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DALI - PHYSICAL Menu
The DALI-PHYSICAL menu provides two options for analysing the DALI physical layer (the cable). Use
UP and DOWN to navigate and then press ENTER to access the sub-menus.
The sub-menus are:
1.
CABLE
Checks for the existence of DALI Bus Power and also shorted cables.
2.
NETWORK
Sends high frequency queries and monitors the response.
DALI
–
PHYSICAL - CABLE Menu
The DALI-PHYSICAL-CABLE menu is used to monitor the DALI Bus Power.
The second line will display either good or bad.
DALI
–
PHYSICAL - NETWORK Menu
The DALI-PHYSICAL-NETWORK menu is used to send high frequency Query Control Gear messages to
the selected address. This command is the basic ‘are you there’ command of the DALI pro
tocol.
The first option field selects the address of the DALI device to which Commissioner will listen. The UP
and DOWN keys select:
•
Broadcast
–
only show broadcast ARC levels.
•
GROUP
–
show group and broadcast ARC levels.
•
CHANNEL
–
show channel and broadcast ARC levels.
Commissioner listens to the data flow and displays:
•
Fwd
–
Forward DALI frames.
•
Rev
–
Reverse DALI frames.
•
Err
–
DALI frames with errors.
PHYSICAL
<CABLE
K
NETWORK
Dali Cable
GOOD POWER
254
CHANNEL 00
Fwd: 00298
Rev: 00298
Err: 00000