Line Devices

Scan Devices

Prerequisites: The DALI-2 gateway must already be added and DALI line must be selected before scanning.

The scan option identifies the DALI ECG devices connected to the DALI-2 gateway. The following are the scan types:

• DALI Scan

• DALI Device Type Scan

• Read DALI Gateway

DALI Scan

DALI Scan gathers information about DALI devices including their short address, device types, and DALI Group properties.

1. Click to scan.

   

2. Navigate to DEPLOYMENT QUEUE window to view the DALI scan.

   

3. You can view DALI Group, DALI Scene, DALI device levels properties (Min, Max, Recovery & Fail) in the PROPERTIES window.

DALI Device Type Scan

This scan is performed to obtain basic DALI device information such as the short address and device types.

1. To use the DALI Device Type Scan (default scan), click the drop-down and select DALI Device Type Scan.

   

2. You can address all unaddressed devices, discover all devices connected to the DALI gateway, and all missing, duplicate and broken devices.

   IMPORTANT: Do not close a project while scanning is in progress.

   

Read DALI Gateway

This scan is performed to read and retrieve the contents of the C-Bus DALI-2 gateway including the programming of both the C-Bus gateway and all DALI devices.

1. Click and select Read DALI Gateway to scan. You can scan both DALI lines, perform DALI device type scan, DALI scan, view serial number and GTIN number, all DALI & C-Bus properties and it allows you to fully extract DALI devices and rebuild the project from scratch.

   

Auto Identify

Prerequisites: The line devices must be scanned.

The Auto Identify function allows you to identify live devices on the line and reconcile them with project devices.

1. Select the device in Line Devices and click .

   NOTE: The Auto Identify icon turns green when it is ON .
   

2. Once identified, the physical device begins to flash on and off until it times out or until another device is selected.

   NOTE: Emergency devices have a 20 second time-out to stop.

3. To stop a device from identifying, right-click on the device name and select Stop Identify from the list.

   
   IMPORTANT: All the devices have a time-out of 30 seconds. You can stop identifying DT6, DT8, and generic device types manually, but you cannot stop DT1 types until their time-out period expires.

4. To match the short address of line device and network device, select and right-click the identified device in Devices in Project and choose Reconcile.

   

Toggle On/Off

The Toggle On/Off icon is used to adjust brightness, contrast and to control or identify a DALI light on a DALI Line. You can set the device to its maximum or minimum level or turn off, making it easier to locate the light in a room, zone, or an area.

1. Select the device in the Line Devices section and click .

2. The below table describes the control functions of the toggle button according to the DALI Setting in the Main menu. For more information, refer DALI Settings.

   Control Function	Color of Toggle On/Off icon	UI
   If you set the button to On at Max Level	Changes to Green
   If you set the button to On at Min Level	Changes to Orange
   If you set the button to Off	Changes to Grey

   NOTE: The keyboard shortcuts are functional only when your working with DALI line devices. Use the below shortcuts keys to control the Toggle On/Off icon:

   • Press Alt+ M to set maximum level for a DALI device

   • Press Alt+ O to OFF the DALI device

   • Press Alt+ N to set minimum level for a DALI device

   Below are the error scenarios:

   • If you click the Toggle On/Off icon or use a keyboard shortcut without selecting DALI device from the Line Devices section, the following error message appears.

     

   • If you click the Toggle On/Off icon after selecting more than one DALI device, the following error message appears.

     

   • If you click the Toggle On/Off icon after selecting a DALI emergency device type DT1-C or DT1-D, the following error message appears.

     

3. To set the selected live DALI device to its maximum level, when the DALI SETTINGS in the main menu is set to default Off / On at Max Level, turn on the Toggle On/Off icon.

   

4. To turn off the selected DALI device, when the DALI SETTINGS is set at Off / On at Max Level, turn off the Toggle On/Off icon.

   

5. To set the selected DALI device to its maximum level (indicated by green), when the DALI SETTINGS is configured to On at Min Level / On at Max Level, click the Toggle On/Off icon while it's in the ON state (indicated by orange).

   

6. To adjust the selected live DALI device to its minimum level (indicated by orange), when the DALI SETTINGS is configured to On at Min Level / On at Max Level, click the Toggle On/Off icon while it’s in the ON state (indicated by green).

   

Identify

You can identify the device using Identify function from the context menu. 

