2018 performance and feature set upgrade
ECOdrive, SOLOdrive and DUALdrive
Change description
eldoLED is rolling out its 2018 upgrade over a broad set of LED drivers. The 2018 upgrade further improves performance consistency between, and expands the feature set of its drivers. The main improvements of the 2018 upgrade include:
- Programming of drive current in 1mA increments (instead of 25mA) for ECOdrive drivers.
- DALI drivers support the new DALI-2 (Device Type 6) standard. Most DALI drivers have already been independently verified by the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA) to comply with the relevant parts of the DALI-2 standard. For a few dual channel DALI drivers, DiiA certification is still pending.
- Customers can order most 0-10V and LEDcode drivers to be programmed with a faster start-up time to comply with several North American standards (e.g. ENERGY STAR® and CA Title 24). For more details, see the white paper "Start time requirements for LED luminaires" on the eldoLED website.
- DALI and LEDcode-only LED drivers will support the latest LEDcode2 communication protocol, which enables location-based IoT applications and wired and wireless lighting control through select LEDcode peripheral devices.
- Support for eldoLED visible light communication (VLC) v1.5 (Supported in North America Atrius™ installations as required).
In the remainder of this notification, current production drivers will be referred to as "legacy" drivers while drivers with the 2018 update will be referred to as "enhanced" drivers.
eldoLED has also released an update to its FluxTool programming software. FluxTool version 3.2.6 has been made available on the FluxTool download page. eldoLED always recommends using the latest version of FluxTool to have access to all features and ensure optimal interoperability between LED drivers and programming software.
To download a PDF document with the Product Change Notification or an Excel file with an overview of the new features by part number, click either of the respective links:
Impact to customers
The commercial part numbers for enhanced drivers are incremented relative to their legacy counterparts (e.g. EC0361B2 → EC0361B3) to ensure full traceability. Also, new commercial invoice (CI) codes are issued for enhanced drivers. A complete list of enhanced drivers, including their new commercial revision numbers, can be found in Tables 1 – 6 at the end of this change notification.
To ensure backward compatibility, enhanced 0-10V and LEDcode drivers ship, by default, with the same startup performance as legacy drivers. However, most enhanced 0-10V and LEDcode drivers can be ordered to meet the faster startup performance mandated by ENERGY STAR and CA Title 24. eldoLED has validated the consistency in dimming and start-up performance between legacy and enhanced drivers. However, in select applications and under certain operating conditions customers may experience slight performance variations. Therefore, eldoLED recommends that customers validate the performance of enhanced drivers prior to mixing these with legacy drivers in the same space.
The startup behaviour of legacy DALI drivers and enhanced DALI drivers is different. Legacy DALI drivers are designed to generate first light within 0.6s and fade to full power within, typically, 1.1s. Enhanced DALI drivers, as specified in the DALI-2 standard and verified as part of DiiA certification, apply full power to the LED load after 0.6s. Also, the acceptance criteria for the fade down performance have been defined more specifically in DALI-2. Consequently, the fade down command, under certain circumstances, may yield slightly different dimming performance between legacy and enhanced DALI drivers. Therefore, it is not advised to mix legacy DALI and enhanced DALI drivers in the same space.
The label on the driver includes either the DALI or DALI-2 logo (see pictures below) to identify which DALI standard is supported. All drivers that carry the DALI-2 logo are certified by DiiA to comply with IEC 62386-101 Edition 2.0, IEC 62386-102 Edition 2.0, and IEC 62386-207 Edition 1.0 (Device Type 6).
All enhanced DUALdrive DALI drivers support LightShape, Tunable White. In applications that require control of both color temperature and intensity via the nLight® network, an enhanced DUALdrive DALI driver with LightShape must be connected, via LEDcode, to a digital nIO EZDL CCT device with at least firmware version F386A-002Z-029 nIO-LEDCODE-CCT-n100-5242. Using a digital nIO EZDL CCT with an older firmware version may result in the light engine not turning on. The new firmware for digital nIO EZDL CCT will be released in the middle of August 2018 and will be backwards compatible with legacy DUALdrive DALI drivers with LightShape.
Certification
The 2018 upgrade consists of firmware upgrades and, in select cases, also hardware upgrades to support the faster start-up performance. Nevertheless, enhanced drivers remain covered by the same certification files as the corresponding legacy drivers. This means, in principle, that no re-certification of the luminaire is necessary if those legacy drivers are replaced by enhanced drivers with the same form factor, power rating, and current settings.
eldoLED lists its LED drivers by their official product names (i.e. family name, configuration, and form factor) with standards agencies (e.g. UL and ENEC). For example, an ECOdrive 30W driver with a /B form factor and a 0-10V control interface is listed as ECOdrive 361/B. The corresponding commercial part number (EC0361B2) is used for traceability purposes only. Those customers who (inadvertently) listed an eldoLED LED driver with its commercial part number instead of its full product name in their luminaire file may need to update their certification documentation to avoid non-compliance.
