Our Fifth Generation Control Technology
Featuring some remarkable innovations
Blue Ridge Technologies has built the technology platform for the future and is calling it the Lx5 Technology Platform. The first dual processor lighting controller designed from the ground up for superior communication with Building Automation Systems (BAS). The Lx5 Technology Platform features multiple native communication options via a simple selection switch or through firmware updates. This fifth generation technology has been battle tested by the best building automation companies in the world and is ready for your most demanding integrated lighting projects.
Built for Integration
The Lx5 Technology Platform was designed for building automation system companies. Built from the 
ground up specifically for integration ensuring peace of mind for even the most demanding integration projects from Fortune 500 headquarters, university campuses and stadiums to retail applications. We aren't just marketers hawking technology. The Lx5 Technology Platform is used by premier building automation system companies on projects around the globe, everyday.
Powerful
The Lx5 Technology Platform is built with two processing cores. This represents a significant advantage over other platforms used by our competitors. These processors work together to efficiently handle protocol and communications with increased speed, network responsiveness and plenty of room for future growth.
Multilingual
The Lx5 Technology Platform is multi-protocol native, ships capable of supporting several native protocols** and has the memory and computing capacity for many more. These protocol options are manually selectable (no software required to configure protocol selection).
Backwards Compatible
The Lx5 Technology Platform is backwards compatible with all Blue Ridge Technologies , Triatek Lighting and Qwik-Kit products and offers building owners, facility managers and BAS partners many distinct advantages. The Lx5 technology platform can be leveraged to retrofit any Blue Ridge Technologies product manufactured in the last two decades and is a testament of our ongoing commitment to customer support.
Evolving
The Lx5 Technology Platform isn't static; it's always evolving based on our partner's feedback and BACnet standards. When you purchase a Blue Ridge Technologies product with Lx5 Technology, you become a valued partner in its future development.
Battle Tested
The Lx5 Technology Platform is used to power lighting integration by best of breed building automation systems companies including Automated Logic, Carrier, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, Trane, and Siemens Building Technologies.
Perspective Shifting
The Lx5 Technology Platform establishes a new standard for lighting technology integration, backed by an engineering team that is redefining the landscape of fully integrated building controls technology. The end result - you spend less time frustrated with technology that wasn't built for integration from day one and more time doing what you do best: integration.
The Lx5 Technology Platform is designed to reside on a BACnet network using the MS/TP Data Link/Physical layer protocol.
Blue Ridge Technologies is a Silver Level member of BACnet International and produces BACnet native products for our Building Automation System and Technology Partners.
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BACnet Alarms
The Lx5 Technology Platform continuously checks its processor and memory circuit status and generates a BACnet alarm on abnormal operation. The Lx5 Technology Platform continuously checks controller network and generate alarm for each controller that fails to respond.
BACnet Schedules
The Lx5 Technology Platform supports BACnet Schedules and has a real-time clock
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Certifications
Electronics meet or exceed IEC Level 3 standards:
- Radiated Emissions, IEC 55022, Class A
- Conducted Emissions, IEC 55022, Class A
- Quasi-Stationary Current Harmonics, IEC 6100-3-2
- Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker, IEC 6100-3-2
- Electrostatic Discharge, IEC 61000-4-2
- Electrical Fast Transient/Burst, IEC 6100-4-4
- Surge Immunity, IEC 6100-4-5
- Immunity to Conducted Disturbance, IEC 6100-4-6
- Immunity to Voltage Dips, Short Interruptions, Voltage Variations, IEC 6100-4-11
- Electromagnetic Compatibility Generic Immunity Standard. Part 1, IEC 6100-6-1
- ISO 9001 production environment
Durability - Immunity to Power and Noise
The Lx5 Technology Platform is able to operate at 90% to 110% of nominal voltage rating and shall perform an orderly shutdown below 80% nominal voltage. Operation is protected against electrical noise of 5 to 120 Hz and from keyed radios up to 5 W at 1 m (3 ft).
Serviceability
The Lx5 Technology Platform has diagnostic LEDs for power, communication, and processor. Additionally, it has a modular terminal strip or to a termination card connected by a ribbon cable.
Memory
The Lx5 Technology Platform uses nonvolatile memory and retains trend data, time and date information, and configuration programming for at least 72 hours in the event of power loss.
