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Netroni X-Pix · Low-voltage DC for smart homes and MDUs
DC power,
perfected.
Modular low-voltage lighting, power and controls. Faster to install, more affordable to build and open to every smart-home system.
Third-generation DC from the founders of Visiolite
Scroll01 — What is Netroni X-Pix
One panel. One cable.
Every light, shade and outlet.
Netroni X-Pix is a modular, low-voltage DC system for homes and multi-dwelling units (MDUs). Compact DIN-rail modules replace line-voltage circuits, wall dimmers and LED drivers. Power and control travel together over standard CAT6A cable to every fixture, shade and USB-C outlet.
- 1 · Power
A 48 V DC supply (24–57 V), Fault Managed Power (FMP), or solar and battery
- 2 · Brains
XP-Master links the LAN, Matter and pro control systems
- 3 · Visio-Link
One CAT6 daisy chain carries DMX/RDM, RS-485 and aux power. DALI-2 ready
- 4 · Outputs
XP modules feed lights, shades and outlets over CAT6A
Pro-grade dimming
Full 16-bit dimming to 0.01%, tunable white and color, in a system priced for everyday homes.
Controls your way
Direct wall switches, Apple Home and Google Home over Matter, or pro systems such as Lutron, Crestron, Control4, Savant and Loxone.
Scales both ways
Add modules along a floor; add Masters for each floor or unit. From a studio to a high-rise MDU.
Compact
A complete apartment fits in one small DIN-rail housing, even in a studio closet.
No single point of failure
Decentralized by design. If the Master or the internet goes down, the wall switch will still work.
Built on open standards
DMX512/RDM and DALI-2 ready, so any standard controller can run the system. Your installation is never stranded.
02 — Why Netroni X-Pix
DC, optimized to the limit.
Netroni X-Pix is the third-generation DC system from the founders of Visiolite. Every part has been re-engineered for residential scale and cost: more efficient, less material, longer life and safer than the DC systems before it.
>50%less energy with DC and smart controls
~40%less material, copper and e-waste
50%less installation time, using low-voltage crews
30 yrfixture life: no LED drivers to fail (4×)
Lower cost to build
- Can cost less than a conventional AC installation in production homes and MDUs
- Installed mostly by low-voltage (BICSI) technicians instead of electricians
- No conduit, no LED drivers, one cable type
Better to own
- Eliminates the >26% lost converting between AC and DC
- Touch-safe and fire-safe low voltage throughout the home
- Native to solar and batteries, with no inverter for lighting
Open and flexible
- No ecosystem lock-in: Matter for Apple Home and Google Home, plus any home-automation system
- Commission offline, before a tenant moves in
- Re-provision for a new tenant in seconds, even for short-term rentals
Beyond lighting
- Today: lighting, USB-C DC outlets and shades
- Next: solar, energy storage, HVAC, irrigation and pools
- One infrastructure for the whole home
Typical figures from prior DC installations. Actual results depend on the project. Photo: Hargrave Dr., Hollywood Hills, LIT Award 2024.
03 — Why now
The world is moving to DC.
Labor, energy and materials are all getting more expensive, and the largest power users on the planet are switching to DC. The economics now favor low-voltage DC over line-voltage AC.
- 01
Electricians are scarce and expensive
Netroni is installed mostly by low-voltage (BICSI) crews. The electrician's work shrinks to the power-supply feed.
- 02
Electricity prices are rising fast
AI is driving electricity demand up, and efficiency matters more every year. DC removes conversion losses at every fixture.
- 03
Copper is costly and getting scarce
Using around 40% less copper and raw material protects budgets now, and the savings will grow.
- 04
AI data centers are moving to DC
Data centers are bringing the scale DC has been waiting for. DC in every building is becoming the natural choice.
- 05
Title 24 is already pushing solar and storage
In California, DC saves on lighting and connects natively to the solar and battery readiness that Title 24 requires.
Three generations of DC
X-PoE®
Commercial PoE DC lighting. Born in 2019 and acquired by LUUM in 2022. LIT and RealComm awards.
