L-DALI
DALI Light Controller
User Manual
LOYTEC electronics GmbH
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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 15
1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 15
1.2 L-DALI Models ................................................................................................. 19
1.3 Scope ................................................................................................................... 19
2 What’s New in L-DALI .............................................................................. 20
2.1 New in L-DALI 5.2 ............................................................................................ 20
2.2 New in L-DALI 3.2 ............................................................................................ 23
3 Quick-Start Guide ...................................................................................... 25
3.1 Hardware Installation ....................................................................................... 25
3.1.1 Models without built-in DALI Bus Power Supply ................................... 25
3.1.2 Models with built-in DALI Bus Power Supply ........................................ 26
3.2 Device configuration ......................................................................................... 28
3.3 Configuration of IP Address ............................................................................ 28
3.3.1 IP Configuration via Console ................................ ................................... 28
3.3.2 IP Configuration via the Web Interface ................................................... 29
3.3.3 IP Configuration via the LCD Display ..................................................... 31
3.4 Configuration with PC Software ..................................................................... 31
3.4.1 Connect to Device in Stand-Alone Mode ................................................. 32
3.4.2 Scan DALI Channel ................................................................................. 33
3.4.3 Assign Lamps, Sensor and Button to LONMARK/BACnet Objects .......... 34
3.4.4 Grouping Lamps ...................................................................................... 35
3.4.5 Parameterize the Constant Light Controller ............................................. 35
3.4.6 Parameterize the DALI button ................................................................. 36
3.4.7 Download Configuration .......................................................................... 36
3.4.8 Calibrate Light Sensor ............................................................................. 37
3.5 Configuration using Web Interface ................................................................. 38
3.5.1 Scan DALI Channel ................................................................................. 39
3.5.2 Assign Lamps, Sensor and Button to LONMARK/BACnet Objects .......... 40
3.5.3 Grouping Lamps ...................................................................................... 40
3.5.4 Calibrate Light Sensor ............................................................................. 41
3.5.5 Parameterize the DALI button ................................................................. 42
3.5.6 Parameterize the Constant Light Controller ............................................. 42
3.6 Configuration of BACnet Interface (LDALI-20X only) ................................ 43
3.6.1 Configure BACnet Interface .................................................................... 43
4 Hardware Installation ................................................................................ 45
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4.1 Enclosure ........................................................................................................... 45
4.1.1 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204 ........................................................ 45
4.1.2 LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U ........................... 45
4.2 Product Label .................................................................................................... 46
4.3 Mounting ........................................................................................................... 46
4.4 LED signals ....................................................................................................... 47
4.4.1 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204 ........................................................ 47
4.4.2 LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U ........................... 49
4.4.3 Wink Action ............................................................................................ 49
4.5 Buttons ............................................................................................................... 49
4.5.1 Status Button ........................................................................................... 49
4.5.2 DALI Mode Button ................................................................................. 50
4.5.3 DALI Channel Button ............................................................................. 50
4.5.4 DALI Program Button ............................................................................. 50
4.6 LCD Display and Jog Dial ............................................................................... 50
4.7 DIP Switch Settings .......................................................................................... 52
4.8 Terminal Layout and Power Supply ............................................................... 52
4.8.1 LDALI-3E10X ........................................................................................ 53
4.8.2 LDALI-ME204 ........................................................................................ 53
4.8.3 LDALI-E101-U and LDALI-E201-U ...................................................... 54
4.8.4 LDALI-3101-U........................................................................................ 54
4.9 Wiring ................................................................................................................ 54
4.9.1 LDALI-ME20X ....................................................................................... 54
4.9.2 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-3101-U ....................................................... 55
5 Web Interface ............................................................................................. 56
5.1 Device Information and Account Management ............................................. 56
5.2 Device Configuration ........................................................................................ 58
5.2.1 Port Configuration ................................................................................... 59
5.2.2 IP Configuration ...................................................................................... 59
5.2.3 IP Host Configuration .............................................................................. 60
5.2.4 CEA-852 Device Configuration (LDALI-10X only) ............................... 61
5.2.5 Global Connections Configuration .......................................................... 63
5.2.6 BACnet/IP Configuration (LDALI-20X only)......................................... 63
5.2.7 VNC Configuration ................................................................................. 64
5.2.8 CEA-709 Configuration (LDALI-10X only) ................................ ........... 64
5.2.9 MS/TP Configuration (LDALI-ME204 only) ......................................... 65
5.2.10 E-Mail Configuration .............................................................................. 65
5.2.11 System Configuration .............................................................................. 66
5.2.12 BACnet Configuration (LDALI-20X only) ............................................. 67
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5.2.13 BACnet Recipients (LDALI-20X only) ................................................... 68
5.2.14 BACnet Time Master (LDALI-20X only) ............................................... 68
5.2.15 BACnet Restart Notifications (LDALI-20X only) ................................... 69
5.2.16 BACnet ACL (Access Control List, LDALI-20X only) ........................... 69
5.2.17 Backup and Restore ................................................................................. 70
5.2.18 Debug ....................................................................................................... 71
5.2.19 Firmware .................................................................................................. 72
5.2.20 Documentation ......................................................................................... 73
5.3 Commission ........................................................................................................ 73
5.3.1 BACnet (LDALI-20X only) ..................................................................... 73
5.3.2 Constant Light Controller Bindings ......................................................... 74
5.3.3 DALI Groups ........................................................................................... 76
5.3.4 DALI Installation ..................................................................................... 76
5.3.5 DALI Scene ............................................................................................. 89
5.4 Data Management ............................................................................................. 90
5.4.1 Data Points ............................................................................................... 90
5.4.2 Trend ................................................................................................ ........ 92
5.4.3 Scheduler ................................................................................................. 94
5.4.4 Calendar ................................................................................................... 96
5.4.5 Alarm ....................................................................................................... 97
5.5 Device Statistics ................................................................................................. 97
5.5.1 System Log .............................................................................................. 97
5.5.2 BACnet Bindings Statistics (LDALI-20X only) ...................................... 98
5.5.3 BACnet MS/TP Statistics (LDALI-ME204 only) .................................... 98
5.5.4 CEA-709 Statistics (LDALI-10X only) ................................................. 100
5.5.5 CEA-852 Statistics ................................................................................. 101
5.5.6 Enhanced Communications Test ............................................................ 102
5.5.7 Global Connections Statistics ................................................................ 103
5.5.8 OPC XML-DA Server Statistics Page.................................................... 104
5.5.9 IP Statistics ............................................................................................ 105
5.5.10 E-mail ..................................................................................................... 105
5.5.11 Packet Capture ....................................................................................... 106
5.5.12 DALI Statistics ....................................................................................... 106
5.5.13 Emergency Logs..................................................................................... 107
5.5.14 Alarm Log Page ..................................................................................... 107
5.5.15 Scheduler Statistics Page ....................................................................... 108
5.6 Documentation ................................................................................................. 108
5.7 Reset, Contact, Logout .................................................................................... 109
6 Concepts .................................................................................................... 110
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6.1 Data Points ...................................................................................................... 110
6.1.1 Overview ............................................................................................... 110
6.1.2 Timing Parameters ................................................................................. 111
6.1.3 Default Values ....................................................................................... 111
6.1.4 Persistency ............................................................................................. 111
6.1.5 Parameters ............................................................................................. 112
6.1.6 Behavior on Value Changes .................................................................. 112
6.1.7 Custom Scaling ...................................................................................... 113
6.1.8 Protected Data Points ............................................................................ 113
6.1.9 System Registers .................................................................................... 113
6.1.10 User Registers ........................................................................................ 115
6.1.11 Structures ............................................................................................... 115
6.1.12 Property Relations ................................................................................. 116
6.1.13 Convertible Engineering Units .............................................................. 117
6.2 Math Objects ................................................................................................... 118
6.2.1 General Properties ................................................................................. 118
6.2.2 Usage Hints ........................................................................................... 118
6.2.3 Function List .......................................................................................... 119
6.3 Connections ..................................................................................................... 121
6.3.1 Local Connections ................................................................................. 121
6.3.2 Multi-Slot Connections .......................................................................... 122
6.3.3 Automatic Generation and Templates ................................................... 123
6.3.4 Global Connections ............................................................................... 124
6.4 AST Features ................................................................................................... 125
6.4.1 Alarming ................................................................................................ 125
6.4.2 Historical Alarm Log ............................................................................. 126
6.4.3 Scheduling ............................................................................................. 127
6.4.4 Trending ................................................................................................ 129
6.4.5 E-mail .................................................................................................... 130
6.4.6 Historic Filters ....................................................................................... 131
6.5 CEA-709 Technology ...................................................................................... 132
6.5.1 Limitations for Local CEA-709 Schedulers........................................... 132
6.5.2 Limitations for CEA-709 Alarm Servers ............................................... 132
6.5.3 Limitations for Local CEA-709 Trends ................................................. 132
6.6 BACnet Technology ........................................................................................ 133
6.6.1 BACnet Data Points .............................................................................. 133
6.6.2 BACnet Alarming .................................................................................. 133
6.6.3 BACnet Schedulers and Calendars ........................................................ 134
6.6.4 BACnet Trend Logs .............................................................................. 134
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6.6.5 Dynamic Polling in BACnet................................................................... 135
6.6.6 BACnet Data Points in Connections ...................................................... 135
6.7 Regular Expressions ........................................................................................ 136
7 The LINX Configurator ........................................................................... 139
7.1 Installation ....................................................................................................... 139
7.1.1 Software Installation .............................................................................. 139
7.1.2 Registration as a Plug-In ........................................................................ 139
7.1.3 Operating Modes .................................................................................... 141
7.2 Workflows for the L-DALI ............................................................................. 141
7.2.1 Involved Configuration Files ................................................................. 142
7.2.2 On-Line .................................................................................................. 142
7.2.3 Off-Line ................................................................................................. 143
7.2.4 Replace an L-DALI ................................................................................ 144
7.3 CEA-709 Network Management/LNS Tools (LDALI-10X only) ................ 144
7.3.1 Adding an L-DALI ................................................................................. 144
7.3.2 Replacing an L-DALI ............................................................................ 147
7.3.3 Working with Configuration Properties ................................................. 150
7.3.4 Enable Legacy NM Mode ...................................................................... 152
7.4 Using the LINX Configurator ........................................................................ 152
7.4.1 Starting as an LNS Plug-In (LDALI-10X only) ..................................... 152
7.4.2 Starting Stand-Alone .............................................................................. 153
7.4.3 Uploading the Configuration .................................................................. 154
7.4.4 Configuration Download ........................................................................ 155
7.4.5 Upload the System Log ................................................................ .......... 158
7.4.6 Backup and Restore ............................................................................... 159
7.5 DALI Installation ............................................................................................ 160
7.5.1 DALI Installation Tab ............................................................................ 160
7.5.2 DALI Groups Tab .................................................................................. 163
7.5.3 DALI Channels Tab ............................................................................... 163
7.6 Parameter Configuration ............................................................................... 164
7.6.1 Reset Run Hours and Energy Count ....................................................... 166
7.6.2 Calibrate Light Sensor ........................................................................... 166
7.6.3 Calibrate Constant Light Controller ....................................................... 167
7.6.4 Modify Sunblind Controller Event Priorities ......................................... 168
7.6.5 Link Sunblind Controller to Constant Light Controller ......................... 169
7.6.6 Configure Emergency Light Auto-Test Calendar ................................... 169
7.7 Data Point Manager ........................................................................................ 170
7.7.1 Folder List .............................................................................................. 170
7.7.2 Network Port Folders ............................................................................. 172
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7.7.3 Data Point List ....................................................................................... 172
7.7.4 Property View ........................................................................................ 173
7.7.5 Tracking Data Point Usage ................................ ................................ .... 175
7.7.6 Managing Multistate Maps .................................................................... 176
7.7.7 Organizing Favorites ............................................................................. 177
7.7.8 Managing Property Relations ................................................................ 178
7.7.9 CEA-709 Properties .............................................................................. 178
7.7.10 BACnet Properties ................................................................................. 179
7.7.11 User Registers ........................................................................................ 180
7.7.12 Build XIF for CEA-709 Interface .......................................................... 181
7.8 BACnet Configuration (LDALI-20X only) ................................................... 182
7.8.1 Scan for BACnet Objects ...................................................................... 182
7.8.2 Import from EDE File ........................................................................... 183
7.8.3 Use Imported BACnet Objects .............................................................. 184
7.8.4 Create a Client Mapping ........................................................................ 184
7.8.5 Create Server Object ............................................................................. 185
7.8.6 Export Server Objects to an EDE File ................................................... 186
7.8.7 Import Server Objects from an EDE File .............................................. 187
7.8.8 Map other Properties than Present_Value ............................................. 187
7.8.9 Enable International Character Support ................................................. 188
7.8.10 Read the Active Priority ........................................................................ 188
7.8.11 Write and Read with Priority ................................................................. 189
7.8.12 Duplicate BACnet Devices with Data Points ........................................ 189
7.9 Connections ..................................................................................................... 191
7.9.1 Create a New Connection ...................................................................... 191
7.9.2 Create Connections from a CSV File .................................................... 194
7.9.3 Modify Connections .............................................................................. 194
7.9.4 Create a Multi-Slot Connection ............................................................. 195
7.9.5 Create a Math Block Adaptor ................................................................ 197
7.9.6 Connection Overview ............................................................................ 198
7.9.7 Create a Global Connection ................................................................... 199
7.9.8 Automatic Generation of Connections ................................................... 200
7.9.9 Create an Auto-Generate Template ....................................................... 201
7.9.10 Create a Complex Auto-Generate Template .......................................... 202
7.9.11 Managing Connection Resources .......................................................... 204
7.10 E-mail Templates ............................................................................................ 204
7.10.1 Create an E-mail Template .................................................................... 204
7.10.2 Trigger E-mails ...................................................................................... 205
7.10.3 Attachments ........................................................................................... 206
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7.10.4 Limit E-mail Send Rate .......................................................................... 206
7.11 Local Schedule and Calendar ......................................................................... 207
7.11.1 Create Calendar Patterns ........................................................................ 207
7.11.2 Create a Local Scheduler ....................................................................... 207
7.11.3 Configure Scheduled Data Points .......................................................... 208
7.11.4 Configure Scheduled Events .................................................................. 209
7.11.5 Configure Exception Days ..................................................................... 211
7.11.6 Configure Control Data Points ............................................................... 212
7.11.7 Using the Local Scheduler ..................................................................... 213
7.12 Local Alarming ................................................................................................ 213
7.12.1 Create an Alarm Server .......................................................................... 213
7.12.2 Create an Alarm Condition .................................................................... 214
7.12.3 Deliver Alarms via E-mail ..................................................................... 216
7.12.4 Create an Alarm Log .............................................................................. 217
7.12.5 Multi-Edit Alarm Conditions ................................................................. 218
7.13 Local Trending ................................................................................................ 219
7.13.1 Create a Local Trend .............................................................................. 219
7.13.2 Configure Trended Data Points .............................................................. 220
7.13.3 Trend Triggers ....................................................................................... 221
7.13.4 Download Trend Data in CSV Format ................................................... 222
7.13.5 Deliver Trend Data via E-mail ............................................................... 222
7.13.6 Technology Trends ................................................................................ 223
7.14 Math Objects ................................................................................................... 223
7.14.1 Create a Math Object ............................................................................. 223
7.14.2 Editing a Math Object ............................................................................ 224
7.15 Historic Filters ................................................................ ................................. 225
7.15.1 Create Historic Filters ............................................................................ 225