Effective date(s)
This notice signifies the beginning of the transition from legacy to enhanced drivers as well as the end-of-maintenance for all legacy drivers listed in Tables 1 – 6. Enhanced drivers are available for ordering as of the date of this notice. The completion of the transition period and the last-time-buy date for legacy drivers will be communicated in a later stage. Lead times for legacy drivers are no longer guaranteed and will depend on available inventory and production schedules.
eldoLED typically stocks drivers in its distribution centers to ensure short lead times to its customers. Therefore, customers who order eldoLED drivers by product name (e.g. ECOdrive 361/B) during the transition period may, at the discretion of eldoLED, receive either legacy or enhanced drivers. eldoLED will not mix legacy and enhanced drivers to fulfill orders.
Customers who need a specific feature set or performance associated with either the legacy or enhanced driver are advised to explicitly call out the commercial part number for the driver in their purchase order (e.g. EC0361B2 or EC0361B3, respectively, for the legacy or enhanced 30W/B 0-10V driver). eldoLED driver CI codes are, by design, tied to a specific commercial part number. Thus, a legacy driver and an enhanced driver with the same programming settings (e.g. drive current, dimming curve, minimum dimming level) will each have a unique CI code.
For more information on how to identify the commercial revision number and production date of an eldoLED driver, see http://www.eldoled.com/about-us/news/pun-factory-label-change/.
Affected products
Tables 1 – 6 list all the enhanced drivers with the 2018 update and their legacy counterparts.
Table 1: 10W/20W/30W /B and /S and 50W /B drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 10W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 160/B | EC0160B1 | EC0160B3 |
| ECOdrive 161/B | EC0161B1 | EC0161B3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 160/B | SL0160B1 | SL0160B3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 161/B | SL0161B1 | SL0161B3 | |||
| 20W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 260/B | EC0260B1 | EC0260B2 | |
| ECOdrive 261/B | EC0261B1 | EC0261B2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 260/B | SL0260B1 | SL0260B2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 261/B | SL0261B1 | SL0261B2 | |||
| 30W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 360/B | EC0360B2 | EC0360B3 | |
| ECOdrive 361/B | EC0361B2 | EC0361B3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 360/B | SL0360B2 | SL0360B3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 361/B | SL0361B2 | SL0361B3 | |||
| 50W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 560/B | EC0560B2 | EC0560B3 | |
| ECOdrive 561/B | EC0561B2 | EC0561B3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 563/B | SL0563B2 | SL0563B3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 564/B | SL0564B2 | SL0564B3 | |||
| S | 10W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 160/S | EC0160S1 | EC0160S3 |
| ECOdrive 161/S | EC0161S1 | EC0161S3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 160/S | SL0160S1 | SL0160S3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 161/S | SL0161S1 | SL0161S3 | |||
| 20W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 260/S | EC0260S1 | EC0260S2 | |
| ECOdrive 261/S | EC0261S1 | EC0261S2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 260/S | SL0260S1 | SL0260S2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 261/S | SL0261S1 | SL0261S2 | |||
| 30W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 360/S | EC0360S2 | EC0360S3 | |
| ECOdrive 361/S | EC0361S2 | EC0361S3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 360/S | SL0360S2 | SL0360S3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 361/S | SL0361S2 | SL0361S3 |
Table 2: 50W /S and /A drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 50W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 560/S | EC0560S2 | EC0560S3 |
| ECOdrive 561/S | EC0561S2 | EC0561S3 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 563/S | SL0563S2 | SL0563S3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 564/S | SL0564S2 | SL0564S3 | |||
| A | 50W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 560/A | EC0560A3 | EC0560A4 |
| ECOdrive 561/A | EC0561A3 | EC0561A4 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 560/A | SL0560A2 | SL0560A3 | ||
| SOLOdrive 561/A | SL0561A3 | SL0561A4 | |||
| DUALdrive | DUALdrive 560/A | DL0560A2 | DL0560A3 |
Table 3: 30W and 50W /L drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 30W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 365/L | EC0365L2 | EC0365L3 |
| EC0365L2-NLIGHTAIR | EC0365L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| ECOdrive 366/L | EC0366L2 | EC0366L3 | |||
| ECOdrive 368/L | EC0368L2 | EC0368L3 | |||
| EC0368L2-NLIGHTAIR | EC0368L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 365/L | SL0365L2 | SL0365L3 | ||
