The DALI Alliance, the global industry organization for DALI lighting control, announces the call for entries for the DALI Lighting Awards 2022. With a closing date of December 2, 2022, the DALI Lighting Awards 2022 will highlight and recognize the best use of DALI control applications and solutions in lighting projects across the world. 
The awards aim to promote the benefits and features of DALI, the internationally standardized protocol for digital communication between lighting-control devices. There is no entry fee for the Awards, and submissions are welcomed from all geographical regions. Entrants can nominate multiple projects, one per category, on an individual basis or as part of a team.
Entries can be submitted from any section of the supply chain (including lighting designers, electrical consultants, architects, installers and commissioning engineers among others).

DALI means Digital Addressable Lighting Interface. It is a 2-way communications protocol which is used to provide control over and communication between the components in a lighting system.

DALI originated in the late 1990s and was defined in IEC60929. Since then it has been substantially modified. The current (2020) version of DALI is called DALI-2 and this is defined in IEC62386.

FAQs
A. What is a DALI driver?

A DALI driver is an LED driver that will accept a DALI or DALI-2 input. It not only have its live & neutral terminals, but also have two additional terminals marked DA for attaching the DALI bus. The most modern DALI drivers carry the DALI-2 logo, indicating that they have been subjected to the certification process required by the current IEC standard.
 
B. What is DALI control?

DALI control means the technology of lighting control. Though other technologies exist, notably 0-10V and 1-10V, DALI (and its latest version, DALI-2) is the globally accepted standard for commercial lighting control.
 
C. How do you programme a DALI device?

This varies from one manufacturer to another and will usually involve several steps. One of the first steps will always be to assign an address to each of the devices in the installation. Programming can be accomplished wirelessly with some manufacturers but other will require a wired connection to the DALI bus.