7.15.2 Managing Historic Filter Resources ....................................................... 226
7.16 Project Settings ................................................................................................ 226
7.16.1 General ................................................................................................... 226
7.16.2 System Settings ...................................................................................... 227
7.16.3 CEA-709 Settings (LDALI-10X only) ................................................... 228
7.16.4 CEA-709 AST Settings (LDALI-10X only) .......................................... 229
7.16.5 BACnet Settings (LDALI-20X only) ..................................................... 230
7.16.6 Project Information ................................................................................ 232
8 Operating Interfaces ................................................................................ 233
8.1 Common Interface ........................................................................................... 233
8.1.1 Schedule and Calendar XML Files ........................................................ 233
8.1.2 Trend Log CSV File ............................................................................... 233
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8.1.3 Alarm Log CSV File .............................................................................. 235
8.1.4 Emergency Light Test Log CSV File .................................................... 235
8.2 CEA-709 Interface (LDALI-10X only) ......................................................... 235
8.2.1 Node Object #0000 ............................................................................... 236
8.2.2 Real-Time Keeper Object #3300 ........................................................... 236
8.2.3 Calendar Object #0006 .......................................................................... 236
8.2.4 Scheduler Object #0007 ........................................................................ 237
8.2.5 Lamp actuator Object #3040 ................................................................. 237
8.2.6 Light Sensor Object #1010 .................................................................... 258
8.2.7 Occupancy Sensor Object #1060 ........................................................... 260
8.2.8 Constant Light Controller Object #3050 ............................................... 262
8.2.9 Sunblind Controller Object #6111 ......................................................... 280
8.2.10 Globals #0005 ....................................................................................... 298
8.2.11 Button #0001 ......................................................................................... 305
8.3 BACnet Interface (LDALI-20X only) ........................................................... 307
8.3.1 Interface Version ................................................................................... 308
8.3.2 Device Object ........................................................................................ 308
8.3.3 Light Output Objects ............................................................................. 314
8.3.4 Sensor Objects ....................................................................................... 335
8.3.5 Constant Light Controller ...................................................................... 339
8.3.6 Button Objects ....................................................................................... 349
8.3.7 Alarming, Scheduling and Trending Objects (AST) ............................. 349
8.3.8 Client Mapping CSV File ...................................................................... 349
8.3.9 EDE Export of BACnet Objects ............................................................ 350
8.4 DALI Interface ................................................................................................ 350
8.4.1 DALI Wiring ......................................................................................... 351
8.4.2 DALI Channel Limitations .................................................................... 351
8.4.3 Multi-Master Operation ......................................................................... 352
8.4.4 DALI Device Types .............................................................................. 352
8.4.5 Power Failure Recovery ........................................................................ 358
8.4.6 DALI Channel Bridging ........................................................................ 358
8.4.7 Reducing ballast standby energy consumption ...................................... 358
8.5 XML-DA OPC Server .................................................................................... 360
8.5.1 Access Methods ..................................................................................... 360
8.5.2 Data Points ............................................................................................ 361
8.5.3 AST Objects .......................................................................................... 364
9 Network Media ......................................................................................... 367
9.1 FT (LDALI-10X only) .................................................................................... 367
9.2 MS/TP (LDALI-ME204 only) ........................................................................ 368
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9.3 Redundant Ethernet (LDALI-E101-U/LDALI-E201-U only) ..................... 368
9.3.1 Ethernet Cabling Options ....................................................................... 368
9.3.2 Upstream Options .................................................................................. 369
9.3.3 Preconditions ......................................................................................... 370
9.3.4 Switch Settings ................................................................ ....................... 370
9.3.5 Testing ................................................................................................... 371
9.3.6 Example switch configuration ................................................................ 372
10 Firmware Update ...................................................................................... 373
10.1 Firmware Update via the LINX Configurator (LDALI-10X only) ............. 373
10.2 Firmware Update via the Web Interface ....................................................... 375
10.3 Firmware Update via FTP .............................................................................. 375
10.4 Firmware Update via the Console ................................................................. 376
11 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ 378
11.1 Technical Support ........................................................................................... 378
11.2 Statistics on the Console ................................................................................. 379
11.2.1 Connecting to the Console ..................................................................... 379
11.2.2 Reset configuration (load factory defaults) ............................................ 379
11.2.3 Device Statistics Menu ........................................................................... 379
11.3 DALI Troubleshooting .................................................................................... 381
11.4 DALI Error Codes .......................................................................................... 382
11.5 DALI Protocol Analyzer ................................................................................. 382
11.5.1 Starting DALI PA via Console ............................................................... 382
11.5.2 Starting DALI PA via Telnet ................................................................. 383
11.5.3 DALI PA Information ............................................................................ 383
11.6 Packet Capture ................................................................................................ 384
11.6.1 Configure Remote Packet Capture ......................................................... 384
11.6.2 Run Wireshark Remote Capture ............................................................ 384
12 Security Hardening Guide ....................................................................... 388
12.1 Installation Instructions .................................................................................. 388
12.2 Firmware .......................................................................................................... 388
12.3 Ports ................................................................................................................. 388
12.4 Services ............................................................................................................. 389
12.5 Logging and Auditing ..................................................................................... 389
13 Specifications ............................................................................................ 390
13.1 Physical Specifications .................................................................................... 390
13.1.1 LDALI-3E10X/LDALI-ME204 ............................................................. 390
13.1.2 LDALI-3101-U/LDALI-E101-U/LDALI-E201-U ................................. 390
13.2 Resource Limits ............................................................................................... 391
14 References ................................................................................................. 392
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15 Revision History ....................................................................................... 393
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Abbreviations
100BaseT ............................ 100 Mbps Ethernet network with RJ-45 plug
Aggregation ......................... Collection of several CEA-709 packets into a single CEA-852
packet
AST ..................................... Alarming, Scheduling, Trending
BACnet ............................... Building Automation and Control Network
BBMD ................................. BACnet Broadcast Management Device
BDT .................................... Broadcast Distribution Table
CA ....................................... Certification Authority
CC ....................................... Configuration Client, also known as CN/IP Device
CEA-709 ............................. Protocol standard for LONWORKS networks
CEA-852 ............................. Protocol standard for tunneling CEA-709 packets over IP
channels
CN ....................................... Control Network
CN/IP .................................. Control Network over IP
CN/IP Channel .................... logical IP channels that tunnels CEA-709 packets according
CEA-852
CN/IP packet ....................... IP packet that tunnels one or multiple CEA-709 packet(s)
COV .................................... change-of-value
CR ....................................... Channel Routing
CS ........................................ Configuration Server that manages CEA-852 IP devices
DA ....................................... Data Access
DALI ................................... Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, see IEC 62386
DHCP .................................. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131, RFC 2132
DL ....................................... Data Logger, Datenlogger (Webservice)
DNS .................................... Domain Name Server, RFC 1034
DST ..................................... Daylight Saving Time
GMT.................................... Greenwich Mean Time
IP ......................................... Internet Protocol
LSD Tool ............................ LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool
IP-852.................................. Logical IP-Channel, for tunneling CEA-709 packets according
to CEA-852
LAN .................................... Local Area Network
LSD Tool ............................ LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool
MAC ................................... Media Access Control
MD5 .................................... Message Digest 5, a secure hash function, see Internet RFC
1321
MS/TP ................................. Master/Slave Token Passing (this is a BACnet data link layer)
NAT .................................... Network Address Translation, see Internet RFC 1631
NV ....................................... Network Variable
OPC ..................................... Open Process Control
OPC UA .............................. OPC Unified Architecture
PEM .................................... Privacy Enhanced Mail
RNI ...................................... Remote Network Interface
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RTT .................................... Round-Trip Time
RTU ................................ .... Remote Terminal Unit
SL ....................................... Send List
SMTP ................................. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNTP .................................. Simple Network Time Protocol
SNVT ................................. Standard Network Variable Type
SSH ..................................... Secure Shell
SSL ..................................... Secure Socket Layer
TLS ..................................... Transport Layer Security
UI ................................ ........ User Interface
UNVT ................................. User-Defined Network Variable Type
UTC ................................ .... Universal Time Coordinated
WLAN ................................ Wireless LAN
XML ................................... eXtensible Markup Language
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1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
The L-DALI controllers for LONMARK and BACnet systems are DALI gateways with builtin light controller functionality.
DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is defined in the international standard IEC
60929 Annex E and the newer IEC 62386. It is used to dim and switch luminaries from
most leading manufacturers. DALI also supports devices like multi-sensors (e.g. for
brightness, occupancy, etc.) and intelligent switches.
Figure 1: L-DALI supports up to four DALI channels.
The L-DALI lineup features 1, 2, or 4 independent DALI channels. Up to 64 DALI-based
luminaries per DALI channel can be controlled individually or via 16 groups. All luminaries
are monitored for lamp defect. L-DALI can provide this information to the Building
Management System (BMS) through its NV or BACnet interface respectively. For
CEA-709 communication IP-852 (Ethernet/IP) and TP/FT-10 are supported, for BACnet
communication BACnet/IP and BACnet MS/TP are supported.
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LDALI-3101-U, LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3E101, LDALI-3E102, and LDALI-3E104 are
gateways connecting a DALI network to a CEA-709 network, LDALI-ME204 and
LDALI-E201-U are gateways connecting a DALI network to a BACnet network. On the
DALI network the L-DALI controller represents a DALI master controller. On the
CEA-709 or BACnet network the L-DALI controller offers a NV interface or a BACnet
server objects respectively to control the ballasts and the sensors connected for the DALI
network.
The constant light controller (LONMARK functional profile #3050, BACnet Loop object)
allows controlling DALI ballasts with lighting nodes on the CEA-709 or BACnet network.
Occupancy and lux-level sensors for constant light control and buttons for manual operation
can be integrated via the CEA-709/BACnet interface or directly on the DALI side.
On the LONMARK version a built-in sunblind controller (LONMARK functional profile
#6111) interacts with other nodes on the CEA-709 network. Interaction between the
sunblind and constant light controller applications allows adjusting sunblinds depending on
the constant light controller output, e.g. for energy saving concepts.
L-DALI supports automation functions such as alarming, scheduling, and trending. The
L-DALI controllers offer local scheduling services including the possibility to configure
several local and remote 24 hour schedulers through the Web UI. Alarming includes the
functionality to generate, deliver, acknowledge, and display alarm conditions and logs
regardless whether the condition comes from the DALI or the CEA-709/BACnet network.
The trending capability includes periodic and event triggered data logging of values and
time stamps. Alarms and trend data are stored on the device accessible via an FTP
connection as CSV files.
Figure 2: Using L-DALI together with the L-WEB product family.
L-DALI devices can be integrated with LWEB-802/803 visualization and LWEB-900 using
OPC XML-DA. LWEB-802/803 and LWEB-900 can be used for visualization of an
L-DALI based lighting control system. LWEB-900 offers additional functionality like
saving trend and log files for long term storage, easy managing of remote schedulers and
calendars, data analysis and report generation. L-DALI supports event-driven e-mail
notification as a result of a predefined action triggered by a specific status or an exceeded
high limit. e-mail notification can also be used to forward trend and log files to central SQL
databases for long term storage (see LWEB-900 for details).
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L-DALI supports common mathematical operations and functions, as well as Boolean
expressions.
Some lighting controller applications do not need a connection to the CEA-709 or BACnet
network. Therefore the L-DALI controller can control a DALI network as a standalone
device with the aid of the supported automation functions (alarming, scheduling, and
trending). Connected to an IP network, remote access allows to set parameters and to read
the system status.
The complete configuration can be done through the built-in Web server. The
commissioning and maintenance of the DALI system can be done using a standard Web
browser on a PC. The configuration can also be done via an PC based configuration
software (LONMARK/CEA-709 models only).
The L-DALI offers the following features:
DALI gateway and controller
Supports 1, 2, or 4 DALI channels (dependent on model)
Direct control of up to 64 DALI devices per DALI channel
Direct control of up to 16 DALI groups per DALI channel
Scene control for up to 16 groups and one broadcast scene per DALI channel
Detect lamp and ballast failure on DALI luminaries and signals
Simple replacement of (broken) DALI devices (no configuration tool required)
DALI Multi-Master capable
Support for DALI sensors and buttons
Built-in DALI protocol analyzer
Supports Alarming, Scheduling, and Trending (AST™)
Supports common mathematical operations and functions as well as Boolean
expressions
Supports event-driven e-mail notification
Supports periodic testing of emergency lights
Supports lamp burn-in mode
Support calculation of energy consumption and run-hours
OPC XML/DA (LWEB integration)
Configuration via Web interface
Firmware update via serial, CEA-709, or Ethernet port
Operating Voltage: 12-35 V DC or 12-24 V AC
157 x 86 x 60 (L x B x H in mm) or 9 TE
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DIN rail mountable
LONMARK/CEA-709 models only:
Fully compliant with CEA-709, CEA-852, and EN 14908 standard
Supports LONMARK TP/FT-10 or CEA-852 Ethernet (IP-852) channels (selectable)
Control of DALI capable ballasts via NVs
Retrieve information from DALI capable sensors via NVs
Supports LONMARK Functional Profiles:
o Lamp Actuator #3040
o Light Sensor #1010
o Occupancy Sensor #1060
o Constant Light Controller #3050
o Sunblind Controller #6111
o Scheduler #0007
o Calendar #0006
BACnet models only:
Fully compliant with BACnet standard ANSI/ASHRAE 135-2008
Supports BACnet/IP or BACnet MS/TP (selectable)
Control of DALI capable ballasts and sensors via BACnet server objects
Retrieve information from DALI capable sensors via BACnet server objects
BACnet client functionality (configurable)
Supports the following BACnet server objects:
o Analog Output objects to control DALI ballasts, groups, and channels
o Multi-State Output objects for scene control of DALI groups and channels
o Analog Input objects providing feedback from DALI ballast, groups, and
channels
o Analog Input objects providing status information from DALI groups and
channels
o Accumulator objects providing estimated energy usage of DALI groups and
channels
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Model
Feature
3E101
3E102
3E104
3101-U
E101-U
ME204
E201-U
DALI Power Supply
DALI Channels
1 2 4 1 1 4 1
DALI Emergency Lights Test
Constant Light Controller
Sunblind Controller
Display with Jog Dial
LON TP/FT-10
LON IP-852 (Ethernet/IP)
BACnet MS/TP
BACnet/IP (Ethernet/IP)
Configuration via WEB UI
Configuration via Software
Console connector
o Analog Input object providing lux level information from supported DALI
sensors
o Binary Input objects providing occupancy information from supported DALI
sensors
o Loop objects providing constant light controller functionality
1.2 L-DALI Models
This Section provides an overview of the different L-DALI models in Table 1. This table
identifies the different features of the L-DALI models. Models that possess a certain feature
have a check mark () in the respective column. If a feature is not available in the particular
model, the column is left blank.
Important: In the following text models with BACnet interface are referred to as LDALI-20X and
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models with LONMARK/CEA-709 interface are referred to as LDALI-10X.
This document covers L-DALI devices with firmware version 5.2 and the L-INX
Configuration Software version 5.2.
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2 What’s New in L-DALI
2.1 New in L-DALI 5.2
LINX Configurator replaces LDALI Configurator
The L-DALI models are now supported by the LINX Configurator PC software. The
LDALI Configurator software therefore is no longer available.
LINX Configurator support for LDALI-20X models
The LINX Configurator now supports LDALI-20X models, including DALI offline
configuration workflow and the configuration of alarming, scheduling and trend log objects,
e-mail templates, math objects, data point connections etc. Custom user registers and
BACnet objects can be created and data points belonging to the static L-DALI application
interface can be OPC exposed. Further, the BACnet network can be scanned and client
maps can be created from local BACnet objects to remote BACnet objects.
Support for LOYTEC LDALI-MS1, LDALI-BM1 and LDALI-RM1
The L-DALI now supports the LDALI-MS1 multi-sensor, the LDALI-BM1 push-button
coupler and the LDALI-RM1 relay module. These devices are an optimal addition to the
L-DALI controller and allow designing cost effective and flexible DALI lighting systems.
For more information on these devices see the corresponding datasheet and Section 8.4.4.
DALI Button Functions
For DALI button devices supporting configurable button functions these functions can be
configured using the Web-UI (online) and the LINX Configurator (online and offline). The
following functions are available to control DALI groups (see Section 5.3.4.7 and 7.6):
Dim up, dim down,
Off,
On with last dimming value,
Scene recall: 1–15,
Dim to a specified value in %,
Color temperature warmer/colder.
On LDALI-10X models the state of a button device input can be forwarded to a network
variable as an alternative to directly control DALI lights (see Section 8.2.11.1).
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DALI Scene Configuration
A new page was added to the L-DALI Web-UI allowing configuration of DALI scenes (see
Section 5.3.5). Scene configuration also supports colour scenes with colour temperature and
changeable light colour.
DALI Installation Wizards
A DALI search wizard was added to the DALI installation Web-UI to quickly locate and
assign DALI devices. When preconfiguring DALI devices in an offline workflow (name,
group assignment, DALI parameters etc.) the wizard assists in locating the corresponding
physical device once online (see Section 5.3.4.2).
On the Constant Light Controller Web-UI a sensor search wizard was added. Once groups
were configured to a CLC instance this wizard allows to automatically search for
corresponding DALI sensors in the areas lit by these groups (see Section 5.3.2).
Identification of DALI Devices using Physical Selection
Devices which can be physically selected can be identified by selection during the
installation and commissioning process of the DALI network. A DALI button can be
selected by pressing one of the buttons, an occupancy sensor can be selected by triggering
occupancy. Now the last physically selected device is marked in the DALI scan results on
the DALI Installation Web-UI and can be therefore identified.
Online Commissioning
The Web interface of the device now provides an online commissioning tool for the
respective networking technologies. Using this tool, data point configurations can be
created based on placeholder devices, which are marked to be commissioned later. The
necessary addressing information can be assigned later on the Web interface by scanning for
devices online or be entered manually. Device replacement is also possible in the
commissioning Web interface without the need to edit devices in the data point
configuration. For more information on the commissioning Web UI please refer to Section
5.3.
Web Interface
The Web interface of the device offers a number of new features:
A new device info page provides a quick overview of all relevant operational
parameters, such as CPU load, active protocols, time synchronization and many more.
The trend log configuration on the Web UI now also provides a preview tab, which
shows a chart of the trend log data. The trend chart allows zoom, scrolling and hiding
specific data curves, as shown in Figure 3.
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Figure 3: New trend chart on the Web UI
An improved DALI sensor calibration Web-UI allows to dim DALI groups directly
from the sensor calibration Web-UI page making it easier to adjust the artificial light
near the calibrated sensor. Further the calibration page can be accessed directly from
the CLC Bindings page.
Scheduler
The scheduler objects have been extended by the following new features:
Color support in BACnet and generic schedulers allows consistent assignment and
display of preset colors in L-WEB, L-VIS and the Configurator scheduler UIs.
Event auto-prune removes passed events, if the capacity of exception events in a
scheduler gets low.
The scheduler default for LONMARK and generic schedulers is extended by a “silent”
mode. In this mode the scheduler becomes inactive as soon as the last event is
withdrawn. This mode can be used in event-driven scheduler models.
Generic schedulers allow specifying an existing value preset as the schedule default.
LONMARK and BACnet schedulers try identifying a matching preset name from the
schedule default value.
Format Strings in E-Mails
Data point variables used in e-mail templates can now use format strings to specify their
numeric appearance in the e-mail text.
Storing Project Documentation directly on the Device
A new page on the L-DALI Web-UI allows uploading project documentation and setting-up
links to external documentation files (see Section 5.2.20). Storing documentation directly on
the device ensures its availability (e.g. for a service technician) later on.
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2.2 New in L-DALI 3.2
This section describes the major changes and new features. For a full list of changes refer to
the Readme file.
