Glossary

Colorbeam North America

Colorbeam Lighting (Colorbeam Lighting's old name)

LED

Light Emitting Diode

CRI

Color Rendering Index

Foot-Candle

Unit of illumination equal to that given by a source of one candela at a distance of one foot. Equivalent to one lumen per square foot or 10.764 lux)

Candela

Base unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units; that is, luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a point light source in a particular direction.

Lumen

A measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source.

Lux

A measure of luminous flux per unit area. It is equal to one lumen per square meter.

AWG

American wire gauge

RGB

Red Blue Green

RGBW

Red Blue Green White

Bi-White

Uses two two different kinds of white LEDs to achieve a greater a color temperature range.

UHP

Ultra High Performance

Gateway

Different name for the Colorbeam Processor.

LAN

Local Area Network

IP

Abbreviation for TCP/IP, which stands for Transmission Control Protocol.

IP65

Means the product is rated as "dust tight" and water proof from nozzles.

IP66

Means the product is rated as "dust tight" and water proof from high seas or powerful jets.

IP68

Means the product is rated as "dust tight" and water proof from full immersion.

CCT

Constant Current

(test)