Article: Brand Spotlight: Matrix Horticultural Lighting
Most facilities do not run a single light. A typical site has flowering rooms on LED bars, an older room still on double-ended HPS, a propagation rack under low-output strips and a controller tying it together. Matrix builds for that reality: its catalog runs from high-efficacy LED bar fixtures and spectrum-tunable lights to a hybrid HPS/LED fixture, legacy DE HPS, propagation and supplemental bars, and the controllers that run them. This spotlight covers who Matrix is, how the line is organised, and where each fixture fits in a commercial facility.
Who is Matrix
Matrix (Matrix LED) is a horticultural lighting manufacturer focused on commercial indoor and greenhouse production. The company says its aim is to keep pushing grow-lighting technology forward while tailoring solutions to each operator's business, and it backs that with regional sales and technical support teams covering the West Coast, Midwest, East Coast and international markets, plus a light-planning service for new rooms.
What sets the range apart is breadth. Rather than offering only one fixture style, Matrix covers LED, hybrid and HID lighting, so an operator can standardise on one brand, one control platform and one set of cords and cables while rooms move from HPS to LED at their own pace.
LED bar fixtures: the M Series and M Dyna
The Matrix M Series is the brand's core bar-style flowering fixture for multi-tier racks and single-tier rooms. Matrix builds it with Samsung 301H EVO diodes plus high-efficiency red diodes. For the M8, the manufacturer lists 860W input, 2,750 µmol/s PPF and 3.2 µmol/J efficacy, an IP66 rating, dimming down to 25% and a slim 60" x 48" x 2.5" footprint.
- M4 (400W), M6 (645W) and M8 (860W) let you match output to rack depth and target PPFD.
- 120–277V and 277–480V versions cover standard and three-phase industrial power.
The Matrix M Dyna keeps the bar format but adds independent spectrum channels: a main deep-red and white channel plus separate far-red and UV channels, controlled over universal 0–10V. Matrix rates it at up to 3.2 µmol/J, in M6 760W and M8 1000W versions. It is aimed at teams who want to adjust spectrum by growth stage or trial far-red and UV strategies without hanging extra fixtures. Our post on spectrum-tunable LEDs and far-red and UV covers how growers are using those channels.
Top lights and HPS replacement: VEGA Dyna and Hybrid 1000W
Not every room suits bars. Greenhouses and tall single-tier rooms often already have hangers, wiring and layouts built around HPS. For those spaces Matrix offers two top-light options:
- VEGA Dyna 1000W: a spectrum-tunable LED that Matrix designs as a 1:1 HPS replacement in a familiar top-light form, rated at 3.0 µmol/J, with 0–10V dimming through Matrix controllers. It comes in 120–277V and 277–480V.
- Hybrid 1000W: a single low-profile fixture that combines a 400W HPS lamp with 560W of LED and 40W of far-red. The HPS, LED and far-red channels can be controlled independently over RS485, so far-red can run at end of day. Matrix uses a sealed, enclosed cooling design on the LED side to keep out dust and moisture, and lists a 5-year fixture warranty.
The Hybrid suits operators who want LED efficiency and spectrum control but still value the radiant heat of HPS, for example in cooler greenhouses or rooms where losing HPS heat would mean adding heating load.
HID: DE 1000W fixtures, lamps and reflectors
For rooms that stay on HPS, the Matrix DE 1000W double-ended fixture ships with its lamp and comes in 208–277V, 347V and 480V versions. Matching DE replacement lamps and DE reflectors are available, so you can keep legacy rooms maintained under the same brand while you plan an LED retrofit.
Propagation and supplemental bars
- Clone Bar: an 18W, 120–277V low-heat bar for cuttings and young plants. It is sold in pairs and links together with 3' extension cords along a propagation rack.
- FR / UV Bar: 18W far-red (730 nm range) or UV bars, sold in pairs, for adding supplemental wavelengths to an existing fixture layout.
- Linear Toplight (LTL) 200W: a linear R8W fixture for veg rooms and supplemental coverage, with power cords sold separately.
When you run UV, follow the manufacturer's guidance on exposure and give staff suitable grow-light eye protection.
Controls and accessories
Matrix fixtures are built to run from Matrix controllers. The MC2 controller covers straightforward room scheduling and dimming. The MC5 controller adds multi-channel control across LED and HID. A Dyna control adapter, an RJ12 temperature and humidity sensor, M12 daisy-chain and extension cables, and voltage-specific M19 power cords complete the setup. When you specify a room, match each fixture's cord to its voltage and connector type, and plan cable runs so a whole room can be daisy-chained to one controller.
Where Matrix fits in a facility
- Multi-tier and sealed flower rooms: M Series, or M Dyna where spectrum control matters.
- HPS retrofits and greenhouses: VEGA Dyna for a direct LED swap, or Hybrid 1000W to keep some HPS heat.
- Legacy HPS rooms: DE 1000W fixtures, lamps and reflectors.
- Propagation and veg: Clone Bars and the LTL 200W.
- Spectrum trials: FR / UV Bars added to existing layouts.
To compare Matrix against other fixture styles, see our LED bar-style collection and our look at under-canopy lighting.
Ordering Matrix through BLACK LABEL
The Matrix range is available to approved commercial accounts, who see their pricing when logged in. If you are not yet a customer, submit an account application and our team will review it. For room-by-room fixture counts, full-facility lighting projects or multi-site purchasing, email commercialservice@blacklabelsupply.io for a quote.