New Constant Light Controller Modes
The constant light controller application offers some new Modes:
The modes CONTROL, REGULATOR and PRESENCE are now available in
variations with the extension AUTO. In these modes any active override will be
automatically relinquished when the room enters “unoccupied” state. This allows to
reactivate automatic mode when the room is unoccupied. The light will be switched off
and – if necessary – switched on when someone enters the room.
As a special variation of the AUTO modes, modes with the extension BEDROOM are
available. In this mode the manual override is only relinquished when the lights are
switched on. This ensures lights are switched off when the room is unoccupied, but stay
off when commanded to off manually.
The mode AMBIENT allows switching on and off lights depending on the measured
lux level. It is therefore suitable for decorative lighting (facade illumination, shop
window lighting, floor lighting, etc.).
The modes CONTROL and REGULATOR (incl. all variations) now consider the
configured Unoccupied Level when switching off, similar to the mode PRESENCE. This
allows dimming down to a configured level when the room is unoccupied instead of
switching off. Typical applications are a reception area or similar areas where the light is
never turned off completely.
Note: If the an LDALI-10X device was not shipped with firmware 3.2 the new modes are only
available after the datapoint configuration was up- and downloaded again using the LINX
Configurator.
Further information on the constant light controller modes can be found in Sections 8.2.8.3
and 8.3.5.2 and for the behavior when switching off in Sections 8.2.8.8 and 8.3.5.7.
Overriding the Constant Light Control with DALI Buttons
When using internal manual bindings the constant light controller now detects when one of
the groups it controls is dimmed by another DALI master. Such and override is interpreted
similar to an override using the CEA-709/LONMARK or BACnet interface. Typically such a
DALI master is a DALI push-button coupler or a similar device for manual control of DALI
lights. As these devices directly control the DALI groups, they allow local operation of the
lights independent of the L-DALI.
Constant Light Controller Bindings across Channels
DALI groups and DALI sensors can be linked to constant lights controller instances using
internal bindings across DALI channels (see Sections 5.3.2 and 7.6).
Support for DALI ballasts with Colour Control
In the LDALI-10X models DALI ballasts of type “colour control” (device type 8) can be
controlled. The LDALI-10X supports devices with changeable colour temperature and with
coloured light. The latter can be used for effect lighting, while the previous can be used to
simulate the colour temperature of the sun during the course of a day (warmer white during
morning and evening, cooler white at noon).
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Support for additional DALI Sensors
Support for the ThebenHTS PlanoSpot 360 DALI multi-sensor was added.
Change the DALI Short Address
If required the DALI short address, which was assigned to a DALI device by the L-DALI,
can be changed via the Web-UI (see Section 5.3.4.9).
Generic Scheduler
Generic schedulers – like generic trends and alarms – can now be created, that are neither
CEA-709 nor BACnet objects. Generic schedulers appear next to the generic alarm folder
and are ready-to-use on any device. This is beneficial for creating technology-independent
applications. Generic schedulers can write to any technology as well as data point favorites
and are the ideal solution, if configured via LWEB-900 only. For more information on
creating generic schedulers refer to Section 7.10.
Web Interface
The Web interface of the device offers a number of new features:
Live update of values in the data point list. This allows monitoring values without
repeated pressing of reload. Data point structures can be expanded or collapsed for
better overview.
Breadcrumb navigation has been added to the data point list. This gives faster access to
sub-folders.
A new firmware upgrade menu on the Web interface allows online checking for
firmware updates and upgrading by selecting a local firmware file. All this is possible
without starting the Configurator.
The trend overview page displays current trend log states and provides controls for
easy trend data upload in CSV format.
The DALI group page allows switching groups on and off to test the group assignment.
Application Objects
Application objects such as math objects, e-mail templates, and alarm logs can now be
organized in folders. Copy and paste of application objects between Configurators has been
improved. Math objects now allow single constants and single variable assignments, such as
“=5” or “=v1”. Input variables can be configured to trigger a new calculation or not.
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3 Quick-Start Guide
This Chapter contains step-by-step instructions on how to configure the L-DALI for the
simple project shown in Figure 4.
The project consists of a single room (Room 306) which is illuminated by four DALI lamps.
Two of those lamps form a light band near the windows of the room and the other two
lamps form a light band near the corridor. The room is equipped with a DALI multi-sensor
which acts as both a light sensor and an occupancy sensor. The build-in constant light
controller of the L-DALI device uses the input from the DALI multi-sensor and dims the
DALI ballasts accordingly. For manual override a DALI push-button is installed. The
sunblind controller is not used in this quick-start example.
Figure 4: Quick-Start Example Project.
3.1 Hardware Installation
3.1.1 Models without built-in DALI Bus Power Supply
For models without built-in DALI bus power supply it is recommended to use the
LDALI-PWR4-U or LDALI-PWR2-U power supply together with the L-DALI. Connect the
L-DALI to the LDALI-PWR4-U and to the DALI network as shown in Figure 5. To allow
for easy configuration it is recommended to always connect the L-DALI to the Ethernet
network. More detailed instructions are given in Chapter 4.
Important: Do not connect terminal 26 to earth ground!
After the DALI ballasts have been installed and connected to the DALI network, the
installation can be tested by following these steps:
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1. Check that the DALI LEDs (“DALI x ACT”, where x is 1 to 4) do not light up red. If
one of these LEDs is red, check the proper connection of the bus power supply for the
corresponding channel and check the DALI wiring for short-circuits.
2. Press the DALI mode button (“ON/OFF/AUTO”) on the front panel of the L-DALI
once. Now all DALI ballasts should be switched on (maximum level) and the DALI
LEDs on the L-DALI should light up green.
3. Press the DALI mode button again. Now all DALI ballasts should be switched off and
the DALI LEDs on the L-DALI should light up orange.
4. Press the DALI mode button again. This should not change the state of the DALI
ballasts but return the L-DALI to the auto-mode (control via CEA-709/BACnet
interface).
Figure 5: Basic Hardware Installation with external DALI bus power.
3.1.2 Models with built-in DALI Bus Power Supply
Connect the L-DALI to the power and to the DALI network as shown in Figure 5. To allow
for easy configuration it is recommended to always connect the L-DALI to the Ethernet
network (if available). More detailed instructions are given in Chapter 4.
After the DALI ballasts have been installed and connected to the DALI network, the
installation can be tested by following these steps:
1. Check that the status LED (“status”) does not light up red. If the LED is red, check the
DALI wiring for short-circuits.
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Figure 6: Basic Hardware Installation with integrated DALI bus power.
2. Turn the jog dial to navigate to the DALI menu item.
3. Press down to jog dial to enter the DALI menu.
4. Turn the jog dial to navigate to the menu item “Manual Override: Auto”.
5. Press down the jog dial. Then turn it one step to the right. The manual override must
change to “On”.
Now all DALI ballasts should be switched on and the status LED on the L-DALI
should light up green.
6. Turning the dial one more step right the manual override must change to “Off”.
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Now all DALI ballasts should be switched off and the status LED on the L-DALI
should light up orange.
7. Turn the dial one step right once more. This should not change the state of the DALI
ballasts but return the manual override back to the auto-mode (control via
CEA-709/BACnet interface).
3.2 Device configuration
The L-DALI can be configured via a console interface or via the Web interface. To
configure the L-DALI, the following steps have to be performed:
1. Setup IP configuration (see Sections 3.2).
2. Setup the DALI network (see Section 3.4 or 3.5).
Note: This setup procedure assumes the use of the IP interface.
3.3 Configuration of IP Address
3.3.1 IP Configuration via Console
If your model is equipped with a console interface use a standard null-modem cable with
full handshaking to connect COM1 of the PC to the Console on the device. Use a PC
terminal program with the communication settings set to 38,400 bps / 8 data bits / no parity
/ 1 stop bit / no handshake. Power up the device or press Return if the device is already
running. The following menu should appear on the terminal:
Device Main Menu
[1] Show device information
[2] Serial firmware upgrade
[3] System configuration
[4] DALI maintenance
[5] IP configuration
[6] CEA-852 device configuration
[7] CEA-709 configuration
[8] Reset configuration (factory defaults)
[9] Device statistics
[a] Data Points
[0] Reset device
Please choose:
Select ‘5’ from the device main menu and enter the IP address, netmask, and gateway
address. Note that you must use different IP addresses if you are using multiple IP devices
in your setup.
Figure 7: Device Main Menu.
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IP Configuration Menu
[1] DHCP : disabled
[2] IP Address : 192.168.1.254
[3] IP Netmask : 255.255.255.0
[4] IP Gateway : 192.168.1.1
[5] Hostname : new
[6] Domainname : <unset>
[7] DNS Servers : <unset>
[9] MAC Address : 00:0A:B0:01:0C:9F (factory default)
[0] NTP Servers : <unset> (out-of-sync)
[b] Link Speed & Duplex : Auto Detect
[q] Quit without saving
[x] Exit and save
Please choose:
Figure 8: Enter basic IP settings.
Press ‘x’ to save the IP settings and reset the device with the main menu item ‘0’ in order to
let the new IP settings take effect.
Important! The default IP address 192.168.1.254 is only set for configuration access. It must be
changed in order to make the device functional.
3.3.2 IP Configuration via the Web Interface
As an alternative to the console interface the Web interface can be used to configure the
device. In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192.168.1.254 of the L-DALI. Note
that if your PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192.168.1.xxx please open a
command tool and enter the following route command to add a route to the L-DALI.
To Add a Route to the Device
1. Windows START Run
2. Enter ‘cmd’ and click OK.
3. In the command window enter the command line
route add 192.168.1.254 %COMPUTERNAME%
In Windows7 replace %COMPUTERNAME% with the PC’s actual IP address.
4. Then open your Web browser and type in the default IP address 192.168.1.254.
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Figure 9: Example Start Screen.
5. Click on Config in the left menu. You will be asked to enter the administrator password
in order to change the IP settings. Enter ‘loytec4u’ and select Login.
Figure 10: Enter ‘loytec4u’ as the default administrator password.
6. The Config menu opens. Click on Port Config in the Config menu and select Ethernet
tab. Enter the IP address, the IP netmask, and IP gateway for this device as shown in
Figure 11.
7. Press Save Settings and then reset the device by selecting Reset in the highlighted text.
This changes the IP settings of the device.
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Figure 11: Enter IP address and gateway.
3.3.3 IP Configuration via the LCD Display
Device models with an LCD display can also be configured to their basic settings through
jog dial navigation on the LCD UI. Turn the jog dial to navigate between menu items and
press to enter a menu or go into selection mode. When in selection mode turn the jog dial to
alter the value and press again to quit the selection. Some input fields provide acceleration.
This means turning faster changes the value in larger increments.
To Set the IP Address on the LCD Display
1. On the LCD main screen set the desired language. Navigate to the flag symbol, press
the button and choose the desired language.
2. Navigate to the IP address on the main screen and press the button.
3. There navigate to the needed input fields, press and change the value. Press again to set
the value. Continue to the next field.
4. Finally navigate to Save and reboot and press.
5. Acknowledge the reboot and the device reboots with the new IP address.
3.4 Configuration with PC Software
For the LDALI product family a PC based configuration software – the LINX Configurator
– is available. As an alternative the web interface can be used for configuration (see Section
3.5).
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Install the LINX Configurator software from the setup.exe. This file can be downloaded
from www.loytec.com. This tool can be used as a stand-alone tool or as LNS plug-in. In this
example we will use the LINX Configurator software as a stand-alone tool.
A detailed description of the LINX Configurator configuration software can be found in
Chapter 7.
Figure 12: LINX Configurator software, Start.
3.4.1 Connect to Device in Stand-Alone Mode
1. Select the IP connection method by clicking on the Connect to device button in the
tool bar as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13: LINX Configurator software, Connect to device
2. In the Connection dialog (see Figure 14) choose connection type “Web Service”, enter
the IP address or hostname of the L-DALI and the devices “admin” password. The
default “admin” password is ‘loytec4u’ (older firmware versions used ‘admin’).
3. Optionally, click on New and enter a user-defined name for this connection. That name
can be selected later to connect. Click on Save to store that connection.
4. Click on Connect. This establishes the connection to the device.
5. The LINX Configurator software asks if you want to upload the current configuration
of the device. You can cancel this dialog because in this quick-start we configure the
device from scratch.
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Figure 14: LINX Configurator software, Connection Dialog.
3.4.2 Scan DALI Channel
1. Change to the DALI Installation tab.
2. Select the DALI channel and click on the Scan Channel button shown in Figure 15.
3. The L-DALI device scans the selected channel and displays all detected devices as
shown in Figure 16. In case an error occurs see Section 11.4 for a description of the
error codes and possible reasons.
Figure 15: LINX Configurator software, scan DALI Channel.
Figure 16: LINX Configurator software, detected DALI devices.
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3.4.3 Assign Lamps, Sensor and Button to LONMARK/BACnet Objects
1. To identity which of the four detected DALI ballasts is which physical lamp, select one
and click the Wink button. The corresponding lamp blinks for the configured wink
duration.
Figure 17: LINX Configurator software, Wink button.
Figure 18: LINX Configurator software, assigned Lamp Actuator objects.
2. To assign an DALI ballast to an object, select the ballast in the list of DALI Devices
and drag it to the desired position in the Lamp Actuator objects list on the left side.
You can change the names of the lamp actuator objects. After you have assigned all
lamps and changed the names the configuration should look as shown in Figure 18.
3. To assign the DALI multi-sensor to an object, select the sensor in the list of DALI
Devices and drag it to the desired position in the Light/Occupancy Sensor objects list
on the lower left side. After you have changed the names of the sensor object the
configuration should look as shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19: LINX Configurator software, Assigned Light/Occupancy Sensor Object.
4. Similar, assign the DALI button by dragging it to the desired position in the Button
objects list.
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3.4.4 Grouping Lamps
Lamps which are assigned to a group can be controlled together by the corresponding group
object. We will create three groups: One for the lamps near the window, one for the lamps
near the corridor and one for all lamps in the room.
1. In the LINX Configurator software switch to the DALI Groups tab.
2. Add the two lamps near the window to group 0, the two lamps near the corridor to
group 1 and add all lamps in the room to group 2. Assign names to the groups as shown
in Figure 20.
Figure 20: LINX Configurator software, DALI group configuration.
3.4.5 Parameterize the Constant Light Controller
1. In the LINX Configurator software switch to the DALI Parameters tab.
2. Select the constant light controller with index 0 as shown in Figure 21. The parameters
of the selected constant light controller are displayed in the middle of the window (1).
Figure 21: Parameterize Constant Light Controller.
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3. Change the parameter nciClMode to CL_MODE_REGULATOR. This parameter
selects the operating mode. The REGULATOR mode is used if a light/occupancy
sensor is installed which measures the indoor illumination.
4. Change the setpoint of the constant light controller (nciLuxSetpoint) to the desired light
level (e.g. 400 lux).
5. You can leave the default values for the remaining parameters. For a description of the
constant light controller functionality and the parameters refer to Section 8.2.8.
6. Determine which sensors (occupancy & lux) are used as inputs to the constant light
controller instance and which groups are controlled in the lower part of the window (2).
7. Click on the to add an input or output. Use the drop down box to select a sensor
(input) or a light group (output). In our example we use “sensor_306” for lux and
occupancy sensor inputs, group “306_corridor” as output of the first (brighter) light
band and group “306_window” as output for the second (darker) light band.
3.4.6 Parameterize the DALI button
1. Stay on the DALI Parameters tab and select the button object to which you have
assigned your DALI button as shown in Figure 22.
Figure 22: Parameterize DALI button functions.
2. Determine which function is executed and which group is controlled by which button
input in the lower part of the window. In our example we use button T1 for “On/Up”
and T2 for “Off/Down”, both controlling group “room_306”. This will allow us to
control all lights in the room together.
3.4.7 Download Configuration
1. To download the configuration into the L-DALI device click on the Download
Configuration button in the toolbar.
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Figure 23: LINX Configurator software, Download Configuration.
2. Because we have changed only the DALI configuration and the parameters it is
sufficient to check only DALI Configuration and Parameters in the following dialog.
This speeds up the download process.
Figure 24: LINX Configurator software, Download DALI Configuration and Parameters.
3. After the download is complete, go back to the DALI Installation tab and press the Get
Status button. Now the assigned DALI devices are displayed on a green background
(see Figure 25). The green background color indicates that the communication with the
device is OK. If there is a communication error, the device will be displayed with a red
background color.
Figure 25: LINX Configurator software, After Configuration Download.
3.4.8 Calibrate Light Sensor
The L-DALI device allows calibrating the light sensor under up to seven different light
conditions to counter any non-linearity of the sensor. However, in many cases it is enough
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to calibrate the sensor with a single light condition which is near the setpoint. In this quickstart only one lux measurement is performed.
1. In the LINX Configurator software switch to the Parameters tab.
2. Select the light sensor index 0 and click on the Calibrate Light Sensor… button as
shown in Figure 26. The light sensor calibration window as shown in Figure 27 in
displayed.
Figure 26: Parameterize Light Sensor.
3. Measure the current lux level at the reference area (e.g. desk) using a luxmeter.
4. Enter the measured lux level in the input field and select the index 0.
5. Press the Calibrate button.
6. Close the dialog by pressing the Done button.
Figure 27: Calibrate Light Sensor.
3.5 Configuration using Web Interface
As an alternative to the LINX Configurator PC Software the Web interface of the L-DALI
can be used. In a Web browser enter the IP address as set up in Section 3.3.
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A detailed description of the L-DALI Web interface can be found in Chapter 5.
3.5.1 Scan DALI Channel
1. In the L-DALI Web interface click on Commission in the left menu. If not already
logged in you will be asked to enter the administrator password. Enter ‘loytec4u’ and
select Login.
2. The Commission menu opens. Click on DALI Installation in the Commission menu.
The DALI installation page opens as shown in Figure 28.