Netroni X-Pix
Rebuilt for homes: about 7× lower cost per port, 100× finer dimming and a 2-second boot.
04 — Advanced lighting
Light that does more
Netroni X-Pix's 16-bit dimming brings out the best in Visiolite's specialty LEDs, from circadian whites to color beyond RGB to fully animated pixels.
Tunable white
For circadian rhythm or atmosphere
- Visiolite Sunset™ Strip: 2200–5000 K at 97 CRI and 95 R9, from warm evening glow to bright daylight
- Visiolite Twilight®: the world's first 4-channel tunable white, 1000–3200 K, for the last moments of a perfect sunset
Color
Vivid color, beyond RGB
- Visiolite Royal High™: RGB color and high-quality tunable white (up to 97 CRI) in one strip
- Visiolite Vibrance™: adds Deep Red, Amber, Cyan and Indigo to RGB, for up to 7-channel color mixing
- Visiolite ChromaX™: multiple narrow wavelengths per color for vibrant, high-rendering color without phosphors
Learn more about colors at huebic.com
Pixels
The ultimate lighting experience
- XP-Pix sets up addressable strips automatically: IC type, pixel count and color profile
- AI pattern generation and automatic scenes for features, coves and art walls
- Supports 8-channel pixel strips such as Visiolite ChromaX X-Pix Pro and Vibrance Pro
Try it · 16-bit dimming
All the way down to 0.01%.
A typical 8-bit dimmer has 256 steps, so the last few percent jump from one level to the next and the light snaps off. Netroni drives every channel with 65,536 steps, which keeps a fade smooth right down to a glow.
Drag toward zero and watch the 8-bit light step and cut out.
05 — XP-Series · Control
The XP-Series
XP-Master
VLX-VLM-DUP-DRE
The brain of every Netroni X-Pix installation. XP-Master connects the network to a Visio-Link chain of XP modules and bridges it to the control systems your clients already use.
- Commission offline, before a tenant moves in, with no internet or cloud account
- Re-provision for a new tenant in seconds, with no fleet of devices to reset
- Apple Home, Google Home and SmartThings over Matter, plus Home Assistant and pro systems
- Decentralized, with no single point of failure: if the Master or the internet goes down, the wall switch will still work
- Local DC and PoE inputs can be connected together for redundancy
- Multiple Masters link over Ethernet to scale across floors and MDUs
Specifications
- Power
- 24–54 V DC, or PoE (IEEE 802.3bt)
- Network
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Control out
- 1× Visio-Link: DMX512/RDM, RS-485 and 24 V aux power; DALI-2 ready
- Integration
- Matter bridge, Home Assistant, local API, third-party DMX
- Display
- 1.69-inch status screen
- Service
- USB-C
- Mounting
- DIN rail, daisy-chains with XP modules
Works with
- Apple Home
- Google Home
- SmartThings
- Matter
- Lutron
- Crestron
- Legrand
- Savant
- Control4
- Loxone
- Casambi
- BubblyNet
- Silvair
- Home Assistant
06 — XP-Series · Dimming
XP-Mini CV & XP-Mini CC
16-channel centralized dimmers that drive DC lights directly over CAT6A, with no LED drivers in the ceiling. Two versions share the same platform: constant voltage and constant current.
XP-Mini CV
VLX-CVD-960-DRCGunmetal grey
Constant-voltage PWM dimming for LED strips, tape and 24–48 V fixtures. The first Netroni X-Pix product in production.
- Single-color and tunable-white strips and fixtures
- Fixture profiles for single, dual and tunable-white ports
XP-Mini CC
VLX-CCD-960-DRCNetroni cyan
Constant-current dimming for driverless DC downlights and fixtures. The LED driver moves out of the ceiling and into the panel.
- Downlights, linear and accent fixtures
- No drivers to replace: fixture life of up to 30 years
07 — XP-Series · Power & network
XP-Inject & XP-Link
The infrastructure pieces: XP-Inject delivers DC power to fixed loads and outlets, and XP-Link is a versatile protocol proxy for hotels, MDUs and advanced projects.
