0-10V Dimming

Hi,

I'm just quoting a job currently specified with alot of 0-10v LED dimming.

With the CBus L5504AMP unit does it work by the LED drivers having a permanant 240v supply and then we can dim from 0-100% with the L5504AMP or do we need to use a relay circuit to turn on the driver and then dim using the L5504AMP?

This way would make it not as smooth programming though I guess as you's have to have a separate circuit on/off then a separate button to dim?

Thanks
Mike

 

I would assign the same group name to the AMP out put as the relay output that is connected so that when the group is >0% the relay turns on the lights power. Only one group needs to be managed then and should simplify the project.

Only guessing though as I have not done this before.

 

Thanks for the info I'll give it a go

 

This way

with the 0-10V signal wired to the LED driver.

0-10V dimming is doable but cumbersome.
0-10V will cost you more in controls, but cheaper LED drivers.
DALi will cost you much less in controls, but dearer LED drivers.

 

From my experience, 0-10V dimming is not very smooth at all. As typically it only has 10% steps, which is very annoying at low light levels.