WAC will debut the Colorscaping smart landscape lighting and control system at CEDIA Expo 2024. Integrated with top control systems, exterior LED luminaires are designed and engineered to illuminate landscapes with tunable white light and an unlimited color palette. Learn more by visiting the AiSPIRE/WAC Lighting booth #4112 during the show. CEDIA Expo will occur from September 5 to September 7 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
“Colorscaping will transform your everyday world into an outdoor wonderland of illumination,” says Patrick Laidlaw, director of business development-integration for AiSPIRE and WAC LIGHTING. “Imagine being able to artistically tweak the colors within your landscape lighting, much like a professional photographer uses filters to evoke emotion. This game-changing technology allows you to enhance the natural changes in foliage, control full-color gamut LED arrays to modify the intensity of certain wavelengths within the white light, and create a personalized, dynamic illuminating experience.”
Using state-of-the-art RGBWW technology, Colorscaping can make landscapes pop with pure white light ranging from warm 2700K to cool 6500 Kelvin. For outdoor entertaining and nighttime activities, warm illumination delivers an inviting vibe and relaxing atmosphere for a quiet evening in an outdoor kitchen, mimics the comforting glow of a campfire, and brings out the beauty of the stonework and masonry. For safety, security, and a stunning look, cooler white light highlights architectural details and increases visibility in your outdoor space.
New and existing landscape fixtures are installed quickly using the Smart Transformer Control Panel, which connects fixtures directly for immediate testing while cycling through preset tunable white and primary colors at various intensity levels. Offered with 150-watt and 300-watt capacities, the smart transformer enables robust wiring, a shielded ethernet cable, and a surge protector against power surges and voltage spikes. The transformer eliminates any confusion in the field with a unique Discovery process — identifying each Colorscaping fixture and location so the luminaires can be added, changed, or paired with the appropriate transformer — with the push of a button. Integration with many major control platforms is an alternative to app-based control.
Colorscaping integrates a full selection of WAC Landscape Lighting fixtures, including adjustable accent, wall wash, path lights, hardscape, and tape lights, with existing landscape lighting fixtures.
DMX Control is available to integrate Colorscaping with popular control systems via the ABiCUS gateway. Using the DMX512-A protocol, individual channels control a specific lighting fixture parameter, such as changing color and color temperature, intensity, on/off, and dimming functions. Higher-level integrations and new functions will be available as these systems evolve through future over-the-air updates.
Control of Colorscaping fixtures is accomplished with the user-friendly MyWAC App using smartphones, tablets, and smart home devices like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. Users can individually address and operate each Colorscaping luminaire independently or as a part of a group or a favorite lighting scene. Presets are included, allowing uers to change your lighting scheme. Colorscaping fixtures can be assigned to various schedules for every day of the year based on daylight savings, dates, times, or dynamic patterns like sunrise and sunset. Users can set the color, intensity, and behavior of individual fixtures or groups of lights to suit different moods, events, or preferences from anywhere in the world.
The WAC WallStation, an interior control interface installed on a wall or fixed surface, can also control the system. The WallStation features four pre-configured scene buttons, a dedicated on/off button, and dimming capability, and is fully customizable via the MyWAC App. Program each of the four scenes within the app, then use the wired Wall Station to control them via the local Wi-Fi network.
The MyWAC App also controls other solutions from WAC, including the VENTRIX architectural modular lighting, power, and control system, InvisiLED RGBWW Tape, and Pixels RGBWW Configurable LED Light Sheets.
For more information, visit https://www.waclighting.com/colorscaping/.
