DiiA Debuts DALI-2 Certification of Tunable White LED Drivers

"DALI-2 certification for tunable white color control has important implications for well-being and productivity in buildings," says Paul Drosihn, DiiA General Manager. "For example, color temperature control at different times of the day, coupled with light intensity measurements and occupancy detection from DALI-2 sensors, results in comfortable and efficient lighting schemes."

The first DALI-2 tunable white LED drivers, from DiiA member eldoLED, are already listed in the online Product Database (www.dali2.org/products).

Tc is one of several methods to control the color output of light sources - known as color types - that are described in Part 209 of the IEC 62386 standard. DiiA created the rigorous DALI-2 test procedures that allow DiiA members to confirm that their products meet the requirements of Part 209 color type Tc. The test results are verified by DiiA as part of the DALI-2 certification process, building further confidence in multi-vendor interoperability of certified DALI-2 products.

DALI-2 certification of LED drivers has been available since mid-2017. All DALI-2 drivers have compulsory attributes such as a standardized dimming curve. Tunable white color control is now added to the list of optional features for LED drivers, which also includes the ability to store and report a rich set of luminaire, energy and diagnostics data (DiiA Parts 251-253 respectively).

The other main color types are RGBWAF (known as "RGB color control") and xy-coordinate (known as "xy color control"). DiiA is developing DALI-2 tests for these color types so they can be included in the DALI-2 certification program at a later date.