XP-Inject
VLX-EFI-960-DRPBlack
Power injection for lights, USB-C outlets and peripherals that only need on and off. The most affordable way into DC, switched from standard wall switches through X-Pack adapters.
- Outputs
- 8 ports, 16 channels
- Visio-Link
- 2 ports (in/out)
- Voltage
- 24–57 V DC in and out
- Power
- Up to 960 W throughput
- Mounting
- DIN rail, external power supply
XP-Link
VLX-LGW-ET8-DRPNetroni indigo
An Ethernet-to-Visio-Link gateway and multi-protocol control proxy. One Ethernet uplink, controlled over Art-Net or the Netroni API, fans out to eight Visio-Link segments. Ideal for hotel rooms and MDUs.
- Art-Net control of up to 8 DMX universes, one per Visio-Link port
- Offline binding of Visio-Link wall controls to DMX channels, including third-party gear
- Ready for Art-Net to DALI-2: each DALI-2 bus is treated as a DMX universe
- Uplink
- Ethernet with optional PoE; Art-Net or Netroni API
- Ethernet out
- 1×, to daisy-chain more XP-Links or an XP-Master
- Outputs
- 8 Visio-Link ports (8 DMX universes)
08 — XP-Series · Specialty
XP-Pix & XP-Shade
Netroni X-Pix goes beyond lighting. XP-Pix drives addressable pixel art and features, and XP-Shade powers and controls motorized shades on the same infrastructure.
XP-Pix
VLX-SPI-480-DRSNetroni orange
An addressable pixel controller with Smart SPI™ (patent pending). Plug in a strip and XP-Pix works out the rest.
- Detects the pixel IC automatically, and it can differ per port
- Auto pixel count, auto profile (RGB, RGBW, TW) and auto load balancing
- Generates scenes and AI patterns automatically
- Also drives 8-channel pixel strips such as Visiolite ChromaX X-Pix Pro and Vibrance Pro (RGBW + DACI color space)
- Outputs
- Up to 8 addressable strips
- Power
- 24–48 V DC in, up to 480 W
XP-Shade
VLX-SHA-480-DRCWhite
A PoE switch made for motorized shades. Shades share the panel, the cable and the scenes with the lights, so one wall button can set the whole room.
- IEEE 802.3at PoE for standard PoE shades
- Up to 16 shades with the MUX adapter
- Matter control point: every PoE shade appears in Apple Home, Google Home and SmartThings through the XP-Master
- DALI-2 ready, mapping DALI shade commands to PoE shades
- Power
- Up to 480 W total
- Mounting
- DIN rail, daisy-chains with XP modules
Preliminary specifications, subject to change.
09 — Netroni app
Commission and control from your phone
The optional Netroni app for Android and iPhone sets up a system in minutes and gives residents simple everyday control. It is fully compatible with the new Apple Home wall display.
For installers
- Name ports, set fixture profiles and color ranges
- Restart, replace or reset a module in a tap
- Stable and beta firmware channels
For residents
- Rooms and groups, each light keeping its own level
- Apple Home, Google Home and SmartThings through Matter
- Pair Home Assistant or other apps on the local network
App screens from a pre-release version.
10 — Example topologies
From a studio to a tower
The same building blocks scale from one room to a whole building. Line colors match the Netroni cable used for each run.
- DC power feed
- Ethernet (white)
- Control bus (indigo)
- Dimmable lights (cyan)
- Fixed power (orange)
No network needed. Set up over USB-C from the Netroni app.
One Master per unit, bridged to the residents' smart home.
One Master per floor or unit on the building LAN.
For MDUs and hotels, one XP-Link can also fan a single Art-Net uplink out to eight Visio-Link segments.
11 — Netroni cables
One cable everywhere. Color-coded by purpose.
Every Netroni run uses the same CAT6A cable. The jacket color tells installers, inspectors and future service techs what each run does. We recommend Netroni cable for safety, quality and efficiency.
White
IT and network: Wi-Fi, security, data ports and USB-C
Cyan
All dimmable low-voltage lights: LVDC, X-PoE® and more
Indigo
Control bus: Visio-Link, DMX, RS-485, DALI and aux power
Orange
Fixed power for addressable SPI lights, art features, outlets and more
Black
Direct burial for outdoor IT and landscape lighting
Why Netroni cable
- Safety. Fire-safe and safe to run through wood and metal framing. Pure copper conductors, never copper-clad aluminum, in a plenum-rated FEP jacket.
