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DALI Newsletter June 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 edition of the DALI Newsletter from DiiA. Despite the cancellation of face-to-face industry events, this has been a busy time for us. We have announced several important liaison agreements with the ZigBee Alliance, the Thread Group and Bluetooth SIG which all relate to DiiA's goal of building further standardization in the IoT lighting space. Among other news, we have also announced a webinar on June 24th in partnership with Lux Review. 

Standardizing DALI lighting control with wireless networks

In the last few weeks, DiiA has announced several agreements with other industry organizations that will accelerate the adoption of IoT-enabled commercial lighting systems by creating specifications that bring together DALI lighting-control features and wireless networking. DiiA is working with these partners to develop suitable certification programs.

Two different approaches are being taken by DiiA and its partners. One option is to use an application gateway to translate between DALI and the wireless protocol of choice.

DiiA is working with the Zigbee Alliance to create specifications for DALI to Zigbee gateways, and is also working with Bluetooth SIG to specify a standardized Bluetooth mesh interface for DALI lighting devices.

The second option is to use an underlying wireless carrier to transport the DALI commands. DiiA

Liaisons launched

Bluetooth SIG
Bluetooth SIG and DiiA collaborate to accelerate IoT-enabled commercial lighting

Thread Group
Thread Group and DiiA collaborate to shape the future of IoT lighting for commercial buildings

ZigBee Alliance
Zigbee Alliance and DiiA collaborate to standardize DALI-Zigbee gateways

is working with the Thread Group to develop specifications for DALI over Thread networking. Since Thread is IP-based, this opens the possibility for a DALI over Thread network to communicate directly with other IP-based networks in a building.

DiiA is also developing specifications for DALI over Bluetooth mesh networking. Other wireless protocols, and other IP-based protocols (both wired and wireless) will be considered in the future.

Zhaga-D4i update presented at LpS Digital

A joint presentation from DiiA and Zhaga entitled “Zhaga-D4i interface standards for smart luminaires” is now available on the LpS Digital conference website.

The presentation by Dee Denteneer of Zhaga and Paul Drosihn of DiiA covers the key features of the Zhaga-D4i interface for both outdoor (Zhaga Book 18) and indoor (Book 20) luminaires. The first qualified Zhaga-D4i luminaires are already listed on the Zhaga website.

LpS Digital replaces the annual LED Professional Symposium, which normally takes place in September but has been cancelled in 2020.

Articles featuring DALI and DiiA

Visit the Articles page on the DiiA website to see the articles listed below. Also, the May/June 2020 issue of LED Professional Review (LpR79) contains several relevant news articles. 

Explainer: DALI-2 certification for tunable white lighting

Lux Review

DALI-2 and D4i certifications add features and benefits

Power Systems Design

DALI set to unwire with Thread

LEDs Magazine

Signify throws its weight behind D4i interface

Lux Review

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UL accredited as a DALI-2 and D4i test house

UL International Italia s.r.l. is the latest company to be accredited by DiiA as a DALI-2 test house. The UL testing facility is located in Carugate (Milan), Italy.

Accreditation enables companies to offer testing services for DALI-2 and D4i product certification.

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DiiA provides free DALI-2 certification to members

To encourage ongoing certification of DALI-2 and D4i products during this period of industry uncertainty, all DiiA members are currently being provided with a limited number of free certification credits.

A certification credit is required for each product that is submitted to DiiA for DALI-2 certification. All successfully certified products are listed in the online Product Database.

For a limited period, all Regular and Associate member companies will receive free credits each month. If unused, the credits expire at the end of the month.

This benefit is also available to any companies that join DiiA during the promotional period.

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