Central Management Systems

Glossary

Central Management Systems (CMS), also known as telemanagement, are the next step in remote dynamic street lighting control. Using a CMS, the operator can choose exactly when to switch each individual street light on or off and/or by how much to reduce the lamp power. This allows any number of switching events and/or dimming levels. The CMS also provides other benefits such as fault detection.

Overview

The following factsheets provide an overview of CMS and the Settlement requirements:

Equivalent Meters

An Equivalent Meter is the hardware and software that is used to calculate Half-Hourly electricity consumption values associated with Unmetered Apparatus.

The specification for an Equivalent Meter is contained within BSCP520 Unmetered Supplies Registered in SMRS.

Equivalent Meters are operated by Meter Administrators.

There are of two types of Equivalent Meter: Passive Meters and Dynamic Meters.

Passive Meters

Allocate the Unmetered consumption across the Half-Hourly periods by a mathematical relationship of annual burning hours to the daily time of sunrise and sunset; and

Dynamic Meters

Allocate the Unmetered consumption across the Half-Hourly periods by reference to the operation of a number of photoelectric cells (PECU Arrays) or by using actual switching times reported by a Central Management System (CMS).

Where the switching times are reported by CMS, the Equivalent Meter can be defined to be two distinct parts: the CMS (i.e. the system that is used to report switching times) and the Meter Administrator (MA) System (i.e. the system that is used to calculate the consumption).

The definition of the file that is used to transfer data from the CMS System to the MA System is contained in BSCP520.

Obligations

An applicant wishing to gain approval for an Equivalent Meter must demonstrate and provide test evidence to the accredited test agent of compliance with the requirements and responsibilities as per BSCP520.

Test Specification

The following Test Specification covers the required Meter Administrator System tests. Where Equivalent Meter software is developed by a Software Developer not associated with an existing MA the testing will solely focus on the software requirement within this document.

Approved Meter Administrators

 

Meter Administrators Equivalent Meter CMS Capable
E.ON Energy Ltd Lailoken
Power Data Associates Ltd hHums (CMS Capable) Yes
SP Dataserver Ltd LAMP
Tym Huckin Ltd Lailoken (CMS Capable) Yes

Last updated: 16/05/2023

CMS Capable Equivalent Meters

CMS forms part of the Meter Administrator’s Equivalent Meter. Where the switching times are reported by a CMS, the Equivalent Meter can be defined as two distinct parts: the CMS (i.e. the system that reports switching times and/or power levels) and the Meter Administrator (MA) System (i.e. the system used to calculate the consumption). An Equivalent Meter that can facilitate CMS is called a CMS Capable Equivalent Meter.

An interested party must apply to Elexon to gain approval for an Equivalent Meter, either for a new CMS or a new CMS Capable Equivalent Meter.

Elexon will provide applicants with a test specification and will agree a test schedule and give expected timescales for the approval process. The testing will be carried out by a CMS Test Agent appointed by the applicant.

Test specification

Once testing of the system(s) is complete, results will be presented to the Unmetered Supplies User Group (UMSUG) for recommendation for approval. The application will then be presented to the Supplier Volume Allocation Group (SVG) for approval.

For a new CMS Capable Equivalent Meter, Elexon will be required to test the complete system (i.e. MA system and CMS). However, in the case where the CMS and / or the MA system is tested and approved with another CMS / MA system, this will be taken into account in the testing (which may lead to a reduction in testing / no testing required by Elexon). All new Equivalent Meters must be presented to the SVG for approval, even in the case where the CMS and MA System that they comprise have been approved with other CMS / MA Systems.

Listed below are the currently-approved Meter Administrators and the Equivalent Meter Type they are approved to operate. For ease of reference, they are divided into approved Equivalent Meters that include CMS (CMS Capable) and those that do not include CMS (Non-CMS Capable).

Measured Central Management System

A Measured Central Management System is a measured CMS which utilises measured feedback. Approval of measured CMS is covered in the test specification above. 

The approved CMS must be used in conjunction with an approved Equivalent Meter (EM).