1. Select the device in the Line Devices section, right-click on it and select Identify from the list.

   
   NOTE: If the physical device starts flickering, then the device has been identified.

Address All Unaddressed

When the DALI devices are scanned, the addresses are assigned automatically. If devices on the network do not have an address assigned, you can manually assign the addresses.

1. Select the device in the Line Devices section, then click > Address All Unaddressed.

   

Discover Faults

Perform a dedicated scan when a fault condition with devices on a DALI line is suspected, such as short address duplicates, missing devices or broken devices.

To reconfirm that the faulty devices have been resolved, you can perform the Discover Faults.

1. Click in the Line Devices section.

   
   NOTE: A DALI device can have multiple fault statuses, which is resolved one at a time.​ The scanning takes a while depending on the number of devices on the DALI Line.
   IMPORTANT: Make sure to fix the faults before refreshing fault status.

2. To update the status of fault devices, right-click on the device in the Line Devices section and then select Refresh Fault Status from the available list of options.

   

DALI Broken Devices

Physical defects in DALI devices result in a Broken Device status. For example, if the battery is removed from an emergency device, it triggers a broken fault status and displays the device as BROKEN and highlighted in orange color.

The broken fault device can be resolved by removing the device from gateway or by connecting the battery back to the device.

1. To remove the broken DALI device, right-click on BROKEN DALI device and then select Remove Device from the available list of options.

DALI Missing Devices

When you move the DALI devices from one DALI line to another and scan them in the former line, you discover a DALI missing device.

You can resolve the missing device issue by either removing the device from the line or replacing it. Once you apply either function and scan again, the discovered DALI device faults will be resolved.

1. To remove the missing DALI device from line, right-click on it and then select Remove Device from the available list of options.

2. To replace the missing DALI device from line, right-click on it and then select Replace Device from the available list of options.

DALI Duplicate Devices

When two DALI devices have the same short address, scanning the DALI line results in DALI duplicate devices. You can resolve this duplicate device issue by resetting one of the devices. Duplicate devices are displayed as DUPLICATE and highlighted in pale yellow color.

1. To reset a duplicate device, right-click on it and select Reset Device from the available list of options.

2. Once reset is done, re-scan the DALI line to discover the reset device.

   NOTE: The reset device will reset the short address and Object ID, and it will clear the device from the gateway memory. However, it does not reset the DALI group or DALI scene configurations.

Reset All Devices

All DALI devices in the Line Devices section can reset their short addresses at the same time.

1. Select > Reset All Devices.

   
   NOTE: Reset All Devices function will reset all the short address and object ID, and it will clear the device from the gateway memory but does not reset the DALI group or DALI scene configurations.

2. A Warning pop-up appears. Click OK to proceed.

   

3. To perform an individual short address reset for a DALI device, select the DALI device in the Line Devices section. Right-click on it and then select Reset Device from the available list of options.

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   NOTE: After resetting the device(s), the reset device function will perform either a DALI Device Type Scan or DALI Scan.

Sort

Prerequisites: The DALI gateway and DALI devices must already be added in the network.

1. To sort the DALI devices in the live network, click > Sort and then select an appropriate sort method.

   

Remove Device

When the DALI faults are discovered, the faulted devices can either be removed or replaced.

1. To remove the faulted DALI device, select and right-click on the DALI device in Line Devices section

   , and then select Remove Device from available list of options.

Replace Device

When the DALI faults are discovered, the faulted devices can either be removed or replaced with the new DALI devices which gets assigned with new short addresses.

1. To replace the faulted DALI device, select the DALI device in Line Devices section, right-click on it and then select Replace Device from the available list of options.

To Extract DALI devices from Network to Project

Prerequisites: Ensure DALI-2 gateway device is already added to the network and DALI line is selected. A full DALI line scan has to be performed.

1. Scan the selected DALI line in the Line Devices section.

2. Select the DALI device that needs to be transferred from network to project.

   IMPORTANT: If the DALI device is selected from the Project section, make sure the short address of the DALI device is same in both project and network. If not, readdress the device to match the same.

3. Click in the Line Devices section.

NOTE: Transferring all the DALI devices together from network to project can also be performed using Extract All To Project ( drop-down) in the Line Devices section.

Load Properties

Commissioning DALI devices can be done by setting their properties.

1. Select the device in the Line Devices section.

2. Right-click on the device and then select Load Properties from the available list of options.

   

   The properties of the selected device is displayed in the PROPERTIES window.