nBox
Compact Power, Intelligent Safety
nBox is the latest group battery system in Zumtobel’s emergency lighting portfolio, designed for seamless integration into modern buildings while ensuring full EN compliance and high operational reliability.
Clear internal structuring, efficient cabling, and app‑based commissioning make nBox easy to install and maintain. Its digital intelligence supports:
- Long luminaire lifetime
- Low energy consumption
- Intuitive access for installers and facility managers
nBox combines robust engineering, architectural discretion, and long‑term operational certainty.
Key advantages
SMARTescape
Adaptive Emergency Guidance
SMARTescape is Zumtobel’s concept for dynamic emergency lighting. In combination with SMARTSIGN luminaires, emergency lighting becomes an adaptive guidance system that reacts to real‑time building conditions such as:
- Smoke detection
- Fire alarm signals
- Manual or predefined safety scenarios
Escape routes are updated dynamically to ensure safe orientation in environments such as hospitals, offices, retail spaces, education facilities, and transport hubs.
Each nBox includes four programmable inputs, configurable for functions like:
- Fire alarm
- Phase monitoring
- Emergency stop
- Manual activation
When systems are networked, these inputs can be shared across multiple nBox units to activate coordinated safety scenarios.
nBox Apps & Networking – Digital Tools for Smooth Operation
The nBox ecosystem is supported by digital tools that simplify commissioning, monitoring, and maintenance.
The nBox App enables:
- Mobile commissioning and diagnostics
- Live system access
- Review of emergency test logs
- Configuration updates and documentation access
For larger installations, the integrated TCP/IP interface allows up to 100 nBox units to operate as a supervised network. With networking licences, users benefit from:
- Shared functionality across systems
- Central dashboards for facility management
- Aggregated system status information
- Optional BACnet integration with building management systems
This digital infrastructure ensures transparency, scalability, and future‑ready emergency lighting.
A wide range of system variants for any application
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The ONLITE central nBOX in practice
The ONLITE central nBOX excels in office buildings, hospitals and airports thanks to its seamless integration with building technology. Architects and specialist planners value the system's compact construction and extremely long service life.