14
Connected Lighting
With your wireless light bulbs connected to the Gateway, your smart device can control them as long as the
smart device is running the appropriate application. The lighting application enables your smart device to
connect to the Gateway through your wireless router connection and in turn control and manage the attached
network lighting.
Low Power - Networking
The Gateway and network lighting on your energy management system communicate with each other using
a low power wireless networking technology. The low power network, the wireless devices (in this case your
Gateway and network lighting) are able to interact with each other over the network by sending data from one
device to the next, using the best radio signal path on the network. This path does not have to be a direct
connection between the Gateway and a network light bulb. It can be through any combination of network
light bulbs on the low power network. So, while a network light bulb in a distant room might not be able to
communicate directly with the Gateway, it can communicate with another nearby network light bulb that will
pass the signal across the low power network until it reaches the Gateway.
Since wireless devices on a low power network have built-in antennas for radio communication with other
connected devices, they may be prone to the same reception problems that you might have with your mobile
phone inside a building. Your Gateway can have trouble communicating with the network lighting if their radio
signals are blocked by obstacles such as large metal panels or walls containing wire mesh.
Refer to the
Installation Tips section
in the Installation and Setup
chapter for other issues that could affect
Gateway reception with the network lighting.
