How Does PoE Lighting Work?

The big idea

Lighting that runs on the network

Forget separate high-voltage runs to every fixture. GENISYS PoE lighting sends safe, low-voltage power and control data over the same Ethernet cable your IT gear already understands.

Think of it like this: your building already has a nervous system. PoE lighting plugs into it. Power goes out. Data comes back. Your lights become smart nodes instead of dumb bulbs on a switch leg.

Power + data

CAT5 / CAT6

Software control

GENISYS PoE lighting system with fixtures, sensor, wall switch, cabling, and controller

One cable, two jobs

What travels down the wire

A standard Ethernet cable carries DC power to run the lights and the network traffic that tells them what to do.

Power

Clean low-voltage DC leaves a PoE switch and arrives ready for LEDs. No bulky AC driver hiding above every fixture.

Data

Commands, scenes, sensor events, and energy feedback ride the same cable so every light stays in sync with the building.

Standard cabling

CAT5/CAT6 and RJ45 connectors keep installs familiar for low-voltage teams and dramatically simpler than conduit-heavy AC lighting.

Follow the path

Four layers. One smart lighting system.

From the network closet to the ceiling to the dashboard, here is how GENISYS turns Ethernet into light you can actually control.

1 Layer 1

The PoE network switch

It all starts at the switch. A PoE network switch consolidates AC-to-DC conversion in one efficient place, then sends clean low-voltage power and data out over Ethernet. Centralizing that conversion is a big reason PoE lighting wastes less energy than traditional line-voltage LED systems.
- One place for power conversion
- Standard networking hardware
- Ready for UPoE ports that feed IntelliDrives
2 Layer 2

The IntelliDrive controller

Meet the hub in the ceiling. The GENISYS IntelliDrive takes one UPoE port and turns it into power and control for up to eight devices. Fixtures, sensors, and wall switches plug into the node, so intelligence lives in the hub instead of trapped inside every luminaire.
- Up to 8 devices per IntelliDrive
- Four channels of control
- Expand later without rebuilding the network plan
Explore the IntelliDrive
3 Layer 3

Fixtures, sensors & switches

This is where the magic shows up in the room. PoE LED fixtures light the space and report status and energy use. Occupancy and daylight sensors notice who is there and how bright the sun is. Wall switches give people familiar fingertip control, still over safe low-voltage Ethernet.
- Downlights, troffers, and more
- Occupancy, vacancy, and daylight sensing
- Remappable wall control without line voltage
Fixtures · Controls
4 Layer 4

GENISYS software

Software ties the whole system together. From one dashboard you schedule scenes, group zones, tune brightness and color, and watch energy data come back from the field. Change a room layout next year? Remap it in software instead of ripping wire.
- Scenes, schedules, and zoning
- ColorTune and RGB control
- Live and archived power insight
See the software