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DMXtoDALI quad User Guide

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DMXtoDALI quad

User Guide

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Page 1: ...DMXtoDALI quad User Guide Artistic Licence DMXtoDALI quad User Guide Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ... user serviceable parts inside the outer case of this product Always disconnect from the power supply when not in use Any specific IP rating where appropriate is given in the instructions Unless otherwise stated this product is designed for indoor use only If used outdoors it MUST be installed in an appropriate IP rated cabinet Do not allow this product to be exposed to rain or moisture Please rec...

Page 3: ...ing disabled 3 Continuous Query Off Two queries run at startup On Queries run continuously every 2 minutes 4 Query Disable Off Query operation is defined by switch 3 On Query operation is disabled 5 Activate Off All DT8 commands end with an ACTIVATE On ACTIVATE is not sent 6 n a Off n a On n a Mounting Diagram DIP Switch Table see also page 10 Connections A passive loop through connection allows o...

Page 4: ... the internal DMX512 termination 3 Connect the two DALI terminals of circuit 1 to the DALI devices and the DALI Bus Power supply of circuit 1 Repeat for the other circuits Never interconnect the DALI circuits 4 Power on the DMXtoDALI the DALI Bus PSU and the DALI devices 5 Fade channel 1 of the DMX512 controller up down the DALI devices should be controlled If not go to the troubleshooting section...

Page 5: ...ommand type of message being sent y y Data the value associated with the command y y DALI device one of the 64 DALI luminaires y y DALI short address a number in the range 0 63 which uniquely identifies a DALI device on a given circuit y y DALI circuit a two wire interface of maximum distance 300m that contains up to 64 DALI devices y y DALI Bus power a current limited DC supply which must be prov...

Page 6: ... DALI circuits The screen shot below shows how this is represented in DMX Workshop LED Indicators RDM Implementation DMXtoDALI quad features and operation DALI 1 4 Illuminates when DALI Bus Power is present Flashes to off when DALI message is sent or received DMX512 Illuminates green when DMX512 is received Power RDM Locate Illuminates green during normal operation Flashes when an RDM locate comma...

Page 7: ... Personalities are selected using RDM Changing the personality of the root device will affect all DALI circuits Changing the personality of a sub device will affect only one DALI circuit Personalities Only DALI broadcast ARC commands are transmitted to each circuit This is the simplest mode of operation and the factory default The DALI devices do not need to be commissioned to operate in this mode...

Page 8: ...RGB or WAF will result in better DALI bandwidth management The DALI devices do not need to be commissioned to operate in this mode However the DALI devices must be set to use DT8 type RGBWAF DALI Mask values are transmitted for colour values but not intensity All four broadcast group device and scene addressing modes are available in this mode This allows the DMX512 controller to manage DALI bandw...

Page 9: ...ensors are used to indicate the quantity of commissioned DALI devices that have been discovered on each circuit See the DIP Switch Configuration section on page 10 for information regarding the function of Switches 3 and 4 The DMXtoDALI start address is set via RDM Changing the start address of the root device will re patch the sub devices DALI circuits to contiguous addresses based on their footp...

Page 10: ... of DMX devices operate using a linear dimming curve with the level selected by a decimal value between 0 and 255 DALI works with a non linear exponential curve As the graph shows each method produces a different output In its default mode of operation Switch 1 Off DMXtoDALI employs a one to one mapping between the DMX and DALI values resulting in the native exponential dimming curve of the DALI f...

Page 11: ...tually connected DMXtoDALI achieves this by a process of querying all DALI devices In some instances particularly in multi master systems or if unicast is not being used querying may not be desired or needed and can be disabled Switch 4 On Note that when querying is disabled DMXtoDALI will not be able to report back the number of DALI devices detected using the RDM sensors In its default mode of o...

Page 12: ...respond the problem is likely to be that some DALI devices are not commissioned Use a commissioning tool to solve this Also check the value of the RDM sensors this tells you the number of commissioned DALI devices that have been found 5 Some DALI devices cannot be controlled If you are using device addressing check that all DALI devices are commissioned If you are using group addressing check that...

