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New Products & Services
Lessons in Control from CP Electronics
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ighting at the new facilities within Cambridge Regional College, Presence detection in the form of CP’s MWS-1 has been used in all
Science Park Campus, is being controlled with the help of ceiling of the corridors in the newly built areas of the college, also linked
mounted PIR presence detectors and MWS3 microwave detectors from with Vitesse. Utilising a self-contained microwave detector, the unit
CP Electronics. As part of a strategy to reduce energy consumption, the requires no separate control or power supply boxes and its detection
detectors have been installed in corridors, toilets and foyers as well as range of up to 30 metres makes it ideal for use over large areas. With
providing daylight dimming options in classrooms. no external lens, the sensor unit is unobtrusive and vandal resistant.
Specified by contractors T Clarke, Midlands, CP’s Vitesse Plus The major benefit of the MWS range is that no external control boxes
Lighting Distribution System has been used throughout the extended are required, therefore the units are quick and easy to install, whilst
sports hall facility and also within the new buildings which house proving very cost effective.
catering, hair and beauty and motor vehicle facilities.. Vitesse is a As part of the college installation, the bistro area required a
marshalling box with simple, pluggable outputs for extreme ease of dimmable lighting system with scene setting for different applications
installation and commissioning. It provides up to 10 outputs, enabling and CP’s Rapid system was chosen for this application. Rapid is a fully
it to be used with a range of control options including photocell- addressable, networked lighting management system which is fully
controlled and manual dimming, presence or absence detection, configurable, enabling a change of illumination to suit the mood in
corridor linking and manual switching, as well as testing of the area, without the need to change the hard wiring.
emergency lighting. It also offers a manual override for the presence Following the installation, contracts manager Chris Holttum at T
detection. With three configurable channels and numerable functions, Clarke commented “We have used CP’s products in other installations
Vitesse Plus provides a high level of lighting control without the need and have always found them reliable and very easy to install. The
for a control network. products are ideal for education projects where lighting has to be
For changing zones in the sports hall, along with teaching and staff flexible but where energy saving is also a key issue”.
areas at the college, CP’s MWS3-DD presence detectors, connected to
the Vitesse System, have been installed offering detection and dimming
control in one compact unit. MWS3-DD also has an adjustable sensor u020 8900 0671
head capable of producing different detection patterns.
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