Figure 28: DALI Installation Web Interface: Initial view.
3. If the device supports more than one DALI channel select the DALI channel by
clicking on the different tabs at the top of the page labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
and press the Scan button.
Figure 29: DALI Installation Web Interface: Detected DALI devices.
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4. The L-DALI scans the DALI channel and lists the detected devices under Scanned
Devices not in Database in the lower halve of the Web interface (see Figure 29). In
case an error occurs see Section 11.4 for a description of the error codes and possible
reasons.
3.5.2 Assign Lamps, Sensor and Button to LONMARK/BACnet Objects
1. To identity which of the four detected DALI ballasts is which physical lamp, select one
and click the Wink button. The corresponding lamp blinks for the configured wink
duration.
2. To assign a DALI device to a LONMARK or BACnet object, use the drop-down list
available for each device in the Scanned Devices not in Database section (left
column). This list contains all available fieldbus objects. When you are done, press the
button Save Assignment. Alternatively to manual assignment press the button Auto
Assign for random assignment. After you have assigned all lamps the configuration
should look as shown in Figure 30.
Figure 30: DALI Installation Web Interface: Device assignment done.
3.5.3 Grouping Lamps
Lamps which are assigned to a group can be controlled together by the corresponding
LONMARK or BACnet group object. We will create two groups: One for the lamps near the
window and one for the lamps near the corridor.
1. Click on DALI Groups in the Config menu. The DALI Groups page opens.
2. Again, selected the DALI channel by clicking on the different tabs at the top of the
page labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
3. Add the two lamps near the window to group 0, the two lamps near the corridor to
group 1 and all lamps to group 2 by checking the corresponding check boxes. Press the
Save button. The result will look like in Figure 31.
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Figure 31: DALI Installation Web Interface: Group Configuration.
4. To test the group assignment, lights can be switched on and off by clicking on the bulb
below the group name. Similar entering a value in the override row will dim the
corresponding group. Entering – in the field will relinquish an active override.
3.5.4 Calibrate Light Sensor
The L-DALI device allows calibrating the light sensor under up to seven different light
conditions to counter any non-linearity of the sensor. However, in many cases it is enough
to calibrate the sensor with a single light condition which is near the setpoint. In this quickstart only one lux measurement is performed.
1. Go to the DALI Installation page and press the Calibrate button next to the sensor that
is to be calibrated. The DALI sensor calibration page is shown in Figure 32.
Figure 32: DALI Installation Web Interface: Sensor Calibration.
2. Measure the current lux level at the reference area (e.g. desk) using a luxmeter.
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3. If possible dim artificial light in room until luxmeter show desired lux setpoint. To dim
the light select the rooms DALI group in the Dim lights drop down box, enter a desired
dim value in the field Level and press the Set button.
4. Enter the measured lux level in the input field and select index 0.
5. Press the Calibrate button.
3.5.5 Parameterize the DALI button
1. On the DALI Installation page click on the Configure button next to the button device
that is to be configured. The dialog shown in Figure 33 appears.
Figure 33: Configure DALI button functions.
2. Use the drop-down boxes to determine which function is executed and which group is
controlled by which button input. In our example we use button T1 for “On/Up” and T2
for “Off/Down”, both controlling group 2. This will allow us to control all lights in the
room together.
3. Click on Save to write the configuration to the button device.
3.5.6 Parameterize the Constant Light Controller
1. Go to the Data Points page and select the data point path of constant light controller
application instance 0.
Figure 34: DALI Installation Web Interface: Parameters.
BACnet L-DALI: /BACnet Port/Datapoints/Channel 1/Constant Light
Controllers/Constant Light Controller 0/
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CEA-709 L-DALI: /CEA709 DALI Channel 1/Datapoints/Constant Light
Controllers/Constant Light Controller 0/
The page will look like in Figure 34.
2. The parameters of the selected constant light controller are displayed on the right side.
Change the constant light controller mode (parameter nciClMode or Mode) to
REGULATOR. This parameter selects the operating mode. The REGULATOR mode
is used if a light/occupancy sensor is installed which measures the indoor illumination.
Figure 35: DALI Installation Web Interface: CLC Bindings.
3. Change the setpoint of the constant light controller (parameter nciLuxSetpoint or
Setpoint) to the desired light level (e.g. 400 lux).
4. You can leave the default values for the remaining parameters. For a description of the
constant light controller functionality and the parameters refer to Section 8.2.8
(CEA-709) and 8.3.5 (BACnet).
5. To determine which sensors (occupancy & lux) are used as inputs to and which light
groups are controlled by a constant light controller instance go to the CLC Bindings
page (see Figure 35).
6. Again, selected the DALI channel by clicking on the different tabs at the top of the
page labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
7. Click on the Add to add an input or output. Use the drop down box to select a sensor
(input) or a light group (output). In our example we use “sensor_306” for lux and
occupancy sensor inputs, group “306_corridor” as output of the first (brighter) light
band and group “306_window” as output for the second (darker) light band.
3.6 Configuration of BACnet Interface (LDALI-20X only)
3.6.1 Configure BACnet Interface
To allow integrating the L-DALI to a BACnet network a network wide unique device ID
and device name must be configured. This is best done using the web interface:
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1. Similar to the configuration of the IP address connect to the L-DALI using your
Internet browser.
2. Click on Config and then BACnet Config in the left menu.
Figure 36: BACnet Device Configuration.
3. Enter a unique device ID and device name as shown in Figure 36.
For further details see Section 5.2.12.
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4 Hardware Installation
4.1 Enclosure
4.1.1 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204
The LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204 enclosure is 159 mm wide for DIN rail mounting,
following DIN 43 880 (see Figure 37).
Figure 37: LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204 Enclosure (dimensions in mm [inch]).
4.1.2 LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U
The LDALI E101 U, LDALI 3101 U and LDALI E101 U enclosure is 107 mm wide for
DIN rail mounting, following DIN 43 880 (see Figure 38).
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4.2 Product Label
The product label on the side of the L-DALI contains the following information:
Order number with bar-code (e.g. LDALI-3E104),
serial number with bar-code (Ser#),
LDALI-10X only: unique node ID and virtual ID with bar-code for each DALI channel
(NID1, VID1, NID2, VID2, etc.),
Ethernet MAC ID with bar-code (MAC1).
Unless stated otherwise, all bar codes are encoded using “Code 128”. An additional label is
also supplied with the L-DALI for documentation purposes. A virtual ID (VID) is a Node
ID on the IP channel.
Figure 38: LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U Enclosure
(dimensions in mm [inch]).
4.3 Mounting
The device comes prepared for mounting on DIN rails following DIN EN 50 022. The
device can be mounted in any position. However, an installation place with proper airflow
must be selected to ensure that the temperature of the L-DALI device does not exceed the
specified range (see Chapter 13).
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Behavior
Description
Comment
GREEN flashing fast
Traffic
GREEN flashing at 1Hz
L-DALI is unconfigured
RED permanent
Port damaged
RED flashing fast
Traffic with high amount of errors
RED flashing at 1 Hz
(all ports)
Firmware image corrupt
Please upload new firmware
ORANGE permanent
Port disabled
e.g. using LSD Tool
Behavior
Description
Comment
GREEN permanently,
flicker off
Multi-Master, token ok, flicker when traffic
Normal condition on a multi-master
MS/TP network.
ORANGE flicker
Sole master, flicker when traffic
Normal condition on a single-master
MS/TP network.
RED permanent, flicker
GREEN
Token lost state, flicker when transmit
attempt
Cable might be broken.
RED flash fast
Transmission or receive errors
This indicates bad cabling.
4.4 LED signals
4.4.1 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-ME204
4.4.1.1 Power LED
The L-DALI power LED lights up green when power is supplied to terminals 24, 25, and
26.
4.4.1.2 Status LED
The L-DALI is equipped with a red status LED (see Figure 37). This LED is normally off.
During boot-up the status LED is used to signal error conditions (red). If the fall-back image
is executed the status LED flashes red once every second.
4.4.1.3 FT Activity LED (LDALI-10X only)
The FT port on the LDALI-3E10X has a three-color LED (green, red, and orange, see
Figure 37). Table 2 shows different LED patterns of the port and their meaning.
Table 2: CEA-709 Activity LED Patterns.
4.4.1.4 MSTP Activity LED (LDALI-20X only)
The MS/TP port on the LDALI-ME20X has a three-color MSTP Activity LED (see Figure
37). Table 3 shows the different LED patterns of the port and their meaning. A permanent
color reflects a state. Flicker is for 25 ms when there is activity on the MS/TP data link
layer.
Table 3: MS/TP Activity LED Patterns.
4.4.1.5 Ethernet Link LED
The Ethernet Link LED lights up green whenever an Ethernet cable is plugged-in and a
physical connection with a switch, hub, or PC can be established.
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Behavior
Description
GREEN flashing
Traffic
RED flashing fast
Traffic with errors
RED permanent
No bus power-supply/bus-power supply failed
ORANGE permanent
Manual override to off or interface is selected
GREEN permanent
Manual override to on
4.4.1.6 Ethernet Activity LED
The Ethernet Activity LED lights up green for 6 ms whenever a packet is transmitted or
received or when a collision is detected on the network cable.
4.4.1.7 Ethernet Config LED
Currently the Ethernet Config LED has no function.
4.4.1.8 CN/IP LED
On the LDALI-3E10X the CNIP LED is a three color LED that indicates different operating
states of the L-DALI’s CEA-852 device.
Green: The CEA-852 device is fully functional and all CEA-852 configuration data
(channel routing info, channel membership list, send list) are up-to-date.
Green flicker: If a valid CEA-709 packet is received or transmitted over the IP channel, the
CNIP LED turns off for 50 ms. Only valid CEA-709 IP packets sent to the IP address of the
L-DALI can be seen. Stale packets or packets not addressed to the L-DALI are not seen.
Yellow: The CEA-852 device is functional but some configuration data is not up-to-date
(device cannot contact configuration server but has configuration data saved in Flash
memory)
Red: The CEA-852 device is non-functional because it was rejected from the CEA-852 IP
channel or shut-down itself due to an internal error condition.
Off: The CEA-852 device is non-functional because it has not been started. This can be the
case if the L-DALI uses DHCP and it has not received a valid IP configuration (address)
from the DHCP server.
Flashing Red at 1 Hz: The CEA-852 device is non-functional because it is started but has
not been configured. Please add the device to a CEA-852 IP channel (register in
configuration server).
Flashing green or orange at 1 Hz: The L-DALI’s CEA-709 side of the gateway has not been
commissioned yet. The color indicates the CEA-852 IP channel status as described above.
On the LDALI-ME20X the CNIP LED reflects the status of the BACnet/IP communication.
It flashes green for 25 ms when BACnet packets are transmitted or received over the
BACnet/IP interface.
4.4.1.9 DALI Activity LEDs
Each DALI interface on the L-DALI has a three color LED (green, red and orange). Table 4
shows different LED patterns and their meaning.
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Behavior
Description
GREEN flashing
DALI Traffic
RED flashing fast
DALI Traffic with errors
RED permanent
DALI bus-power supply failed/short
ORANGE permanent
Manual override to off
GREEN permanent
Manual override to on
4.4.2 LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U
4.4.2.1 Status LED
The L-DALI has a three color status LED (green, red and orange). Table 5 shows different
LED patterns and their meaning.
Table 5: Status LED patterns.
4.4.3 Wink Action
If the L-DALI receives a wink command on any of its network ports, it shows a blink
pattern on the
CEA-709 or CNIP activity LEDs and the DALI activity LEDs (LDALI-3E10X and
LDALI-ME204) or
Status LED (LDALI-E101-U, LDALI-3101-U and LDALI-E101-U).
The LEDs turn green/orange/red (each 0.15 s). This pattern is repeated six times. After that,
the activity LED of the DALI channel corresponding to the CEA-709 node on which the
wink was received flashes orange six times. After that the L-DALI LEDs resume their
normal behavior.
4.5 Buttons
4.5.1 Status Button
The L-DALI is equipped with a status button (see Figure 37). When pressing the status
button shortly during normal operation of the L-DALI, it sends a “Service Pin Message” on
every active CEA-709 node or a BACnet “I Am” message on all active BACnet data link
layers respectively.
LDALI-10X only: Note that there is one CEA-709 node for each DALI channel and each
has its own unique node ID (“Neuron ID”). Pressing the status button longer than 2 seconds
will allow you to select the node to send out the “Service Pin Message” message: The DALI
port LED of the currently selected node will light up orange. After 2 seconds the next
available node will be selected. When the status button is released the “Service Pin
Message” is sent out on the currently selected node.
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As an alternative to pressing the status button, a service pin message can be sent via the
Web interface (see Section 5.1).
The status button can also be used to switch the device back to factory default state. Press
the service button and power-cycle the device. Keep the button pressed until the LEDs
illuminate orange permanently. Release the button within five seconds from that time on to
reset the device to factory defaults. Alternatively, the device can be switched back to factory
defaults over the console UI (see Section 11.2.2).
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4.5.2 DALI Mode Button
L-DALI without LCD display are equipped with a DALI mode button (“ON/OFF/AUTO”,
see Figure 37). It is used to manually override the dim values of the attached DALI devices
and constant light controller instances. Press it once and all DALI devices on the selected
channels are switched on (“on mode”), press it again and all DALI devices on the selected
channels are switched off (“off mode”), press it a third time and the selected channels go
back to “auto mode”.
In the “on mode” and “off mode” the dim levels of the DALI devices and constant light
controller instance cannot be changed via the CEA-709 or BACnet interface (“manual
override”). In the “auto mode” the dim level of the DALI devices is controlled via the
CEA-709 or BACnet interface respectively.
Channels are selected via the DALI Channel button (see Section 4.5.3). The current state of
a DALI channel can be determined based on the corresponding DALI Activity LED (see
Section 4.4.1.9).
The main purpose of the mode button is to test the wiring during installation of the DALI
system.
4.5.3 DALI Channel Button
L-DALI without LCD display are equipped with a DALI Channel button (“CHANNEL”,
see Figure 37). It is used to select a specific channel. All other functions which can be
performed via the DALI button interface (e.g. select DALI mode, see Section 4.5.2) are
applied only to the selected DALI channel(s).
By default all DALI channels are selected. If the DALI Channel button is pressed once the
first channel is selected and the corresponding DALI Activity LED lights up orange. Now
each time the button is pressed the next channel is selected. If the last DALI channel is
selected and the button is pressed once again, all DALI channels are selected. If no button is
pressed for more than 15 seconds, the current selection is canceled.
4.5.4 DALI Program Button
L-DALI without LCD display are equipped with a DALI Program button (“PROG”, see
Figure 37). It is used to replace a broken ballast. When the button is pressed, the L-DALI
scans the selected DALI channel for missing and unconfigured ballasts. If exactly one
missing ballast and one unconfigured ballast are found on a channel, the unconfigured
ballast is used to replace the missing ballast. That is, the unconfigured ballast is configured
with the address and the configuration parameters of the missing ballast. If multiple missing
ballasts or multiple unconfigured ballasts are found, the Web UI or LINX Configurator
software must be used to replace the missing ballast(s) (see Section 5.3.2 and 7.5.1).
During the replace operation, the DALI Activity LED of the corresponding channel lights
up orange. If the operation was successful, the LED lights up green for 0.5 seconds, if it
failed, the LED lights up red for 0.5 seconds.
Which channels are selected can be controlled via the DALI Channel button (see Section
4.5.3).
4.6 LCD Display and Jog Dial
Device models with an LCD display can also be configured to their basic settings through
jog dial navigation on the LCD UI. The main page of the LCD UI is shown in Figure 39. It
displays the device’s IP address, hostname and CPU load.
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Below are menu items. Turn the jog dial to navigate between menu items and press to enter
a menu or go into selection mode. When in selection mode turn the jog dial to alter the
value and press again to quit the selection.
Figure 39: Main Screen of the LCD UI.
The DALI »» menu allows executing maintenance tasks on the DALI network. The
corresponding sub-menu is shown in Figure 40.
Figure 40: DALI Menu on LCD UI.
The menu item Manual Override allows to manually override the DALI lights to either On
or Off. Ensure this is set to Auto for control of the DALI lights via one of the L-DALIs
lighting applications or the BACnet/ LONMARK interface.
The menu item DALI Power allows disabling the internal DALI bus power supply.
The menu item Assigned devices lists all DALI devices configured on the DALI channel
and allows to execute related maintenance functions (e.g. start/stop burn-in mode of
selected lamps).
The menu item Replace device allows commissioning a new device, after it has been
installed as a replacement for a broken DALI device. When using this function the complete
DALI configuration of the replaced device (parameters, groups, etc.) is restored on the new
device.
The Datapoints »» menu allows browsing through the data points on the device.
The Device Settings »» menu allows configuring basic device settings. Navigate to the
Device Mgmt »» sub-menu, which is displayed in Figure 41.
Figure 41: Device Management Menu on the LCD UI.
This menu gives you the following options for basic device configuration:
DALI: This menu allows executing maintenance tasks on the DALI network (details
see above).
TCP/IP Setup: This menu allows configuring the device’s IP address.
HTTP Server: This menu allows to enable/disable the HTTP server and to configure
its TCP port.
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DIP Switch #
Function
Factory Default
1
Must be OFF
OFF 2 Must be OFF
OFF 3 Must be OFF
OFF 4 Must be OFF
OFF 5 Must be OFF
OFF 6 Must be OFF
OFF 7 Must be OFF
OFF
Send ID messages: When selecting this menu, the device sends out service pin,
BACnet I-Am, and identification broadcasts for finding the device in the L-Config tool
on all applicable ports.
Reload config: By choosing this menu, the device performs a quick restart by
reloading its configuration only.
Reboot system: By choosing this menu, the device performs a full reboot.