Page 13: ...roup 6 24 2 Intensity Group 7 25 2 Intensity Group 8 26 2 Intensity Group 9 27 2 Intensity Group 10 28 2 Intensity Group 11 29 2 Intensity Group 12 30 2 Intensity Group 13 31 2 Intensity Group 14 32 2 Intensity Group 15 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 33 2 Intensity Group 0 34 3 Intensity Group 1 35 3 Intensity Group 2 36 3 Intensity Group 3 37 3 Intensity Group 4 38 3 Intensity Group 5 39 ...

Page 14: ...ce 36 38 1 Intensity Device 37 39 1 Intensity Device 38 40 1 Intensity Device 39 41 1 Intensity Device 40 42 1 Intensity Device 41 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 43 1 Intensity Device 42 44 1 Intensity Device 43 45 1 Intensity Device 44 46 1 Intensity Device 45 47 1 Intensity Device 46 48 1 Intensity Device 47 49 1 Intensity Device 48 50 1 Intensity Device 49 51 1 Intensity Device 50 52 1 ...

Page 15: ...nsity Device 58 124 2 Intensity Device 59 125 2 Intensity Device 60 126 2 Intensity Device 61 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 127 2 Intensity Device 62 128 2 Intensity Device 63 129 3 Intensity Device 0 130 3 Intensity Device 1 131 3 Intensity Device 2 132 3 Intensity Device 3 133 3 Intensity Device 4 134 3 Intensity Device 5 135 3 Intensity Device 6 136 3 Intensity Device 7 137 3 Intensity...

Page 16: ...ty Device 16 210 4 Intensity Device 17 211 4 Intensity Device 18 212 4 Intensity Device 19 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 213 4 Intensity Device 20 214 4 Intensity Device 21 215 4 Intensity Device 22 216 4 Intensity Device 23 217 4 Intensity Device 24 218 4 Intensity Device 25 219 4 Intensity Device 26 220 4 Intensity Device 27 221 4 Intensity Device 28 222 4 Intensity Device 29 223 4 Inte...

Page 17: ... 19 38 1 Intensity Device 20 39 1 Intensity Device 21 40 1 Intensity Device 22 41 1 Intensity Device 23 42 1 Intensity Device 24 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 43 1 Intensity Device 25 44 1 Intensity Device 26 45 1 Intensity Device 27 46 1 Intensity Device 28 47 1 Intensity Device 29 48 1 Intensity Device 30 49 1 Intensity Device 31 50 1 Intensity Device 32 51 1 Intensity Device 33 52 1 In...

Page 18: ... 21 122 2 Intensity Device 22 123 2 Intensity Device 23 124 2 Intensity Device 24 125 2 Intensity Device 25 126 2 Intensity Device 26 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 127 2 Intensity Device 27 128 2 Intensity Device 28 129 2 Intensity Device 29 130 2 Intensity Device 30 131 2 Intensity Device 31 132 2 Intensity Device 32 133 2 Intensity Device 33 134 2 Intensity Device 34 135 2 Intensity Dev...

Page 19: ...3 Intensity Device 29 212 3 Intensity Device 30 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 213 3 Intensity Device 31 214 3 Intensity Device 32 215 3 Intensity Device 33 216 3 Intensity Device 34 217 3 Intensity Device 35 218 3 Intensity Device 36 219 3 Intensity Device 37 220 3 Intensity Device 38 221 3 Intensity Device 39 222 3 Intensity Device 40 223 3 Intensity Device 41 224 3 Intensity Device 42 2...

Page 20: ...evice 24 289 4 Intensity Device 25 290 4 Intensity Device 26 291 4 Intensity Device 27 292 4 Intensity Device 28 293 4 Intensity Device 29 294 4 Intensity Device 30 295 4 Intensity Device 31 296 4 Intensity Device 32 297 4 Intensity Device 33 298 4 Intensity Device 34 299 4 Intensity Device 35 300 4 Intensity Device 36 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 301 4 Intensity Device 37 302 4 Intensit...

