Smart city - Success Stories

Project Introduction

Location: Kaohsiung,Taiwan

Project Name: Kaohsiung City Smarts Up Street Lighting

Products Deployed: OL-N2T5GPA1-NBG-UR smart light

Project Requirement 

●Smart light controller with NEMA socket
●Built-in LPWAN technology
●High ingress protection
●Wide operating temperature

Kaohsiung City manages a large number of public streetlights, making efficient operation and maintenance a significant challenge. Traditional street lighting systems often involve high energy consumption, costly maintenance, and time-consuming fault detection and repair, while relying heavily on manual inspections and reports to identify problems.

To improve operational efficiency and reduce energy consumption, the Kaohsiung City Government initiated a smart street lighting project. In addition to upgrading conventional lights to energy-efficient LED lighting, the project aimed to introduce intelligent control and remote management capabilities to monitor streetlight status in real time, accelerate fault response, and streamline maintenance, creating a safer, more energy-efficient, and smarter urban lighting environment.

Solution

Plagued by the high maintenance costs, huge repair efforts, and high power consumption of street lights, the Kaohsiung government in Taiwan decided to replace them with smart street lights so they can be managed in a more efficient and cost effective way. Besides changing to more power-efficient LED lights, the government also wanted to install smart light controllers to enhance management efficiency and speed up repair and maintenance work, thus improving public safety at night.

To ensure reliable operation of the smart street lights, the government has adopted ORing’s OL-N2T5GPA1-NBG-UR smart light controller featuring LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network) technology. One reasons that the government chose this light controller is because of its performance recognized by the Level 2 Certification awarded by Taiwan’s TAICS (Taiwan Association of Information and Communication Standards), meaning it has met the security requirements for commercial use. Another reason is its versatile management functions and universal compatibility with all NEMA type LED luminaires since it comes with a standardized connector.

The OL-N2T5GPA1-NBG-UR smart light controller installed on every street light uses NB-IoT technology to transmit the status data of the street lights to the control center. It can monitor several electrical parameters in real time and alert the system automatically when any lights fail to work properly so the staff can fix the problems immediately, thus significantly improving maintenance efficiency. The failure data will be sent to the cloud at the same time where the staff can access the data via laptops or smartphones when they are not on site. The staff can switch lights on and off or dim lights remotely or by schedule while optimizing the power efficiency of the lights, dramatically enhancing management efficiency. The controller also comes with a G-sensor to detect tilt and will send an alarm to the control center in the case of damage.

After the installation of ORing’s OL-N2T5GPA1-NBG-UR smart light controllers, the number of maintenance cases reported dropped by 6,000 compared to the same period of time last year. The number of cases reported even dropped by 30% year on year in July and August during the typhoon season. Maintenance efficiency also increases dramatically as maintenance time is reduced from two days to 22 hours.

System Structure

Why ORing

●Industrial-grade design
●Immediate and professional technical support
●NB-IoT technology
●Ease of installation and management

Project Introduction 

Location: Taoyuan,Taiwan

Project Name: ORing Smart Lighting Control Solution Helps Taoyuan City Government Realize Smart City Vision

Products Deployed: ORing Street Light Controller

Project Requirement 

● A smart solution for street lights
● A single management interface
● Industrial-grade design for operation in harsh environments

The Taoyuan Aerotropolis is a large-scale urban development project surrounding Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, designed to create a modern hub integrating logistics, industry, and residential development.  As part of its vision to build a smarter, greener, and more livable city, the project incorporates a wide range of smart city and IoT technologies into its infrastructure. One of the key initiatives in the initial phase was the deployment of 6,000 smart streetlights.

To efficiently manage such a large-scale lighting network, the Taoyuan City Government required an intelligent solution that could enable remote monitoring and control, centralized management, energy monitoring, and rapid fault detection, while ensuring reliable operation in outdoor environments.

Solution 

Claimed to be the largest infrastructure project in Taiwan’s history, the Taoyuan Aerotropolis is a massive urban development project at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan City. The project will create a modern industrial logistics center, development zone, and a modern urban residential neighborhood surrounding the airport. Once the Aerotropolis is completed, it will generate annual revenues of around US$ 74 billion and increase the airport’s passenger capacity from around 40 million annual passengers to about 60 million.  Positioned to be a gate to the world, the Aerotropolis will adopt a variety of smart and IoT technologies to provide a more livable environment. The initial phase of the project involves the installation of 6000 smart street lights in the area.

To help the Taoyuan City government monitor, control, and manage the street lights remotely and effectively, ORing has installed smart lighting controllers for these streets lights. Supporting low-power ZigBee mesh or Lora tree technologies, ORing's smart lighting controllers connect LED lamps through standard NEMA sockets (ANSI C136.41), which is compliant with the international DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) dimming control standard.

This function enhances LED lighting efficiency as the administrator can choose between different levels of light output and obtain lighting data. The controllers are equipped with automatic sensing technology which will dim with sunrise/sunset time or based on the analysis of data. When there is something wrong with the voltage, current, driver, or device, ORing’s smart lighting controllers will detect the fault automatically, so the administrator can troubleshoot as soon as possible.  The lighting controller can be easily managed through ORing’s MagiCITY platform which integrates all device controls such as smart lighting, sensor data loggers, smart meters, and smart trackers in one interface to provide maximum ease of management.

