DALI Display Control Device Content DALI Display – Features and Installation ..................3 Intended Use ........................3 Safety Instructions ....................... 3 Features ..........................3 Specification ........................4 Installation ........................... 5 Elementary Operating Functions ..................... 6 Extended Operating Functions ......................9 Configuration and Settings ......................
Touching the screen with sharp objects can result in damage of the display. 1.3 Features The DALI Display has connectors for two DALI lines (DALI A, DALI B). This allows installing up to 128 DALI ballasts. Light control commands are based on DALI Scenes and Groups and are sent to both DALI lines simultaneously.
DALI Commands received on DALI line A are mirrored to DALI line B, this means that control devices connected to DALI A can also control ballasts on DALI B. Commands received on DALI B are not mirrored to DALI A, this allows to install controllers that only affect one of the two DALI busses.
The DALI Display does not provide any power supply for the DALI-lines. Therefore an external DALI power supply (e.g. DALI PS) has to be installed for each DALI-line. The DC power supply (PS36V), which is included in the delivery package, is meant to supply the display only. It is not suitable for the supply of a DALI-Line.
3. Extended Operating Functions Extended operating functions offer additional control methods, which require either a set-up procedure before usage or a control gear with specific DALI device type (DT8). 1) Automatic Processes (sequences, schedules, schedule lists) Selection of sequence, schedule or...
Switch / Dim Operating Range Operating Range Channels For each group which has been identified as DALI DT8 color type RGBWAF and for broadcast the channels can be configured in detail [allowed range: 0…254, MASK). Furthermore the operating range can be selected.
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Name of Display • Factory Defaults • Action at Net Recovery (e.g. autostart of schedule list) • DALI Numbering • V106 and higher: DALI Routing (Routing of scene and group commands) Names: • Names for Sequences • Names for Scenes •...
Furthermore a customized background-image can be used. The background image needs to be a 800 x 480 pixel PNG (Portable Network Graphic) file and has to be named background.png. The image can be copied to the DALI Display by using one of the following methods: USB Stick: Place the background image in the following folder on the USB stick: DALI Display, Manual V1.0.6...
/AutoRun/LTUpdate/home/resource/background.png The file system on the DALI Display is case sensitive, so check for correct spelling. Then plug in the USB stick; the file will be copied to the DALI Display. Ethernet Network: Please find the details about the upload function in chapter 6: Ethernet – Remote Control.
/AutoRun/LTUpdate/home/resource/screensaver.png The file system on the DALI Display is case sensitive, so please check for correct spelling. Then plug in the USB stick; the file will be copied to the DALI Display. Ethernet Network: Please find the details about the upload function in chapter 6: Ethernet – Remote Control.
When talking about commissioning all required tasks to reach the final function are considered. This includes DALI addressing of the electronic ballasts (luminaires) and the definition of groups and scenes (= typical DALI-system commissioning) as well as the generation of automatic running processes, daily and weekly scheduled and so on.
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The duration of the addressing procedure depends on the number of the connected DALI devices and can last several minutes. After the addressing procedure has been finished the found ballasts can be added to or removed from the 16 DALI groups.
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An address can be added to a group either by drag&drop action or by using the “Add to Group” button Note The group information will be stored into the ballasts on the DALI bus only after the "Save" icon has been pressed. To change the actual group, tap the "load" symbol.
Additional options are: OFF (group off) or MASK (group shall not react and keep current settings when the scene is called). Depending on the device type of the DALI control gear, further setting options are available, such as color temperature or RGB-color value (DALI DT8 devices), (these special properties can be edited by tapping the corresponding field).
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Color Scenes “Color Scenes” is an additional menu for easy and fast set up of colors of RGB-capable DALI DT8 devices (Type RGBWAF). The color scene settings page can be entered directly by selecting “Color Scenes”...
Lighting based on the progression of daylight, offering light color temperature according to daytime. Can be activated in Settings under the category “Daylight“. The control gears have to support DALI DT8 (Mode Tc) and luminaries have to support various shades of white light.
6. Ethernet – Remote Control The DALI Display can be remote controlled via Ethernet. Just point your browser to the IP- address of the display: Type the DALI Display's IP- address in the address field of your browser: Hint: The remote control is done using a Java Applet .
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Furthermore user defined images and configuration files for customized pages can be uploaded. Contact the manufacturer for further details. As alternative to the browser you can use a VNC-Viewer to remote access the DALI-Display (Note: the download/upload site can be accessed only via browser).
There are two possibilities to update the Display: USB Stick: Unzip the file DALIDisplay_Vxxx.zip into the root directory of an USB stick. Then plug in the USB stick into the DALI Display and follow the instructions on the screen. Ethernet: Just upload the file DALIDisplay_Vxxx.zip on the upload page of the DALI...
8. Custom design From Firmware V103 onwards, custom pages can be uploaded to the DALI Display. Individual Designs can be developed for multiple scenarios. Lunatone offers this service upon request. Two examples of custom designs are shown below: 8.1 Photo of room with integrated luminary control In this example a photo of a room and all available luminaries are shown on the display.
Special DALI value (0xFF). If this value is send as brightness value, than the control gear will not change its current brightness value. If this value is saved as a scene value, the recall of this scene will not effect the current lighting status. Currently active fades will MASK be stopped if MASK is received.
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