Supported gateways
Vendor | Name | Order number | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
Gira
| DALI-Gateway | 1060 00 | DALI Gateway C00C13 |
DALI-Gateway | 1060 00 | DALI Gateway C00C11 | |
DALI-Gateway Plus | 2180 00 | DALI Gateway C00D11 | |
DALI-Gateway Plus | 2180 00 | DALI Gateway C00D12 | |
DALI-Gateway Tunable White Plus | 2108 00 | DALI Gateway TW C02011 | |
DALI-Gateway Tunable White Plus | 2108 00 | DALI Gateway TW C02012 |
Configuration
In addition to the common configuration options the following configuration options are available for each channel:
parameter | type | optional/mandatory | communication object | description | default |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fault General | ItemId | M | KNX Object #1524, polled | True, if there is an error for at least 1 DALI device. | |
Fault Short Circuit | ItemId | O | KNX Object #1527 | True, if there is a general short cut on the DALI bus. | |
Fault Power Failure | ItemId | O | KNX Object #1525 | True, if there is a power failure on the DALI bus. | |
Emergency Mode Active | ItemId | O | KNX Object #1541 | True, if DALI devices are in emergency mode. | |
Emergency Lighting Failure | ItemId | O | KNX Object #1542, polled | True, if there is an error for at least 1 emergency DALI device. This config element is optional. If it is not used, emergency lighting test features are not available. | |
Error per DALI Device | ItemId | M | KNX Object #1544 | KNX feedback object for DALI device errors. | |
Emergency Test Interval | int | O | Specifies how long the driver will wait between sending two emergency start requests. | 10 s |
In order to use the object "Error per DALI device" within our LaMPS module, it is important to active the following options within the parameters of the device:
The objects Fault General (#1524) and Emergency Lighting Failure (#1542) can be configured as passive or active feedback objects. If at least one of them is set as passive, "Poll Device" should be set to true.
The objects Fault General (#1524) and Error per DALI Device (#1544) must be linked to a group address. Otherwise the DALI gateway will be considere as "not used" and therefore be ignored for the export.
Since these gateways do not have a global KNX communication object for starting an emergency test and for getting the result (they have a separate object for each device), the ItemIDs have to be configured for each emergency lighting separately. This is done in the Emergency Test Mapping.
If you want to use emergency tests for single battery powered emergency lights, it is of utmost importance to enable the external activate within the ETS parameters of the gateway:
Functional description
This KNX/DALI gateway type provides a single DALI channel with up to 64 DALI devices. In addition to normal DALI testing, emergency lighting and extended tests for emergency lighting are supported, too.
Following Server Items are available:
item name | description |
|---|---|
KNX IP Connection | This Item reflects the KNXnet/IP tunneling connection to KNXnet/IP router or interface which is used to communicate with the KNX/DALI gateway. |
Fault | True, if there is either a Power Failure, Short Circuit, Lamp, Ballast or Converter fault. |
Fault Devices | True, if there is a lamp, ballast or converter failure for at least 1 DALI device. If configured, LaMPS is starting to test all configured devices in order to see which device(s) have a fault. |
Fault Lamp | True, if there is a lamp fault of one or more DALI devices. |
Fault Ballast | True, if there is a ballast fault of one or more DALI devices. |
Fault Converter | This item is only available for at least one DALI device that supports emergency lighting. If true, there is a converter fault of one or more DALI devices. |
Fault Power Failure | True, if there is a power failure on the DALI bus. |
Fault Short Circuit | True, if there is a general short cut on the DALI bus. |
Since this gateway type also supports emergency lighting, the LaMPS module distinguishes between a normal DALI test and an emergency DALI test.
