
Intesis
TM
Modbus Server
– DALI
User Manual r1.3 EN
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Integration of DALI into
Modbus TCP / Modbus RTU control systems (product version supporting 2 DALI channels)
Functionality
Intesis
TM
continuously polls (reads) all the signals of the DALI lighting ballasts in each line and maintains the updated
values to be served in Modbus.
When a write is done from Modbus in a gateway's Modbus writeable address, the corresponding command is sent to
the corresponding DALI lighting ballast.
In the continuous polling process of the DALI channel, if there is no answer, it is indicated with a virtual signal of
communication error for this ballast in its line.
The IP address and communication parameters for Modbus side of the gateway (TCP or RTU) must be set in the
MAPS configuration tool.
From the configuration tool, it is also possible to scan each DALI channel for available ballasts, add them in
configuration, and configure its individual parameters (short address, preset levels, scenes, etc), according to their
device type (fluorescent light, emergency light, LED module).
Gateway’s capacity
Intesis capacity is listed below:
Element
Max.
Notes
Number of DALI channels
2
Number of independent DALI channels
Number DALI lighting devices
per line
64
64 DALI lighting devices are supported per line
Max number of Modbus
variables per DALI device
61
Number of available signals will vary according to device
type
Max number of Modbus
variables per DALI group
16
Number of available signals will vary according to device
type
Max number of variables per
LINE
4176
16 broadcast s 16 signals/DALI group + 61
signals/DALI device
Modbus TCP
USB
configuration
Ethernet TCP
Ethernet
configuration
DALI (up to 64 ballasts in a line)
DALI (up to 64 ballasts in a line)