Approved Measured CMS Systems

Approved CMS System Version Brand name Permitted technology
BSCM 1.1.10 Ubitricity Any ubitricity SimpleSocket and SmartCables
BSCM 1.1.10 Urban Electric Any ubitricity SimpleSocket and SmartCables
Char.gy 1.29 Char.gy Any Char.gy EV charge point
BSCM 2.05 Ubitricity Any ubitricity SimpleSocket and SmartCables
CityEV 1.03 CityEV Any CityEV charge point
Swarco 1.00 Swarco Opticharge

Last updated: 8 May 2019

Approved CMS Systems

Company Approved CMS System Version Brand Name Permitted Lamp/Ballast
Harvard Engineering PLC WiMAC 2.0 LeafNut Any approved lamp ballast combination for on/off switching and any WiMAC compatible ballasts.
Zodion Ltd WiMAC 2.0 Vizion Any approved lamp ballast combination for on/off switching and any approved dimmable ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Streetlight Vision & SELC Streetlight Vision Web Portal 4.21 SELC Candelon Approved SELC ballasts.
Telensa Telensa PLANet 2.4 Telensa PLANet Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching and can be used with approved dimmable ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Ask Controls Limited Wi-LUX CMS 2.0 ASK-RMS Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Mayflower Complete Lighting Control Mayflower LMS 2.1.0.2 Mayflower LMS Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching and can be used approved dimmable ballasts given in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Philips Lighting CityTouch (with “CityTouch ready” luminaires and Starsense Wireless / PLC) 1.5 CityTouch Any “CityTouch ready” luminaire, For Starsense: any approved LED/Lamp – Driver combination suitable for on-off switching, dimming via digital DALI or analogue 1-10V control interface.
Philips Lighting CityTouch with Philips Starsense Wireless(Wireless and PLC) 1.4 CityTouch with Philips Starsense Wireless Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Silver Spring Networks StreetLight. Vision CMS with SELC CMS module 5.5 Intelligent Lighting Platform Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Charles Endirect Limited and Datek CELtek 2.35.23 CELtek Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
CIMCON Lighting. Inc. LightingGale 3.0.0 LightingGale Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Telematics Wireless Street Light Vision with  T-Light CMS 5.6.0  T-Light CMS Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Urbis Schréder Owlet CMS 2.101 Owlet Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Urbis Schréder Owlet IoT 3.102.12.17 Owlet Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Urbis Schréder Exedra 1.2.0 Exedra Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
DW Windsor and Urban Control StreetLight Vision CMS 5.5 UrbanMaster Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Silver Spring Networks StreetLight Vision CMS with Cimcon Controls 5.5.2 Intelligent Lighting Platform Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Lucy Zodion Ki. ki-master-694 Ki. Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Holophane Europe Limited (Itron) Streetlight. Vision CMS with SELC CMS module 5.5 axora Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Telematics Wireless BrightCity  1.50 BrightCity Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
Borough Smart

 

Borough Smart CMS

 

1.1.0 Borough Smart Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.
SmartLight.ai LTD

SmartLight.ai CMS

1.0 SmartLight.ai

Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.

Signify

Interact City

23.09.01.03 Interact City

Any approved LED/Lamp – Driver/Ballast combination suitable for on-off switching, dimming via digital DALI, or analogue 1-10V control interface

Lucy Zodion

Ki.

3.0 Ki.

Any approved lamp/ballast combination for on/off switching, and can be used with approved DALI controlled ballasts in the 0-10 volt and digital control table below.

Last updated: 5 September 2023

Company Approved Ballast 0-10 Volt Digital WiMAC
Tyco Electronics Tyco MKII Yes  
Philips Lighting Philips Dimmable Ballasts for CDO and SON Lamps Yes Yes  
Metrolight Metrolight Dimmable Ballasts Yes Yes  
Harvard Engineering PLC All WiMAC compatible ballasts and LED drivers     Yes
Zodion Ltd All WiMAC compatible ballasts and LED drivers  Yes  Yes Yes
Charles Endirect Ltd All CELtronic ballasts   Yes  
Osram AG Osram ECG (PTo)   Yes  
Tridonic Tridonic Ballasts   Yes  
SELC SELC SmartStar Dimmable Ballasts   Yes  

Last updated: 11 January 2012

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