What is DALI? How to Perform Lighting Automation with DALI?

One of the most important ways for businesses to increase profitability under increasingly competitive conditions is to reduce energy costs, which is an important part of expenses. Lighting Automation ensures the reduction of energy consumed for lighting, while providing maximum comfort and convenience. It is estimated that 20% of the electrical energy spent in our country is used for lighting today.

Lighting automation is widely applied in the following businesses:

• Production and storage solutions
• Office buildings
• Shopping malls and fairgrounds
• Stations
• hospitals
• Airports

Lighting Automation with DALI

DALI “Digital Addressable Lighting Interface”  The digital addressable Lighting Interface is defined under the IEC 62386 standard. The old control structure has replaced and continues to receive analog 1… 10 V control. DALI provides control of the devices used in lighting automation. These devices include ballasts, sensors and special modules for different lamps. A DALI master module can control 64 ballast variables and 64 sensor variables. The control of these 64 + 64 variables is the most important advantage of the system. With less cables, many more luminaires can be flexibly and clearly controlled for any future demand.

”With DALI, individual lamps or group lamps are controlled under different scenarios”

Parallel connection of control groups is not required. Upon request, open offices can be divided into different working environments and controlled from different locations. This requires no rewiring or additional work in the cabinet. Everything can be resolved within minutes via the software. DALI multi-master module can work in Bacnet, KNX, Ethernet controller in WAGO and 8 DALI modules can function under a single controller.

While the 1-10 V control system provides only one-way control, it is the DALI communication protocol and forms a complete automation and feedback system in lighting systems.