A - Multi-color or multi-output lights may Lumitec's TTP technology.  To change the output color or output mode of a light, briefly toggle the light OFF then immediately back ON.  The light will cycle to the alternate or next output color.

A - RGBW LED Technology refers to the use of red, green, blue and white LED emitters in a single light. The various combinations of these LED will create nearly every possible color output option in the color spectrum.

How is Spectrum Color Controlled?

Spectrum Color is controlled with the use of Lumitec’s proprietary TTP, Timed Toggle Protocol technology. TTP is the use of brief “off/on” toggles of the light’s power switch to dim the light, select color output or cycle through the light modes.

Underwater Lights:

The light will start in white and then cycle through the complete color spectrum fading from one color into another, over a period of 15 seconds. After the initial 15 second cycle the light will continuously cycle through all the colors every 3 minutes.

Once the light is turned on, or at any point in the color cycle mode, it can be locked on a color by a brief off/on toggle of the switch at the desired color.

To reset the light, turn the light off for 3 seconds and the light will reset to the beginning of the cycle. Once a color is locked in, you may also toggle the power switch to restart the color cycle.

Down Lights & Utility Lights:

The light will turn on in white and ramp up to full intensity over a 4 second period. The light will remain on white until the color cycle mode is selected. You may dim the white color by toggling the switch as the light ramps up. Interrupting the ramp up period, sets the light at a lower level.

Once the white light is on, toggle once to enter the color cycle mode. A 15 second color cycle is followed by a continuous 3-minute color cycle for more precise control. The color cycle will always start with red for easy access to the night vison mode.

To select a color, as it appears toggle the switch once and the light will lock to the selected color. To dim the color, select the desired color with a toggle of the switch. Then immediately toggle again to set the color intensity. Interrupting the ramp up period, sets the light at a lower level.

To reset the light, turn the light off for 3 seconds and it will reset in the white mode.

Night vision and color cycle mode can be entered directly from an off position.

• For the color cycle mode, toggle the switch three times to start the cycle.
• For night vision mode, toggle the switch four times to set the light on red.

A - Lumitec carefully selects LED's with tightly controlled color outputs to ensure color consistency from product to product, and even from product family to product family. The human eye can detect about 10 million different colors. This means that even minor variations in output hue across a group of lights can be detected, and may be unappealing in some situations. Lumitec carefully selects "Bins" of LED's (batches of LED's that have been grouped together by the manufacturer because they have extremely similar output) so that output hue is consistent from light to light and product family to product family. In many instances Lumitec's LED suppliers such as Cree and Phillips Lumileds will design and maintain Bins exclusively to Lumitec's exacting specifications.

In 2012 Lumitec introduced "ColorMatch": a way to ensure that all of the lights for a given application have the same output hue. The ColorMatch system ensures that output hues (e.g. warm white, neutral white, blue, red, etc.) are consistent between individual lights within a family, and between different product families.

A - The output hue of white LED lights is often described in terms of "Color Temperature" or "Corrected Color Temperature", expressed in units of Kelvin. In short, CCT approximates the surface temperature of an "ideal" heated light-emitting body- for example the tungsten filament of an incandescent light bulb. Typical color temperatures for white LED's range from about 10,000 K, which is distinctly blue, to a natural daylight white at 5000 K, down to the yellower color of a traditional incandescent light at about 2700.

A - TTP is Timed Toggle Protocol.  It is a technology developed and refined by Lumitec which enables sophisticated features like dimming and/or color change with no external control boxes or specialized switches.  The light is installed like any 12 or 24VDC light: using a positive and negative power wire controlled by any standard ON/OFF switch. 

Lumitec Lights with dimming functionality ramp up in intensity over a period of about 4 seconds when initially turned on.  A brief "Off/On" toggle of the switch during the ramp phase will interrupt the ramp and hold the light at that intensity

A - Multi-color or multi-output lights may Lumitec's TTP technology.  To change the output color or output mode of a light, briefly toggle the light OFF then immediately back ON.  The light will cycle to the alternate or next output color.