Hi there,
We're trying to use your library together with an Arduino Uno and an Dali 2 Click Module but we're unfortunately unable to find any of our DALI drivers on the bus. To power our system we're using a Lab PSU set to 16V with a 250mA maximum draw – but this doesn't seem sufficient, or we're doing something else wrong. Does anyone here have experience using the module together with this library? For information we're using digital pin 3 for TX and digital pin 4 for RX. Below is a basic schematic of our connection.

And this is how our code currently looks:
/*###########################################################################
copyright qqqlab.com / github.com/qqqlab
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
###########################################################################*/
#include <Arduino.h>
#include "qqqDALI.h"
Dali dali;
//ATMEGA328 specific
#define TX_PIN 3
#define RX_PIN 4
//is bus asserted
uint8_t bus_is_high() {
return digitalRead(RX_PIN); //slow version
// return PIND & (1 << 4); //fast version
}
//assert bus
void bus_set_low() {
digitalWrite(TX_PIN, HIGH); //opto slow version
//PORTD |= (1 << 3); //opto fast version
//digitalWrite(TX_PIN,LOW); //diy slow version
//PORTD &= ~(1 << 3); //diy fast version
}
//release bus
void bus_set_high() {
digitalWrite(TX_PIN, LOW); //opto slow version
//PORTD &= ~(1 << 3); //opto fast version
//digitalWrite(TX_PIN,HIGH); //diy slow version
//PORTD |= (1 << 3); //diy fast version
}
void bus_init() {
//setup rx pin
pinMode(4, INPUT);
//setup tx pin
pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
//setup tx timer interrupt
TCCR1A = 0;
TCCR1B = 0;
TCNT1 = 0;
OCR1A = (F_CPU + 8 * DALI_BAUD / 2) / (8 * DALI_BAUD); // compare match register at baud rate * 8
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12); // CTC mode
TCCR1B |= (1 << CS10); // 1:1 prescaler
TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A); // enable timer compare interrupt
}
ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect) {
dali.timer();
}
void menu() {
Serial.println("----------------------------");
Serial.println("1 Blink all lamps");
Serial.println("2 Scan short addresses");
Serial.println("3 Commission short addresses");
Serial.println("4 Commission short addresses (VERBOSE)");
Serial.println("5 Delete short addresses");
Serial.println("6 Read memory bank");
Serial.println("----------------------------");
}
void menu_blink() {
Serial.println("Running: Blinking all lamps");
for(uint8_t i=0;i<5;i++) {
dali.set_level(254);
Serial.print(".");
delay(500);
dali.set_level(0);
Serial.print(".");
delay(500);
}
Serial.println();
}
void menu_scan_short_addr() {
Serial.println("Running: Scan all short addresses");
uint8_t sa;
uint8_t cnt = 0;
for(sa = 0; sa<64; sa++) {
int16_t rv = dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_STATUS,sa);
if(rv>=0) {
cnt++;
Serial.print("short address=");
Serial.print(sa);
Serial.print(" status=0x");
Serial.print(rv,HEX);
Serial.print(" minLevel=");
Serial.print(dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_MIN_LEVEL,sa));
Serial.print(" flashing");
for(uint8_t i=0;i<5;i++) {
dali.set_level(254,sa);
Serial.print(".");
delay(500);
dali.set_level(0,sa);
Serial.print(".");
delay(500);
}
Serial.println();
}else if (-rv != DALI_RESULT_NO_REPLY) {
Serial.print("short address=");
Serial.print(sa);
Serial.print(" ERROR=");
Serial.println(-rv);
}
}
Serial.print("DONE, found ");Serial.print(cnt);Serial.println(" short addresses");
}
//init_arg=11111111 : all without short address
//init_arg=00000000 : all
//init_arg=0AAAAAA1 : only for this shortadr
//returns number of new short addresses assigned
uint8_t debug_commission(uint8_t init_arg) {
uint8_t cnt = 0;
uint8_t arr[64];
uint8_t sa;
for(sa=0; sa<64; sa++) arr[sa]=0;
dali.cmd(DALI_INITIALISE,init_arg);
dali.cmd(DALI_RANDOMISE,0x00);
//need 100ms pause after RANDOMISE, scan takes care of this...
//find used short addresses (run always, seems to work better than without...)
