Standard communication protocol to switch to LED

Added on 27 April 2023

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Standard communication protocol to switch to LED

Greenhouse automation suppliers Hoogendoorn Growth Management and Priva, Ridder, a manufacturer of specialist technical systems for greenhouse horticulture, with the support of lighting companies, have developed a new protocol to standardise and facilitate the communication between LED lighting and climate computers.

The protocol drives innovation and collaboration within the sector, follows the Horticulture Date Protocol (HDP)* and makes switching to LED lighting easier for growers.

The protocol is flying the Hortivation flag (with industry bodies setting up research projects through institutions such as TNO) .

Sustainability and digitisation are hotly debated issues in greenhouse horticulture with massive investements in LED lighting in recent years.

LED lights save energy and allows growers to better manage their crops with ideally lighting and climate computer clearly communicating with each other.

However, a myriad of LED light fixtures and suppliers creates a jungle of communication protocols. Therefore, a standard protocol for the control of LED lighting is great news for stakeholders within the world of horticultural LED lights: greenhouse automation suppliers, lighting companies and growers.