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XTBA DALI WATCH
DALI Tester
ISSUE 1 10/03/13
Software V3.45 or later
If you are in a rush, see Quick Set Up on the last page!
35 Fernleigh Road London N21 3AN
+44 (0)208 882 0100
+44 (0)208 882 9326
e. mail dmx@xtba.co.uk
www.xtba.co.uk.
XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 1 of 26
Product # - 03/2013
© XTBA 1986 – 2013

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  • Page 1 If you are in a rush, see Quick Set Up on the last page! 35 Fernleigh Road London N21 3AN +44 (0)208 882 0100 +44 (0)208 882 9326 e. mail dmx@xtba.co.uk www.xtba.co.uk. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 1 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Advanced Menus ..................3 Power Options ....................3 Power – from an existing DALI Buss Power Supply ........4 DALI Buss Power from the XTBA DALI Watch ..........4 XTBA DALI Watch Button Control ..............5 Main Menu Loop ................... 5 Receive Menu Loop ..................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Advanced Menus There is a lot the XTBA DALI Watch can do and a lot you might never want to know about. So in user options you can select Advanced Menus on or off. With this set off some of the more esoteric functions are switched off in the menu system to keep them out of the way.

  • Page 4: Power - From An Existing Dali Buss Power Supply

    DALI Buss power – if available. If the XTBA DALI Watch is powered from the DALI Buss (not from its own supply) there is nothing more you need to do. If it finds DALI Buss Power it will turn on, if not it won’t - isn’t technology a wonderful thing!

  • Page 5: Xtba Dali Watch Button Control

    Command scroll or level/value down Data, Transmit, Error LED: If the XTBA DALI Watch is in receive menus the LED will be lit if there is incoming DALI data. If the XTBA DALI Watch is in channel transmit menus the LED will slowly flash If the LED flashes quickly there is an error e.g.

  • Page 6: Receive Menu Loop

    The unit will monitor the data line and will display commands received. If level blocking is enabled only non-level commands will be received. The XTBA DALI Watch will only display new commands so if a single command is sent again it will be ignored after the first time unless repeat command blocking is turned off.
  • Page 7 Pressing and holding the Yes button when in view raw data will freeze the display to give you a chance to see what is going on with fast data. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 7 of 26 Product # - 03/2013...
  • Page 8 This function allows a command with either a short address, group or broadcast to be set up or high commands with or without data in the second byte. The XTBA DALI Watch will then wait for reception of this exact command and let you know it has been received.

  • Page 9: Transmit Menu Loop

    Pressing Yes will start the transmission but the data may be corrupted e.g. drink too much and try to bribe public officials. Pressing Function will escape to the main menu loop. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 9 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 10 Pressing the Up/Down buttons will alter 64 channels using the broadcast command. This might be useful if a fixture seems not to respond to short XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 10 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 11 100ms. This would take some speedy finger action so the XTBA DALI Watch deals with all of this for you so you don’t need to bother.
  • Page 12 As the command list is scrolled through the display will show which type of command and the expected answer (if there is one) for example: XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 12 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 13 The initialise command uses the full address range 0 to 63 but in addition has two additional address functions. The XTBA DALI Watch places these two functions above address 63 as below. So to get to the these two possible initialise parameters press the Up button.
  • Page 14 USED will appear on the to right of the display to warn you that you are about to assign another fixture to an address that is already in use. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 14 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 15 Use of address zero In order display the fixture that you are about to program, the XTBA DALI Watch temporarily uses address zero to light up the fixture before you assign it to its new address. If when programming you set an address to zero it will be lit along with the next discovered address, which might get confusing.
  • Page 16 (0 to 15). Pressing the Menu button will move the arrow to the lower line. The Up/Down buttons can now be used to set the scenes level. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 16 of 26 Product # - 03/2013...
  • Page 17 And the address will begin to count up. If no address is found the display will show ‘NA’. If found the display will show ‘OK’. The XTBA DALI Watch scans the fixture list and looks for the first valid address. It then records the Max Level, Min Level, Power On Level and System Failure Levels and compares the values against any other available fixtures.

  • Page 18: Dali Parameters

    So the range is 13.5ms to 16.5ms (18 x 833us +/- 10%) When in a Parameters pressing the Menu button will take you to the next function. Interbyte Time Interbyte time in ms: XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 18 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...

  • Page 19: Device Response Time

    The XTBA DALI Watch sends ‘query ballast’ to the address and monitors the response time. If the response is started less than 6.4ms or greater than 21ms the display will show ERROR.
  • Page 20 Pressing the Menu button will take you through the Options loop. User options are stored by the XTBA DALI Watch on exit of the User Option Menu. Display in Percent: Pressing the Yes key toggles between the decimal display values (0 to 253, max) or percent values (0 to 98, max).

  • Page 21: Reference

    REMOVE FROM SCEND NONE 0101???? 96-111 send s.add/grp/all ADD TO GROUP ?? NONE twice 0110???? 112-127 send s.add/grp/all REMOVE FROM GROUP NONE twice 0111???? XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 21 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 22 QUERY FROUPS 8-15 0 or 1 returned 11000001 s.add/grp/all QUERY RANDOM ADD Byte returned 11000010 HIGH s.add/grp/all QUERY RANDOM ADD Byte returned 11000011 XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 22 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...

  • Page 23: Dali High Commands

    VERIFY S.ADDRESS Yes/No 10111011 00000000 QUERY S.ADDRESS Byte DALI format 10111101 00000000 PHYSICAL SELECTION NONE 10111111 ???????? RESERVED 11000001 ???????? ENABLE TYPE X NONE XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 23 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...

  • Page 24: The Xtba Quick Set Up Guide To Dali

    Installation installed and connected but not set up or much else? 1 - Plug in the mains adaptor first and then connect the XTBA DALI Watch to any point of the DALI cable.
  • Page 25 You should now have a working system? 9 – If it all worked retire to the bar, if not blame the contractor. XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 25 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...
  • Page 26 0208 882 9326 email dmx@xtba.co.uk www.xtba.co.uk. CE Declaration of conformity XTBA declares that the following equipment meets the requirements of the EMC Directive 89/366/EEC. WEE/FC2753ZS XTBA DALI Watch Manual Page 26 of 26 Product # - 03/2013 © XTBA 1986 – 2013...

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