Normal DALI testing server items per DALI gateway
item name | access | description |
|---|---|---|
Trigger faulty devices only | RW | If true then the next test will test only devices that are mentioned in the Faulty devices server item. Otherwise all devices are tested. |
Trigger Test | W | Used to trigger a normal DALI test for all devices. |
Test Running | R | True, when a normal DALI test is currently running. |
Number Faulty Devices | R | Number of faulty devices as determined in the last test execution. |
Faulty devices | R | A comma-separated sorted list of numbers of faulty DALI devices. |
Emergency testing server items per DALI gateway
For DALI emergency testing, the following Server Items are available under the Emergency branch:
item name | access | description |
|---|---|---|
Start Function Test | W | Used to trigger a function test for all emergency DALI lights. |
Start Partial Duration Test | W | Used to trigger a partial duration test for all emergency DALI lights. |
Start Duration Test | W | Used to trigger a duration test for all emergency DALI lights. |
Start Battery Test | W | Used to trigger a battery test for all emergency DALI lights. |
Test faulty devices only | RW | If set to True when a test is triggered, only DALI devices that failed the previous test will be submitted to the test. |
Test Triggered | R |
Use this data point as a callback to indicate that a test has been triggered. |
Test Running | R | True, if an emergency DALI test is currently running. |
Stop Test | W | Used to stop a running test. |
Remaining Test Runtime | R | The remaining runtime in minutes of a triggered test. |
Number Faulty Devices | R | The number of devices that failed on the latest test. |
Faulty devices | R | Comma-separated list of device numbers of devices that did not pass the latest test. |
Fault | R | True, if an emergency test of at least 1 DALI light failed. |
Last test was | R | Shows the type of the last completed test, according to LaMPS test type encoding. |
Last test faulted | R | True, if "Last test faulted" of at least 1 DALI light is currently true. |
Last test stopped | R | True, if "Last test stopped" of at least 1 DALI light is currently true. |
Converter defect | R | True, if "Converter defect" of at least 1 DALI light is currently true. |
Battery fault or defect | R | True, if "Battery fault or defect" of at least 1 DALI light is currently true. |
Fault emergency light | R | True, if "Fault emergency light" of at least 1 DALI light is currently true. |
In addition, the following device-specific items are available under the sub tree "Emergency":
item name | description |
|---|---|
Emergency Lights On/Off | True, if the gateway is in emergency mode. |
Emergency Lighting Failure | True, if there is an emergency failure of at least one emergency DALI light. |
Please note that these server items will only be created if emergency testing is available for the gateway. For these KNX/DALI gateways at least one DALI device must support emergency lighting tests. This means that there must be a "Emergency Mapping Definition" for at least one DALI device. Note that emergency testing is only available for self contained battery lamps.
For each configured DALI device, a sub tree with the name "Device<number>" is shown within the Server Item Tree. Each device has at least the following Server Items:
item name | description |
|---|---|
Name | Human-readable name of the DALI device. The default name is "Device<number>". This name can be changed within the Device Name Mapping Definitions. |
Fault | True, if either a lamp or a device fault occurred. |
Fault Lamp | True, if there is a lamp fault. |
Fault Ballast | True, if there is a ballast fault. |
Fault Converter | (Emergency lighting only) True, if there is a converter fault. |
Test succeeded | True, if a response is received during the test. |
If a device is also an emergency light (i.e. it has a valid emergency mapping definition), the following items are available in the sub tree "Emergency":
item name | description | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test Running | True, when an emergency DALI test is currently running. | ||||||||||||||
Start Function Test | Used to trigger a function test for this device. | ||||||||||||||
Start Duration Test | Used to trigger a duration test for this device. | ||||||||||||||
Start Partial Duration Test | Used to trigger a partial duration test for this device. | ||||||||||||||
Start Battery Test | Used to trigger a battery test for this device. | ||||||||||||||
Stop Test | Used to stop a running test. | ||||||||||||||
Remaining Test Runtime | Remaining runtime in minutes for a triggered test. | ||||||||||||||
Last test was | Shows the type of the last test.
