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- Page 1 Commissioner dali User Guide Artistic Licence Engineering Ltd Firmware v0.2 User Guide v1.0...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction ............................5 DALI Connection ..........................5 Power ..............................5 Switching On and Off .......................... 5 Menu Navigation..........................6 Top Menu ............................7 DALI Menu............................7 DALI - COMMISSION Menu ......................... 7 DALI – COMMISSION - DISCOVERY Menu ..................9 DALI - COMMISSION - CHANGE Menu .................. - Page 4 DALI Short-Address ........................24 DALI Device Type ........................24 DALI Control Gear ........................24 DALI Device ..........................24 DALI Groups ..........................24 DALI Scenes ..........................24 DALI Circuit ..........................24 DALI Bus Power ......................... 24 Warranty ............................26 Compliance ............................26 Waste Electrical &...
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Page 5: Introduction
Introduction Commissioner dali is a battery-powered, hand-held tool for commissioning, programming and analysing DALI devices (aka Control Gear). The 40-character LCD display switches to two or three-line mode for larger text. The MENU keys toggles between menu-mode and run-mode. The cursor keys are... -
Page 6: Menu Navigation
Menu Navigation Menu navigation is intuitive and will be familiar to users of other Artistic Licence products. At a given time, the product is either in menu-mode or run-mode. The MENU key switches between these modes. The figure below shows the top menu. The UP and DOWN keys scroll the menu up and down. -
Page 7: Dali Menu
Top Menu The top menu provides access to the DALI and CONFIG menus. Press RIGHT to access the DALI menu. TOP MENU [DALI > CONFIG DALI Menu The DALI menu categorises all the available DALI functions as listed below. Use the RIGHT key to access the relevant sub-menus. -
Page 8: Dali - Commission - Discovery Menu
The sub-menus are: 1. DISCOVERY Used to discover DALI devices and set or remove their short addresses. 2. CHANGE Edit the short address of an individual device. DALI – COMMISSION - DISCOVERY Menu The DALI-Commission-Discovery menu is used to control short addresses. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to navigate through the option fields. -
Page 9: Dali - Commission - Change Menu
DALI - COMMISSION - CHANGE Menu The DALI-Commission-Change menu is used to edit the short address of a specific device. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to navigate through the option fields. In this guide, option fields are highlighted in red. Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the required option within an option field. -
Page 10: Dali - Level Menu
DALI - LEVEL Menu The DALI-Level menu provides four options. Use UP and DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER. DALI LEVEL <SINGLE RANGE The sub-menus are: 1. SINGLE Transmit ARC values to single channel, group and broadcast addresses. 2. RANGE Transmit ARC values to a range of channel or group addresses. -
Page 11: Dali - Level - Range Menu
DALI - LEVEL - RANGE Menu This menu allows transmission of the DALI ARC command which is used to set the device’s intensity level. Transmission can be directed to a range of channel or group addresses. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to navigate through the option fields. -
Page 12: Example
o Colour Type 1. Colour Temperature. Defines the 16-bit colour temperature based on the black body line. Units are Mireks (1,000,000/K). 4000k cool white is approximately 250 Mireks. • 2 PRI-0 • 2 PRI-1 • 2 PRI-2 • 2 PRI-3 •... -
Page 13: Dali - Level - Scene Menu
DALI - LEVEL - SCENE Menu This menu allows scenes to be recorded, replayed or edited. Commands can be directed to broadcast, channel or group address. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to navigate through the option fields. Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the required option within an option field. Dali Scene CHANNEL 00 PLAYBACK... - Page 14 Dali Scene CHANNEL 60 PLAYBACK Scene:...
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Page 15: Dali - Manage Menu
DALI - MANAGE Menu The DALI-Manage menu provides three options. Use UP and DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER. MANAGE GROUPS <STATES PARAM The sub-menus are: 1. GROUPS Add or remove channels from groups. 2. STATES Playback or record the four key states of: fault level, power-on level, maximum and minimum levels. -
Page 16: Example
Example The following command will remove from channel 9 from group 11. Dali Group CHANNEL 09 REMOVE FRM Group: The following command will remove from all channels from group 12. Dali Group BROADCAST REMOVE FRM Group: The following command will add all channels in group 5 to group 13. Dali Group GROUP 05 ADD TO... -
Page 17: Example
• GROUP – send the command to one of the 16 possible groups. • CHANNEL – send the command to one of the 64 possible channels. The second option field allows the specific command to be selected: • RECORD TO – The selected channel(s) in the selected state will be recorded to the current levels. -
Page 18: Example
Channel Param: MAX LEVEL READ: ??? The first option field allows the DALI channel to be set. The second option field allows the specific DALI parameter to be selected. In this example, the MAX LEVEL. The third option field defines whether the ENTER key will read or write the selected parameter. Finally, the fourth option field contains the data attached to the DALI parameter. -
Page 19: Dali - Listen Menu
DALI - LISTEN Menu The DALI-LISTEN menu provides numerous options for listening to data transmitted by other DALI controllers. Use UP and DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER to access the sub-menus. LISTEN GRAPH <DECIMAL SINGLE The sub-menus are: 1. -
Page 20: Example
The remaining three display lines show a low-resolution bargraph of the ARC levels of up to 30 consecutive items. Example The following display will show ARC data for channels 7 to 37. CHANNEL 07 ƊƌƑƑƑƑƑƌƏƊ ƑƑƑƑƌƏƑƑƑƑ ƑƊƏƏƏƏƑƑƑƑ The following display will show ARC data for groups 0 to 15. GROUP 00 ƑƑƑƑƑƌƑƑƌƏ... -
Page 21: Dali - Listen - Flicker Menu
CHANNEL 00 0xfe 254 The first option field selects the address of the DALI device to which Commissioner will listen. The UP and DOWN keys select: • Broadcast – only show broadcast ARC levels. • GROUP – show group and broadcast ARC levels. •... -
Page 22: Dali - Physical Menu
DALI - PHYSICAL Menu The DALI-PHYSICAL menu provides two options for analysing the DALI physical layer (the cable). Use UP and DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER to access the sub-menus. PHYSICAL <CABLE NETWORK The sub-menus are: 1. CABLE Checks for the existence of DALI Bus Power and also shorted cables. -
Page 23: Glossary
Glossary DALI Channel See DALI Short-Address. DALI Short-Address The term is used interchangeably with short-address. Short-Addresses are assigned during commissioning and number from 0 to 63. DALI Device Type There are nine device types, DT0 – DT8. The first eight operate in a largely identical manner. DT8 is used to control colour. - Page 25 Warranty All products are covered from date of purchase by a two-year return to base warranty. By return to base, we mean that the customer is responsible for all costs of transport to and from Artistic Licence. Returns will not be accepted without prior authorisation. In order to discuss a request to return goods, please email: Sales@ArtisticLicence.com No user serviceable parts inside.
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