DALI Lighting control

DALI, or Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, is a lighting control protocol gaining popularity in lighting design and automation. DALI allows for easy and precise control of lighting fixtures, making it a powerful tool for creating dynamic and efficient lighting systems.

Introduced in the 1990s, DALI is a digital lighting control protocol developed to replace outdated analog control systems. It has since been widely adopted in Europe and is now gaining popularity in other parts of the world.

Why use DALI?

DALI technology provides higher control over individual lighting fixtures, allowing for precise tuning of brightness and colour, circadian rhythms harmonisation and other specific settings of each light. This simplifies creating dynamic lighting scenes and responding to changing conditions and lighting needs.

With DALI, you can easily set up timers, occupancy sensors, and other controls to reduce energy consumption when lighting is unnecessary. This can help save energy and reduce your overall lighting costs.

DALI is scalable, so you can easily add or remove lighting fixtures as needed without having to rewire your entire system. This makes it an ideal option for lighting projects of all sizes.

DALI is user-friendly and easy to install, with simple interfaces for quick lighting setup and adjustments.

What is DALI?

Operating through a two-wire bus that assigns a unique address to each lighting fixture or via a wireless connection using wDALI, individual control of every fixture is obtainable.

Being an open standard, DALI-compatible devices from different manufacturers will work seamlessly together.

To summarise, DALI lighting control is a highly effective protocol that provides enhanced control, energy efficiency, scalability, and ease of use. If your intention is to design a lighting system that is both dynamic and efficient, DALI is the optimal choice.

For more information on DALI, please see the following link:

Digital Addressable Lighting Interface. (2023, June 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Addressable_Lighting_Interface