DALI Lights

DALI Protocol

The dali protocol is used for all normal roof lights in Kistan. It is also used in all classrooms. The DALI protocol specification can be found here.

Usage

In a DALI network all the lights store their own information. The controller(s) just broadcast instructions to all or some lamps. Instructions are always referenced by the command-number found on page 115 in the specification linked above.

Lamps can be sent commands either by their address (single light) or groups (multiple lights). There is also a global group for 'everything' with the group value 255.

DALI commands are sent by the cmd-tool dalicmd(https://github.com/Daedaluz/dalicmd) on the IN-2 server and usually by executing the command in the LMixer interface.

master:add(0, execute("dalicmd -g 255 -c 16"))

The dalicmd help is this:

dalicmd [-g] [-c] [-s] [-a] [-h] [-r]
--group          -g xx
--address        -a xx
--set            -s xx
--cmd            -c xx
--read           -r xx
--help           -h

Common commands

Command-number	Name
0	Go to Off
5	Go to Max
16 - 31	Go to scene 0 - 15

DALI Mappings in Kistan

Addresses

Addresses in DALI are assigned at random and here is a map of all the DALI lights and their addresses in Kistan.

Special addresses

Some special addresses is used to control relays for different roof outlets. The DALI relays is mounted in the electrical cabinet in Spritförrådet.

Address	Name
25	Relay 1.1 Roof closer to microwaves
26	Relay 1.2 Roof closer to windows
27	Relay 1.3 Microwave bench lights
28	Relay 1.3 Not connected
39	Relay 2.1
40	Relay 2.2 Roof on dance floor
41	Relay 2.3
42	Relay 2.4

Groups

Group number	Name
0	Bar
1	Bar (above shelves)
2	Hanging (sofas)
3	Hanging (dance floor)
4	Florescence (dance floor)
5	Hanging (gasque)
6	All hanging
7	Shit lamps

Scenes

Scene number	CMD Go to	Name
0	16	Pub
1	17	Cleaning
2	18	Off
3	19	Sofas high
4	20	Caps

Examples

All off

dalicmd -g 255 -c 18

Max on dance floor

dalicmd -g 3 -c 5 && dalicmd -g 4 -c 5