Page 21: ...6 3 Colour Temperature Broadcast Cinc 7 4 Intensity Broadcast 8 4 Colour Temperature Broadcast Cinc DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 1 1 Intensity Group 0 2 1 Colour Temperature Group 0 Cinc 3 1 Intensity Group 1 4 1 Colour Temperature Group 1 Cinc 5 1 Intensity Group 2 6 1 Colour Temperature Group 2 Cinc 7 1 Intensity Group 3 8 1 Colour Temperature Group 3 Cinc 9 1 Intensity Group 4 10 1 Co...

Page 22: ...p 0 Cinc 35 2 Intensity Group 1 36 2 Colour Temperature Group 1 Cinc 37 2 Intensity Group 2 38 2 Colour Temperature Group 2 Cinc 39 2 Intensity Group 3 40 2 Colour Temperature Group 3 Cinc 41 2 Intensity Group 4 42 2 Colour Temperature Group 4 Cinc 43 2 Intensity Group 5 44 2 Colour Temperature Group 5 Cinc 45 2 Intensity Group 6 46 2 Colour Temperature Group 6 Cinc 47 2 Intensity Group 7 48 2 Col...

Page 23: ...ur Temperature Group 7 Cinc 81 3 Intensity Group 8 82 3 Colour Temperature Group 8 Cinc 83 3 Intensity Group 9 84 3 Colour Temperature Group 9 Cinc 85 3 Intensity Group 10 86 3 Colour Temperature Group 10 Cinc 87 3 Intensity Group 11 88 3 Colour Temperature Group 11 Cinc 89 3 Intensity Group 12 90 3 Colour Temperature Group 12 Cinc 91 3 Intensity Group 13 92 3 Colour Temperature Group 13 Cinc 93 3...

Page 24: ... 114 4 Colour Temperature Group 8 Cinc 115 4 Intensity Group 9 116 4 Colour Temperature Group 9 Cinc 117 4 Intensity Group 10 118 4 Colour Temperature Group 10 Cinc 119 4 Intensity Group 11 120 4 Colour Temperature Group 11 Cinc 121 4 Intensity Group 12 122 4 Colour Temperature Group 12 Cinc 123 4 Intensity Group 13 124 4 Colour Temperature Group 13 Cinc 125 4 Intensity Group 14 126 4 Colour Tempe...

Page 25: ...9 2 Red Broadcast 10 2 Green Broadcast 11 2 Blue Broadcast 12 2 White Broadcast 13 2 Amber Broadcast 14 2 Free Broadcast 15 3 Intensity Broadcast 16 3 Red Broadcast 17 3 Green Broadcast 18 3 Blue Broadcast 19 3 White Broadcast 20 3 Amber Broadcast 21 3 Free Broadcast 22 4 Intensity Broadcast 23 4 Red Broadcast 24 4 Green Broadcast 25 4 Blue Broadcast 26 4 White Broadcast 27 4 Amber Broadcast 28 4 ...

Page 26: ...tensity Group 5 37 1 Red Group 5 38 1 Green Group 5 39 1 Blue Group 5 40 1 White Group 5 41 1 Amber Group 5 42 1 Free Group 5 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 43 1 Intensity Group 6 44 1 Red Group 6 45 1 Green Group 6 46 1 Blue Group 6 47 1 White Group 6 48 1 Amber Group 6 49 1 Free Group 6 50 1 Intensity Group 7 51 1 Red Group 7 52 1 Green Group 7 53 1 Blue Group 7 54 1 White Group 7 55 1 A...

Page 27: ... Group 0 120 2 Intensity Group 1 121 2 Red Group 1 122 2 Green Group 1 123 2 Blue Group 1 124 2 White Group 1 125 2 Amber Group 1 126 2 Free Group 1 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 127 2 Intensity Group 2 128 2 Red Group 2 129 2 Green Group 2 130 2 Blue Group 2 131 2 White Group 2 132 2 Amber Group 2 133 2 Free Group 2 134 2 Intensity Group 3 135 2 Red Group 3 136 2 Green Group 3 137 2 Blue...

