using separate schedules;
• Manual group control with a single command;
• Flexible priority system for different facilities.

♻️ Energy Saving

• Optimization of daily operating schedules;
• Partial activation of luminaires during low-demand periods;
• Brightness reduction at night;
• Compensation of reactive power components.

✅ Conclusion

The SmartLight software, combined with the Squid-5N-Energy controller, forms an innovative complex for lighting system automation. Its implementation provides:

• 📉 reduction of electricity costs,
• 🛡 increased reliability of lighting networks,
• 📊 complete control and data archiving,
• 🌍 convenient dispatching at the city or enterprise level.

🔹 A free version is available for up to 5 devices — with no restrictions on the number of parameters read from each device.