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A bar chart describing the difference in the 10 year cost of operating sensors with and without a Smart Lighting-enabled Smart City network.

Tondo Smart Lighting also creates an open standards-based Smart City network for connecting sensors and other wireless and wired devices to Tondo’s Cloud-IQ management platform.

This can reduce sensor and device deployment costs by 80% or more versus proprietary networks or individual cellular connections, with a 2.7x or greater benefit versus your LED retrofit project, and 3.5x over Smart Lighting alone.

A stacked bar chart that details the operating costs of street and area lighting, and the savings available with Smart Street and Area Lighting controls.

Read more about the Business Case for Smart Lighting on this link.

Normally open(NO) and Normally closed (NC) are terms used to define the states that switches, sensors or relay contacts are under when they are not activated.

A NO contact or a normally open contact is the one that remains open until a certain condition is satisfied such as a button being pressed or some other manner of activation such as those based on temperature, pressure, etc.

A NC contact or normally closed contact is the exact opposite of NO contact by function. It remains closed until a certain condition is satisfied.

Lighting control cabinets typically control a group of street lights or advertising signage from a “control cabinet”. These controls have historically provided on-off functionality based on the time of day using an “astronomical clock”-based switch or daylight photosensor. Lights are controlled in groups with no individual control over a specific light.

Although new controllers such as Tondo’s Edge-IQ controller have replaced the cabinet-based approach with new technologies that include advanced dimming, remote cloud-control, and support for functionality including sensors and switches, there are many outdoor lights and signs that do not support on-lamp control. Tondo’s Cabinet-IQ controller provides new advanced IoT technology support for existing cabinet-controlled lighting.

CAT-M/LTE-M and NB-IoT are similar but have differences that may make one suitable over another, or simply selected based on the support for one or the other that is available in your area.

NB-IoT uses a narrow bandwidth of 200 kHz, where CAT-M uses 1.4 MHz. The maximum data rate for NB-IoT is ~ 250 kb per second, with CAT-M1 reaching ~ 1 Mbps. CAT-M is marginally less energy efficient than NB-IoT. Although NB-IoT has a lower speed, both NB-IoT and CAT-M are suitable for sensor communications since sensors typically do not require much bandwidth.

Both NB-IoT and CAT-M1 are supported under the 5G technology specifications and therefore are ideal for selecting as a standard for sensor communications.

 

CAT-M wireless (aka LTE-M) is a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) cellular data transmission standard that operates over the data and physical layer. CAT-M was designed for IoT projects, with an average upload speed between 200 kbps and 400 kbps.

Eddystone is an open-source Bluetooth advertising protocol originally designed by Google. It can be used by mobile device applications to deliver improved proximity-based experiences that include applications such as Google Maps.

These packets can be discovered with any Bluetooth LE APIs such as Core Bluetooth on iOS, or android.bluetooth.le on Android. You can also use them with Google’s Nearby Messages API, which can be integrated into an iOS or Android app, and receive “messages” in those apps when a person enters or exits a range of beacons.

You can read more about it on github.com/google/eddystone.

Source: US Department of Energy 2015 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, issued November 2018

Tondo’s 2022 estimate was calculated for each lighting category by applying market growth factors for each lighting category between 2015 and 2021 based on U.S. Census data to the DOE dataset.

The original Excel data set can be downloaded here.

A RESTful API is an architectural style for an application program interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to access and use data.

The API spells out the proper way for a developer to write a program requesting services from an operating system or other application.

You can read more from the source of this definition at TechTarget here.

A DIN rail is a metal rail of a standard type widely used for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment inside equipment racks.

IP stands for “ingress protection”. For IP67, this means:

“6” describes protection of solid particles: No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust-tight). A vacuum must be applied. Test duration of up to 8 hours based on airflow.

“7” describes the protection from water: Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) of submersion). Test duration: 30 minutes.

Modbus is a data communications protocol originally published in 1979. Modbus has become a de facto standard communication protocol and is now a commonly available means of connecting and communicating with industrial electronic devices.

Read more about MODBUS here.

RS-485, also known as TIA-485(-A) or EIA-485, is a serial communications standard.

