--- title: "Smart Landscape Lighting Control in Naples, FL | NightScapes" description: "Smart landscape lighting control in Naples: schedules that follow sunset, scenes for each kind of evening, and app control from anywhere. Free estimates." canonical_url: "https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting" last_updated: "2026-10-22" language: "en" --- ![The front of a single-story house at dusk, entry in the middle and planting either side](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-tech-wash-off-1600.webp) Specialty # App, schedules and scenes for your Naples landscape lighting The best-controlled lighting is the kind you never think about. It comes on at dusk, steps down late in the evening, looks lived in while you are away, and answers your phone when you want it to. [Ask about control](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sv-book) Tell us about your system If you are not always there ## What smart control changes on a Naples property you are not always at If your house sits empty for part of the year, or you are tired of resetting a timer every time the clocks change, a smart controller fixes both. It follows sunset on its own, runs a different scene late at night or while you are away, and lets you check and change the lighting from your phone, wherever you are. Naples has a great many seasonal homes, and an empty house is where landscape lighting is most often wrong. The timer was set in November and is now running an hour early. A zone has gone dark and nobody is there to notice. The lights are on at full at three in the morning in August for no one. A controller with astronomical timing and app access removes most of that. The schedule tracks sunset and sunrise through the year. The away scene runs on its own. And when something needs changing, it can be changed from a phone. The lighting we use is FX Luminaire’s, and its Luxor controller is the one this page describes, in FX’s own words. What it does not do is design the lighting. Control is only as good as the zones it controls, which is why the companion page on [how the property is divided into zones first](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/zoning-dimming-color-options) comes before this one. [Ask about control](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sv-book) [or call (239) 649-6940](tel:+12396496940) ![A Mediterranean-style house at night with an uplit oak, lit palms and a washed elevation behind a lawn](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-courtyard-home-oak-960.webp) A NightScapes property on its evening scene, run by the schedule. Schedule Follows sunset and sunrise through the year, not a clock time. Scenes Everyday, entertaining and away, each a stored balance of the zones. Access From the app, on site or remote, with a network module. ![A waterfront house at dusk with a fountain in a paved motor court, framed by palms](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-estate-off-1280.webp) Landscape lighting schedule ## A night on a schedule, hour by hour This is one evening on one property, run by the controller with nobody touching it. It begins at dusk, changes through the evening and ends before dawn. Scroll through it. Each step is a different balance of the same zones, set once and repeated every night. ### Dusk: on with the light, not the clock The controller brings the lights up as the sky fades, not at a fixed hour. FX Luminaire describes astronomical timing as letting "the controller’s sunrise/sunset time to automatically change with the seasons throughout the year." So the lights come on at dusk, whatever the date; the next section shows why that matters. 7 to 10 pm ### The full scene Once it is properly dark, everything comes up to its set level: the entry, the walls, the palms, the fountain and the drive. This is how the property is meant to look, for the hours when people are arriving, eating outside and looking out of the windows. Runs From dusk plus an offset until a set time. Zones All, at their designed levels. 10 pm to midnight ### The late scene The decorative zones step down and the palms dim. The entry, the drive and the paths stay up a little longer for anyone coming and going. Nobody notices the change happening, which is the point. Runs A set time, the same every night. Zones Entry and drive held; wings and palms dimmed. Midnight to dawn ### Overnight, or off Either everything goes off, or a low level stays on at the door and the drive so the house can be seen and found. On a seasonal home the overnight choice is usually the low level. At sunrise the controller turns off whatever is still on. Runs Until sunrise, tracked the same way as sunset. Zones Entry and drive low, or nothing. [Ask about control](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sv-book) Sunset (solid) and the end of civil dusk (dashed) for Naples, 2026, in local clock time. Computed in this page from NOAA's published solar equations, so approximate to a minute or two. Source: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, [Solar Calculator, calculation details](https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/calcdetails.html), read 2026-10-14. Evenings on in daylight 0 Evenings dark before they come on 0 ![A white home at dusk with its arched entry, facade, planting and drive lit](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-arched-entry-home-960.webp) ### Everyday What it is The ordinary evening: the designed scene from dusk, stepping down late. How it runs On the schedule, every night, without being touched. What it is for Most nights of the year. ![A curved pool at night reflecting a lit screen of bamboo and palms](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-pool-bamboo-screen-960.webp) ### Entertaining What it is More light on the routes guests use and the places they gather, and the pool and garden up. How it runs Chosen for the evening, then the schedule takes over again. What it is for Parties, dinners, a houseful. ![An estate at night, lit as if lived in](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-estate-night-960.webp) ### Away What it is The house lit