Disconnecting the AreaMax from service using ConnectLED will cause the AreaMax to flash 3x plus 1 quick flash. This provides you with a final confirmation that the AreaMax has received the disconnect command and will no longer come on at dusk.

Once disconnected from service the AreaMax continues to draw a very small amount of power. Just enough power is drawn to run the BLE connection and the photocontrol. In the case of an AreaMax with an integrated evluma photocontrol this is approximately 1W. If the AreaMax is using a generic, off-the shelf photocontrol the drawn can be up to 6W.

The AreaMax will remain on for 10 minutes after you have connected it to service with ConnectLED. If it is daytime, the AreaMax will turn off when this 10 minutes is over. If it is nighttime, the AreaMax will remain on and function normally.

Sensor failure is not immediately reported on a new AreaMax with no photocontrol installed. Photocontrol Failsafe will only declare the photocontrol (sensor) as failed if the lamp has not seen a change over 3 dawn to dusk events.

Shining a light at the sensor after sunset when the lamp is in Failsafe will not cause the light to go off. By design, this is a security feature of the light. Once sunset has happened, it will not be fooled by stray lighting.

A security feature of the AreaMax is that it will never turn off if it is nighttime. This security feature is disabled during the 15 days after installation to allow for photocontrol testing.

If your photocontrol should fail within the first 15 days and miss 3 dawn to dusk events, Photocontrol Failsafe will initialize and respond according to either

1. the regional settings programmed at the factory or
2. to the official sunrise and sunset times for that exact location if ‘Installed’ with ConnectLED. If the photocontrol should fail after the first 15 days, Photocontrol Failsafe will adjust for the unique environmental conditions surrounding the lamp. Likewise, if the lamp is displaced from its original programmed location, Photocontrol Failsafe will adjust the on/off response accordingly. Feel confident in the reuse of old photocontrols knowing you will have light at night regardless of when it might fail.

If a new photocontrol is installed, Failsafe begins updating again and will adopt any changes since the initial calibration.  This is true as long as the lamp isn’t shipped out of its district.

If the move is within the same district, then there is no need to connect to it with the ConnectLED app to update the location. If the move is across state, then updating the location is a good idea.

The AreaMax will adapt its calibration continuously even if it is moved but updating the location in ConnectLED is the preferred method to quickly re-set the dusk-to-dawn times for the new location. Connecting to the lamp with ConnectLED updates both the time and the GPS settings used by Failsafe as the initial starting point for its calibration and triggers the reset. The time zone will need to be manually updated in the tablet SETTINGS if the lamp location moves to a new time zone.

Please note that the lamp will obtain the new GPS location from your Apple device, Windows laptop or Android tablet. It is recommended that you confirm that this information is correct prior to connecting to a lamp.

It is not necessary to perform a “glove test” on AreaMax models with the integrated photocontrol. If this is the preferred method of testing, please allow up to two minutes for the photocontrol to energize the light.

At installation, every model of the AreaMax will flash. This flash indicates that the AreaMax is functioning properly and the mode that it is in. See also, My AreaMax or OmniMax is flashing. What does this mean? A red LED light located at the edge of the white internal reflector also serves to indicate that the AreaMax is connected to power. The red LED light might be hard to see in bright sunlight.

Response times during the installation testing of all market available photocontrols vary based on pre-installation lighting conditions. For most photocontrols, a capacitor stores light energy as a safety precaution against rapid changes in lighting, such as clouds passing or headlights. This maintains the consistent, safe operation of the luminaire.

On 9/1/2015 Evluma started shipping AreaMax with a newly designed integrated photocontrol. Usually, our design improvements are “under the hood,” but in the case of the photocontrol with its thick, UV-resistant transparent polycarbonate you can “see” this change.

No. The AreaMax runs on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

"Coordinated Universal Time (French: temps universel coordonné), abbreviated as UTC, is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is, within about 1 second, mean solar time at 0° longitude, [1]it does not observe daylight saving time." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

The time zone settings define local solar time, placing noon when the sun is highest overhead.  Daylight savings time is an artificial adjustment, unrelated to the sun’s exact cycle that shifts hours of daylight later into the evening.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

It is set to “Yes” if your local region observes daylight savings time.  It is used to adjust scheduled dimming events so that they follow local observed time. Note that your time zone does NOT change with daylight savings time. This setting applies the adjusted time only when DST is in effect.