Page 28: ...up 13 206 2 Green Group 13 207 2 Blue Group 13 208 2 White Group 13 209 2 Amber Group 13 210 2 Free Group 13 211 2 Intensity Group 14 212 2 Red Group 14 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 213 2 Green Group 14 214 2 Blue Group 14 215 2 White Group 14 216 2 Amber Group 14 217 2 Free Group 14 218 2 Intensity Group 15 219 2 Red Group 15 220 2 Green Group 15 221 2 Blue Group 15 222 2 White Group 15...

Page 29: ...95 3 Intensity Group 10 296 3 Red Group 10 297 3 Green Group 10 298 3 Blue Group 10 299 3 White Group 10 300 3 Amber Group 10 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 301 3 Free Group 10 302 3 Intensity Group 11 303 3 Red Group 11 304 3 Green Group 11 305 3 Blue Group 11 306 3 White Group 11 307 3 Amber Group 11 308 3 Free Group 11 309 3 Intensity Group 12 310 3 Red Group 12 311 3 Green Group 12 312...

Page 30: ...Group 6 383 4 White Group 6 384 4 Amber Group 6 385 4 Free Group 6 386 4 Intensity Group 7 387 4 Red Group 7 388 4 Green Group 7 DMX Address DALI Circuit DALI Function 389 4 Blue Group 7 390 4 White Group 7 391 4 Amber Group 7 392 4 Free Group 7 393 4 Intensity Group 8 394 4 Red Group 8 395 4 Green Group 8 396 4 Blue Group 8 397 4 White Group 8 398 4 Amber Group 8 399 4 Free Group 8 400 4 Intensit...

Page 31: ...Group 14 442 4 Intensity Group 15 443 4 Red Group 15 444 4 Green Group 15 445 4 Blue Group 15 446 4 White Group 15 447 4 Amber Group 15 448 4 Free Group 15 Table 9 Personality 9 DT8 RGBWAF Group continued Table 10 Scene conversion DMX Value Scene 01 15 1 16 31 2 32 47 3 48 63 4 64 79 5 80 95 6 96 111 7 112 127 8 128 143 9 144 159 10 160 175 11 176 191 12 192 207 13 208 223 14 224 239 15 240 255 16...

Page 32: ...70 127 3800 263 120 3900 256 113 4000 250 107 4100 244 101 4200 238 95 4300 233 90 4400 227 84 4500 222 79 4600 217 74 4700 213 70 4800 208 65 4900 204 61 5000 200 57 5100 196 53 5200 192 49 5300 189 46 5400 185 42 5500 182 39 5600 179 36 5700 175 32 5800 172 29 5900 169 26 6000 167 24 6100 164 21 6200 161 18 6300 159 16 6400 156 13 6500 154 11 6600 152 9 6700 149 6 Kelvin Mirek Dec DMX Value Cinc...

Page 33: ... 34 215 35 216 36 217 The table expresses the function y 10 exp 3 253 x 1 1 where x is the DALI value and y is the DMX value It is derived from the DALI specification Table 12 Dimming Curve Translation DMX Value equals DALI Value Device Power 37 218 38 219 39 220 40 221 41 222 42 223 43 223 44 224 45 225 46 226 47 227 48 227 49 228 50 229 51 230 52 230 53 231 54 232 55 232 56 233 57 234 58 234 59 ...

Page 34: ...I Value Device Power 74 243 75 243 76 244 77 244 78 245 79 245 80 246 81 246 82 247 83 247 84 248 85 248 86 248 87 249 88 249 89 250 90 250 91 251 92 251 93 251 94 252 95 252 96 253 97 253 98 253 99 254 100 254 Table 12 Dimming Curve Translation continued ...

Page 35: ...C y y Input connector 1 2 pin screw terminal y y Input power max 10 W y y DC fuse internal resettable fuse for control electronics DALI Outputs y y Output mode optically isolated DMX512 Input y y Input mode non isolated y y Input ESD protection 12 kV y y Electrocution protection Input Loop protected against continuous connection to 425 VAC self healing Control y y Input Protocols DMX512 DMX512 199...

Page 36: ...neering Ltd are fully compliant with the appropriate CE and RoHS regulations Product specific information is available on request Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Artistic Licence is a member of a WEEE compliance scheme and will happily recycle any of our products that you at your expense return to us Due to our policy of continuing product improvement specifications are subject to chang...

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