How Interact
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Hardware + software + services = light and insight

Think of an Interact system like a smart, responsive computer network that gives light.In general, an Interact connected lighting system consists of three main levels or layers: hardware installed in the illuminated space, software accessible via the cloud, and optional services from Signify.

Hardware

An Interact system uses both lighting hardware and networking hardware. In illuminated spaces, connected LED luminaires from Philips or Color Kinetics deliver light, while sensors of various kinds collect data from the illuminated environment. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi beacons offer wireless connectivity for lighting control via mobile devices. Behind the scenes, lighting controllers and standard networking devices afford connectivity and integration.

Software

The cloud-based Interact IoT platform serves the full range of Interact software applications for lighting management, monitoring, and control, and supports Interact’s award-winning cybersecurity program. Collected data is stored in the cloud, along with analysis and visualization tools for turning data into insight.

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Signify services

Professional, managed, and lifecycle services from Signify offer such aids as system audit and design, remote system management and maintenance, UV-C disinfection, and light as a service, where you buy the light, not the lighting.

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Interact Custom Dashboard

The Interact Custom Dashboard lets you tailor your smart lighting solutions — and your dashboard itself — to your unique needs. It gives you precision control over your lighting and energy, whether you’re managing a building, street, highway, or city. An update on the existing Interact dashboard, the Custom Dashboard is customizable and integrated, with a range of additional benefits.

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Conceptual architecture for an Interact system

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Interact system examples

Every Interact system is specifically designed for you, to deliver the capabilities you need exactly where you need them—both indoors and on the streets. Our system examples give you some more insight into how an Interact system can be constructed

Interact system example for a city

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Interact system example for an office

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Interact system example for a warehouse

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Interact system for Retail

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Tell us what you're looking for. Our experts will work with you to design the system that's right for you. If you're a system specifier, find out more about enhancing your client's offering with Interact and request access to tender text.

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Tools & resources

Join our developer community for access to open APIs and other development tools. You can create personal assistance apps, integrate with building management systems, analyze collected data for new insights, and much more.

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