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Stairs lighting
controller
STX-1797
The
STX-1797
controller serves for a
dynamic control of the lighting of stairs. The
lighting is switched on for consecutive steps,
upwards or downwards, depending on the
desired direction.
The controller can control
up to 32 stairs.
The controller has 3 different modes of light
animation programs (upwards):
WAVE
– stairs
light up one after another,
CASCADE
– the light
„jumps” fast from top to bottom, lighting up the
steps,
ELEVATOR
– three steps are lighted slowly, towards the top of the staircase. Downwards,
the direction of the animation is changed suitably. You can permanently select one of the programs
or set the options to cyclically change programs.
The controller has four inputs which permits it to react to two or three detectors. This for instance
makes it possible to serve a mezzanine with an entrance to the staircase. Input No. 4 allows you to
turn the staircase lighting permanently on.
Depending on the way the parameters of the controller are set, the lighting of the stairs can fade
out totally or to a predetermined minimum value (making it possible to faintly light up the stairs, or to
walk them easily in the dark — without turning on a full light — especially important for children!). When
you press the top button, the stairs are lighted from top to bottom or turned off in the same direction.
If another person steps on the stairs, the controller switches on a full illumination of stairs and
after some time fades them out smoothly.
The controller is adapted to control
MONO LED
strips mounted in stair steps or
LED
points
(spots) built into the wall above the steps. The
LED
strip controller can light up each step smoothly,
which gives a nice visual effect.
Lights can be turned on by directly pressing a button on the wall, which is connected to the
controller, or by using an additional sensor (infrared, motion, pressure, etc.), which detects when a
person steps on the stairs.
The controller can be used for up to
32 steps
. It can also control lighting of one or two handrails.
If there is no handrail, the controller can serve to turn on ceiling lights (12V).
The controller also can be used for a staircase with an entrance to a mezzanine. In such a case
an additional sensor or button is necessary. You can choose in this case, brightening the whole
staircase or animation (
WAVE
) from the mezzanine down and up.
All the parameters of the controller can be set by the user. In the original (factory) settings, the
controller is ready for lighting up 20 steps, without lighting up the railing. It can be set up for a different
number of steps, from
5 to 32
. It is also possible to light up one or two rails. Other parameters can
also be changed. These include: turning the lighting of the stairs on or off in the dark, the time steps
are lit up, the time interval between the lightening up of successive steps (this influences the speed of
lightening of the whole staircase), or the time after which the steps will be faded out. If motion detectors
are used, “dead” time can be set after receiving a signal from a sensor, or if there is no response to
