Professional management of street lighting control systems is the first step towards Smarter Cities and reducing energy consumption. A standardized management interface for street lighting networks, luminaire controllers and other smart city applications enables interoperability and futureproofs the systems. Today cities face many challenges on the way to become smart cities, including to make sure that they decide for state-of-the-art technology when developing a large variety of public services ranging from outdoor lighting over parking and waste management to E-Mobility and many other applications. Most of these services are long-term investments and will be in use for decades. Besides trying to foster competition and negotiate the best pricing, public purchasers prefer to invest in open systems to guarantee continued access to future-proof solutions and to avoid vendor lock-in. Leading cities are increasingly looking to select interoperable solutions across their systems. Founded in 2012, the TALQ Consortium is establishing a globally accepted standard for management software interfaces to control and monitor heterogeneous outdoor lighting networks. The new TALQ interface is a specification for information exchange, suitable for implementation in various products and systems. This way interoperability between Central Management Systems (CMS) and Outdoor Lighting Networks (OLN) from different vendors will be enabled, such that a single CMS can control different OLNs in different parts of a city or region. In 2016 TALQ decided to open up its scope to standardizing interfaces for wider smart city applications. Major Outcomes: - Potential of intelligent outdoor lighting and smart city solutions for the environment and society - How to increase flexibility while decreasing operational costs - Why smart cities have more transparency - The benefits of an industry standard for industry and municipalities/customers Talk by Brian McGuigan, TALQ Consortium

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Smart Lighting Goes Smart City – How can Standards
Increase Independence of Cities?
Professional Lighting Summit 2017
Glasgow – June 15, 2017
Brian McGuigan
Chairman Promotion Work Group – TALQ Consortium
Sales Director – Silver Spring Networks

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Agenda
• Introductions
• Outdoor Lighting Networks: Needs, Benefits and Key Features
• What is TALQ and why TALQ ?
• TALQ Certification Process
• Standards for the Smart City
• TALQ Partner program
• Questions?

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SSN provide communication & data platforms to help cities and
utilities Connect, Monitor and Control all the assets they care about.
CONNECTING CITIES AND UTILITIES AROUND THE WORLD

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CONNECTING CITIES AND UTILITIES AROUND THE WORLD

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SMART
STREET
LIGHTS
ELECTRIC
AMI
SOLAR
INVERTERS
DIGITAL
SIGNAGE
WATER & GAS
METERING
DYNAMIC
LIGHTING
SMART
PARKING
ENVIRONMENTAL
SENSORS
TRAFFIC
SYSTEMS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
ACOUSTIC
SENSORS
EV CHARGING CABINET
CONTROLS
IP CAMERAS
? ?
+++ +++
Smart City – What Devices?

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• More vendor choice, both initially and throughout system life
• More secure through life of system
• More innovation + long term value
• Lower risk than proprietary solutions
• Allows integration with existing legacy systems and future systems
Standards  Interoperability  Choice  Value
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Why Open Standards?

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Who is TALQ?
Regular and Associate Members

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Luminaire
interface
Wired / Wireless
connectivity
Software
interface
STANDARDS AVAILABLE FOR END TO END SMART
LIGHTING SOLUTION
Avoid vendor lock in. Increase choice and flexibility. Reduce risk.
ANSI C136.41

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Outdoor Lighting Networks: Needs, Benefits, Key features
• LESS ENERGY thanks to…
 Dynamic lighting configuration
 Control Program and Calendars
 Controlled ON and OFF times
 Avoid Day Burners
• MORE CONTROL thanks to…
 Automatic failure detection to reduce onsite trips
 Data analytics to reduce failures
 Configurable alarm conditions
 Real time control and monitoring
• A CANOPY FOR
YOUR SMART CITY APPS
 Real time control and monitoring
of any connected device in the streets
 Open data model to control new device types in the future
 Leverage your Streetlight Canopy

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Why TALQ?
First some definitions….
Gateway or
Bridge between
the Luminaire
Controllers and
the CMS
Light Points
Controlled by a
Luminaire
Controller
Central
Management
System (CMS)
Outdoor
Lighting
Networks (OLN)

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Old Issues with OLNs
• Most vendors have developed proprietary solutions
• Lack of standards then slows down market adoption
• Interoperability issue
 Cities can’t afford to be locked-in with proprietary vendors
 Each OLN supplier provides its own proprietary CMS
OLN A OLN B OLN C
CMS A CMS B CMS C