Electrical signalling is balanced, and multipoint systems are supported. Digital communications networks implementing the standard can be used effectively over long distances and in electrically noisy environments.

This table describes the differences between 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular communications standards.

4G devices will work on 4G LTE networks and the earlier cellular technologies, including 3G, EGPRS, and 2G.

Smart city sensors require very little bandwidth, and 3G EGPRS and 4G LTE can easily support the required data rates.

5G networks are relatively new, and most 5G deployments use a combination of 4G and 5G networks.

 

A diagram describing the DALI smart lighting control system

DALI-2 refers to the latest version of the DALI protocol. While DALI version 1 only included control gear, DALI-2 includes control devices such as application controllers and input devices (e.g. sensors), as well as bus power supplies.

Read more at the DALI Alliance website: Compare DALI v1 vs DALI v2

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

Zhaga Book 18 describes a smart interface between outdoor luminaires and sensing/ communication nodes.

Zhaga Book 18 allows any certified node to operate with any certified luminaire. Certified luminaires and sensing / communication modules are available from multiple suppliers, establishing an ecosystem of compatible products.

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

The NEMA ANSI C137.4-2021 builds on the NEMA C137.41 7-pin connector standard and the DALI communication protocol. It has additional characteristics and features that align very closely with the D4i family of specifications from the DALI Alliance.

D4i and ANSI C137.4-2021 specify the digital communication between luminaires and devices including sensors and network lighting controllers. The expanded ANSI C137.4-2021 now includes energy reporting data and diagnostics and maintenance data.

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

The NEMA ANSI C137.10 standard specifies roadway and area lighting equipment connector compatibility. The 3-pin standard does not provide for dimming control, but provides for on/off operation. The later standard C137.41 adds dimming control (5- and 7-pin connectors) and sensor control (7-pin connectors). The newer C137.4-2021 standard provides enhanced functionality and compatibility with the DALI D4i lighting and sensor control standard.

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

The NEMA ANSI C137.41 standard specifies covers roadway and area lighting equipment connection interoperability. The 7-pin receptacle provides for dimming control and sensor communications.

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

The NEMA ANSI C137.41 5-pin connector variant adds support for dimming control, but does not include sensor communications support which is supported by the 7-pin connector.

DALI, or Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, is a dedicated protocol for digital lighting control that enables the easy installation of robust, scalable and flexible lighting networks.

Wiring is relatively simple; DALI power and data is carried by the same pair of wires, without the need for a separate bus cable.

Read more at the DALI Alliance website: Introduction to DALI

The TALQ Consortium has established a globally accepted standard for management software interfaces to configure, command, control and monitor heterogeneous outdoor device networks (ODN) including smart street lighting.

This way interoperability between Central Management Software (CMS) and Outdoor Device Networks (ODN, so called ‘gateways’) for smart city applications from different vendors is enabled, such that a single CMS can control different ODNs in different parts of a city or region.

Read more at the TALQ website

Tondo Mobile Field App Dashboard view screenshot

D4i is the DALI standard for intelligent, IoT-ready luminaires.

By taking care of control and power requirements, D4i makes it much easier to mount sensors and communication devices on luminaires. In addition, intelligent D4i LED drivers inside the luminaire have the capability to store and report a wide range of luminaire, energy and diagnostics data in a standardized format.

Infographic of Bluetooth Technology Global Standards

Highly reliable hardware, firmware, and software components that perform specific, critical security functions. Because roots of trust are inherently trusted, they must be secure by design. Roots of trust provide a firm foundation from which to build security and trust.

Read more at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Roots of Trust

The 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 accuracy class electricity meters established within ANSI C12.20-2015 are accurate to within +/-0.1%, +/-0.2%, and +/-0.5% of true value at a full load.

Read more at the ANSI Blog: ANSI C12.20-2015 – Electricity Meters – 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 Accuracy Classes.

Source: US Department of Energy 2015 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, issued November 2018

The full Excel data set that accompanies this report can be downloaded here.

