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Annex A – Quick setup and commissioning of a DALI network

This section provides a brief summary on commissioning a DALI channel using MAPS software tool. The process of

commissioning involves:

- Scanning the existing ballasts (ECGs) and sensors (Input Devices) in the DALI network

- Identifying their physical location

- Obtaining or setting up device short addresses

- Obtaining or editing devices configuration parameters (preset levels, scenes, groups addressing…)

In that process, using MAPS, two workflows are possible for the commissioning:

1. “Device declaration first”: First declaring or instantiating in MAPS the envisaged (planned) devices in the

installation, setting up values for all their configuration parameters, and then scanning the network for

existing devices. Process finalizes with assignation and download of planned configuration parameters

(including short addresses) with existing devices in the installation.

2. “Existing devices scan first”: Aternatively, and more common, it is possible to scan first the DALI network

for existing devices, obtain their existing configuration (which will be default/factory if the devices are

new), then change these parameters to match the desired ones (short address, preset levels, scenes…)

and load the devices with the new configuration.

Typically, “Existing devices scan first” method will be used when all commissioning is done in the installation itself,

as it starts with a DALI bus scan. “Device declaration first” allows to do some work in advance, defining the

configuration parameters for the ballasts and sensors before accessing the actual installation. It is possible to

understand the “Device declaration first” as a previous step that can (but not must) be done before effectively

scanning the network for devices (“Existing devices scan first”), in order to advance configuration work (definition of

preset levels, DALI groups, scene values, …).

It is perfectly possible to mix the two methods. This is, configure a certain number of ballasts declaring them in MAPS

(“Device declaration first”), and once in the installation, assign their parameters to existing ballasts and sensors.

Whenever more devices are installed, they can be added by scanning them in the network (“Existing devices scan

first”) and changing its configuration parameters to match the desired ones (without previous instantiation of them in

MAPS).