The "Wireless" On-Air Light

Aer = Air
Lux = Light

It sounds fancier in Latin, wouldn’t you agree?  PTS-AerLUX is a fun project that emerged out of a customer requirement we came across via our installation & integration side of the business.
“How can we wire up an air light, when we’re not allowed to drill holes for a control wire?”  Simple!  Send the signal through the air!  

AerLUX consists of two units. 

Transmit.  For the TX side of the link, we have a small RF transparent box that houses the antenna and ‘brains’ of the connection.  A simple contact closure (from a broadcast console, GPIO xNode, or even a latching button) is all that is required to initiate a signal.  Once the trigger is received, it will broadcast a keyed signal over the 433MHz band to be received by the RX side of the link and light things up!

Receive.  For the ‘receive’ end of the link, we modify a standard Sandies Model 340 12V on-air light.  It fits the antenna and all of our components inside, and presents a simple plug for the 12V adapter that ships with the unit (US/Canada style plug).  It’s really as simple as that!  

Multiple Studios.  If you would like to operate more than one AerLUX within a facility, that is easily accomplished.  Toggle the internal DIP switches on the Transmit side to generate a unique code originating from each studio.

One-To-Many.  A single Transmit unit can broadcast to a number of Receive units (simply toggle the internal DIP switches for the unique code they’re listening for).  A perfect solution for a multi-door studio when you want to have the air lights turn on and off in unison.

Range.  From our in-the-field deployments and shop tests, you can expect a range of about 100′ (30m).  Construction materials (ie: metal walls) may affect functional distance.