Tondo’s controllers utilize a chipset containing the ARM Cryptocell 300 cryptographic accelerator chip with hardware-protected vault and Root of Trust security. Read more about the ARM 300 family here: ARM Cryptocell 300 Family Overview

The world would collectively achieve 10,546 TWh of energy savings by 2030 [with energy efficient lighting], a sum comparable to over 40% of the world electricity generation in 2011. Saving this amount of energy would prevent the emissions of 5,400 Mt CO2, a figure equivalent
to over 15% of the global emissions in 2011.

Source: United Nations Environment Programme (2014). Green Paper – Policy Options to Accelerate the Global Transition to Advanced Lighting.

Tondo Smart Ltd. Awarded ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Certification

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Marissa Wright

Last updated May 12, 2023

Tondo Smart ISO 27001 Certification Certificate from the Standards Institute of Israel

(January 8, 2023 Tel Aviv, Israel) Tondo Smart Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Certificate of Compliance to the ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management standard by the Standards Institution of Israel.

ISO/IEC 27001 is a global standard that defines the requirements for companies to create, perform, maintain, and improve an information security management system. A company that is compliant to ISO/IEC 27001 must:

  • Continuously examine its information security risks, considering the threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts of those risks
  • Design and implement a robust system of information security controls and risk management
  • Adopt a management process to ensure that its information security controls continue to meet the company’s information security needs

Companies that are ISO/IEC 27001 compliant are audited by certified standards audit and compliance organizations authorized to perform certifications by ISO. They must periodically re-certify to any available updated standards within specified time periods (typically every three years)

“For companies like Tondo who provide the foundational network infrastructure for Smart Cities, information security is not only critical for our own organization, but it is critical to the adoption of Smart City solutions.”, says Guy Saadi, Chief Executive Officer at Tondo. “Certification of compliance to the global ISO/IEC 27001 information security standard is means that we have integrated robust security practices into every aspect of our operations.”

Eliav Gnessin, Chief Technology Officer adds, “ISO/IEC 27001 has to be more than just a checkbox for companies. Information security is core to our Smart City cybersecurity solutions at Tondo. Our Edge-IQ and Cabinet-IQ lighting control solutions are the first of their kind to include hardware-based cryptographic security at each endpoint all the way through to our Cloud-IQ management platform. We are years ahead of our competitors’ cybersecurity in the Smart Lighting and Smart City network markets.”

Who Are ISO and IEC?

ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, an international standards development organization. ISO members are comprised of the national standards development organizations from 167 countries. To date, ISO has published over 22,000 different global standards that promote best practices for quality, safety, security, interoperability, and sustainability in processes, products, and services.

IEC is the International Electrotechnical Commission, an international standards development organization focused on electrical, electronic, and related standards. Like ISO, IEC members are comprised of the national standards development organizations from 173 countries around the world. As in the case of ISO/IEC 27001, IEC and ISO work together in areas of mutual interest.

Why is ISO/IEC 27001 Compliance Important?

Information security practices are complex and dynamic. Companies may pursue a range of information security best-practices, but without a system that is structured, documented, and complete, a company:

  • Will not know what information security best-practices they are missing
  • Will not have a system for monitoring and maintaining best-practices over time
  • Will not have the confidence of their customers, shareholders, directors, and insurers that they are making best-efforts to protect the company’s information assets and comply with information privacy legislation in its markets

ISO/IEC 27001 is the foundational platform that a company will use to build its information security strategy. Without it, a company risks an incomplete, disjointed, and out-dated information security strategy.

About Tondo

Tondo Smart Ltd. (TASE: TNDO) develops and manufactures outdoor network-connected Smart Lighting and Smart Sensor controls managed by Tondo’s secure, nation-scale cloud-based Smart City management system. Tondo’s solutions can reduce electricity consumption and the GHG footprint of roadway and area lighting by 60% or more and reduce the cost of outdoor lighting operations and maintenance by 30% or more. Tondo provides its solutions to cities, electrical utilities, energy services contract organizations, commercial building management, parking management, public transportation, and school, college, and university campuses.

Media enquiries may be directed to Tali Kleinman-Frosh, Global VP Marketing and Sales at [email protected]. All other enquiries may be made through the Tondo website at www.tondo-iot.com

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