Indoor horizontal illuminance card

Who it’s for

Facility managers, building automation engineers, and workplace managers ask “what is the illuminance in this space right now?” They need a compact, space-efficient card that fits into multi-zone lighting dashboards without dominating the layout.

What it does

A sensor reporting illuminance = 350 lx displays the reading in a horizontal card whose label and value sit side by side, color-coded by band: dark gray for Dim (0–100 lx), orange for Low (100–300 lx), dark orange for Moderate (300–500 lx), and red for Bright (above 500 lx).

• Horizontal layout fits more zones per row on a multi-zone lighting dashboard
• Live illuminance reading in lx with automatic color coding across four bands
• Shows one sensor’s reading per widget; tile multiple widgets to monitor all zones at a glance

How to set up

Data keys

Key	Role	Type	Description
illuminance	Main value	Timeseries	Illuminance in lx; change the key name to match your device’s telemetry key

The widget ships with a simulated function datasource key labeled Illuminance, so it draws random values until you point the datasource at a device and rename the key.

To point it at your own device: open the dashboard in edit mode, open the widget’s Datasources, pick the entity or entity alias, and replace the function key with the key your device reports.

Value ranges

Range (lx)	Level	Color
0–100	Dim	Dark Gray
100–300	Low	Orange
300–500	Moderate	Dark Orange
500+	Bright	Red

How to customize

• To change the band thresholds — open the widget settings and adjust the boundaries to match the lighting standard for your space.
• To change the band colors — edit the color for each level in the widget settings.
• To rename the units label — change the Units field in the widget settings if needed.

Tips

• Use the horizontal layout to fit more zones per row when building a whole-floor lighting overview for a post-occupancy evaluation; pair with the standard card for key task areas that require closer monitoring.
• Placing horizontal cards for illuminance and occupancy side by side on the same row lets building engineers quickly verify that the lighting control system is responding correctly to sensor inputs.
• For a commissioning sign-off, a row of horizontal illuminance cards across all monitored zones gives the handover team an instant multi-zone compliance check.