Domino
DFDALI
Addressing
3 mutually exclusive functions are available:
Set address.
In the first case, an address will be assigned
to all the connected ballasts, and the starting address can
be chosen (the typical value is 1).
This type of addressing assigns consecutive values, in the
range 1 to 32, to the ballasts in a random order.
If some ballasts on the line have been previously ad-
dressed and some other ballasts have to be added, the ad-
dressing procedure can be performed without any modifica-
tion to the previously assigned addresses. Mainly in this
case, a starting address other than 1 can be useful. A timer
icon will inform that the operation is running.
At the end of the procedure, the normal mouse icon will be
restored. The time required for this procedure is about:
T = 5sec + (6sec x “nr. of ballasts”)
Remove the address.
If some addressing or reconfiguration
errors occurred, it can be useful removing the address of all
the ballasts on the line or of a well specified ballast.
Restore the factory setting.
The DALI ballasts are factory
set without any address and with a basic configuration for
the main parameters; the following table shows a typical
default configuration:
Parameter
Value
Minimum brightness level
1%
Maximum brightness level
100%
Brightness level in failure condi-
tions
100%
Ramp value
0 seconds
Preset
None
These settings can be restored both for all ballasts connec-
ted to the line and for a single ballast.
Restoring of the settings does not imply the reset of the
ballast address. The visible result of the factory setting
restoring is the switching on of the lamps at the bus failure
default level, that is typically 100%.
Mapping
Once the ballasts have been random addressed, it can be
useful to reorder the assigned addresses, thus simplifying
the supervision and the management of ballasts, Figure 3.
The address 1 to 32 of each ballast can be changed to a
new desired value (always in the range 1 to 32). For each
address, the program shows a line similar to the following
one:
.
The button 0 allows to switch off the ballast with address
specified in the gray text box (1 in this example) while the
button I allows the switching on; this function is useful to
see where the ballast addressed 1 (in this example) is
physically located. In the white text box the new desired ad-
dress must be entered (23 in this example) for the ballast
whose current address is 1.
The execution of the mapping procedure (pressing the but-
ton Start) will take place only for the ballasts selected by
the related checkbox. A timer icon will inform that the oper-
ation is running. At the end of the procedure, the normal
mouse icon will be restored. The time require by the map-
ping procedure is about 1sec per ballast.
If the procedure has not been successfully executed, a win-
dow reporting “Error during mapping” will appear.
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