IntesisBox BACnet/IP Server – DALI Description This document describes the integration of DALI ballasts in BACnet compatible devices and systems (ANSI/ASHRAE 135 – 2001 / Annex J - BACnet/IP), with the use of IntesisBox BACnet/IP Server – DALI device. The ending of this device is: Providing a DALI physical channel with the necessary bus voltage (about 15V) and current regulation (max.
IntesisBox. The DALI channel needs a power source, which will be provided by IntesisBox itself. As per the requirements of the standard, nominal bus voltage provided by IntesisBox is 15V, and has a current limiter of 240/250mA.
Each DALI ballast is abstracted at BACnet side as a set of BACnet objects, using types Analog Input and Analog Output. The value they represent is always accessed in IntesisBox by means of its BACnet Property Present Value. For each ballast, following is the list of its related BACnet objects:...
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In the list, value poses as the group number being controlled, and takes value 0 to 15. Additionally, IntesisBox implements two Analog Outputs allowing broadcast control of all ballasts together. See following list: BACnet...
Installation sheet, containing a hard-link for LinkBoxBacnet software download • and this manual. 2.2 Quick-setup Mount IntesisBox in the desired location (follow instructions and recommendations in its installation sheet). Next sections detail preliminary checks to perform to ensure DALI and Ethernet connectivity.
If the IP address of your PC is in the subnet 192.168.100.* you are ready to communicate with IntesisBox. If your PC has an IP address in a different subnet, you will need to add a route in Windows routing table, by doing following: File: IBOX-BAC-DALI User Manual eng r1.pdf...
3.1 Installation Periodically, new free versions of LinkBoxBacnet are released including improvements, fixes, support for new firmware versions of IntesisBox or support for newer products of IntesisBox BACnet/IP Server series family of devices. Check following webpage to ensure that you have latest version of the tool: http://www.intesis.com/down/bacnet/linkboxbacnet.html...
Figure 8 - Connection setting parameters window In it, you can select the communication parameters of the physical link with IntesisBox, using either a serial port/EIA232 connection or an Ethernet/IP link. File: IBOX-BAC-DALI User Manual eng r1.pdf http://www.intesis.com...
Online with a green background. Figure 9 - Switching from Offline to Online mode By doing that some text will appear in the IntesisBox Communication Console window, , as shown in the figure. This window always shows the (ASCII-based) communication between LinkBoxBacnet and IntesisBox.
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IntesisBox). Shown also by icon in field for short address. Ballast is Offline when IntesisBox does not detect it in the bus (i.e., ballast does not answer DALI poll requests triggered from IntesisBox). Shown also by icon in field for short address.
Remember that DALI ballasts locally keep their configuration parameters and short address in their own permanent storage memory, as well as does the IntesisBox itself – in particular, this means that if you physically disconnect a ballast from the DALI bus controlled by the IntesisBox, the ballast will still keep its short address and configuration values.
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Note that you can edit any of the rows in this window, even if its corresponding ballast is not present in IntesisBox’ database. This is so, so that you can edit a whole configuration for the ballasts without being in the installation/being in Offline mode in LinkBoxBacnet.
Send to GW, and/or store them in your PC (in project’s folder) using button Save to file. Take into account that, if you change the IP parameters of the IntesisBox, and you are holding an Ethernet/IP connection with it for communicating with LinkBoxBacnet, you will need to update LinkBoxBacnet’s connection parameters to match accordingly (see section...
BACnet network. 3.6 Bus viewers Bus viewers provide a mean of checking activity on each of the buses of IntesisBox, BACnet/IP and DALI. Access them with menu options View->Bus->BACnet/IP… and View->Bus->DALI….
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IntesisBox is effectively receiving an answering data at BACnet/IP side. In the case of DALI, IntesisBox acts as a DALI master, constantly polling each of the ballasts from its database. So, constant activity will be shown at DALI bus viewer.
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