Infineon XC800 Series Using Manual

XC800 Family

Guide to using the DALI LightNet tool

AP08104

Application Note

V1.4, 2012-10

Microcontrollers

Edition 2012-10

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Infineon Technologies AG
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Guide to using the DALI LightNet tool

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Revision History: V1.4 2012-10

Previous Version(s): V1.3

Page Subjects (major changes since last revision)

– Updated DALI Control Gear Schematic Part 1; Changed R5 from 1K to 560R

Trademarks

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.1 AP08104 Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2 LightNet Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3 DALI Control Device Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.4 DALI Control Gear Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.5 Hardware Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.5.1 Setting up the Control Device for LightNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.5.2 Setting up the Control Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.5.3 Connecting DALI Master and Slave to the DALI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 LightNet Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.1 Connecting the LightNet tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.2 Address Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.3 General Control & Status Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.4 Detailed Configuration Command Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.5 Memory Access Control Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

APPENDIX - DALI PHY Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

APPENDIX - DALI Control Gear Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Complex System : Multiple DALI systems can be connected together utilising gateways to building

management systems . Software programs offer more sophisticated programming functionality for
grouped systems , such as scenesetting , timeclock , and partition control .

Groupe d Sy stem : Brightness control within large open - plan office, lecture halls or conference
rooms . DALI can provide zoned or localised control of lighting . Control could be offered through
infra-red remote control or a software control with GUI support , or used together as an easy
configuration tool to group loads together . Offering flexibility in customised lighting .

DALI Bus

DALI Control Gear

(e.g. Lamp)

DALI Control Device(s)

(e.g. Control Panel, Remote Controller

, software control with GUI support)

DALI Control Gear

(e.g. Lamp)

Can connect up to 64

DALI Control Gear

Building

Management

System

DALI Bus

DALI Control Gear

(e.g. Lamp)

DALI Control Device(s)

(e.g. Control Panel, Remote Controller

, software control with GUI support)

DALI Control Gear

(e.g. Lamp)

Can connect up to 64

DALI Control Gear

Gateway Gateway

DALI

Systems

Gateway

DALI

Systems

Gateway

DALI

Systems

DALI Power

Supply

DALI Power

Supply

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Overview

1Overview

Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) is a communication protocol for lighting control in buildings. The
interface was first described in the IEC60929 standard for fluorescent lamp ballast, Annex E. The standard was
subsequently updated to include other lighting devices, such as LED, HID, etc., to become IEC-62386. The
complete standard for control interface of electronic control gears was published in June 2009, while the standard
for lighting control devices is scheduled to be published in 2012.

Only a pair of wires are required to form the bus for communication to all devices on a single DALI network. Each
piece of operating equiment with a DALI interface can be communicated with individually. Using a bi-directional
data exchange, a DALI controller can query and set the status of each connected lighting device. As a standalone
system, DALI can be operated with a maximum of 64 devices. Alternatively, DALI can be used as a subsystem via
DALI gateways for connection to building management systems.

Figure 1 DALI system types

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LightNET

DALI configuration SW
for groups and scenes

Power

Supply

USB /UART

PC Connector

XC83x

SW Stack

DAL I

PHY

XC83x

SW Stack

DALI

PHY

XC83x

SW Stack

DAL I

PHY

DAL I BUS

Easy Kit as

DALI Master Board

XC83x

DALI Slave Board

XC83x

DALI Slave Board

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Figure 2 Block Diagram for DALI Control Device and Control Gear

Overview

Infineon has developed a solution for control gears based on the published IEC standard. The DALI Software
Stack for Control Gear has been designed around the Infineon XC83x devices. ‘LightNet’ has been created to
mimic the basic functions of a lighting control device and can therefore be used to evaluate the software. This
document describes the setup of the LightNet tool.

The following items are required for use with this application note:

• 1x XC836 Easy Kit (to serve as a DALI Control Device; KIT_XC836_EK_V1)

• 1x DALI PHY (KIT_XC822_XC836_DALI)

• 1x XC836 DALI Slave (KIT_DALI_RGB_XC836_DKV1) including DALI Control Gear Software Stack
(AP08102)

• Infineon DALI LightNet tool

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2 Getting started

This section is a guide to installing LightNet.

2.1 AP08104 Software Package

This software package consists of the installation package for the LightNet software running on the computer and
a DALI Software for Control Device developed to support the use of the LightNet tool.

The following figures step through the software installation on the user’s computer.

Figure 3 Copying ap08104

Figure 4 Selecting destination location

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Figure 5 Start the copy process

Getting started

Figure 6 Copy completed

2.2 LightNet Installation

The LightNet software is designed to provide the control device the facility to send basic DALI commands to the
connected control gear. Installation is only to be performed once, using the file: LightNet_setup_V1_3.exe.

The following figures step through the LightNet tool installation process.

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Figure 7 LightNet tool installation window

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Figure 8 LightNet tool license agreement

Figure 9 LightNet tool destination location selection

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