A luminaire can transfer the information of several light emitting objects. These LEO can also be defined as “emergency LEO”. These emergency LEOs are only used for the emergency lighting calculation. Since DIALux version 4.1 these emergency LEOs will be used by DIALux for the emergency lighting calculation. A “regular” LEO can also be used for the emergency calculation. Often “normal luminaires are equipped with battery packs or they are connected to a central battery. So in the emergency case the “regular” light distribution curve is used for the calculation. Maybe the luminous flux is different. In DIALux a single luminaire can be picked and the settings to use it in the emergency lighting calculation can be defined.
Fig. 222 Emergency lighting – Inspector
You can define here if the luminaire has to be used for the emergency calculation. Also you can define if it is used only in the emergency case or for the normal lighting. The luminous flux for the duration time can be edited here.
The emergency LEO is designed to handle a light distribution curve which is different from the regular LDC. There are for example fluorescent lamp luminaires on the market which have an incandescent lamp or a LED included for emergency lighting. In these cases it would be possible to use the fluorescent lamps LDC for the normal lighting situation and the incandescent lamp or LED LDC for the emergency lighting.