- Efficiency. 23 AWG conductors keep resistance and voltage drop low on long DC runs.
- Quality. Certified and tested for full CAT6A performance, so data and power share every run.
Specifications
- Type
- CAT6A U/UTP, FEP CMP
- Conductor
- 23 AWG, 100% pure copper
- Bandwidth
- Tested to 750 MHz; 1G and 10G Ethernet to 100 m
- Power
- PoE/PoE+/PoE++ (802.3af/at/bt); X-PoE® and LVDC to 120 W
- Compliance
- cETLus, ANSI/TIA-568.2-E, RoHS
- Packaging
- 1,000 ft (305 m) reels
12 — Installations
Designed, installed, awarded.
The Visiolite team has been building all-DC homes since 2018. Netroni X-Pix brings that experience to everyday homes and MDUs.
Hargrave Dr., Hollywood Hills. LIT Award 2024 for Energy Saving Lighting System. An all-DC home on the previous Visiolite DC generation. Architect: MINARC.
13 — Selection guide
The XP-Series at a glance
| Model | SKU | Role | Outputs | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XP-Master | VLX-VLM-DUP-DRE | Network brain; Matter gateway | 1× Visio-Link | PoE / DC |
| XP-Mini CV | VLX-CVD-960-DRC | Constant-voltage dimming | 8 ports / 16 ch | 960 W |
| XP-Mini CC | VLX-CCD-960-DRC | Constant-current dimming | 8 ports / 16 ch | 960 W |
| XP-Inject | VLX-EFI-960-DRP | Power injection, on/off loads | 8 ports / 16 ch | 960 W |
| XP-Pix | VLX-SPI-480-DRS | Addressable pixel control | 8 strips | 480 W |
| XP-Shade | VLX-SHA-480-DRC | PoE shade switch, DALI-2 ready | Up to 16 shades | 480 W |
| XP-Link | VLX-LGW-ET8-DRP | Art-Net to Visio-Link protocol proxy | 8× Visio-Link | — |
All XP-Series modules mount on DIN rail and daisy-chain over Visio-Link. Preliminary specifications.
System accessories
xPD LED adapters
Turn a CAT6A run into two LED channels at the fixture: whip (xPD-W), pass-through (xPD-P) and JST mini (xPD-J). Up to 60 W per channel, 120 W per port.
X-Pack wall adapters
Fit in a J-box behind standard dry-contact switches. X-Pack-PT for on/off, X-Pack-RS for scenes and sensors (up to 64 per Visio-Link).
Netroni CAT6A cable
Pure-copper 23 AWG plenum cable in five purpose colors, on 1,000 ft (305 m) reels.
14 — Food for thought
Was Edison
right after all?
In the "War of the Currents" of the late 1880s, Tesla's alternating current beat Edison's direct current, and for good reason. AC could be stepped up by a transformer and sent long distances, and the loads of the day (motors, heaters and incandescent bulbs) ran happily on it.
Today almost everything we plug in is electronic. LEDs, computers, chargers, TVs and inverter heat pumps all run on DC inside, so every device converts AC back to DC. And we now make electricity at home, with solar panels and batteries that are DC by nature.
Then: AC wins
- Power plants far from the home
- Motors, heaters and incandescent bulbs
- Only AC could change voltage efficiently
Now: DC is the hero
- Solar and batteries on site
- LEDs, electronics, EVs and PVs everywhere
- Compact, efficient DC-to-DC conversion
AC still runs the grid.
DC belongs inside the building.
Edison wasn't right back then. But with electronics everywhere and power made on the roof, the game has changed, and Netroni X-Pix is built for it.
Ready to build
with DC?
Talk to us about your next home, development, hotel or MDU project. We help with system design, lighting plans and commissioning.
Contact
- 1304 Logan Ave, Suite C
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 - info@visiolite.com
- +1 949-682-5404