Independent Light Source Control Using Wi-Fi to DALI Gateways

The article deals with the design and implementation of a control system suitable for controlling independent light sources using the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI). The system is based on using gateways between DALI bus and Wi-Fi, thus supporting most available DALI controlled devices. The devices are then controlled via the gateways from a central web application using a custom communication protocol built on Transfer Control Protocol (TCP). This allows for high flexibility of the system and remote control from different devices such as smartphones. The paper also describes one possible implementation of this control system. This implementation was successfully used for control of independent light sources in architectural lighting.