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What is TALQ ?
• The TALQ Consortium defines a standard for information
exchange between OLN and CMS
• TALQ is a HTTP/REST protocol that allows a CMS
to control, monitor and command multiple OLNs
• TALQ is independent from the OLN architecture
 Wireless light point control
 Power line light point control
 Cabinet/Group control
• Enables multiple implementation options

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TALQ Key Features
• TALQ Device Data Model
 Light Point Control : Lamp Actuators, Lamp Monitor, Light Sensors
 Sensing : Digital Sensors, Analog Sensors
 Cabinet Control : 3-phase meters
 Communication : gateway
• TALQ set of attributes and events
 Standard attributes and events
 Vendor specific attributes and events
• TALQ Services
 Bootstrap, initial discovery and configuration
 Security Services
 Data Collection and Event Notification
 Lighting Control Programs
 On Demand Data Request
 Manual Override
 Data Package Transfer

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Feature Classification
- Discovery and configuration
- Control Programs and Calendars
- On demand data requests
- Manual override
- Data logging and events
- Security
Some examples of optional TALQ features:
- Advanced 3-phase cabinet metering
- Constant Light Output, maintenance factor
- Lighting scenes
- Motion-based adaptive lighting
Unique vendor features
TALQ provides the format for implementation
Mandatory
Functionality is mandatory
to pretend to be compatible
with TALQ
Optional
Vendor is not obliged
to implement
Vendor specific
Not specified in TALQ
Format defined

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Example 1 - Control Programs and Calendars
• TALQ Control Programs
 A set of active periods depending
on events : photocell, fixed time,
astronomical clock, sensors
 A set of rules to automate
light level during active periods
• TALQ Calendars
 A set of rules to apply a
TALQ Control Program to a
Group of Lamp Actuators
on a set of days
 Advanced rules available to apply
Control Programs daily, weekly,
monthly, start/end,
Xth day of the month, etc…

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Example 1 - Control Programs and Calendars

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Example 2 - On-demand reads and override
• On-demand reads
 Read last value of current,
voltage, power, power factor, …
on a specific device
 Read last status of a device
• Manual override
 ON, OFF, Light Level (0-100)
 Scene (optional)
 Expiration time
TALQ
Bridge
Real-time read and
command Metering and lighting
values
OLN
CMS
Send on-demand read
Send Manual Override
Metering and lighting
values

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TALQ Certification process
TALQ Test Tool
No
Test
Tool
New Product (NP)
to Certify
OK ?
Fix it

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No
Test
Tool
New Product (NP)
to Certify
OK ?
Fix it
Submit Test
Results and
Vendor
Declaration (*)
OK ?
Yes
Admin
Check
Product
Certified !
Yes New
Feature
in NP ?
No
(*) The Vendor Declaration lists the TALQ capabilities of the new product.
No
TALQ Certification process

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No
OK ?
Fix it
Submit Test
Results and
Vendor
Declaration (*)
OK ?
Yes
Admin
Check
Product
Certified !
Yes New
Feature
in NP ?
No
Plugfest
Yes
OK ?
Yes
No
No
(*) The Vendor Declaration lists the TALQ capabilities of the new product.
TALQ Certification process
Test
Tool
New Product (NP)
to Certify

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SMART STREET
LIGHTS
ELECTRIC
AMI
SOLAR
INVERTERS
DIGITAL
SIGNAGE
WATER & GAS
METERING
DYNAMIC
LIGHTING
SMART PARKING ENVIRONMENTAL
SENSORS
TRAFFIC
SYSTEMS
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
ACOUSTIC
SENSORS
EV CHARGING CABINET
CONTROLS
IP CAMERAS
? ?
+++ +++
Standards for the Smart City

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TALQ Framework
Smart City Applications – Uniting Smart Outdoor Devices
Lighting
Control
Cabinet
Electricity
Meter
Traffic
Monitoring
Camera
Lighting
Controller
Waste
Monitoring
Sensor
Environmental
Sensor
Others
Discovery &
Configuration
Control &
Command
Notification
On Demand
Data Request
Data History
Scheduling &
Calendars
Firmware
Upgrade
Security
TALQ Smart Outdoor Devices Interoperability Framework
Certification
Available in 2017

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TALQ Partner Program
• For cities and municipalities
• Utilities
• Project planner
• Consultants
• and other organizations / associations
…to actively build the future requirements for the Smart City.

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TALQ Support for ‚Smart Cities‘
Pocket Guide for Smart Lighting Tenders
• Available in English and German
• Other languages to follow
• Will be enlarged covering other Smart
Outdoor Devices (additionally to lighting)
• TALQ Partner receive an editable version

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Check out our video for a shorter explanation…
English version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_54bYGkHA

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