Clear DP config: By choosing this menu, the user can clear the device’s entire data
point and DALI configuration. This is equivalent to the same Web UI function. The IP
address as well as other settings needed to reach the device are not deleted.
Factory Defaults: By choosing this menu, the user can reset the entire device to its
factory default. All user configuration including IP addresses are cleared.
Remote Config: When enabling this option, the LWEB-900 master device manager
restores the last saved configuration to the discovered device, if it has no configuration
yet. This feature is beneficial when replacing a device.
Change PIN: Alter the default PIN to any 4-digit number to protect certain operations
on the LCD UI. The user will be prompted to enter the PIN on protected areas.
Contrast: Allows adjusting the LCD contrast.
Language: Allow to select the language used for the LCD UI.
4.7 DIP Switch Settings
L-DALI models without LCD display are equipped with a DIP switch. The DIP switch
assignment is shown in Table 6. Please leave all switches at default state.
Table 6: DIP Switch Settings for L-DALI.
4.8 Terminal Layout and Power Supply
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The L-DALI provides screw terminals to connect to the network as well as to the power
supply. The screw terminals can be used for wires of a maximum thickness of 1.5
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Terminal
Function
13
Earth Ground
14, 15
CEA-709 A, B of FT-10 Channel Port
24
Earth Ground
25, 26
Power Supply 12-35 VDC or 12-24 VAC ± 10%
Do not connect terminal 26 to earth ground!
27, 28
DALI Channel 4
29, 30
DALI Channel 3
32, 33
DALI Channel 2
34, 35
DALI Channel 1
Terminal
Function
13
BACnet MS/TP / Modbus RS-485 Ground
14
BACnet MS/TP / Modbus RS-485 Non-Inverting Input
15
BACnet MS/TP / Modbus RS-485 Inverting Input
24
Earth Ground
25, 26
Power Supply 12-35 VDC or 12-24 VAC ± 10%
Do not connect terminal 26 to earth ground!
27, 28
DALI Channel 4
29, 30
DALI Channel 3
32, 33
DALI Channel 2
34, 35
DALI Channel 1
4.8.1 LDALI-3E10X
Table 7: LDALI-3E10X Terminals.
Note: The LDALI-3E10X models do not provide the DALI bus power supply for any of the
connected DALI channels. Thus, on each DALI channel a proper external DALI bus power
supply must be provided. For this purpose LOYTEC recommends the use of LOYTEC’s
DALI bus power supply LDALI-PWR4-U or LDALI-PWR2-U, which is capable of
providing the DALI bus power for the four or two DALI interfaces respectively. If some
other DALI masters are connected to the DALI channel, these devices might generate the
DALI bus power internally, in which case no additional bus power supply must be
connected to this channel.
4.8.2 LDALI-ME204
Table 8: LDALI-ME204 Terminals.
Note: The LDALI-ME204 models do not provide the DALI bus power supply for any of the
connected DALI channels. Thus, on each DALI channel a proper external DALI bus power
supply must be provided. For this purpose LOYTEC recommends the use of LOYTEC’s
DALI bus power supply LDALI-PWR4-U or LDALI-PWR2-U, which is capable of
providing the DALI bus power for the four or two DALI interfaces respectively. If some
other DALI masters are connected to the DALI channel, these devices might generate the
DALI bus power internally, in which case no additional bus power supply must be
connected to this channel.
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Terminal
Function
N, L
Power Supply 85-240 VAC 50/60 Hz
DA+, DA-
DALI Channel 1
(with internal DALI bus power 230mA)
Terminal
Function
A, B
CEA-709 A, B of FT-10 Channel Port
N, L
Power Supply 85-240 VAC 50/60 Hz
DA+, DA-
DALI Channel 1
(with internal DALI bus power 230mA)
4.8.3 LDALI-E101-U and LDALI-E201-U
Table 9: LDALI-E101-U and LDALI-E201-U Terminals.
Important: The LDALI-E101-U and LDALI-E201-U models come with an internal DALI bus power
supply. Thus, no additional DALI bus power supply or any other device with an internal
DALI bus power supply must be connected to the same DALI channel!
4.8.4 LDALI-3101-U
Table 10: LDALI-3101-U Terminals.
Important: The LDALI-3101 -U models come with an internal DALI bus power supply. Thus, no
additional DALI bus power supply or any other device with an internal DALI bus power
supply must be connected to the same DALI channel!
4.9 Wiring
Connect the L-DALI to the DALI network as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6. For easy
configuration, it is recommended to always connect the L-DALI to the Ethernet network (if
available).
4.9.1 LDALI-ME20X
If BACnet over MS/TP is enabled, the MS/TP network segment must be properly
terminated with an LT-04 network terminator connected at each of the two ends of the
segment media.
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2-wire
Power Supply
3-wire
Power Supply
(a) (b)
Figure 42: Connecting the LDALI-ME20X: (a) 2-wire MS/TP, (b) 3-wire MS/TP.
Important: When using 2-wire MS/TP, earth ground must be connected to both terminal 24 and 25
(see Figure 42a). Never connect terminal 26 to earth ground!
4.9.2 LDALI-3E10X and LDALI-3101-U
Any CEA-709 FT-10 network segment connected to the L-DALI needs to be terminated
according to the rules found in the specification of the transceiver (see Section 9.1).
Important: When using shielded network cables, only one side of the cable should be connected to
earth ground. Thus, the shield must be connected to earth ground either at the L-DALI
terminals or somewhere else in the network.
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5 Web Interface
L-DALI models with an Ethernet interface come with a built-in Web server and a Web
interface to configure the device and extract statistics information. The Web interface
allows configuring the IP settings, CEA-852 and CEA-709 settings, BACnet settings and
managing the DALI devices. This interface is very simple to use and has an intuitive, selfexplanatory user interface.
5.1 Device Information and Account Management
In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192.168.1.254 of the L-DALI. Note that if
your PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192.168.1.xxx you must open a command
tool and enter the following route command to add a route to the L-DALI:
To Add a Route to the Device
1. Windows START Run
2. Enter ‘cmd’ and click Ok.
3. In the command window enter the command line
route add 192.168.1.254 %COMPUTERNAME%
4. Then open your Web browser and type in the default IP address 192.168.1.254.
5. The device information page should appear as shown in Figure 43.
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Figure 43: Device Information Page
The device information page shows some general information about the device in the
General Info section. This includes the product model and the current firmware version.
Below, it shows important operational parameters, such as free memory, CPU load, system
temperature and supply voltage, time synchronization status and system uptime.
The Device Status section summarizes the status of the various ports and protocols on the
device. The summary status is displayed as a green OK checkmark. If any of the interfaces,
protocols or operational parameters are non-normal, a warning or error sign is shown
instead. All items are links that lead directly to their configuration page.
Below the general status information more specific sections are displayed depending on the
model. The Firmware Info provides version and build times of the primary and fallback
firmware images installed on the device. The Project Information area shows details on
the currently loaded data point configuration.
The CEA-709 Application section includes the unique node IDs (“Neuron IDs”) of the
CEA-709 network interfaces. This example shows the device information page for a
LDALI-3E104 which has four DALI channels. The CEA-709 protocol is enabled and the
CEA-852 (CEA-709 over IP) protocol is disabled. Therefore the web page shows the four
applications CEA-709 Node 1, 2, 3, and 4 and displays their node IDs and program IDs.
This page can also be used to send the CEA-709 service pin messages. This is a useful
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feature when commissioning the device, since it is not necessary to be on-site to press the
status button.
Click through the menus on the left hand side to become familiar with the different screens.
If you click on Config in the left menu you will be asked to enter the administrator
password in order to make changes to the settings as shown in Figure 44. Enter the default
administrator password ‘loytec4u’ and select Login.
Figure 44: Enter ‘loytec4u’ as the default administrator password.
The Config menu opens. Click on Passwords in the Config menu, which opens the
password configuration page as shown in Figure 45. The L-DALI has three user accounts:
(1) guest allows the user to view certain information only, e.g., the device info page. By
default the guest user has no password. (2) operator is able to read more sensible
information such as calendar data. (3) admin has full access to the L-DALI and can make
changes to its configuration. Note that the user accounts are also used to log on to the FTP
and Telnet server.
Figure 45: Password Configuration Screen
Please change the administrator password in order to protect yourself from unwanted
configuration changes by anyone else. To do so, select the admin account in the drop-down
box and enter the new password. If the administrator password is left empty, password
protection is turned off and everyone can access the L-DALI without entering a password.
Click on Change password to activate the change.
5.2 Device Configuration
The device configuration pages allow viewing and changing the device settings of the
L-DALI. Here are some general rules for setting IP addresses, port numbers, and time
values:
An empty IP address field disables the entry.
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An empty port number field sets the default port number.
An empty time value field disables the time setting.
5.2.1 Port Configuration
This menu allows configuring the device’s communications ports. For each communication
port, which is available on the device and shown on the label (Port 1, CEA-709, Ethernet), a
corresponding configuration tab is provided by the Web UI. An example is shown in Figure
46. Each port tab contains a selection of available communication protocols. By selecting a
checkbox or radio button the various protocols can be enabled or disabled on the
communication port. Some ports allow exclusive protocol activation only, other ports (e.g.,
the Ethernet port) allow multiple protocols bound to that port.
When selecting a protocol on a communication port, the protocol’s communication
parameters are displayed in a box on the right-hand side. To save the settings of the
currently opened protocol, click the Save Settings button. Pressing Get Settings retrieves
the current settings from the device.
5.2.2 IP Configuration
The TCP/IP configuration is done under the Ethernet port tab as shown in Figure 47. The
mandatory IP settings, which are needed to operate the device, are marked with a red
asterisk (IP address, netmask, gateway). The Enable DHCP checkbox switches between
manual entry of the IP address, netmask, and gateway address, and automatic configuration
from a DHCP server.
Figure 46: Port Configuration Page.
Figure 47: IP Configuration Page.
The device comes configured with a unique MAC address. This address can be changed in
order to clone the MAC address of another device. Please contact your system administrator
to avoid MAC address conflicts.
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If the device is operated with a 10 Mbit/s-only hub, the link speed should be switched from
Auto Detect to 10Mbps/Half-Duplex. With modern 100/10 Mbit/s switches, this setting
can be left at its default.
The settings for DNS and NTP servers should be made in the IP host settings (see Section
5.2.3). In case an IP interface runs DHCP, the DNS and NTP addresses supplied by DHCP
can be seen here. Models with one Ethernet port only do not have these settings here.
Other standard protocols that are bound to the Ethernet interface are FTP, Telnet, and
HTTP (Web server). By deselecting the checkbox, those protocols can be individually
disabled. The standard UDP/TCP ports can be changed in the respective protocol settings.
An example for the FTP server is shown for FTP in Figure 48. The FTP server is used for
instance to update the firmware (see Section 10.1) or to upload a new data point
configuration. Note that HTTP for the Web server can only be disabled on the console
interface or by using the device configuration of the Configurator.
5.2.3 IP Host Configuration
The L-DALI models, which provide more than one IP interface possess a separate IP Host
tab for editing all common host settings. These settings affect all IP interfaces on the entire
device. On models with a single Ethernet port, the IP Host settings appear directly on the
Ethernet tab as shown in Figure 49.
Figure 48: FTP server configuration on the Ethernet port.
Figure 49: Setting on the IP Host settings.
Hostname and Domainname are optional entries and can be left empty. For some DHCP
configurations it may be necessary to enter a hostname. Please contact your system
administrator on how to configure DHCP to acquire an IP address.
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If the device possesses more than one IP interface the Default Gateway setting defines the
gateway of a given IP interface, which is going to route all non-local network traffic. One of
the existing IP interfaces with a separate network must be selected here.
Up to three DNS Servers can be defined on this page. These DNS servers will be contacted
by all services on any of the IP interfaces for name resolution. In case the DNS servers are
supplied by DHCP running one of the IP interfaces, change the setting Use DNS servers
from to point to that interface.
The device can be configured to synchronize its clock with NTP time. Enter the IP address
of a primary and, optionally, a secondary NTP server. The device will use NTP as a time
source if the time sync source in the system configuration page is set to NTP (see Section
5.2.11). The field NTP status below the NTP server settings displays the current NTP
synchronization status (out-of-sync, or in-sync). The settings made here apply to all IP
interfaces. In case the NTP servers are supplied by DHCP running one of the IP interfaces,
change the setting Use NTP servers from to point to that interface.
The Connection Keep Alive feature allows the device to automatically ping other devices
on the IP network in order to maintain an IP connection that might be automatically
disconnected after a specific period of time (e.g. DSL routers automatically disconnect if no
activity is detected). When enabled choose one of the options Auto IP or Custom IP.
If auto IP mode is selected and the device has a CEA-852 configuration server, a ping
message is sent to all CEA-852 devices in the channel list of the configuration server. If the
configuration server is disabled on this device a ping message is sent to the configuration
server for the IP-852 channel, if one is known. If custom IP is selected, one specific IP
address can be configured as the ping destination.
5.2.4 CEA-852 Device Configuration (LDALI-10X only)
The CEA-852 protocol is only available on the Ethernet port. To enable CEA-852 on the
device, select the CEA-852 (CEA-709 over IP) checkbox on the Ethernet tab of the port
configuration page. Note, that enabling the CEA-852 protocol will disable the CEA-709
protocol and vice versa.
Figure 50: CEA-852 Device Configuration Page.
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The CEA-852 protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right-hand side as
shown in Figure 50. Typically, the device is added to an IP channel by entering the relevant
information on a configuration server. The configuration server then contacts the CEA-852
device of the L-DALI and sends its configuration.
The field Config server address and Config server port display the IP address and port of
the configuration server, which manages the L-DALI and the IP channel. The field Config
client port represents the IP port of the L-DALI’s CEA-852 device. This setting should be
left at its default (1628) unless there are more than one CEA-852 devices operating behind a
single NAT router. Please refer to the L-IP User Manual [1] to learn more about NAT
configuration.
In the field Device name the user can enter a descriptive name for the L-DALI, which will
appear in the IP channel to identify this device. You can enter a device name with up to 15
characters. It is recommended to use unique device names throughout the IP channel.
The Channel mode field reflects the current channel mode of the CEA-852 device. It is
configured by the configuration server. If there are any two devices in the channel which
use the same IP address but different ports (e.g., multiple L-DALI behind one NAT router)
the channel switches to Extended NAT mode. Please refer to the L-IP User Manual [1] to
learn more about configuring the Extended NAT mode in the configuration server.
The configuration server sets the SNTP server addresses and the Channel timeout.
The filed Escrow timeout defines how long the CEA-852 device on the L-DALI waits for
out-of-sequence CEA-852 data packets before they are discarded. Please enter the time in
ms or ‘0’ to disable escrowing. The maximum time is 255 ms.
The field Aggregation timeout defines the time interval in which multiple CEA-709
packets are combined into a single CEA-852 data packet. Please enter the time in ms or ‘0’
to disable aggregation. The maximum time is 255 ms. Note that disabling aggregation will
negatively affect the performance of the CEA-852 device of the L-DALI.
The field MD5 authentication enables or disables MD5 authentication. Note that MD5
authentication cannot be used together with the Echelon’s i.LON 1000 since the
i.LON 1000 is not fully compliant with the CEA-852 authentication method. MD5 can be
used with the i.LON 600. In the following field MD5 secret enter the 16-byte MD5 secret.
Note that for security purposes the active MD5 secret is not displayed. You may enter the
16 bytes as one string or with spaces between each byte, e.g., 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88
99 AA BB CC DD EE FF.
Also note that entering the MD5 secret on the Web interface may pose a security risk. Since
the information is transmitted over the network it can be subject for eavesdroppers on the
line. It is recommended to use a cross-over cable.
In the field Location string the user can enter a descriptive test which identifies the
physical location of the L-DALI. A location string can have a maximum length of 255
characters. This is optional and for informational purposes only.
If the CEA-852 device on the L-DALI is used behind a NAT router, the public IP address of
the NAT router or firewall must be known. To automatically detect the NAT address leave
the Auto-NAT checkmark enabled.
The Multicast Address field allows the user to add the CEA-852 device of the L-DALI
into a multi-cast group for the CEA-852 IP channel. Enter the channel’s IP multi-cast
address here. Please contact your system administrator on how to obtain a valid multi-cast
address. To learn when it is beneficial to use multi-cast addresses in your channel please
refer to the L-IP User Manual [1].
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5.2.5 Global Connections Configuration
The CEA-852 device used for global connections (see Section 6.3.4) can be configured on
the Ethernet port. The global connections function is always enabled on the CEA-852
device. This is indicated by the checkbox Global Connections (CEA-852) on the Ethernet
tab of the port configuration page as shown in Figure 51. The settings are shared with the
CEA-709 over IP settings, if that protocol is enabled. Otherwise, the CEA-852 device is
configured on this tab as described in Section 5.2.4.
If the user does not want to share the CEA-709 over IP channel with his global connections,
the checkbox Use separate IP channel for global connections can be activated. In this
case, a separate CEA-852 device is configured on this tab as described in Section 5.2.4.
Note, that this CEA-852 device will need a different port number, e.g. 1630. In this case,
also a separate configuration server must be used.
Figure 51: Global Connections Configuration Page.
5.2.6 BACnet/IP Configuration (LDALI-20X only)
The BACnet/IP protocol is available on the Ethernet port. To enable BACnet/IP on the
device, select the BACnet/IP checkbox on the Ethernet tab of the port configuration page.
Please note that the BACnet MS/TP protocol will be disabled.
The BACnet/IP protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right-hand side as
shown in Figure 52. If the BACnet/IP network uses a non-default UDP port number other
than 47808/0xBAC0, enter this port in the BACnet/IP port field. Enter ‘0’ in this field for
switching back to the default setting.
