Maintenance System

A maintenance system for maintaining a lighting system, the maintenance system comprising:

• at least one performance sensor for detecting a performance parameter of an emergency lighting device in the lighting system, the emergency lighting device powered by a battery when mains power to the emergency lighting device or the lighting system is cut;
• a data acquisition module for receiving performance data from the performance sensor, the performance data corresponding to the performance parameter;
• and
• a maintenance server for receiving the performance data from the data acquisition module, and initiating at a predetermined time an automatic test of the emergency lighting device by cutting mains power supplied to the emergency lighting device or the lighting system, the at least one performance sensor detecting the performance parameter of the emergency lighting device during the automatic test.

A method of maintaining a lighting system, the method comprising:

• detecting at least one performance parameter of a lighting device in the lighting system;
• sending performance data corresponding to the performance parameter to a maintenance server;
• sending an open maintenance request to a user device when the performance data reaches a predetermined deficiency threshold;
• receiving a user input at the user device to indicate an acceptance of the open maintenance request and to send the acceptance to the maintenance server;
• changing the open maintenance request to a closed maintenance request at the maintenance server;
• and
• sending the closed maintenance request to the user device.