Please fasten the bolts securely - 75 in-lbs. After the bolt has seated, make another ¼ turn to secure it. Do not over-tighten. Use of an impact wrench is not recommended.

For security reasons, a site license is activated for one year. At the beginning of the month in which it is due to expire, your status is reported to our ConnectLED Administrator and the account will be updated and renewed for another year. This allows us to perform any necessary updates as well as check to see if you have any questions about your account

Both the Android and iOS apps are managed through the Google Play store or through the Apple App store respectively. Part of the function of the store is to push notifications to your device when there is an update. Depending on your device settings they can be automatic or require your approval.

After power comes on, the lamp retains its programming and status and state.

Every change made to a lamp is recorded in the Event Log. A record of the user license and the last 3 octets of the connecting device’s MAC address is also included in the Event Log.

The OmniMax is a self-ballasted device. If the legacy ballast is left in, it will continue to draw power. When installing LED retrofit lamps within HID fixtures, a ballast must be bypassed when present.

OmniMax is approved as a retrofit in UL1598 fixtures through UL1598C when installed properly bypassing the legacy ballast.  In general, installing any retrofit into an approved UL1598 fixture will void the UL certification unless the retrofit itself is approved as UL1598 or UL1598C.  Many corncob retrofits do not have these certifications and can present a safety hazard due to overheating. 

When you are installing an OmniMax you have the option to add a lamp name. This lamp name could be a pole number, street address or describe the lamp position. If you take this step you can tell the first time you attempt to find lamps if any lamp in range has an error condition just from the preliminary scan.

The shape of the metal fixture can influence the direction of the Bluetooth signal. You may need to adjust your location one or two feet to the side and search for lamps again. If you have several lamps in the area, hitting refresh several times may help. Each time you refresh adds a second to the scan time allowing for more information to be gathered. When the check mark appears in the list upon lamp selection (iOS and Windows versions) the lamp you are connecting to should be flashing. 

If a lamp (AreaMax or OmniMax) is powered off while connected via Bluetooth to ConnectLED, the changes made in that session are lost. The lamp does not save its programming into permanent memory while connected via Bluetooth. After programming, the lamp writes its changed parameters to permanent memory after Bluetooth is disconnected. To ensure the changes are saved in the lamp, return to the Home screen (PC), or the Find Lamps screen (Android), to disconnect from the lamp prior to removing power to the lamp.

ConnectLED iOS v1.1.1 can remember a Bluetooth connection for up to 5 minutes. After connecting to a lamp with ConnectLED and changing the programming, try turning the Bluetooth OFF and ON in the iPhone/iPad Settings. This will disconnect the connected lamp from Bluetooth and the lamp will get a chance to save the changes.

If a contactor fails closed, light fixtures remain powered on. Typically, this would create a string of day- burners. For the OmniMax, when power comes on, Photocontrol Failsafe interprets this as if it were a sensor going to night. In this situation the contactor becomes the sensor. If the OmniMax is in Failsafe Mode (default setting) when the contactor fails closed, and the OmniMax remains on for a sunrise, Failsafe will take control and resume dusk-till-dawn operation.  Unlike the AreaMax, which always has a sensor, the OmniMax does not require two missed cycles before Photocontrol Failsafe takes over.

The AreaMax is designed to operate under continuous power using a sensor. Over time the AreaMax refines dusk-till-dawn calculations based on historical information provided by a functioning sensor (minimum 15 days). After two missed events (sunrise/sunset), Failsafe will control the lamp on/off cycle.  So, in Failsafe mode (default setting), the AreaMax has a second layer of redundancy for a failed sensor.

An AreaMax can be run on a contactor one of two ways, with a sensor, or without a sensor (shorting cap installed). If the contactor fails, typically closed (on), the sensor will take over operation. When a sensor is present, a history of dusk-till-dawn transitions for that location will also be present. Should the sensor fail as well as the contactor, Failsafe will take over.

If the AreaMax has a shorting plug and the contactor fails closed (on), Failsafe will take over. However, without a sensor, the AreaMax will not have had the ability to create a history of dusk-till-dawn transitions for that location. For best results, if an AreaMax is being run on a contactor and has a shorting plug installed, the precise location should be set using ConnectLED.