Wireless Lighting Control – Helvar ActiveAhead
Why Helvar ActiveAhead?
Award-winning wireless lighting controls
User-friendly setup and operations
ActiveAhead Nodes offer automatic operations based on occupancy, daylight, DALI-2 panel inputs and default lighting scenes. Modifications and additional configurations are done using an easy-to-use mobile app at any point in time during the lifetime of the installation.
Energy efficient buildings
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) highlights the importance of networked controllable solutions for renovations. ActiveAhead brings maximised energy savings with integration and reporting capabilities to continuously optimise a building’s performance.
Simple and fast installation
Luminaires fitted with ActiveAhead are extremely easy to install. Just fix the luminaires to their intended position and switch on the mains. No control wiring is needed. Standard DALI luminaires and devices only require a short DALI cable to the independently installable ActiveAhead Node. This Node powers the DALI communication line, which reduces the number of required devices to minimum.
Future-proof
Connect ActiveAhead with Helvar Insights to enable cloud analytics and help improve wellbeing, efficiency and sustainability. Take advantage of rich lighting solution data, such as occupancy and energy usage, and integrate with other technical building systems using BACnet. As needs evolve, ActiveAhead can be flexibly expanded with features, products and integrations over the lifetime of the installation.
ActiveAhead System Overview
ActiveAhead Nodes form a scalable Bluetooth Mesh network, to which Nodes can be added at any time. This makes it easy to plan and implement projects in phases, optimising construction work and minimising space downtime. Depending on the application and project-specific needs, an installation can consist of wireless ActiveAhead luminaires and/or standard DALI luminaires. A wide selection of luminaire-based Nodes, with or without integrated sensors, is available to build wireless luminaires. These wireless luminaires require only mains power. DALI luminaires, as well as DALI-2 sensors and panels, are supported by the independent Nodes, making it truly flexible to select devices based on the desired aesthetics and functions.
The ActiveAhead mesh network has no borders; consequently, Nodes can be grouped where and when needed without requiring gateway devices. Each ActiveAhead Node can belong to multiple groups, allowing the creation of overlapping groups. Each group has a specific group member light output level, enabling optimised energy savings—for example, in long corridors and open-plan areas—while keeping configuration simple. Corridor hold offers comfort for meeting rooms and additional configuration options for aisles in car parks and industrial premises.
Environmental sensors provide further sensing capabilities, which can be used to optimise not just lighting, but also other technical building systems. ActiveAhead installations can be connected to Helvar Insights for cloud-based additional services. Integration with a building management system is achieved by adding the ActiveAhead BACnet Gateway.
See ActiveAhead in practice!
Hansakortteli
With ActiveAhead, renovating the lighting system in this large shopping centre was a fast and easy project, according to the electrical installer. Combined with Helvar Insights, the premises can now deliver intelligent insights about energy- and system health, ultimately saving both time and money.
Ramboll Case Study
The self-learning, future-proof wireless lighting control solution ActiveAhead was selected for Ramboll Headquarters to cover the office floors. It is also used throughout the parking garage, providing impressive energy savings. There are a total of around 3000 ActiveAhead luminaires installed on-site.
ActiveAhead video library
ActiveAhead for Industrial applications
Reduce your building’s carbon footprint and energy costs, integrate with a variety of building systems and gain access to valuable data and insights. Learn more.
Truly Intelligent Wireless Lighting Solution
Find out why self-learning ActiveAhead is the ultimate wireless lighting control solution!
ActiveAhead Student Challenge
What happens when you ask four students with no lighting background to configure an ActiveAhead system?
How to setup ActiveTune personal lighting control
With the Helvar ActiveTune solution space users can tune the light above their desk using a mobile app. This video shows how quick it is to pair an ActiveAhead luminaire with an ActiveTune sticker using the ActiveAhead mobile app.
How to use network level operations in ActiveAhead
ActiveAhead Nodes reside in the one same network, making it possible to target the whole network or parts of it. This video shows how to take advantage of network level operations using the ActiveAhead mobile app.
How to setup corridor hold function in ActiveAhead
The corridor hold function keeps lights in a group on while another group is active. This video shows how easy and fast it is to activate corridor hold using the ActiveAhead mobile app.
Helvar ActiveAhead – Setup Demonstration
Helvar’s Wireless Director Matti Vesterinen demonstrates with a demo case how flexibly and easily an ActiveAhead® control system can be setup.
How to configure a meeting room with Helvar ActiveAhead Node Advanced
Helvar ActiveAhead Node Advanced allows you to configure a meeting room with DALI luminaires and DALI devices of your choice. This video goes through the entire meeting room configuration process including settings, wall panel setup and corridor hold functionality.
How to configure ActiveAhead in a Parking Garage
This super simple step-by-step guide shows just how easy and fast it is to configure ActiveAhead using the ActiveAhead app!
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