Figure 52: BACnet/IP Configuration.
In the field BACnet/IP mode the operation mode of the device is selected:
Device (Default): In this mode the device operates as a regular BACnet/IP device on
the local network without other advanced features.
Foreign Device (FD): In this mode, the device registers at an existing BBMD in the
BACnet/IP network as a foreign device. It is used, if the device is located as a single
BACnet/IP device on a remote IP subnet or behind a NAT router. If operated as a
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foreign device behind a NAT router, port forwarding to the BACnet/IP port (UDP,
default port 0xBAC0) and optionally to the Web server and FTP server port (TCP,
default port 80 and 21) must be setup in the NAT router. If foreign device is selected,
the following, additional settings must be made:
o FD BBMD IP address and FD BBMD port: IP address and port of the
remote BBMD the device registers at as a foreign device.
o FD re-registration: A foreign device must periodically re-register at a
BBMD. Here you can setup the corresponding interval. The default is 1800
seconds.
o FD retry timeout and FD retries: Here you can specify the behavior, if
registration does not work instantly. These values should be left at default:
30000ms / 3 retries.
5.2.7 VNC Configuration
LOYTEC devices equipped with an LCD display also provide remote access over Ethernet
to the LCD display. The VNC protocol is used for this purpose and the device implements a
VNC server for exposing the display. The VNC server is by default disabled on the device.
On the PC a VNC client needs to be installed. Using the default settings, the VNC client
connects to port 5900 of the device. The password is ‘loytec4u’.
Figure 53: VNC Configuration.
The VNC server can be configured on the Ethernet tab of the port configuration. To turn
on the VNC server, enable the VNC for LCD UI checkbox. The VNC protocol settings are
displayed in the settings box on the right-hand side as shown in Figure 53. The VNC port
and VNC password can be changed. As a default, only one VNC client may connect. This
limit may be increased in Max VNC clients. In order to protect changes made on the LCD
UI over VNC with a PIN code, the Admin PIN code can be configured. To disable PIN
protection, enter ‘0000’.
5.2.8 CEA-709 Configuration (LDALI-10X only)
The CEA-709 protocol can be enabled/disabled as shown in Figure 54. The protocol
settings box on the right-hand side displays the current transceiver settings. Note, that
enabling the CEA-709 protocol will disable the CEA-852 protocol and vice versa.
Figure 54: CEA-709 Configuration Page.
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5.2.9 MS/TP Configuration (LDALI-ME204 only)
The BACnet MS/TP protocol can be enabled on the device’s port Port1. To enable it, click
the BACnet MS/TP radio button as shown in Figure 55. By default the BACnet MS/TP
port is disabled.
Figure 55: MS/TP Configuration.
The MS/TP protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right-hand side as
shown in Figure 55. Mandatory settings are the MS/TP node number and the MS/TP
baud rate. The MS/TP node number determines the physical address of the device on the
MS/TP channel and must be in the range from ‘0’ to the number configured with the
MS/TP max master configuration option. It must be unique within the MS/TP channel.
The Baud rate on the MS/TP channel can be set to 9600, 19200, and 38400 Baud.
Important: All masters on the MS/TP channel must have the same setting for MS/TP max master.
Decreasing the default value 127 of MS/TP max master may reduce latency on the
MS/TP bus.
It is strongly recommended to leave the MS/TP max info frames and the MS/TP max
master configuration options at their default settings. In any case the MS/TP max master
number must be high enough to include the highest MS/TP node number of all masters on
the channel. Slave devices may have a higher MS/TP node number than MS/TP max
master.
To operate with slow devices on the MS/TP network set the Network Timing option to
slow. This increases a number of timeouts, which is needed by some devices, but slows
down network communication. If communication problems occur in standard mode, try
setting the slow mode. For fine-tuning other parameters please refer to Section 9.2.
Note, that BACnet/IP will be disabled, when the MS/TP port is enabled.
5.2.10 E-Mail Configuration
The Web interface provides the e-mail configuration page to set up an e-mail account,
which is used to send e-mails. The content and time when e-mails are sent is configured
through the Configurator software (see Section 7.7.11). The e-mail configuration page is
shown in Figure 56.
In the field for the outgoing e-mail server, enter the SMTP server of your Internet provider.
Typically, the SMTP server port can be left at 25. In the field Source e-mail address, enter
the e-mail address of the L-DALI’s e-mail account. In the field Source e-mail sender name
enter a name that the e-mail will display as the source name. Note, that only ASCII
characters are allowed in the name. If replies shall be sent to another e-mail address, specify
this in the Reply e-mail address.
If the provider’s SMTP server requires authentication, enter the required user name and
password. Note, that username/password is supported as well as SSL/TLS authentication
(e.g., for using Hotmail, gmail, or Yahoo!). For older versions of secure connection check
the SMTPS check box.
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To verify the e-mail configuration, reboot the device to let the changes take effect and
return to the e-mail configuration page. Then press one of the Send Test E-Mail buttons.
Note, that a DNS server must be configured in the IP host settings (see Section 5.2.3) to
resolve the e-mail server host name. The Web UI displays a warning message at the top of
the page, if the DNS configuration is missing.
Figure 56: E-mail Configuration
5.2.11 System Configuration
The system configuration page is shown in Figure 57. This page allows configuring the
device’s system time. The time sync source can be set to auto, manual, NTP, or
LONMARK. In the auto mode, the device switches to the first external time source that is
discovered. Possible external time sources are NTP and LONMARK. The option manual
allows setting the time manually in the fields Local Time and Local Date. In manual
mode, the device does not switch to an external time source. Note, that if NTP is selected,
the NTP servers have to be configured on the IP-Host configuration page (see Section
5.2.3).
In order to use BACnet as the time source, a BACnet device (time master) must be
configured to distribute time synchronization. For doing so, the BACnet address of the
devices, which shall be synchronized, must be added to the device object of the BACnet
time master (see Section 8.3.2.7). The device synchronizes automatically as soon as it is
contacted by the BACnet time master.
The time zone offset must be defined independently of the time source. It is specified as the
offset to GMT in hours and minutes (e.g., Vienna/Austria is +01:00, New York/U.S.A. is
-06:00). For setting the daylight saving time (DST) pre-defined choices are offered for
Europe and U.S.A./Canada. DST can be switched off completely by choosing none or set
manually for other regions. In that case, start and end date of DST must be entered in the
fields below.
The next section on the page allows configuring the earth position of the L-DALI. This
setting defines the longitude, latitude and elevation of the device. The latitude and longitude
are entered as degrees, minutes, and seconds. The altitude (or elevation) is entered in meters
from sea level. This setting is used for an astronomical clock. For fixed locations such as a
building, the position can be entered on this page. For moving locations, this setting can be
updated over the network using the network variable nciEarthPos (see Section 8.2.1).
The CSV delimiter specifies what character is used as delimiter when downloading a CSV
file (e.g. trend log file) from the L-DALI.
In Remote Configuration it can be configured, whether a replaced device shall
automatically request its configuration from an LWEB-900 server. This remote
configuration request is sent only, if the device does not have a data point configuration.
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Figure 57: System Configuration Page
Enable the legacy mode if this is required by your network management tool (see Section
7.3.4, LDALI-10X only).
5.2.12 BACnet Configuration (LDALI-20X only)
Figure 58 shows the BACnet device configuration page. This configuration page allows
setting the Device ID, which is the instance part of the Object_Identifier property of the
BACnet Device object. The field Device name holds the name of the BACnet device object
(property Object_Name).
Important! The device ID and device name must be unique within the BACnet internetwork.
Further, the description and location can be configured. These configuration items
correspond to the properties Description, and Location respectively of the BACnet Device
object. For tuning BACnet application timing parameters, set APDU timeout, APDU
segment timeout, and APDU retry count. The timeout values are entered in seconds
allowing decimal notation, e.g. "7.5".
On the settings for BACnet/IP refer to Section 5.2.6. For configuring the MS/TP data link
refer to Section 5.2.9.
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Note: If this page displays the message “Device communication is disabled via BACnet
network!” the device has been externally disabled. Reboot the device to activate
communication again.
Figure 58: BACnet Device Configuration.
5.2.13 BACnet Recipients (LDALI-20X only)
BACnet notification class (NC) objects have a recipient list. Other BACnet devices, that
shall act as alarm recipients and receive alarm notifications need to be added to the recipient
list of the respective notification class. The Recipients tab of the BACnet Config menu can
be used to view currently subscribed recipients as shown in Figure 59. Recipient entries can
be modified and deleted from the list. It is also possible to add new recipients to the list with
the Add Recipient button. This way it is possible to integrate third-party devices as alarm
recipients without an OWS.
Figure 59: BACnet Recipients Configuration.
5.2.14 BACnet Time Master (LDALI-20X only)
The BACnet time master function relies on a list of time recipients. The Time Master tab
of the BACnet Config Web page (see Figure 60) allows adding and removing time
recipients of two classes: UTC time sync recipients, and time sync recipients (receiving
local time). The time sync interval can also be configured on this tab. See Section 8.3.2.7
for more information on the settings for time sync interval, interval offset and align
intervals.
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Figure 60: BACnet Time Master Configuration.
5.2.15 BACnet Restart Notifications (LDALI-20X only)
The device can be configured to send out a BACnet restart notification every time the
device is starting. The list of recipients for this notification can be configured on the
BACnet Restart Notifications tab. Click the Add button for adding a new line to the list.
Then choose the recipient type from the drop-down box; it can be etiher a device instance
number or a BACnet address. For broadcasting the restart notification, choose Addr and
type in an asterisk ‘*’ for a global broadcast or prefix it with a destination subnet, e.g. ’12:*’
as shown in Figure 61. Then click Save Settings to store the new recipient.
Figure 61: Broadcast BACnet restart notifications to a subnet.
5.2.16 BACnet ACL (Access Control List, LDALI-20X only)
The device provides a feature in BACnet/IP to filter packets from certain sources on the
BACnet/IP network. This feature is based on an access control list (ACL). An example of
the ACL configuration is shown in Figure 62.
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Figure 62: BACnet Access Control List (ACL).
The user can add and delete entries to the ACL. Each entry contains a source specification,
which consists of an IP address and an IP mask, and an action (allow or deny). For
specifying single hosts use the IP address and the mask '255.255.255.255'. For an address
range specify an appropriate mask. For example use '10.101.17.0' and the mask
'255.255.255.0' to specify all hosts with IP addresses '10.101.17.xxx'. To specify all IP
addresses use '0.0.0.0' and the mask '0.0.0.0'.
The ACL is evaluated from specific host entries down to wider ranges. When adding new
entries the ACL is automatically sorted, having the most precise definition at the top and the
most general one at the bottom. The default behavior is to allow packets from all IP
addresses. This is also the default entry in the ACL.
The example shown in Figure 62 specifies the following behavior for BACnet/IP:
1. Allow packets from the device 192.168.1.64
2. Otherwise allow packets from devices in the network 10.101.17.xxx
3. Otherwise deny packets from all (other) IP addresses. Note, that a "deny" overrules an
"allow".
5.2.17 Backup and Restore
A configuration backup of the L-DALI device can be downloaded via the Web interface.
Press the Backup/Restore link as shown in Figure 63 to start the download. The L-DALI
device assembles a single file including all required files. A file requestor dialog allows
specifying the location where the backup file shall be stored.
To restore the device settings, simply select a previously generated backup file in the
Restore Configuration section of the page by clicking the button next to the Filename
field. Then press the Restore button.
The backed up configuration data consists of:
Device settings (Passwords, IP settings, e-mail config, etc.),
Data point configuration and persistent values,
CEA-709 binding information,
AST settings,
Light and sunblind application parameters (incl. CLC Bindings),
DALI configuration,
Uploaded documentation and documentation links.
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Figure 63: Backup/Restore page.
5.2.18 Debug
Log messages can be activated for each LONMARK or BACnet Object present on the
L-DALI to allow analyzing the light and the sunblind applications (see Figure 64).
Figure 64: Setup Debug Mask.
The debug log allows recording all changes on inputs and outputs as well as all application
internal transitions in case a fieldbus object does not behave as expected. Debug logs are
stored in RAM. The messages logged are in most cases self-explanatory.
Further, LOYTEC support requires a debug log to be able to analyze any potential
problems. Therefore, such a log should be created before contacting LOYTEC support.
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To enable debugging on one or more objects, specify the desired object(s) by setting a filter
using the Type, Channel and Object Index drop down boxes. Then check the Log
Input/Log Output/Log State check boxes and click on the Save button.
To disable debugging select the object(s) by specifying a filter like when enabling
debugging, leave the checkboxes Log Input/Log Output/Log State unchecked and click
on the Save button.
5.2.19 Firmware
The firmware page allows upgrading the device’s firmware over the Web interface. It offers
two options:
Web Update: With Web update the device searches for the latest available firmware
Local file: Update the device from a local disk file. For doing so, choose a .dl file on
Figure 65: Debug Log.
on the LOYTEC server. Click on the refresh symbol, if no latest version is displayed.
Please note, that the device must have a DNS server configured to find the LOYTEC
server. Click on the Install button to upgrade your device.
you hard drive and then click on the Start Update button.
Figure 66: Firmware upgrade over the Web interface.
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5.2.20 Documentation
The Documentation page in the Config menu allows uploading documentation files or
configuring links to external documentation (e.g. Wiring plans, etc.). The documentation
configured on this page is accessible via the Documentation menu (see Section 5.6).
Figure 67: Upload and configure documentation.
To upload a documentation file click on the Choose File button. This opens a file dialog.
Chose the file to upload. Click on the Upload button to start the upload of the selected file.
After the upload is completed the file appears in the Documentation files section. Enter a
link text used to display the uploaded file on the Documentation page.
To add a documentation link, click on the symbol in the header row of the
Documentation links section. Enter the URL and the text used to display the link on the
Documentation page.
Links and files can be set active and inactive on the Documentation page by checking the
Enabled check box. Inactive entries are not displayed on the Documentation page. The
check box New window determines if the link or file is opened in a new browser tab. If
Show in browser is checked the browser will try to render the file in the browser, otherwise
it will try to download the file. To remove a link or file click on the symbol on the right
side of the row. To commit your changes click on the Save button.
5.3 Commission
The commissioning pages allow performing commissioning tasks.
5.3.1 BACnet (LDALI-20X only)
The commissioning Web UI allows assignment of physical devices to existing devices in the
data point configuration, that have been created with the commission later option. Under the
Commission menu choose the BACnet technology to open the BACnet commissioning
interface.
The Web page shows a list of all Devices in configuration. An example is shown in Figure
68. Each line represents a device and shows the device name, the device Instance and the
optional BACnet Address. The Static Binding checkbox defines, whether static device
binding is configured for this device and requires a BACnet address. The Status column
shows their current status. It can be one of the following:
OK: The device is configured for communication.
Offline: The device is configured for communication but appears offline.
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Uncommissioned: The device is not yet commissioned.
Disabled: The device is disabled.
Figure 68: BACnet commissioning Web interface.
In order to execute an action on devices, select the checkbox at the end of the respective
lines. Then choose an action in the drop-down Action on selected and click the Execute
button. Actions that can be executed on all devices are enable and disable. A disabled
device will stop communication on the network until it is enabled again.
Those devices created as commission later can be assigned to physical devices on the
network. The device description displayed beneath the device name can be edited, where
the edit symbol appears. The assignment can be done manually by editing the fields in the
Instance column and Address column (for static device binding). It can also be done by
executing a network scan. Edit the scan options as appropriate for your BACnet network
and click on Scan. The scan progress will be displayed and fill the list for Scanned devices
not in configuration. An example is shown in Figure 69.
Figure 69: Result of a BACnet scan on the Web interface
To assign a scanned device to an uncommissioned device in the configuration, select the
corresponding device name from the drop-down box in the Assignment column. Repeat
that for all other devices and then click the button Assign.
5.3.2 Constant Light Controller Bindings
To determine which sensors (occupancy & lux) are used as inputs to and which light groups
are controlled by a constant light controller instance go to the CLC Bindings page (see
Figure 70).
Again, selected the DALI channel by clicking on the different tabs at the top of the page
labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
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Click on the symbol to add an input or output. Use the drop down box to select a sensor
(input) or a light group (output). Click on symbol to remove an input or output.
Figure 70: CLC Bindings.
For each constant light controller one lux level sensor, but up to 16 occupancy sensor inputs
can be configured. Whenever at least one occupancy sensor reports occupancy the area
controlled by the controller instance is considered occupied.
Similar for each of the two light bands up to 16 DALI groups can be selected as outputs.
The primary light band is near the inside of the building, the secondary light band is near
the window front. Depending on the outdoor light intensity the primary light band has to be
brighter than the secondary light band to illuminate the room evenly.
On the LDALI-10X NV bindings can be used in parallel to the internal CLC bindings. The
binding status of the corresponding NV is displayed (NV bound/unbound). To enable
manual internal CLC bindings the automatic binding algorithm has to be disabled by
unchecking the Automatic internal binding checkbox. See Section 8.2.8.1 for details on
the automatic internal binding algorithm.
On the LDALI-20X the BACnet Write priority for the outputs (light bands) can be
configured. This priority will be used by the Constant Light Controller application to write
to the corresponding Analog Output object controlling the light group.
Once at least one output is configured the button Find sensors appears. Click on the button
to start a wizard, which automatically tries to find the DALI sensors belonging to the
configured light bands. The wizard will switch the light bands on and off. All sensors,
which change their lux level reading when switching lights on and off will be considered to
belong to the constant light controller instance. The wizard will chose one of the sensors as
lux sensor and will add all sensors as occupancy sensor.
Click on the name to jump to the data point configuration page of the fieldbus object
corresponding to the Constant Light Controller instance. Once saved the current lux and
occupancy sensor reading and the current light level output of the configured groups will be
displayed.
