User Manual
Philips MultiOne
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When starting MultiOne, the DALI devices connected to
the USB2DALI interface are not automatically identified.
There are two methods for identifying the devices with
corresponding buttons in the
Network
on the left-hand
side of the application window:
Scan network
and
Commission
.
Scan network
In order to communicate with a device, the device needs
to have a short address. The
Scan network
button scans
all devices for their short addresses. This procedure does
not change any short address or other property of the
connected devices, provided they already have a short address. Devices without a
short address are being assigned a unique one. When two or more devices have the
same short address, a warning is displayed.
Commissioning
All devices are given a new unique short address, starting at 0. Be aware that existing
short addresses are erased and new short addresses are re-assigned to all connected
devices. This procedure ensures that all devices have a short address and that there
are no duplicate short addresses.
After commissioning or scanning the network, the list of identified devices is shown in
the
Network
.
9.2.2
Selecting devices for communication
After having commissioned or scanned the network, the
Network
shows all devices present in the DALI network.
By clicking a device you will make that particular device
the active one, meaning that all commands will be sent to
this device only, and will be ignored by all other devices.
Besides selecting a single device for communication, it is
also possible to communicate with groups of devices. The
options are:
All devices in the network. Select
All devices
. All
commands will now be sent as broadcast
commands. Note that unidentified but connected
DALI devices will also respond to commands.
All user-defined groups. Select
User-defined
groups
. All commands will now be sent to devices
that belong to a user-defined group. User defined
groups are explained in the section 9.2.3.