ABB i-bus KNX Product Manual page 152

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ABB i-bus KNX
Commissioning
Allow emergency lighting tests (em
lighting converters must support this)
Options:
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Yes: The automatic emergency lighting test function is enabled. In the Emergency light x parameter
window for each emergency lighting converter you can define whether that converter is included in the
test.
Due to the different and sometimes very large tolerances of emergency lighting converters, it is
preferable to control the automatic emergency lighting test with a higher level emergency lighting
controller.
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No: The automatic emergency lighting test function is not enabled for the output.
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Yes
No
Note
The automatic emergency lighting test (test sequence) is an optional function of the DALI
standard for emergency lighting converters to EN 62386-202. Therefore, check in advance
whether the emergency lighting converter has the capability to run an automatic test. Otherwise
the test can only be triggered via the higher-level controller.
Selection of Yes option:
Dependent parameters:
Offset time between
testing two consecutive
emergency lighting converters
Options: 0...1...255 x 15 min
This parameter defines an offset at 15 minute intervals between automatic test starts for two
neighboring emergency lighting converters. This offset can be used to avoid a situation where all
the emergency lighting converters at once are being tested or in the post-test recharging cycle.
The formula used for the offset is the DALI short address multiplied by the offset. In other words,
an offset of 1 (= 15 minutes) means that converter 1 is offset by 15 minutes, converter 2 by
30 minutes, and so on.
The gateway can set this time but is not responsible for the timing tolerances that the emergency
lighting converter uses to implement it. Also note that a test will not run immediately if an
emergency light is in the post-test recharging cycle.
As soon as a time for automatic testing is written to the converter, it must trigger the emergency
lighting test.