With ORing's smart lighting solution, the Taoyuan City government not only enhances management, maintenance, and troubleshooting efficiency significantly, they can also keep track of energy consumption of street lights. ORing has helped the government move one step closer to the goal of realizing a smart and green city.

System Structure

Why ORing 

● Prompt customer services
● Products with industrial-grade design
● One-stop shop for customers’ hardware and software needs

Project Introduction

Location: Panama,Central America

Project Name: Highway Solar Street Light Control

Products Deployed: ORing Street Light Controller

Project Requirement

• Intelligent control
• Smart power saving
• Fault detection
• Resistance to harsh outdoor environments

As part of its efforts to improve highway lighting infrastructure, a solar-powered street lighting system was deployed along a highway in Panama. Compared with conventional streetlights, solar lighting provides a more sustainable solution by utilizing renewable energy while reducing dependence on the power grid.

However, managing solar streetlights across a large outdoor area presents several challenges, including limited solar energy during unfavorable weather, difficulty in monitoring power conditions, and time-consuming fault detection and maintenance.To ensure reliable and energy-efficient operation, the project required an intelligent lighting solution capable of remote monitoring and control, smart power management, automatic dimming, and real-time fault detection.

The system also needed to withstand harsh outdoor environments while maintaining sufficient illumination under different weather and power conditions.

Solution

ORing provided the customer with a complete solution for the customer including a lighting controller, a remote control module, a power monitoring module, and a smart management platform. ORing's smart lighting controllers are connected to the LED lights along the highway via standard NEMA sockets.

The controllers support both 0-10 V lighting and DALI dimming, allowing the administrator to choose the light level based on the environmental conditions in that moment. In addition, administrators can easily access real-time data of solar lights, such as voltage, current, and power of solar panels and cells, on LoRa/Zigbee networks, while controlling the lights remotely.

The smart lighting controllers monitor the voltage of the solar cells automatically to keep administrators aware of the power level and adjust the lights accordingly. In rainy days, the lights will be switched to power-saving mode to provide minimum illumination. Lights can also be turned on and off or dimmed at specific times such as sunrise, sunset, and any predesignated periods to save power.

The intelligent failure detection function will identify  any failure on the network (such as lamp failure, segment failure, or accident on a pole) immediately so the administrator can dispatch maintenance staff to repair and reduce lamp downtime.

System Structure

Why Oring

• DALI and 0-10 Dimming
• Smart Power Saving Mode
• Fault Detection
• Scheduled Operation
• Interoperability with Cloud Platform

Project Introduction

Location: Taipei,Taiwan

Project Name: Taipei Children's Amusement Park Uses ORing Solutions for Smart Lighting

Products Deployed: IMG-4312-4G/OL-NB-02ND

Project Requirement

• Street light controllers supporting NB-IoT
• 4G router with Ethernet and serial ports
• Supporting different protocols
• Wide temperature range

As part of Taipei City’s smart city development, the government planned to connect the National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei Astronomical Museum, and Taipei Children’s Amusement Park to create an integrated recreational area combining science, education, and art.

To enhance the park’s infrastructure and visitor experience, the project included the deployment of 50 smart streetlights and two smart poles at Taipei Children’s Amusement Park. Beyond providing intelligent lighting, the new infrastructure was designed to support multiple smart devices, including cameras, weather sensors, speakers, and displays.

The project therefore required a reliable communication solution capable of integrating data from different devices and protocols while enabling remote monitoring, intelligent lighting control, and real-time fault detection. Industrial-grade equipment with wide-temperature operation was also essential to ensure stable performance in outdoor environments.

Solution

As part of its efforts to connect the National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei Astronomical Museum, and Children's Amusement Park to form a park with science and art elements, the Taipei City government wanted to install 50 smart street lights and two smart poles in the Children's Amusement Park.

The contractor of this project was looking for a solution provider capable of providing lighting controllers and wireless routers to transmit data from devices such as cameras, weather sensors, speakers, and displays. With a comprehensive product portfolio ranging from IIoT to data communications, ORing was selected by the contractor as the supplier for this project.

ORing's OL-NB-02ND smart lighting controller was installed on every light pole. Based on NB-IoT technology, the lighting controllers can use licensed wireless frequency to communicate with different devices. The control center can monitor a variety of electrical parameters such as voltage, current, power, and frequency. When something goes wrong, for example when over/under voltage or current lamp/driver fault, or device failure is detected, the administrator will receive alerts immediately, thus shortening response time.

The OL-NB-02ND smart lighting controller also includes a G-Sensor for tilt detection. The G-sensor will monitor the lighting pole tilt status and send the alarm if the lighting pole is not upright. Through the autonomous sensing capabilities of the OL-NB-02ND smart lighting controller, the brightness of the lights can be adjusted automatically such as fading out at sunrise or based on data analysis.

The contractor also selected ORing's IMG-4312-3G industrial media gateway to integrate data from different devices. With a serial port and two Ethernet ports, the media gateway can receive digital and serial data while transmitting the data over the Internet. Data can be sent to up to five host PCs simultaneously for backup purposes.

System Structure

Why ORing

• Comprehensive product line-ups
• Industrial-grade design to ensure robust operation
• Support multiple short-range wireless technologies