Serial.println("Find existing short adr");
for(sa = 0; sa<64; sa++) {
int16_t rv = dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_STATUS,sa);
if(rv>=0) {
if(init_arg!=0b00000000) arr[sa]=1; //remove address from list if not in "all" mode
Serial.print("sortadr=");
Serial.print(sa);
Serial.print(" status=0x");
Serial.print(rv,HEX);
Serial.print(" minLevel=");
Serial.println(dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_MIN_LEVEL,sa));
}
}
// dali.set_searchaddr(0x000000);
// dali.set_searchaddr(0xFFFFFF);
//while(1) {
// dali.compare();
// delay(200);
//}
Serial.println("Find random adr");
while(1) {
uint32_t adr = dali.find_addr();
if(adr>0xffffff) break;
Serial.print("found=");
Serial.println(adr,HEX);
//find available address
for(sa=0; sa<64; sa++) {
if(arr[sa]==0) break;
}
if(sa>=64) break;
arr[sa] = 1;
cnt++;
Serial.print("program short adr=");
Serial.println(sa);
dali.program_short_address(sa);
Serial.print("read short adr=");
Serial.println(dali.query_short_address());
dali.cmd(DALI_WITHDRAW,0x00);
}
dali.cmd(DALI_TERMINATE,0x00);
return cnt;
}
uint8_t dali_read_memory_bank_verbose(uint8_t bank, uint8_t adr) {
uint16_t rv;
if(dali.set_dtr0(0, adr)) return 1;
if(dali.set_dtr1(bank, adr)) return 2;
//uint8_t data[255];
uint16_t len = dali.cmd(DALI_READ_MEMORY_LOCATION, adr);
Serial.print("memlen=");
Serial.println(len);
for(uint8_t i=0;i<len;i++) {
int16_t mem = dali.cmd(DALI_READ_MEMORY_LOCATION, adr);
if(mem>=0) {
//data[i] = mem;
Serial.print(i,HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(mem);
Serial.print(" 0x");
Serial.print(mem,HEX);
Serial.print(" ");
if(mem>=32 && mem <127) Serial.print((char)mem);
Serial.println();
} else if(mem!=-DALI_RESULT_NO_REPLY) {
Serial.print(i,HEX);
Serial.print(":err=");
Serial.println(mem);
}
}
uint16_t dtr0 = dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_CONTENT_DTR0,adr); //get DTR value
if (dtr0 != 255) return 4;
}
//might need a couple of calls to find everything...
void menu_commission(){
Serial.println("Running: Commission");
Serial.println("Might need a couple of runs to find all lamps ...");
Serial.println("Be patient, this takes a while ...");
uint8_t cnt = dali.commission(0xff); //init_arg=0b11111111 : all without short address
Serial.print("DONE, assigned ");Serial.print(cnt);Serial.println(" new short addresses");
}
//might need a couple of calls to find everything...
void menu_commission_debug(){
Serial.println("Running: Commission (VERBOSE)");
Serial.println("Might need a couple of runs to find all lamps ...");
Serial.println("Be patient, this takes a while ...");
uint8_t cnt = debug_commission(0xff); //init_arg=0b11111111 : all without short address
Serial.print("DONE, assigned ");Serial.print(cnt);Serial.println(" new short addresses");
}
void menu_delete_short_addr() {
Serial.println("Running: Delete all short addresses");
//remove all short addresses
dali.cmd(DALI_DATA_TRANSFER_REGISTER0,0xFF);
dali.cmd(DALI_SET_SHORT_ADDRESS, 0xFF);
Serial.println("DONE delete");
}
void menu_read_memory() {
/*
uint8_t v = 123;
uint8_t adr = 0xff;
while(1) {
int16_t rv = dali.cmd(DALI_DATA_TRANSFER_REGISTER0, v); //store value in DTR
Serial.print("rv=");
Serial.print(rv);
int16_t dtr = dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_CONTENT_DTR0, adr); //get DTR value
Serial.print(" dtr=");
Serial.println(dtr);
delay(13);
}
*/
Serial.println("Running: Scan all short addresses");
uint8_t sa;
uint8_t cnt = 0;
for(sa = 0; sa<64; sa++) {
int16_t rv = dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_STATUS,sa);
if(rv>=0) {
cnt++;
Serial.print("\nshort address ");
Serial.println(sa);
Serial.print("status=0x");
Serial.println(rv,HEX);
Serial.print("minLevel=");
Serial.println(dali.cmd(DALI_QUERY_MIN_LEVEL,sa));
dali_read_memory_bank_verbose(0,sa);
}else if (-rv != DALI_RESULT_NO_REPLY) {
Serial.print("short address=");
Serial.print(sa);
Serial.print(" ERROR=");
Serial.println(-rv);
}
}
Serial.print("DONE, found ");Serial.print(cnt);Serial.println(" short addresses");
}
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("DALI Commissioning Demo");
dali.begin(bus_is_high, bus_set_high, bus_set_low);
bus_init();
menu();
}
void loop() {
while (Serial.available() > 0) {
int incomingByte = Serial.read();
switch(incomingByte) {
case '1': menu_blink(); menu(); break;
case '2': menu_scan_short_addr(); menu(); break;
case '3': menu_commission(); menu(); break;
case '4': menu_commission_debug(); menu(); break;
case '5': menu_delete_short_addr(); menu(); break;
case '6': menu_read_memory(); menu(); break;
}
}
}
Any help is greatly appreciated! 🥹
Hi there,
We're trying to use your library together with an Arduino Uno and an Dali 2 Click Module but we're unfortunately unable to find any of our DALI drivers on the bus. To power our system we're using a Lab PSU set to 16V with a 250mA maximum draw – but this doesn't seem sufficient, or we're doing something else wrong. Does anyone here have experience using the module together with this library? For information we're using digital
pin 3forTXand digitalpin 4forRX. Below is a basic schematic of our connection.And this is how our code currently looks:
Any help is greatly appreciated! 🥹