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How do I Schedule Night Lights?
Night lights never turn completely off — they dim when not in use, creating spatial reference points within large rooms where the other lights are off. Night lights are also useful for illuminating cross-aisles.
On the weekends when there is less building occupancy, turning down night lights can reduce energy consumption.
- Create a new profile (for help, see Profiles).
- Name the profile "Weekend Night Lights" or similar.
- Using a known value that is acceptable, specify an inactive power level lower than the existing setting across some or all zones containing night lights.
Note: To identify a safe and acceptable inactive power level, test settings first by creating and running a manual profile.
- Save the profile and open the calendar (for help, see Calendar).
- Click and drag to create a block on the calendar, select the "Weekend Night Lights" profile you just created and then specify the following settings:
- Start time: 12:00 am
- End time: 12:00 am
- Repeat option: Every Saturday and every Sunday.
- (Optional) Enter an end date.
- Save the block.
How do I fine-tune night lights to improve the facility's energy efficiency?
In some instances, you can reduce the amount of light produced by night lights to improve your facility's energy efficiency:
- Create a manual profile that, for example, reduces the night lights' inactive power level from 30 to 20.
- During facility downtime, activate the manual profile and evaluate the new settings, using a light meter.
Make sure that new light levels are adequate to meet facility operations safety requirements. - Tune the manual profile until the inactive power level is desirable. Record the new rule settings.
- Create and block a scheduled profile that automatically triggers new night light settings.
