Customer Background
With over 70 years of expertise, our US-based customer excels in crafting top-notch LED lighting and control solutions for residential and commercial projects. They are renowned for their high-quality, energy-efficient products, offering a comprehensive range that encompasses indoor and outdoor lighting. As market leaders in the lighting industry, their reputation shines brightly.
Customer Need
While expanding their range of lighting solutions, the customer needed to check interoperability of new products with their legacy systems. They wished to set up an independent test house for complete system testing encompassing devices, middleware, and applications. This included testing elements like smart light fixtures, wall control units, lighting APIs, gateways, and mobile applications. Leveraging Softdel’s expertise in connected smart product testing and innovative capabilities showcased in our dedicated IoT Labs, the customer partnered with Softdel for a comprehensive testing strategy and end-to-end test execution across their suite of products.
Softdel’s Solution
- Softdel's testing experts thoroughly understood the customer's needs and proposed the establishment of a dedicated IoT test lab. This specialised facility ensured system-level testing and cyber security compliance for the smart lighting system.
- The lab's advanced ‘Test Bed’ enabled comprehensive testing of the customer's lighting system at various levels, including device, zone, group and area/site.
- Within this lab, a wide range of features such as control, monitoring, scheduling, energy usage and notifications underwent rigorous testing.
- The fully equipped lab accommodated testing for various customer products including, flood lights, wall packs, hazardous lights and roadway lights.
Standards and Technology
Frontend: Angular
Tools: JIRA, TestRail, Postman
Benefits
- Product excellence: Softdel’s robust testing services ensured seamless interoperability among various products by achieving 98% quality test effectiveness, reinforcing the customer's reputation as a leading provider of high-quality lighting solutions.
- Faster time to market: Softdel's testing services enabled swift market entry, accelerating product time to market by 20%, providing the customer a competitive edge.
- Sustained competitive advantage: Thoroughly tested products empowered the customer to explore new markets, while preserving their esteemed reputation as a prominent lighting solutions provider.