as if lived in in the evening, then a quiet overnight level. How it runs Set when you leave for the summer and left alone. What it is for Seasonal homes, which in Naples is a great many of them. Date-limited scenes work the same way: [seasonal color on a calendar](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/holiday-lighting). ![A phone showing the Luxor lighting app in front of a lit house](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-fx-luxor-app-control-480.webp)![A two-story home at night with palms uplit along a paver drive](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-modern-home-palms-960.webp)![A lanai at night with bollard lights and a lit planting bed beyond the pool](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-lanai-lake-side-960.webp) The Luxor app, as shown on the NightScapes site.The property the controller runs, night after night.Most control is the schedule; the rest is the odd change for an evening. 1. ### The app FX Luminaire says Luxor app control needs a network module, runs on iOS and Android, and works "for on-site or remote adjustability." From the app you change levels, switch scenes and edit the schedule, at home or from wherever you spend the summer. 2. ### The controller on the wall The controller itself lives in its enclosure beside the house, and it is where the schedule and scenes are stored. FX describes the Luxor enclosure as 304 stainless steel and powder-coated galvanized steel. It connects to the network by its included LAN module or a Wi-Fi module accessory. 3. ### Voice Some owners want to say "lights on" to a speaker in the kitchen. Whether a particular controller supports a given voice assistant depends on the model and its software, so we confirm it for your system before promising it. The schedule, not the voice, should be doing most of the work. When things go down ## When the Wi-Fi drops, the internet is down, or the power goes out On a controller with built-in astronomical timing, the schedule lives at the controller, not in the app or the cloud. If the Wi-Fi drops or the internet is down, the lights keep to it and only remote access waits. A new router means reconnecting the controller. After a power cut, the clock and schedule are checked. If a zone goes dark while the schedule is running, the fault is on the run, not in the controller: see [tracing a fault across the run](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/landscape-lighting-repair). [Ask about control](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sv-book) If something goes downNightScapes Landscape Lighting 1. Wi-Fi drops The schedule is stored and run at the controller, so the lights keep to it. Only the app loses touch. 2. Internet is down Remote changes wait until it is back. Nothing on the property changes. 3. Router replaced The controller has to be reconnected to the new network. Worth knowing before the old one goes. 4. Power cut When power returns, the controller and its clock are checked against the schedule. We show you how. 5. Away for summer The away scene runs on its own; a neighbor or manager can see it from the drive at dusk. 6. Something looks wrong A dark zone with the schedule running is a fault on the run, not in the controller. The schedule runs at the controller. Integration ## Tying landscape lighting into a home automation system Where a house already has a home automation system, the landscape lighting can join it. FX Luminaire lists Luxor integration with Lutron, Crestron, Control4, Savant and Elan, and says integration is done by professional integrators and authorized dealers. We set up the lighting side and work alongside your integrator. ![A waterfront home at night with its lighting and color reflected in the water](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-waterfront-home-color-reflection-960.webp) One house, one set of controls, inside and out. ### What integration gives you The outdoor lighting appears alongside the indoor lighting, shades and audio on the same keypads and the same app. A single "evening" button can bring up the landscape scene with the house. "Goodnight" can step everything down together. ### Who does what FX Luminaire is direct about it: "Only professional integrators and authorized dealers can perform integration." The integrator programs the home system. We design and install the lighting, set its zones and scenes at the controller, and make sure the integrator has what they need. Neither job replaces the other. ### When integration is not worth it If the house has no automation system, the controller’s own app and schedule do almost everything integration would, without another layer to maintain. Integration earns its place where there is already a system the household uses every day. Sources, read 2026-10-13: FX Luminaire, [Luxor controller product page](https://www.fxl.com/product/transformers/designer/luxor); FX Luminaire, [Landscape lighting design guide (2021)](https://www.fxl.com/sites/fxl.com/files/fx-229-dg-lightingtraining-us-web.pdf). ![The front of an estate at night with its landscape lighting on](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-estate-front-palms-960.webp)![An estate at dusk with palms and planting lit](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-curving-drive-palms-night-960.webp)![Palms along a drive at dusk](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-curving-drive-palms-dusk-960.webp) An existing system can gain a schedule and an app with a new controller.Existing fixtures can sometimes be given control through the lamp alone.Splitting a run is what turns one switch into two zones. 