To calibrate a lux level sensor click on the Calibrate button next to it. This will open the
Sensor Calibration page as described in Section 5.3.4.6, with the sensor’s Constant Light
Controller instance selected.
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For further details on the functionality of the constant light controller applications see
sections 8.2.8 (LDALI-10X models) and 8.3.5 (LDALI-20X models).
5.3.3 DALI Groups
The DALI ballasts can be assigned to DALI groups as shown in Figure 71. Check the check
box to add ballasts to groups, uncheck it to remove a ballast from a group. Commit changes
by clicking on the Save button.
The lamp symbol shows whether the group is on or off . Clicking on it toggles the group
between override to on, override to off and automatic mode. In the Override row a dim
level override can be entered. Enter ‘--‘ to relinquish the override. In the Feedback row
below the current average dim value (0%-100%) of the group is shown.
Click on the name to jump to the data point configuration page of the fieldbus object
corresponding to the group. The name can be changed by editing the nciLocation
(LONMARK) or Object_Name (BACnet) property.
Figure 71: DALI Group Configuration.
5.3.4 DALI Installation
Figure 72 shows the initial DALI configuration page. If the device offers multiple DALI
channels, the channel can be selected by clicking on the different tabs at the top of the page
labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
If there is a problem with the DALI bus power on the selected channel, “Bus supply failed”
will be displayed in the upper right corner of the tab.
The page is separated in three sections:
1. Devices in Database: Lists all devices on the DALI channel which were already
commissioned.
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2. Scanned Devices not in Database: Lists the uncommissioned DALI devices found
during the last DALI scan.
3. Unassigned Devices: Lists the devices set up using the LINX Configurator PC
software during an (optional) off-line preparation (see Section 7.5.1.2), which were not
yet assigned to a physical DALI device.
5.3.4.1 Installing DALI devices
To install DALI devices press the Scan button. The L-DALI scans the DALI channel and
lists the detected devices under Scanned Devices not in Database in the middle of the page
(see Figure 73). In case an error occurs see Section 11.4 for a description of the error codes
and possible reasons.
Figure 72: DALI Installation: Initial View
Figure 73: DALI Installation: Scan
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The scanned DALI devices have to be assigned to LONMARK or BACnet objects
respectively. This can be done by one of the following ways:
Auto Assign: Press the button Auto Assign to assign the scanned lamps, sensors
and buttons randomly to LONMARK or BACnet objects.
Manual Assign: For each detected DALI lamp/sensor/button a drop-down list of
available objects is displayed. Select an object and press the button Save
Assignment. To identify a DALI device press the Wink button. The duration for
how long a device winks can be configured.
Assignment Wizard: If the DALI devices have been set up during the off-line
preparation steps of the L-DALI configuration, a search wizard can be used to
locate and assign the DALI devices to the pre-configured objects in a convenient
way (see Section 5.3.4.2).
If a DALI device type (e.g. emergency lighting) has been configured during the off-line
preparation steps of the L-DALI configuration, this device type must match the device type
of the assigned device. In case of Manual Assign, the drop-down list will only offer
devices with matching device type.
Depending on the DALI devices type, devices can be identified by one or more of the
following ways:
Wink: Devices providing some means of visual feedback can be winked. Clicking
on the Wink button will trigger this visual feedback. DALI ballasts are typically
switched on and off for the wink process. DALI sensors and DALI emergency
lights usually come with a status LED which starts blinking when the device gets
winked. The duration of the wink process can be configured in the field Wink
Duration in the upper left corner of the DALI Installation page. Once a new wink
is triggered any other active wink is terminated. That is, only one device will wink
at a time.
Physical selection: Devices which can be physically selected can be identified by
selection. A DALI button can be selected by pressing one of the buttons, an
occupancy sensor can be selected by triggering occupancy. The last unassigned
DALI button which was pressed is marked by a symbol, the last unassigned
DALI sensor which detected occupancy is marked by a symbol.
Figure 74: Sensor: Physical selection by occupancy.
If a single physical device is listed in different device type sections, because its
different functions are represented as different device types (e.g. the LDALI-MS1
is listed as sensor and its IR receiver is listed as LDALI-MS1 IRT in the button
section) all sub-devices are marked in case of physical selection.
Serial number: Most DALI devices come equipped with a serial number.
Specifically for sensors and buttons the serial number is a convenient way to
identify the device. For devices, which do not allow physical selection and cannot
provide visual feedback (e.g. DALI temperature sensors or relay modules) the
serial number might even be the only way to identify the device. Therefore, it is
highly recommended to document the serial number of a device – if known –
when the device is physically installed together with the location of the installed
device. For this purpose all LOYTEC DALI devices come with an additional
sticker showing the serial number of the device in text and as a bar-code. This
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sticker can be attached to a plan or list as part of the installation process to mark
the devices location in a convenient way.
Figure 75: DALI Installation: Device Assignment
After the devices have been assigned they are listed under Devices in Database in the upper
half of the Web interface (see Figure 75). The table displays the following information:
Name: This column displays the name of the DALI device. Click on the name to
jump to the data point configuration page of the corresponding fieldbus object.
The name can be changed by editing the nciLocation (LONMARK) or
Object_Name (BACnet) property.
Type: Displays the type of the DALI device.
Nominal Power: Displays the nominal power for DALI lamps. Some DALI
ballasts report their nominal power. For DALI ballasts which do not support this
feature the nominal power can be configured by the configuration property
nciNominalPwr (LONMARK) or Nominal_Power (BACnet) of the corresponding
fieldbus object.
Status: This column displays the status of the DALI device and the current value.
In addition the battery charge is displayed for self-contained emergency lights
providing this information.
Short Address: DALI short address which was assigned to the device by the
L-DALI.
Serial Number: This column displays the serial number of the DALI device if
available. Not all DALI devices have a serial number.
Buttons: Each DALI device providing some means of visual feedback can be
winked. The wink duration can be configured. DALI lamps can be switched
on/off manually. DALI light sensors can be calibrated (see Section 5.3.4.6). If
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supported by the DALI button its functions can be configured (see Section
5.3.4.7).
5.3.4.2 DALI Device Search Wizard
If the DALI devices have been assigned a name using the LINX Configurator PC software
during the (optional) off-line preparation (see Section 7.5.1.2) and this configuration has
been downloaded to the L-DALI a search wizard is available to assign physical DALI
devices to the corresponding objects and therefore the prepared configuration:
1. Create a DALI configuration offline using the LINX Configurator software.
Preconfigured DALI devices must be named to allow correct assignment once online.
2. Connect to the L-DALI and download the configuration (DALI configuration and
Parameters).
3. Perform a network scan. In our example the result will look like in Figure 76.
Figure 76: Scan results with unassigned devices.
4. Select the devices or device types to be identified and assigned by the search wizard by
checking the check boxes on the left side of the list of unassigned devices. All devices
which can provide visual feedback can be selected. And press the Search button on top
of the list. Alternatively the wizard can be started for a single device by pressing the
Search button in the devices row.
5. This starts a binary search to identify the ballast(s). A dialog as shown in Figure 77
appears.
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Figure 77: DALI Search Wizard.
6. Go to the luminaire/device, check whether the light is on or off and answer the question
accordingly. The process is repeated until the device could be identified.
7. A dialog as shown in Figure 78 is displayed. Then the wizard continues with the next
device in the list of devices to be identified.
8. Once all DALI devices are identified press the Save button complete the assignment
and commission the DALI devices.
For the identification during the search process DALI ballasts are switched on and off, all
other devices (e.g. sensors) are winked.
5.3.4.3 Reset a DALI network
In case of a misconfigured DALI network, the Reset button can be used to reset the DALI
configuration of all DALI devices in the network including their short address assignment.
Note that if the DALI network is reset, all DALI related configuration data is lost.
5.3.4.4 Manage Devices
The devices listed under Devices in Database can be managed by checking the box at the
right of the devices row. Then the desired function must be selected with the drop down box
Action on Selected. Finally the Execute button must be pressed to perform the function.
The following management functions are supported:
Figure 78: DALI Search Wizard: Device found.
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Delete: Delete the selected device(s) from the data base. This clears the
assignment to a LONMARK/BACnet object, the group assignment, and the device
name. Further, it resets the DALI device to factory defaults.
Unassign: Clear the assignment to a LONMARK/BACNET object, but keep the
group assignment and the device name.
Wink: Wink the selected devices.
On: Switch the selected devices on (applies only to lamps).
Off: Switch the selected devices off (applies only to lamps).
Reset Run Hours: Reset the run hours of the selected lamps (applies only to
lamps).
Reset Energy Count: Reset the run hours of the selected lamps (applies only to
lamps).
Start Burn-In: Start the burn-in mode. Some lamps require a burn-in time during
which they must not be dimmed. The burn-in time is defined by the configuration
property nciBurnInTime (LONMARK) or Burn_In_Time (BACnet) of the
corresponding channel fieldbus object. During this time the lamps will only be
switched to on (100%) or off (0%) but not dimmed. The remaining burn-in time is
displayed in the status column (see Figure 79 for an example).
Abort Burn-In: Abort burn-in mode.
Emergency Light: Configure Test: Configure auto-test calendar of self-
contained emergency lights. See Section for 5.3.4.7 details.
Emergency Light: Start Function Test: Start function test of self-contained
emergency lights supporting this function. Please refer to the documentation of
the ballast vendor to determine whether the ballast supports execution of a
function test. Whether the function test is executed, pending or failed is shown in
the status of the selected devices. A test is pending if its execution is delayed as
the current state does not permit the execution of the test (e.g. battery not fully
charged, other test being performed, etc.). Test results will be stored in the
appropriate emergency light test log (see Section 8.1.4).
Figure 79: DALI Lamps in Burn-In Mode
Emergency Light: Stop Function Test: Abort any function test currently
executed or pending.
Emergency Light: Start Duration Test: Start duration test of self-contained
emergency lights supporting this function. Please refer to the documentation of
the ballast vendor to determine whether the ballast supports execution of a
duration test. Whether the duration test is executed, pending or failed is shown in
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the status of the selected devices. A test is pending if its execution is delayed as
the current state does not permit the execution of the test (e.g. battery not fully
charged, other test being performed, etc.). Test results will be stored in the
appropriate emergency light test log (see Section 8.1.4).
Emergency Light: Stop Duration Test: Abort any duration test currently
executed or pending.
5.3.4.5 Replace a DALI device
If one or more broken DALI device must be replaced, the following steps must be
performed:
1. Install the new device.
2. Press the Scan button to detect the newly installed and unconfigured device.
3. After the scan, the DALI configuration page should look similar to Figure 80. The
broken device should be marked “Offline” in the Status field and the new device should
be listed in the Scanned Devices not in Database section. Select the defective device
in the drop-down list and press the Save Assignment button.
Figure 80: Replacing a defective DALI device
5.3.4.6 Sensor Calibration
To calibrate a light sensor press the Calibrate button on the DALI Installation page. The
DALI sensor calibration page is shown in Figure 81. The L-DALI device allows calibrating
the light sensor under up to seven different light conditions to counter any non-linearity of
the sensor.
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Figure 81: Sensor Calibration
To calibrate the sensor perform the following steps:
1. Measure the current lux level at the reference area (e.g. desk) using a luxmeter.
2. Optionally, the rooms light level can be adjusted. Select the appropriate DALI group or
Constant Light Controller instance located in the vicinity of the sensor in the Dim
lights drop down box. Then enter a desired dim level in the Level input field and press
the Set button. To resume normal operation press the Auto button.
3. Enter the measured lux level in the input field and select an unused index.
4. Press the Calibrate button.
5. To get the more accurate sensor reading, perform steps 1. – 3. With different light
conditions.
Note: It is recommended to calibrate the sensor at least near the desired lux setpoint!
If the sensor installation scenario is similar for multiple sensors, the calibration information
can be applied to other sensor instances by selecting them in the box below the button Copy
to selected and clicking the button. Similar the calibration information can be exported and
imported by using the buttons Import and Export to transfer the data to other L-DALI
devices.
To reset the calibration table press the Clear Gain Table button.
5.3.4.7 Button Configuration
If supported by the DALI button the function to be performed, when a button is pressed can
be configured. On the DALI Installation page click on the Configure button next to the
button device that is to be configured. The dialog shown in Figure 82 appears.
For DALI push-button coupler devices the Mode drop down box allows to select whether a
switch or a push button is connected to the button input. The Function drop down box
allows selecting the function to be performed when the button is pressed. See Table 11 for a
list of available function. If the function is used to control light, the Destination column
allows selecting the DALI group or channel to be controlled. If the function requires
additional arguments (e.g. dim values or scene numbers) they are configured in the columns
Argument 1 and Argument 2.
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Figure 82: Configure DALI button functions.
If multiple buttons require identical or similar configuration those buttons can be selected in
the Apply settings to selection box. Click on Save to write the configuration to the button
device.
If DALI buttons are used with Constant Light Controller applications to allow manual and
automatic operation please see Section 8.2.8.9 (LONMARK) and 8.3.5.8 (BACnet) on how
DALI buttons can interact with the Constant Light Controller application.
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Function
Description
Disabled
No action
Generic
Button input status will be reflected by the assigned LONMARK
network variable (see Section 8.2.11) or BACnet object if
available (see Section 8.3.6).
On (maximum)
Switch on (recall maximum).
On (last value)
Switch on to last known value.
Note: Requires storing value when switching off.
Off
Switch off.
Off (store value)
Store last value and switch off.
On/Off
Toggle between on and off whenever button is pressed or
switch is changed depending on current status (changeover
switch). Switch light on when it is off and switch light off
when it is on.
Up
Dim up while button is pressed. The dim speed is determined
by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate
(BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
Down
Dim up while button is pressed. The dim speed is determined
by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate
(BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
Up/Down
Toggle between dimming up and down whenever button is
pressed. Dim as long as button is kept pressed. The dim speed
is determined by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and
Ramp_Rate (BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
On/Up
Switch on (recall maximum) if button is pressed shortly, dim
up when button kept pressed. The dim speed is determined by
the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate
(BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
On (last value)/Up
Switch on to last known value if button is pressed shortly, dim
up when button kept pressed. The dim speed is determined by
the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate
(BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
Off/Down
Switch off value if button is pressed shortly, dim down when
button kept pressed. The dim speed is determined by the
parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate (BACnet)
of the affected ballasts.
Off (store value/Down)
Store last value and switch off if button is pressed shortly, dim
down when button kept pressed. The dim speed is determined
by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and Ramp_Rate
(BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
On/Off and Up/Down
Toggle between on and off whenever button is pressed shortly
depending on current status (changeover switch). Toggle
between dimming up and down whenever button is pressed
longer. Dim as long as button is kept pressed. The dim speed is
determined by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and
Ramp_Rate (BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
On (last value)/Off and
Up/Down
Toggle between switching on to last value and off (including
storing the last value) whenever button is pressed shortly
depending on current status (changeover switch). Toggle
between dimming up and down whenever button is pressed
longer. Dim as long as button is kept pressed. The dim speed is
determined by the parameter nciFadeRate (LONMARK) and
Ramp_Rate (BACnet) of the affected ballasts.
Dim to
Dim to the value entered as argument 1.
Dim to (toggle)
Toggle between dim value entered as argument 1 and dim
value entered as argument 2 whenever button is pressed or
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Function
Description
switch is changed.
Recall scene
Recall the scene configured with argument 1.
Recall scene (toggle)
Toggle between recalling scene configured with argument 1
and scene configured with argument 2 whenever button is
pressed or switch is changed.
Colour warmer
Ramp up colour temperature as long as button is pressed.
Note: Requires ballasts of type colour control (device type 8)
supporting the colour type colour temperature.
Colour cooler
Ramp down colour temperature as long as button is pressed.
Note: Requires ballasts of type colour control (device type 8)
supporting the colour type colour temperature.
Table 11: DALI button functions
5.3.4.8 Emergency Light Auto-Test Configuration
To configure the test calendar for the automatic function and duration tests of self-contained
emergency lights supporting this function check the box at the right of the devices row of
the DALI Installation page, choose Emergency Light: Configure Test from the Action on
Selected drop-down box and click on the Execute button. Now the L-DALI will read the
currently configured test calendar from the selected devices. When done it will show a page
similar to the one shown in Figure 83.
For both tests – function and duration test – a test interval in days and the time and date of
the next execution of the test can be specified. Click Save to store the new values in the
devices selected by the check box at the right of the devices row.
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Note: The resolution of the duration test interval is 7 days, the resolution of the delay to the next
test execution is 15 minutes. In both cases the value entered will be rounded to the next
appropriate value. Further, the time and date of the next test execution is calculated based
on the system time and time zone of the L-DALI as configured in the System Configuration
(see Section 5.2.11).
Test results will be stored in the appropriate emergency light test log (see Section 8.1.4).
5.3.4.9 Changing the DALI Short Address of Devices
If required, the short address of a DALI device can be changed once it is assigned:
1. Click on the pencil, which appears next to the devices short address when moving the
mouse over it.
2. Enter a valid short address in the text field that appears and press ENTER. A valid
short address is in the range 0 to 63 and must be unique within one DALI channel.
Changing the short address has no effect to the assignment of the device in the L-DALI or
any other function performed by the L-DALI.
5.3.4.10 Mains-Off Handling
When all ballasts on a channel are off the L-DALI allows switching off the ballast mains.
This function allows saving the standby energy consumed by the ballasts. The drop down
box Mains-Off handling and the parameters Mains-On delay and Mains-Off delay allow
configuring this function. For further details see Section 8.4.7.
5.3.4.11 Enable/Disable Internal DALI Bus Power Supply
L-DALI devices with internal DALI bus power supply show the status of the internal DALI
bus power supply in the drop-down box DALI Power (see Figure 72). If supported by the
device the internal DALI bus power supply can be enabled using the drop-down selection.
