Bulk Creation of Application Data for DALI 2 Gateway

You can quickly create the required C-Bus application items for the project based on the current configuration of the Error Reporting category in a C-Bus DALI-2 Gateway.

To create application items:

Pre-requiste: The Create Application Item button is enabled only if the Device ID is assigned.

Select DALI device >Error Reporting >click Create Application Items.

The Create Application Items dialogue box appears.

By default, the Error Channels for Used DALI devices and Error Channels for Channel Aggregate, Line A & B and Unit Errors check boxes are selected.

Assign Mode Control Group in Error Reporting section of PROPERTIES, then the Mode Control Group Values check box is selected in Create Application Items dialogue box.

PROPERTIES	Create Application Items dialogue box

Below are similar scenarios when you select options in Error Reporting section:

Conditions you assign	Error Application Behavior
Regular Reporting — Minimum Errors, Most Recent only/Minimum Errors, Most Recent and Most Severe	Error Channels for Used DALI devices check box is disabled and unchecked by default.
Trigger Group	The below check boxes are enabled and selected by default. Trigger Group Action Selector for each Used DALI device (request individual errors) Trigger Group Action Selector for Channel Aggregate, Line A & B and Unit Errors Trigger Group Action Selector 255 for all errors
Regular Reporting — Minimum Errors, Most Recent only / Minimum Errors, Most Recent and Most Severe	Pre-requiste: Trigger Group must be assigned. Trigger Group Action Selector for each Used DALI device (request individual errors) check box is disabled and unchecked by default.

Click Create to generate the application items. C-Gate creates the items and displays them in the relevant application workspace in the client, based on the DALI-2 Gateway_Create Application Items file in the project folder.
NOTE: Below are the creation conditions:
- Creation occurs only when the associated Application Item check box is selected.
- If the Error Application is not present on the C-Bus network, clicking Create Application Items adds the Error Application to the network before beginning the creation process.
- Application items are created based on project data only, except when one or more of the following Property Editor properties differ from the saved project data:
  - Device ID
  - Mode Control Group assigned
  - Regular Reporting selection
  - Trigger Group assigned
  Success message appears.
If you set Mode Control Group in Error Reporting section of PROPERTIES, the Enable Group Values are created and displayed for the assigned Enable Group in the Enable Application.

Below are Action Selector creation scenarios:

Condition

Below Action Selectors are created and displayed for the assigned Trigger Group in the Trigger Application

If a Mode Control Enable Group is assigned

The below check boxes are enabled and selected by default.

Action Selectors for each used DALI device
Action Selectors for Channel Aggregate, Line A & B and Unit Errors
Action Selector 255 for all errors

If Regular Reporting is set to:

Disabled (Triggered only)
All Errors, Most Recent only
All Errors, Most Recent and Most Severe

The below check boxes are enabled and selected by default.

Action Selectors for each Used DALI device (request individual errors)
Action Selectors for Channel Aggregate, Line A & B and Unit Errors
Action Selector 255 for all errors

If Regular Reporting is set to Minimum Errors, Most Recent only

The below check boxes are enabled and selected by default.

Action Selectors for Channel Aggregate, Line A & B and Unit Errors
Action Selector 255 for All Errors

NOTE: A new Action Selector is created only when the Action Selector does not already exist. When the Action Selector already exists, the Action Selector Name is not updated during the auto-create process.

The below image displays the assigned Trigger Group in the Trigger Application.