1. ### A new controller on an existing system The most common upgrade: the old timer or transformer comes out and a smart controller goes in, with the existing runs connected to it. The schedule and app control arrive at once. How much more you get, such as dimming and zones, depends on the fixtures beyond it. 2. ### Zoning and dimming through the lamps FX Luminaire notes that its ZD MR-16 lamps "add zoning and dimming capabilities to any brand of low-voltage lighting fixture." In a system with MR-16 sockets, that can bring individual control to fixtures that were never designed for it, without replacing them. 3. ### When the runs need rework Control is only as fine as the wiring allows. If one cable feeds the front, the side and the back together, they can only be switched together until something changes. Sometimes that is a lamp; sometimes a run has to be split. That is covered under our redesign and expansion page. Who does the work ## Who sets up the control: NightScapes Landscape Lighting, Naples NightScapes Landscape Lighting has designed and installed outdoor lighting in Naples since 1998. Todd and Sherry own and run it, outdoor lighting is the only work it does, it is a Hunter Preferred Contractor, and its Google Business Profile shows 63 reviews at 5.0. We set the schedule and scenes with you. Many homes in Naples and on Marco Island are empty for part of the year. Smart control is how their lighting keeps working properly while nobody is there, and how the owners can see that it is. We will set the schedule, build the scenes with you, and show you how to change them. When the yearly visits come round, the schedule is checked along with everything else: see [yearly service visits](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/landscape-lighting-maintenance). Seasonal color on a calendar is on [our holiday lighting page](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/holiday-lighting). When the timer or photocell in an older cabinet fails, see [when the timer or photocell in the cabinet fails](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/landscape-lighting-transformer-repair). [Ask about control](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sv-book) ![An estate at night with its lighting running on a schedule](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/img/ns-job-estate-front-palms-960.webp) A property on its evening scene. Since 1998 Lighting properties in Naples and Southwest Florida. Todd and Sherry Family and locally owned. The owners are the people you deal with. 63 Google reviews Rated 5.0 on the NightScapes Google Business Profile. Hunter Preferred Contractor Hunter Industries is the maker of FX Luminaire fixtures and Luxor controllers. Choose a question - [What does smart control actually do on a landscape lighting system?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-0) - [Do the lights still work if my Wi-Fi goes down?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-1) - [Can I control more than one controller from the app?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-2) - [Can my landscape lighting tie into my home automation system?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-3) - [Can a smart switch or a plug-in timer control my lights instead?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-4) - [Is smart control worth it for a second home?](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/smart-landscape-lighting#sc-questions-5) Ask us about controlling your lighting. Choose a question, or call and we will answer it on the phone. ### What does smart control actually do on a landscape lighting system? It runs the lighting on a schedule that follows sunset, stores scenes for different kinds of evening, and lets you change things from an app on site or away. On a controller like FX Luminaire’s Luxor it can also control zones and dim them, in FX’s words "0-100% in 1% increments." ### Do the lights still work if my Wi-Fi goes down? On a controller with built-in astronomical timing, the schedule is held and run at the controller, so the lights keep to it. What you lose is the app until the network is back. If you replace your router, the controller needs reconnecting to the new network, and it is worth planning that. ### Can I control more than one controller from the app? Larger properties sometimes have more than one controller, for example one for the front and one for the water side. Whether they appear together in one app, and how, depends on the controller model and its app version. We set it up so you can see and change all of it from one place where the system supports that. ### Can my landscape lighting tie into my home automation system? FX Luminaire lists Luxor integration with Lutron, Crestron, Control4, Savant and Elan, and notes that "only professional integrators and authorized dealers can perform integration." If you have an integrator, we set up the lighting side and work with them so the two systems talk to each other. ### Can a smart switch or a plug-in timer control my lights instead? A switch or timer on the transformer’s power can turn the whole system on and off, and FX notes plug-in timers and photocells "eliminate the need for the user to manually switch the lighting." What a switch cannot do is dim, set zones or change scenes, because those happen at the controller and the fixtures, not at the plug. ### Is smart control worth it for a second home? It is where it matters most. A seasonal home needs to look lived in through the evening, run quietly overnight, and be checked or changed from wherever you are. An away scene and remote access do that, and a neighbor or manager can confirm from the drive at dusk that it is running. [Ask us on the phone: (239) 649-6940](tel:+12396496940) Close to this - [Zoning, dimming and color How the property is divided into zones first](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/zoning-dimming-color-options) - [Transformer and timer repair When the timer or photocell in the cabinet fails](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/landscape-lighting-transformer-repair) - [Holiday lighting Seasonal color on a calendar](https://www.nightscapeslandscapelighting.com/holiday-lighting) Free Consultations and Estimates ## Ready for lighting that runs itself? Tell us what you have now: the timer, the transformer, how many runs, and whether the house is empty for part of the year. We will tell you what a controller adds and set the schedule with you. - Follows sunset all year - Everyday, entertaining and away scenes - Free consultation and estimate [or call (239) 649-6940](tel:+12396496940) Tell us about your system