Lutron Grafik Eye 'mood' lighting controllers

The Lutron Grafik Eye control units are available in 2, 3, 4, or 6 zone models appropriate to the total number of lighting circuits controlled. Control of certain types of lighting and other devices eg curtains, screens etc is acheived using interfaces. These interfaces do not reduce the number of lighting circuits controlled by the Grafik Eye unit. They are triggered when a particular scene is set, eg a home cinema scene may dim the lights, but it can also lower a screen and close electrically powered curtains.

Each button on a Grafik Eye (or on a wall station) does not switch individual lighting circuits on and off. It 'switches' all the lights connected to the GrafikEye to a level of lighting that you have decided for that particular 'scene' or 'mood'.

Circuits, Zones and Scenes?

When working out your requirements it is very easy to become confused between zones, circuits and scenes.

A circuit of lighting is a number of lights that when using conventional light switches would all come on when you press one light switch. If you dim them, then all those lights would be dimmed to the same level. A circuit can consist of a single light, eg a central pendent light or a string of say six downlights. If they are normally operated by a single switch then they are a circuit.

Lutron talk about zones of lighting, eg a 4 zone Grafik Eye or a 6 zone Grafik Eye. For 'Zone' read 'Circuit'. They mean a 4 circuit Grafik Eye or a 6 circuit Grafik Eye.

A scene is a combination of circuits of light set to different levels. For example, in a simple 2 circuit system with a pendent light and wall lights, you could have say 4 scenes;

• Scene 1 could be pendent and wall lights both on at 100% brightness
• Scene 2 could be pendent on 50% brightness and wall lights on at 100%
• Scene 3 pendent at 100% and wall lights 50%
• Scene 4 both at 50%

Have a look on the Lutron web site for a demonstration of the dimming here.

Control

Each Grafik Eye can control a room's lighting, by allowing scenes to be selected directly using the buttons on the front of the Grafik Eye, or by using a 'wall station'. The wall stations are ideal when you require a discreet wall control, rather than the larger Grafik Eye itself. This allows you to locate the Grafik Eye out of the way in a cupboard or another less obvious location. Connection between the Grafik Eye and the wall station is by a special 4 core low voltage cable. (If you do want to locate the Grafik Eye in a room, we offer alternative faceplates to the white faceplate, in a variety of metal finishes. These are available for the wall stations also.

Scenes on the Grafik Eye may also selected by using an InfraRed remote control directed at the IR sensor on the front of the unit. Wall stations are also available with IR sensors for the same purpose. (If you wish to use your own Philips Pronto programmable remote control, we can provide you with the PCF files for the 16 scenes possible on the Grafik Eye.)

The Grafik Eye controls a range of lighting types, and can be easily programmed for a fade time from 0 seconds to 60 minutes

Up to 8 Grafik Eyes may be combined to control up to 48 zones. Up to 16 wall stations or control interfaces may be added per system.

Grafik Eye for Bang and Olufsen

Bang and Olufsen equipment operates on a special IR frequency. There is now a B&O series of Grafic Eye units with 3, 4 and 6 circuits designed to suit both technically and visually. As with the standard Grafik Eye, the B&O version comes with a white faceplate but an optional satin nickel units can be selected as an option, see here alternative faceplates. These operate using the standard Beo4 remote control.

Installation tips
The installation of a Grafik Eye requires a live/neutral/earth feed directly to the Grafik Eye from the consumer unit. This should have a local isolating switch in line for safety purposes. Circuits are then 'star' or 'radial' wired from the Grafik Eye. This usually involves re-wiring of the lighting circuits for the room. If this is not possible then the same 'scene' lighting control may be achieved on 2 circuits plus a lamp by using the Ulti system, which requires no re-wiring.

For Grafik Eye installation manual click here (pdf 467kB)

For Grafik Eye B & O version installation manual click here (pdf 467kB)

For Grafik Eye general brochure click here (pdf 1.0MB)

For Grafik Eye full technical guide click here (pdf 2.4MB)

Lutron Grafik Integrale!

The Grafik Integrale is also ideal if you have a number of circuits of LED lights. With the normal Grafik Eye you would need to use a Lutron Synthetic Minimum Load on each circuit to enable the system to work. With the Grafik Integrale no extra interfaces are needed.

For Grafik Integrale installation manual click here (pdf 473kB)

Dimensions: All grafik Eyes and Grafik Integrale controllers are the same size, 226mm wide x 116mm tall 58mm deep, including the faceplate. A back box is required for each Grafik Eye/Integrale. This back box is 200mm wide x 95mm tall x 76mm deep.