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Liaisons with external organizations

The DALI Alliance works with a number of external organizations:

 

ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

DiiA is represented on the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) C137 on Lighting Systems.

Our members contributed to the development of the new standard ANSI C137.4-2019 entitled “American National Standard for Lighting Systems—Digital Interface with Auxiliary Power.”

ANSI C137.4 is based on the DALI standard IEC 62386 with additional characteristics that are aligned with the D4i family of specifications from DiiA.

>> News (October 2019): ANSI C137.4-2019 standard aligns with D4i specifications

A presentation was given at Lightfair 2019 by Signify's Mike O'Boyle, describing the work of ANSI C137.4 Working Group in relation to standards for intra-luminaire DALI. >> Seminar materials

 

Bluetooth SIG

The Bluetooth SIG and the DALI Alliance are standardizing gateways that allow wireless Bluetooth mesh networks to incorporates DALI devices.

The DALI Alliance has published a new gateway specification "Part 341 – Bluetooth Mesh to DALI Gateways". >> View press release (April 2021)

A certification program for Bluetooth mesh to DALI Gateways is in development.

>> More information on Wireless to DALI Gateways

>> Joint press release (May 2020): DALI combines with wireless Bluetooth mesh networks

>> Bluetooth SIG website

 

Connectivity Standards Alliance

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly Zigbee Alliance) and the DALI Alliance are standardizing gateways that allow wireless Zigbee networks to incorporates DALI devices.

The DALI Alliance has published a new gateway specification "Part 342 – Zigbee to DALI Gateways". >> View press release (April 2021)

A certification program for Zigbee to DALI Gateways is in development.

>> More information on Wireless to DALI Gateways

>> Joint press release (April 2020): Zigbee Alliance and DiiA collaborate to standardize DALI-Zigbee gateways

>> Connectivity Standards Alliance website

 

IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)

DiiA participates in the IEC work group WG 11 of TC 34. WG 11 develops and maintains IEC 62386, the international DALI standard.

DiiA provides Clarifications and Recommendations to WG 11, which are used by IEC in future updates of IEC 62386.

Separately, DiiA also writes new specifications, which are then provided to IEC to be incorporated into IEC 62386.

>> News (June 2018): IEC and DiiA sign liaison agreement​

 

IP-BLiS – IP Building & Lighting Standards

IP-BLiS is a market interest group that was launched in June 2020 by BACnet International, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance. Together, these standards organizations support the widespread adoption of a secure, multi-standard, IP-based infrastructure as the backbone in commercial buildings for lighting and building-automation solutions.

>> Joint press release (December 2020): DALI Alliance joins IPBLiS

>> IP-BLiS website

>> More information on DALI and IP

 

Thread Group

The Thread Group and the DALI Alliance are cooperating on ‘DALI+ with Thread’ for commercial lighting.

>> View the press release (May 2021)

>> More about DALI+

The liaison between Thread Group and DiiA was first announced in April 2020. >> View press release

>> Thread Group website

 

Zhaga Consortium

DiiA and Zhaga have introduced the joint Zhaga-D4i certification program for sensors and/or communication devices that can be connected to LED luminaires with plug-and-play interoperability.

>> More information on Zhaga-D4i certification