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Last test faulted | True, if there was no test result response. This may be the case when the DALI does not support emergency tests. | ||||||||||||||
Converter defect | True, if the converter is defect. | ||||||||||||||
Fault battery | True, if there is a battery fault. | ||||||||||||||
Battery defect | True, if the battery is defect. | ||||||||||||||
Fault emergency light | True, if there is an emergency light failure. | ||||||||||||||
Max time function test exceeded | True, if the maximum time for the function test exceeded. | ||||||||||||||
Max time duration test exceeded | True, if the maximum time for the duration test exceeded. | ||||||||||||||
Function test failed | True, if the function test failed. | ||||||||||||||
Duration test failed | True, if the duration test failed. | ||||||||||||||
Test result | Test result: The raw data as received from the gateway. Time results have to be multiplied by 2 minutes; Battery charge status is from 0 to 255 and has to be converted to percentage. |
Emergency testing server items per DALI device / results per test type
Following branches and server items are available for each DALI device, which is configured as emergency light:
FunctionTest branch: result of the latest function test.
item name | description |
|---|---|
Last test faulted | True, if there was no test result response. This may be the case if the DALI device does not support emergency tests. |
Function test failed | True, if the function test failed. |
Fault Converter | True, if the device reported a converter fault. |
Fault battery | True, if the device reported a battery fault. |
Battery defect | True, if the device reported the battery as defect. |
Battery fault or defect | True, if Fault battery or Battery defect is true. |
Fault emergency light | True, if there is an emergency light failure. |
Battery charging state | The battery charging state in percent. |
PartialDurationTest branch: result of the latest partial duration test. (Not supported by Ipas, EAE gateways.)
item name | description |
|---|---|
Last test faulted | True, if there was no test result response. This may be the case if the DALI device does not support emergency tests. |
Duration test failed | True, if the duration test failed. |
Fault Converter | True, if the device reported a converter fault. |
Fault battery | True, if the device reported a battery fault. |
Battery defect | True, if the device reported the battery as defect. |
Battery fault or defect | True, if Fault battery or Battery defect is true. |
Fault emergency light | True, if there is an emergency light failure. |
Battery charging state | The battery charging state in percent. |
DurationTest branch: results of the latest duration test.
item name | description |
|---|---|
Last test faulted | True, if there was no test result response. This may be the case if the DALI device does not support emergency tests. |
Duration test failed | True, if the duration test failed. |
Fault Converter | True, if the device reported a converter fault. |
Fault battery | True, if the device reported a battery fault. |
Battery defect | True, if the device reported the battery as defect. |
Battery fault or defect | True, if Fault battery or Battery defect is true. |
Fault emergency light | True, if there is an emergency light failure. |
Time period | Test duration in minutes. |
BatteryTest branch: results of the latest battery test. (Not supported by EAE gateways.)
item name | description |
|---|---|
Last test faulted | True, if there was no test result response. This may be the case if the DALI device does not support emergency tests. |
Fault Converter | True, if the device reported a converter fault. |
Fault battery | True, if the device reported a battery fault. |
Battery defect | True, if the device reported the battery as defect. |
Battery fault or defect | True, if Fault battery or Battery defect is true. |
Fault emergency light | True, if there is an emergency light failure. |
Battery charging state | The battery charging state in percent. |
Device functions server items
If device functions (OnOff, Brightness, Operating Hours Counter) are configured in the Device name mapping definitions then the respective Server Items will be available in the Functions branch:
item name | description |
|---|---|
On/Off | Switches the DALI light. |
On/Off Status | Status of the DALI light (read-only). |
Brightness | Sets the brightness of the DALI light. |
Brightness Status | Brightness feedback of the DALI light (read-only). |
OperatingHours | Current reading of the operating hours counter. |
OperatingHoursReset | Resets the operating hours counter. |
OperatingHoursAlarmThreshold | Sets the alarm threshold of the operating hours counter. |
OperatingHoursAlarm | True, if the operating hours have exceeded the threshold. |