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eventually becomes the norm, and a new cycle begins. At this early stage users have a choice as manufacturers will produce both standard and intelligent versions of their light models. We’ve seen the same scenario with machine vision camera technology.


The move to standardisation Gardasoſt has implemented GigE Vision on a lighting controller series. Soſtware companies have shown their willingness to extend their implementations to cover this non-camera device, and there are now a number of packages which provide support or those companies that have it planned for their next release. Historically, lighting controller networks have


years, but communication has recently been added to the market demand agenda with users asking for seamless access and control of their lighting into their image processing environment. Gardasoſt is responding with GigE Vision and GenICam compliant products, with its own Triniti intelligent lighting platform development fitting into this scenario. Triniti provides expert control, operational intelligence and full integration of machine vision lighting within an environment designed to be plug- and-play. Gardasoſt’s aim was to make complex control techniques very easy to implement, and information about system lighting to be available across industry standard networks, protocols and image processing soſtware packages.


Customer uptake Will everybody convert to intelligent lighting today? New technology uptake doesn’t happen this way, but there will be enough demand from users to justify the cycle to begin with. It will be the case that in the initial launch of intelligent lighting some will see it as a cost, some an opportunity. Tere will be those who want to pioneer with the new technology, and those who will benefit when it inevitably becomes a standard function of lighting products in the near future. It’s a typical new technology cycle with a pioneering phase which includes early adopters, moving to the stage where technology


operated with different protocols on Ethernet, RS232 and USB with no standardisation. In Gardasoſt’s case the company has a simple communications standard which is used across its products, and this is fairly specific. Tere have been various working groups on the subject, and a conclusion has been made that tangible actions could now be taken. For example, GenICam has been agreed to be the standard to which lighting communication should adhere to, useful factors being that GenICam has SFNC which provides standard naming, essentially making GenICam products more interchangeable. SNFC also has extensions for IO devices, which fits controllers. Sometimes a new technology development


from a product vendor will provide the catalyst for the removal of a barrier to standardisation, and Gardasoſt has experienced this by creating the Triniti lighting platform. It has pioneered GigE Vision for non-imaging devices – the company’s LED controllers are the first non-streaming devices available. During the development phase, client soſtware generally didn’t work at first as no one had a device to test, but these client companies have been very keen to cooperate with Gardasoſt because they have seen the general long term potential. In conclusion, there are important steps now


being taken to create an effective standard for control and communication for lighting. Tere will continue to be challenges, but I’ll mention momentum again – I believe this has been created by the positive response from involved parties and I predict tangible results by the end of 2015. O


ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Peter Bhagat is CEO Gardasoft Vision, setting up the company in 1999. Triniti was shortlisted for the Vision Award at the 2014 Vision trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany.


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