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Lighting design anytime anywhere on smartphone or tablet
The DIALux Mobile app is the latest addition to the DIALux family. For the very first time it is now possible to carry out your light planning of an interior space directly on site on your smartphone or tablet. Thorsten Kock, Software Development Manager at DIAL, explains what the user can now look forward to.
Thorsten Kock, Business Unit Manager Software Development
Mr Kock, how does DIALux Mobile work?
The planner can now gather information about a room and create a lighting system directly on site. He immediately receives details of the number of luminaires and their positions, information which he needs to fulfil the normative requirements of the room. In the first step the user can define the dimensions of the room and, in the user profile, select or enter himself the nominal values for the lighting installation. It is also easy to enter parameters such as degrees of reflectance and maintenance factor. In the second step the user selects a suitable luminaire from an online databank comprising real products from leading manufacturers. The user then obtains calculation results on his mobile end device. He can see immediately how many luminaires are required and the illuminance achieved is displayed clearly. The result provides the user with a plan of the room which includes the luminaires, the illuminance and information about energy consumption.
What are the benefits of the app?
You always have your smartphone or your tablet with you and can use it quickly. That is particularly interesting for planners and designers who are out in the field. They now have the chance to give their customers an immediate idea of the final design and to submit an offer. A further bonus is that our luminaire data come directly from the manufacturer and are always up-to-date.
When will DIALux Mobile be available for download?
Users can look forward to having DIALux Mobile by the middle of the year. Then the app will be available for download free of charge in App Store and Google Play Store.The actual date of release will be announced in our newsletter. So it makes sense to subscribe to this newsletter at newsletter.dial.de The app will undergo further development in the coming months and more features will be added. After release work will continue, because we still have lots of ideas which we wish to put into practice. You can get a first impression of DIALux Mobile at the DIAL booth at the fair where we will demonstrate the app twice daily, at 10 am and 3 pm.
