Dali-Gateway Dg/S 8.1 - ABB DG/S 1.1 Product Manual

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ABB i-bus EIB / KNX
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DALI-Gateway DG/S 8.1

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DG/S 1.1, DALI-Gateway
With the DALI-Gateway DG/S 8.1, it is possible to utilise the benefits of the
DALI standards in EIB / KNX intelligent installation systems. Extensive
addressing procedures for the individual DALI devices are not necessary. Up
to 128 DALI devices on 8 outputs can be connected to the DALI-Gateway.
On each of the 8 independent DALI outputs (channels) of the gateways you
can connect a maximum of 16 devices, and 128 DALI devices can be
connected to the entire gateway. As no individual addressing of the DALI
devices is undertaken, the 16 devices per channel can only be controlled
and monitored as a group. One ballast and lamp failure per channel can be
detected and indicated. The device which has caused the fault is not
evident.
These properties make the DALI-Gateway ideally suited to the control of
lighting arrays in offices, workshops or warehouses or several lamps in one
area.
The omission of the complex addressing procedure becomes particularly
evident in offices leading off corridors, hotel rooms or patient rooms in
hospitals or old people's homes, where individual lamps are not visible. In
this case, commissioning requires a lot of time walking around buildings or
may require two people using radio communication.
With the DALI-Gateway DG/S 8.1, the installation and group assignment of
the DALI devices is implemented using 1...10 V analogue technology. The
electrician does not need to change his installation practices and can still
benefit from the advantages of digital DALI lighting control. Software-based
assignment of the DALI devices into lighting groups is implemented directly
via the EIB / KNX group assignment.
Individual control and monitoring for 8 devices with DALI interface is possible
if only one device is connected per channel. Accordingly, very detailed
lighting control can be set for example in a demonstration or exhibition area.
The detailed function of the 8-fold DALI-Gateway will not be
dealt with in this manual. Refer to the product manual "DALI-
Gateway DG/S 8.1" which can be downloaded from the
homepage of ABB Stotz Kontakt (www.abb.de/eib).
The following diagram illustrates the channel-based function of the 8-fold
DALI-Gateway DG/S 8.1.
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