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DALI Newsletter – November 2018

Welcome to the November edition of the DALI Newsletter from DiiA. This month, we are pleased to announce that our new DALI specifications, covering data storage and reporting in control gear, as well as power-supply requirements for DALI devices in luminaires, are now available for download from our website. Next week, we will exhibit and speak at LuxLive in London, so we hope to meet you there. 

New DALI specifications now available to download

DiiA’s new DALI specifications on data reporting and power-supply requirements can now be downloaded from the DiiA website.

The five new specifications, based on the DALI lighting-control protocol, address the market need for intelligent lighting fixtures with sensing and communication capabilities and IoT connectivity.

The specifications define integrated power supplies in drivers/control gear; auxiliary power supplies; and also data storage and retrieval for asset management, energy reporting and diagnostics.

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DiiA discusses
DALI-2 at LuxLive  

DiiA will exhibit at the LuxLive tradeshow, which takes place in London on November 14-15. The DiiA booth is N35.

Also, DiiA’s Scott Wade will discuss “DALI-2: The global standard for smart, digital, lighting control” as part of the Property Technology Live conference.

Scott’s presentation is on Thursday 15th November at 9.30 am.

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EVENTS: Seminar in Shenzhen discusses benefits of DALI-2

DiiA was very pleased to take part in a recent lighting-control seminar in Shenzhen, China. Scott Wade, DiiA’s Technical & Certification Manager, gave a presentation entitled “"DALI-2 是如何实现智能照明控制和互操作性 - DALI-2 Enables Smart Lighting Control and Interoperability".

The presentation is now available in dual languages, Chinese and English.

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Lunatone rotary switch is first multi-master control device to earn DALI-2 certification

For the first time, DiiA has awarded DALI-2 certification to a multi-master control device.

The DALI ROT control device from DiiA member Lunatone is a DALI application controller with an integrated rotary knob and a push button for adjusting light levels of DALI control gear.

Control devices of two main types – application controllers and input devices – are included in DALI-2 (version 2 of the IEC 62386 standard). In contrast, DALI version-1 did not include control devices.

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