Changes take effect when pressing the Save button to the right of the drop down box.
5.3.4.12 Maintenance
For maintenance purposes several functions of the DALI Installation web-UI page are
available for the user “operator” as well. These functions are:
Replacing a broken DALI device (including scan).
Reset Run Hours/Energy count.
Start/stop burn in
All Emergency Light functions.
All other functions are not available when logged in as “operator” user.
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5.3.5 DALI Scene
Figure 84 shows the DALI scene page. It allows the manual configuration of DALI scenes.
If the device offers multiple DALI channels, the channel can be selected by clicking on the
different tabs at the top of the page labeled Channel 1, Channel 2, etc.
Figure 84: DALI Scene configuration.
Each DALI ballast allows to store up to 15 scenes1. For each scene a name can be
configured. Click on the scene name to edit it. For each ballast a different dim level can be
configured for each of its scenes. If recalling the scene shall not affect the ballast’s dim
level set the value to ‘--‘.
For ballasts supporting colour control (DALI device type 8) the scene can include colour
information, too. Depending on the colour type(s) supported the colour information is
configured as follows:
Colour Temperature only: For devices supporting Colour Temperature only two
values can be entered for each scene. The upper value is the dim level, the lower value
is the colour temperature for the scene.
XY Coordinates: For devices supporting XY Coordinates a colour picker dialog as
shown in Figure 85 appears when clicking on the lower value. Either manually enter the
x and y coordinate of the scene colour within CIE 1931 colour space or pick the colour
by clicking in the colour diagram on the left side of the dialog. When the check box
Live preview is checked the ballast will dim to the selected colour whenever a new
value is selected. The last six colour values used are shown in the history below the
colour diagram for quick reference. If the ballast supports XY Coordinates and Colour
Temperature the colour temperature value can be entered as alternative to the colour
coordinates.
DALI ballasts support up to 16 scenes. Scene 15 is used by the L-DALI controller and the
LOYTEC DALI buttons to store the last dim value when switching off and therefore is not
available.
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RGBWAF and primary-N colour types are currently not supported.
Figure 85: Scene colour selection for devices supporting colour type XY Coordinates.
In all cases the enter ‘--‘ in the upper value if the dim level shall not be affected when the
scene is recalled and enter ‘--‘ in the lower value if the colour shall not change when the
scene is recalled.
Scenes are stored for each ballast, but are typically recalled for a group. To show only the
ballasts belonging to a certain group select the group in the Filter drop down box on the top
of the page.
To test a scene configuration before saving it click on the symbol. This will dim the
ballasts selected by the current filter to the values configured for the scene.
Scenes can be recalled using DALI buttons or by the L-DALI controller (see 8.2.5.1 and
8.3.3.1).
5.4 Data Management
5.4.1 Data Points
The device’s Web interface provides a data point page, which lists all configured data
points on the device. An example is shown in Figure 86. The data point page contains a tree
view. Clicking on a particular tree item fills the right part of the page with a data point list
of that tree level. A breadcrumb navigation header allows navigating back to an arbitrary
level in the tree.
The data point list displays the data point name, direction, type, data point state, current
value, and a description. All values are updated live. Inactive points are displayed in gray. If
the data point list does not fit on one page, there are page enumerator links at the bottom.
Important data point states and their implications are listed in Table 12. Values can be
directly edited in the list where the pencil symbol appears. Data point structures can be
expanded or collapsed for better overview.
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Data Point Status
Description
normal
The data point is in normal operation state and possesses a value.
Invalid value
The data point has no valid value.
normal (config)
The data point has a normal value but it is not fully configured
on the network (not commissioned, no binding, no client
mapping, etc.)
offline
The data point has a value but it is not reflected on the network
due to a communication error (e.g., the peer node is not online).
unreliable
(offline)
The data point is in normal operation. The value of it, however,
is qualified as unreliable because a connected data point is
offline. For an output data point it means that the value was fed
from a connection, where the source is offline. For an input data
point it means that the connected output data point could not
send the value to the network.
unreliable (range)
The data point is in normal operation. The value of it, however,
is qualified unreliable because the value is an out-of-range value
for the connected data point. The value is limited to the
supported range.
unreliable
The data point is in normal operation. The value of the data point
or a connected data point has been tagged as unreliable over the
network. This is the case when the BACnet reliability has been
written.
not configured
The data point is mapped to a port, which is not configured (e.g.,
the port is disabled).
inactive
The data point is inactive and the line is grayed-out. Values can
be written but no network communication is triggered. This can
be the case, if a data point is not used in the configuration or it is
connected to a BACnet server object, which is not present on the
device.
Figure 86: Data point page.
The data point names are links. Clicking on such a link opens a detailed page on that data
point. If the data point supports it, the user can also enter a new data point value as depicted
in Figure 87. The Status field is discussed in Table 12. The field Status Description
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contains a describing text for the data point status. The Native Info field displays detailed
information on the underlying technology object.
Figure 87: Data point details page.
Clicking on the Set button writes the new value to the device’s data server. When setting a
value, the Web page displays the status of the action:
5.4.2 Trend
Successfully set value: The new value has been successfully set in the data point and
the update has been sent on the network, if it is a network data point.
Could not send value update: The new value has been set but it has not been sent out
on the network. The reason can be that the peer node is currently offline or there is a
configuration error. The data point status reflects this error.
Could not set value (error code): The new value has not been set because of an
internal error. Please contact LOYTEC with the error code.
The Web interface provides a trend log overview page to see all available trend logs and
their current state (active, first available date/time, last date/time, number of records). An
example is shown in Figure 88. This list allows a convenient upload of single trend data in
CSV format by clicking on the respective icons. To upload an archive of all trend data click
on the all link in the Download column heading. It is also possible to purge single or all
trend logs directly from that list.
Figure 88: Trend log overview on Web UI.
Click on a trend log and re-configure local trend logs at run-time. The changes made to the
trend logs take effect immediately without the needs for a reboot of the device. Allocating
new trend logs can only be done in the configuration software (see Section 7.13.1) or in
case of the BACnet version using a BACnet Operator Workstation. The trend log main page
displays all available trend logs. Click on the trend log to be edited. This opens the trend log
configuration page. An example is shown in Figure 89.
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Figure 89: Trend log configuration page.
The user can change the Trend Mode, the Fill Mode, the Log Interval and the Fill Level
Notification. Furthermore, data points can be added to the trend log by clicking the Add…
button. A data point selector dialog opens. Click on a data point for adding it. For removing
a data point from the trend log, click on it in the Logged Data Points list and hit the
Remove button. Save the changes made by clicking the Save button. For more information
on how a trend log can be configured please refer to the Configurator Section 7.13.2.
Figure 90: Web UI trend chart preview
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To look at the historical trend data in a chart view select the Preview tab as shown in Figure
90. Trend logs with multiple data points are shown with multiple color-coded curves. A
legend at the bottom of the page identifies the trended data points. Moving the mouse over
the trend chart shows a data curser displaying time stamp and actual value.
Using the chart slider below the trend chart, one can zoom in and out in time as well as shift
the time axis. Click into the slider and drag the mouse while keeping the button pressed in
order to span a sub-interval, which is displayed in the chart view. Alternatively, select one
of the pre-defined sub-intervals (week, day, etc.) and drag the sub-interval along the time
axis.
Data points can be deselected in the legend at the bottom of the window. This hides the
respective curves in the chart view and may improve visibility for certain detail. Enable the
data points again and the curves will re-appear.
5.4.3 Scheduler
The Web interface provides the scheduler page to edit its schedules at run-time, i.e., change
the times and values that shall be scheduled. Setting up new schedules (configuring
scheduled datapoints etc.) can be done in the configuration software (see Section 7.10) or in
case of the BACnet version using a BACnet Operator Workstation. The scheduler main
page displays all available schedules. Click on the schedule to be edited. This opens the
scheduler page. An example is shown in Figure 91.
Figure 91: Schedule Configuration Page.
The effective period defines when this schedule shall be in effect. Leave From and To at
‘*.*.*’ to make this schedule always in-effect. Otherwise select the desired start and/or end
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dates by clicking the calendar icons. To entirely disable a scheduler de-select the Enable
Schedule check box.
Schedules are defined per day. On the left-hand side, the weekdays Monday through
Sunday can be selected, or exception days from the calendar, e.g., Holidays. Once a day is
selected, the times and values can be defined in the daily planner on the right-hand side. In
the example shown in Figure 91, on Monday the value OC_OCCUPIED is scheduled at
7:00am and the value OC_UNOCCUPIED is scheduled at 6:00pm. The same principle
applies to exception days. Exception days override the settings of the normal weekday. Put
a check mark on those exception days from the calendar, which shall be used in the
schedule. To edit the date ranges of exception days click on the links to the used calendars,
e.g., ‘Calendar’ or ‘Schedule_nviOccSensor’. The ‘Schedule_nviOccSensor’ is a calendar,
which is embedded into the schedule and not accessible by other schedulers. For more
information on how to set up schedules and calendars refer to Section 7.10.
Figure 92: Scheduled Presets Configuration Page.
To define actual values for the names such as OC_OCCUPIED click on the tab Presets as
shown in Figure 92. To define a new value, click on the button Add Preset. This adds a
new column. Enter a new preset name. Then enter values for the data points in the preset
column. The Data Point Description column displays the short-hand name defined in the
configuration software. Click on this description to change it on the Web interface.
You can switch back and forth between the two tabs. Once the configuration is complete,
click on the Save button. This updates the schedule in the device. Any changes made
become effective immediately.
Note: Clicking Save may remove any presets which are currently not used in any of the daily
schedules. This happens for example in native BACnet schedules, where the underlying
network technology cannot store presets individually. Therefore always complete the daily
schedules first and then press save as the last step.
For local schedulers using the CEA-709 network technology the Web UI also allows
reconfiguring the scheduled data points. This change takes effect immediately without a
reboot of the device. To add and remove data points to the scheduler, go to the Data Points
tab. The configuration page is depicted in Figure 93. To add a new data point, click the
Add… button. To remove a data point, select the data point in the list Scheduled Data
Points by clicking on it and then press the Remove button. Finally, store the changes by
clicking the Save button. After modifying the scheduled data points, go back to the Presets
tab and enter descriptive value label names. For more information on how to configure a
scheduler please refer to the Configurator Section 7.11.3.
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Figure 93: Re-configure scheduled data points on the Web UI.
5.4.4 Calendar
The Web interface provides the calendar page to edit its calendars at run-time, i.e. change
the exception days. The calendar main page displays all available calendars. Click on the
calendar to be edited. This opens the calendar configuration page. An example is shown in
Figure 94.
The effective period defines when this calendar shall be in effect. Leave From and To at
‘*.*.*’ to make this calendar always in-effect. Otherwise enter dates, such as ’30.1.2000’.
Figure 94: Calendar Configuration Page.
On the remainder of this page, work from left to right. Click on a calendar pattern or create
a new calendar pattern by clicking Add new entry. A calendar pattern defines a set of
pattern entries, which defines the actual dates or date ranges. In the example in Figure 94,
the calendar pattern holidays is selected.
In the Pattern Configuration box, the calendar pattern’s name can be edited if supported
by the underlying network technology. Otherwise, an auto-generated name will be assigned
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and the pattern name box is not shown. Below the pattern name is a list of the individual
pattern entries. New entries can be added by clicking Add new entry.
Note: Embedded calendar patterns can only have exactly one entry to define the dates at which
the pattern should be in effect. Only calendar patterns in global calendars may consist of
multiple entries.
Existing entries can be selected and edited in the box on the right-hand side. In the example
in Figure 94, the date 14.7.* is selected, which means “The 14.7. of every year”. Other entry
types such as Date Range and Week-and-Day can be selected. See Section 6.4.3 for more
information about defining exception dates.
5.4.5 Alarm
The Web interface provides the alarm page to view the currently pending alarms of its alarm
data points. The alarm main page displays all available alarm data points. Alarm objects
which have active alarms are displayed in red. Click on the alarm object to be viewed. This
opens the alarm summary page. An example is shown in Figure 95.
Active alarms are highlighted red. Inactive alarms which have not been acknowledged are
rendered in green. Alarms that can be acknowledged have an Ack button. Press on the Ack
button to acknowledge the alarm. Depending on the technology, this and older alarm
records will be acknowledged. Acknowledged, active alarms are rendered in red. Click on
Reload to refresh your alarm list.
Inactive alarms that have been acknowledged disappear from the list. To record historical
information about those alarms, the alarm log must be used. See Section 5.5.14 for the
alarm log Web interface.
5.5 Device Statistics
Figure 95: Alarm Summary Page.
The device statistics pages provide advanced statistics information about the CEA-709
device, the CEA-852 device, the BACnet device, the System Log, the scheduler, the Alarm
Log and the Ethernet interface.
5.5.1 System Log
The System Log page prints all messages stored in the system log of the device. An
example is shown in Figure 96. This log data is important for trouble-shooting. It contains
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log entries for reboots and abnormal operating conditions. Errors and warnings are colorcoded in red and yellow. The default log direction is newest entries on top. The direction
can be edited by clicking on the arrow in the column header.
To save the log click on the Save System Log button. When contacting LOYTEC support,
have a copy of this log ready.
Figure 96: System Log Page.
5.5.2 BACnet Bindings Statistics (LDALI-20X only)
The BACnet bindings statistics page displays a list of all currently active address bindings.
This list can be used for troubleshooting to see, which BACnet device instance numbers
could be resolved and to what BACnet network number and MAC address. See Figure 97
for an example list. In this case the device instance 224220 has been resolved to the local
network and MAC address 192.168.24.220:BAC0.
Figure 97: BACnet bindings statistics page.
5.5.3 BACnet MS/TP Statistics (LDALI-ME204 only)
The BACnet MS/TP statistics page is only available, when the MS/TP data link layer is
enabled (see Section 5.2.9) and supported by the L-DALI model. The three statistics items
displayed are: Device Statistics, Bus History, and Token History.
The MS/TP Device Statistics (see Figure 98) is split into three major columns, MS/TP
State/RX, TX Port, and RX Port. The MS/TP State/RX column contains information
related to the status of the MS/TP machine as well as packets received and processed by the
MS/TP state machine. The TX Port column counts packets sent by the device according to
their types, and the RX Port column tracks packets and errors seen by the MS/TP receive
state machine.
The most prominent information in the MS/TP State/RX column is the status entry which
describes the current status of the MS/TP token as perceived by the device. In status Token
Ok, the token is circulating between the masters. This is the normal state, when multiple
masters are on the MS/TP network. The status Sole Master is the normal state when the
device is the only master on the network. If there are multiple masters on the network, token
passing has been interrupted and this state is a hint to a broken cable. In state Token Lost,
the token is currently not circulating.
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While status reflects the current state the device is in, the lost tokens counter is more
indicative for communication problems on the MS/TP network. If it increases, there are
cabling, ground, or termination issues.
Note, that the RX Port column monitors all packets seen on bus, not only those addressed
to the device. Statistics related to received packets that are addressed to the device are
tracked in the MS/TP State/RX column.
Figure 98: BACnet MS/TP Device Statistics.
The MS/TP Bus History (see Figure 99) presents information related to the MS/TP bus as a whole
over the last minute, split into 10 second time slices.
The convenient health indicator, a percentage in the range 0 – 100%, gives an overall
impression of the communication quality on the bus: The higher the percentage, the better
the MS/TP communication between devices on the bus. Reasons for health to be low are:
Superfluous PollForMaster requests (because MS/TP node addresses in use contain
gaps or Max_Master of the node with the largest node address is not set to the same
value as the node’s address),
token losses,
reply timeouts,
slow token passing.
The load percentage simply displays how much of the available bandwidth is used for data.
Note, however, that actual application data is only a subset of the amount of data taken into
account here.
Statistics reflecting the average ability of devices to initiate communication are roundtrip
and token/dev/sec. They give an impression on how long the token requires to circulate
once (in milliseconds), and how often a device on the bus receives the token per second.
Other counters of interest are: tk passes (the number of times the token was passed),
tk misses (the number of times the receiver of a token did not continue passing the token),
tk retry (the number of times passing of token was retried), postponed (the number of
ReplyPostPostponed packets seen), pfm (the number of PollForMaster packets seen),
data pkt, data pkt rx, data pkt tx (the number of data packets seen, the number of data
packets received and transmitted by the device), data, data rx, data tx (the amount of data
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seen, the amount of data received and transmitted by the device), token rx (the number of
tokens received by the device).
Figure 99: BACnet MS/TP Bus History.
The MS/TP Token History (see Figure 100) shows the most recent token passes on the
bus. The syntax used is simple: ‘40<15’ means that the node with address ‘0x15’ has
passed the token to the node with address ‘0x40’.
Figure 100: BACnet MS/TP Token History.
If token losses or token sending retries have been recorded, these are marked by substituting
‘.’ for ‘<’. For example, ‘40<15.40<15’ either means that ‘0x15’ retried sending the
token to ‘0x40’, or that passing the token to ‘0x40’ failed and ‘0x15’ created a new token
and sent it to ‘0x40’.
Transitions to or from sole master mode can be spotted by looking out for ‘XX’, e.g.,
‘XX<15’ means that after ‘0x15’ received the token, the device entered sole master mode.
Finally, based on the recorded token passes, the MS/TP Token History also lists the node
addresses of MS/TP masters detected on the bus.
5.5.4 CEA-709 Statistics (LDALI-10X only)
The CEA-709 statistics page displays statistics data of the CEA-709 nodes. Each DALI
channel corresponds to a separated CEA-709 node. If the device supports multiple DALI
channels it is possible to switch between the CEA-709 nodes using the tabs on the top (see
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