Chapter 1 - Introduction to Organic Response

Welcome to Organic Response!

Inspired by nature, Organic Response lighting control is based entirely on Distributed Intelligence; the best example of which is a school of fish. Schooling fish move effortlessly and in complete harmony with their environment, with individual fish continuously making small decisions in response to the actions of their neighbors and the environment. Each fish is smart enough to operate independently, yet together they comprise an elegantly flexible system that solves complex problems easily without the need for centralized control.

Organic Response enabled lighting operates in a similar fashion. There is no centralized control; each light fitting is fitted with a Response Sensor Node that allows it to respond to its environment and information from its neighboring light fittings, so that the optimal amount of light is delivered when and where needed.

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Each Response Sensor Node is fitted with a motion sensor, ambient light sensor, infrared transmitter and infrared receiver that allows each Response Sensor Node to communicate wirelessly with each of its closest neighbors.

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To enable a Response Sensor Node to control lighting it must first be integrated into a luminaire. Once a luminaire has been fitted with an Organic Response Response Sensor Node it becomes “Organic Response enabled”, and allows the luminaire to make lighting decisions based on:

• the presence of occupants sensed directly by its own motion sensor;

• occupancy information it receives from neighboring luminaires via proximity limited infrared signals;

• ambient light levels sensed directly by its own ambient light sensor, and

• a variety of algorithms in the onboard microcontroller enabling smart decision making

From February 2023, there is a new addition to our product line, which is our brand-new Response Radio devices.

Response Radio devices allow similar benefits in the lighting control system. However, it doesn’t have any sensing capabilities. Therefore it takes control commands from the linked publishing Response Sensor Nodes and implement the control measures for the devices that are directly connected to it over DALI.DALI.