Crestron
DIN-DALI-2
DIN Rail 2 Channel DALI Interface
Programming Guide
Page 1: ...Crestron DIN DALI 2 DINRail2ChannelDALIInterface Programming Guide...
Page 2: ...proprietary interest in the marks and names of others Crestron is not responsible for errors in typography or photography This document was written by the Technical Publications department at Crestron...
Page 3: ...Crestron technicians to better troubleshoot and resolve DALI related issues It offers background information on the operation of the DIN DALI 2 provides procedures for wiring tests and device replacem...
Page 4: ...els full Communication with Ballasts In order to communicate devices short circuit the DALI loop This causes 250 mA to be drawn from power supply and voltage to collapse Devices register the voltage o...
Page 5: ...extract information from each ballast and is also used when replacing a failed ballast refer to Ballast Replacement on page 4 for more information DALI Wiring Considerations The DALI protocol places...
Page 6: ...unassigned address of 255 The ballasts store information related to addressing group assignments presets and fade times programmed during commissioning When a failed ballast is replaced all of these p...
Page 7: ...lowing procedure for each affected loop 1 Test wiring a Replace all failed ballasts b Tap the TEST 1 and TEST 2 buttons to toggle the state of all ballasts connected and verify the new ballasts respon...
Page 8: ...unique address 0 63 Ballasts typically leave the factory with an unassigned address of 255 The ballasts also store information related to group assignments presets and fade times programmed during com...
Page 9: ...y involves querying every short address 0 63 for the ballast s long or random address The random address search is a binary search that queries ballasts based on the long address for its short address...
Page 10: ...allast minimum level MAX Ballast maximum level PHYMIN Ballast physical minimum level FADETIME Fade time refer to DALI Fadetime lookup table FADERATE Fade rate refer to DALI Faderate lookup table SCENE...
Page 11: ...ballast was not commissioned as is not expected to be on the loop If there is a ballast found at that address the DIN DALI 2 reports it as new and tries to assign it an address for a missing ballast...
Page 12: ...hich each ballast is assigned LISTBALCFG LOOP ALL MIN This displays the minimum dim level that the ballasts can dim to Note that the DIN DALI 2 does not allow min to be set to a value less than 128 Ev...
Page 13: ...the response from the ballast must be displayed on the console the debug console must first be enabled and standard polling of ballasts must be disabled Without polling disabled the console window fil...
Page 14: ...ESS Broadcast 1111111S Group 100AAAAS Single 0AAAAAAS AAAA 0 to F Group Address 0 15 AAAAAA 0 to 3F Short Address 0 63 S determines whether DATA byte is an intensity S 0 or a Special Command S 1 Synta...
Page 15: ...space between the ADDR and DATA bytes Refer to the following tables when generating raw DALI packets Byte Equivalents for Short and Group Addresses SHORT ADDRESS ADDR BYTE SHORT ADDRESS ADDR BYTE SHO...
Page 16: ...a response from the ballast if it is present Typically this is all that is needed to prove reliable communication back from the ballast The byte received can also provide further information Bit 0 Va...
Page 17: ...with the new settings as new If this occurs the internal memory in the DIN DALI 2 should be cleared and the latest settings read back in from the ballasts Both can be achieved using the software tool...
Page 18: ...a bits 2 stop bits physical high level DALI Protocol Configuration To select the devices by the different addressing modes broadcast group single use the address types shown in the following table Add...
Page 19: ...011 STORE THE DTR AS MIN LEVEL 44 YAAAAAA1 00101100 STORE THE DTR AS SYSTEM FAILURE LEVEL 45 YAAAAAA1 00101101 STORE THE DTR AS POWER ON LEVEL 46 YAAAAAA1 00101110 STORE THE DTR AS FADE TIME 47 YAAAAA...
Page 20: ...TUAL LEVEL 161 YAAAAAA1 10100001 QUERY MAX LEVEL 162 YAAAAAA1 10100010 QUERY MIN LEVEL 163 YAAAAAA1 10100011 QUERY POWER ON LEVEL 164 YAAAAAA1 10100100 QUERY SYSTEM FAILURE LEVEL 165 YAAAAAA1 10100101...
Page 21: ...able BALLAST ADDRESS HEX ADDRESS BALLAST ADDRESS HEX ADDRESS BALLAST ADDRESS HEX ADDRESS BALLAST ADDRESS HEX ADDRESS 0 00 16 10 32 20 48 30 1 01 17 11 33 21 49 31 2 02 18 12 34 22 50 32 3 03 19 13 35...
Page 22: ...response is heard after querying long address 0xLLLLLL but not after querying 0xLLLLLL 1 The ballast with long address 0xLLLLLL is then assigned the next available short address and is instructed to n...
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