Protocol

DALI

Digital Addressable Lighting Interface

Lab ready Full lab

Lighting-control bus (IEC 62386) with Manchester encoding, short addresses, and group/scene concepts. Forward frames command ballasts and drivers; backward frames report status with tighter timing. DALI-2 adds standardized devices and bus-powered sensors.

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lightingmanchesterbuildingcontrol

Sources

  • IEC 62386 (DALI)

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