| SL0365L2-NLIGHTAIR | SL0365L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| SOLOdrive 366/L | SL0366L2 | SL0366L3 | |||
| SOLOdrive 368/L | SL0368L2 | SL0368L3 | |||
| SL0368L2-NLIGHTAIR | SL0368L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| 50W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 565/L | EC0565L2 | EC0565L3 | |
| EC0565L2-NLIGHTAIR | EC0565L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| ECOdrive 566/L | EC0566L2 | EC0566L3 | |||
| ECOdrive 568/L | EC0568L2 | EC0568L3 | |||
| EC0568L2-NLIGHTAIR | EC0568L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 565/L | SL0565L2 | SL0565L3 | ||
| SL0565L2-NLIGHTAIR | SL0565L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| SOLOdrive 566/L | SL0566L2 | SL0566L3 | |||
| SOLOdrive 568/L | SL0568L2 | SL0568L3 | |||
| SL0568L2-NLIGHTAIR | SL0568L3-NLIGHTAIR | ||||
| SOLOdrive 560/L | SL0560L1 | SL0560L3 | |||
| SL0560L2 | |||||
| SOLOdrive 561/L | SL0561L1 | SL0561L3 | |||
| SL0561L2 | |||||
| DUALdrive | DUALdrive 560/L | DL0560L1 | DL0560L3 | ||
| DL0560L2 |
Table 4: 20W/30W/50W /U drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U | 20W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 265/U | EC0265U1 | EC0265U2 |
| ECOdrive 266/U | EC0266U1 | EC0266U2 | |||
| ECOdrive 268/U | EC0268U1 | EC0268U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 265/U | SL0265U1 | SL0265U2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 266/U | SL0266U1 | SL0266U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 268/U | SL0268U1 | SL0268U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 260/U | SL0260U1 | SL0260U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 261/U | - | SL0261U1 | |||
| DUALdrive | DUALdrive 260/U | DL0260U1 | DL0260U2 | ||
| 30W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 365/U | EC0365U1 | EC0365U2 | |
| ECOdrive 366/U | EC0366U1 | EC0366U2 | |||
| ECOdrive 368/U | EC0368U1 | EC0368U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 365/U | SL0365U1 | SL0365U2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 366/U | SL0366U1 | SL0366U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 368/U | SL0368U1 | SL0368U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 360/U | SL0360U1 | SL0360U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 361/U | - | SL0361U1 | |||
| DUALdrive | DUALdrive 360/U | DL0360U1 | DL0360U2 | ||
| 50W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 565/U | EC0565U1 | EC0565U2 | |
| ECOdrive 566/U | EC0566U1 | EC0566U2 | |||
| ECOdrive 568/U | EC0568U1 | EC0568U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 565/U | SL0565U1 | SL0565U2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 566/U | SL0566U1 | SL0566U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 568/U | SL0568U1 | SL0568U2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 560/U | SL0560U2 | SL0560U3 | |||
| SOLOdrive 561/U | SL0561U2 | SL0561U3 | |||
| DUALdrive | DUALdrive 560/U | DL0560U1 | DL0560U2 |
Table 5: 20W /A and /M, and 30W /A drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 20W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 240/A | EC0240A1 | EC0240A2 |
| ECOdrive 241/A | EC0241A1 | EC0241A2 | |||
| ECOdrive 247/A | EC0247A1 | EC0247A2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 240/A | SL0240A1 | SL0240A2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 241/A | SL0241A1 | SL0241A2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 247/A | SL0247A1 | SL0247A2 | |||
| 30W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 360/A | EC0360A4 | EC0360A5 | |
| ECOdrive 361/A | EC0361A4 | EC0361A5 | |||
| ECOdrive 367/A | - | EC0367A5 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 360/A | SL0360A4 | SL0360A5 | ||
| SOLOdrive 361/A | SL0361A4 | SL0361A5 | |||
| SOLOdrive 367/A | - | SL0367A5 | |||
| M | 20W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 240/M | EC0240M1 | EC0240M2 |
| ECOdrive 241/M | EC0241M1 | EC0241M2 | |||
| ECOdrive 247/M | EC0247M1 | EC0247M2 | |||
| SOLOdrive | SOLOdrive 240/M | SL0240M1 | SL0240M2 | ||
| SOLOdrive 241/M | SL0241M1 | SL0241M2 | |||
| SOLOdrive 247/M | SL0247M1 | SL0247M2 |
Table 6: ECodrive 100W /M and /S drivers
| Form Factor | Power | Family | Product Name | Legacy P/N | New P/N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 100W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 1065/M | EC1065M1 | EC1065M2 |
| EC1065M1-CCC | EC1065M3-CCC | ||||
| EC1065M2-CCC | EC1065M3-CCC | ||||
| ECOdrive 1066/M | EC1066M1 | EC1066M2 | |||
| EC1066M1-CCC | EC1066M3-CCC | ||||
| EC1066M2-CCC | EC1066M3-CCC | ||||
| ECOdrive 1068/M | EC1068M1 | EC1068M2 | |||
| EC1068M1-CCC | EC1068M2-CCC | ||||
| S | 100W | ECOdrive | ECOdrive 1065/S | EC1065S1 | EC1065S2 |
| EC1065S1-CCC | EC1065S3-CCC | ||||
| EC1065S2-CCC | EC1065S3-CCC | ||||
| ECOdrive 1066/S | EC1066S1 | EC1066S2 | |||
| EC1066S1-CCC | EC1066S3-CCC | ||||
| EC1066S2-CCC | EC1066S3-CCC | ||||
| ECOdrive 1068/S | EC1068S1 | EC1068S2 | |||
| EC1068S1-CCC | EC1068S2-CCC |
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