DALI sensor commissioning
DALI sensor commissioning is required to assign the DALI control devices (sensors) installed in the system to the configured sensors. It should be noted that a DALI commissioning can only be carried out completely if the ETS has a functioning programming connection to the KNX installation and the DALI installation is switched on and ready for operation
Which sensor types are supported by the DALI Gateway?
The four supported DALI sensor types are:
- Button
- Rotary/Slide encoder
- Presence detector
- Brightness sensor
Any sensors that do not correspond to any of these sensor types are not supported by the DALI Gateway and are therefore not found in the sensor search.
DALI sensors can work in two different operating modes. Either they work as application controllers and send control commands that are understood by DALI luminaires, or they work in instance mode and send operating commands to the DALI Gateway as a higher-level control component. There are also DALI sensors that can operate in both modes and can be programmed accordingly via DALI commands.
Commissioning with the DALI Gateway can only be carried out with sensors that operate in instance mode. For sensors that support both modes, the instance mode is automatically activated during commissioning so that the sensor does not have to be reprogrammed in advance.
The following instances are supported by the DALI Gateway:
Name of the function | Instance type | Description and standard reference |
|---|---|---|
Manufacturer-specific | 0 | Generic input IEC 60386-103 |
Button | 1 | Push-button sensor IEC 60386-301 |
Value | 2 | Value transmitter absolute input devices IEC 60386-302 |
Movement | 3 | Presence detector IEC 60386-303 |
Brightness | 4 | Light sensor IEC 60386-304 |
Instance type 0 is an instance that is specified by the sensor manufacturer and is generally not supported by the DALI Gateway.
During the sensor search, the instances of the device are also displayed in the list of sensors found. However, only the instances that are also supported by the DALI Gateway. The DALI Gateway checks the instances and only assigns them to suitably configured DALI sensor channels.
