Siemens KNX/DALI Gateway N 141/03, N 141/21, N 141/31, Legrand KNX/DALI Gateway

Configuration

In addition to the common configuration options the following configuration options are available for each channel:

parametertypeoptional/mandatorycommunication objectdescriptiondefault
Fault Power FailureItemIdOKNX Object #34True, if there is a power failure on the DALI bus.
Fault DevicesItemIdMKNX Object #30 or #32, polledTrue, if there is a lamp or ballast failure for at least 1 DALI device.
Fault Short CircuitItemIdOKNX Object #31 or #33True, if there is a general short cut on the DALI bus.
Error StatusItemIdMKNX Object #37 or
#819 (application version < 0.5 #736)


Emergency Test IntervalintO
Specifies how long the driver will wait between sending two emergency start requests.10 s


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 has to be configured for each emergency lighting separately. This is done in the Emergency Test Mapping.

Functional description

These KNX/DALI gateway types provide 1 or 2 DALI channels with up to 64 DALI devices. In addition to normal DALI testing, they support emergency lighting and extended tests for emergency lighting too.

For all these gateway types, the following Server Items are available:

item namedescription
KNX IP ConnectionThis Item reflects the KNXnet/IP tunneling connection to KNXnet/IP router or interface which is used to communicate with the KNX/DALI gateway.
FaultTrue, if there is either a power failure, short circuit, lamp, ballast or converter fault.
Fault DevicesTrue, if there is a lamp, ballast or converter failure for at least 1 DALI device.
Fault LampTrue, if there is a lamp fault of one or more DALI devices.
Fault BallastTrue, if there is a ballast fault of one or more DALI devices.
Fault ConverterThis 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 (not for Siemens N141/02).
Fault Power FailureTrue, if there is a power failure within the DALI gateway.
Fault Short CircuitTrue, if there is a general short cut on the DALI channel.

Since these gateways also support emergency lighting, it has to be distinguished 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

  • Changes from False to True after a test has beed triggered by writing to Start Function Test or Start Partial Duration Test.

  • Changes from True to False after the test result has been written to the database.

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.

Please keep in mind that these items will only appear when 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 namedescription
NameHuman-readable name of the DALI device. The default name is "Device<number>". This name can be changed within the Device Name Mapping Definitions. 
FaultTrue, if either a lamp or a device fault occurred.
Fault LampTrue, if there is a lamp fault.
Fault BallastTrue, if there is a ballast fault.
Fault Converter(Emergency lighting only) True, if there is a converter fault (not for Siemens N141/02).
Test succeededTrue, 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 namedescription
Test RunningTrue, when an emergency DALI test is currently running.
Start Function TestUsed to trigger a function test for this device.
Start Duration TestUsed to trigger a duration test for this device.
Start Partial Duration TestUsed to trigger a partial duration test for this device.
Start Battery TestUsed to trigger a battery test for this device.
Stop TestUsed to stop a running test.
Last test was

Shows the type of the last test. 

valuedescription
0"No Test"
1"Function Test"
2"Partial duration test"
3"Duration test"
4"Battery test"
255"Test not supported"
Last test faultedTrue, if there was no test result response. This may be the case when the DALI does not support emergency tests.
Converter defectTrue, if the converter is defect.
Fault batteryTrue, if there is a battery fault.
Battery defectTrue, if the battery is defect.
Fault emergency lightTrue, if there is an emergency light failure.
Max time function test exceededTrue, if the maximum time for the function test exceeded.
Max time duration test exceededTrue, if the maximum time for the duration exceeded.
Function test failedTrue, if the function test failed.
Duration test failedTrue, if the duration test failed.
Test resultTest 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.