Dynalite is a lighting and automation control system developed in Sydney, Australia by a company of the same name. In 2009 the company was bought by Philips to become Philips-Dynalite. The system is commonly used for
lighting control,
building automation
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, ...
,
home automation
Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It m ...
and
room automation
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, ligh ...
applications and is sold worldwide.
System design
The Dynalite system consists of:
User Interfaces - Switches, panels, motion and heat sensors, touch screens and recently IOS devices,
Panels are typically standard sized (Australian or European standard size) wall switch plates, but instead of normal rocker switches, they have buttons of various designs, usually with an indicator LED inside.
Output devices - Dimmers, Relays, LED drivers and
DALI,
DSI and
0–10 volt controllers.
The dimmers range anywhere from a single 240 V relay controller to leading and trailing edge 1-20 amp
dimmer
A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the lighting, light. By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the luminous intensity, intensity of the light output. Alt ...
devices.
Network Backbone Devices:
Network connectors extend the range of the network, as well as providing integration with other technologies such as AMX, Crestron, etc.
Through the 100-BT device, the communication network can be extended over TCP/IP networks, which also allows the use of computer systems which can integrate into the system.
Areas and channels
The network components are all used to set a system of Areas and Channels. Any given lighting, fan, louvre, and relay circuit is a Channel in an Area.
For example, a house might have 3 rooms. Each room is called an Area. The kitchen may contain overhead lights, a range-hood fan and lights over the bench. These three are called Channels.
Those Areas and Channels are in states called Presets. In Preset 1, typically, all lights etc. are fully on, in Preset 4, all of the lights are off. This is all customisable either by the programmer, or if it has been allowed, by the end user as well.
So, sending 'Area 3 Preset 4' will turn off the lights in Area 3 (room 3). Sending 'Area 3 Preset 2' will set the lights to a low level, which is customisable.
Channels can also be sent presets aside from the preset of the area to which they belong. 'Area 3 Preset 4' turns off the lights, then 'Area 3 Channel 7 Preset 1' will turn that light back on.
Communications
Dynalite components communicate using
DyNet
DyNet is the communications network and communications protocol for Dynalite lighting automation and building automation
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), i ...
. The physical layer consists of a modified
RS-485
RS-485, also known as TIA-485(-A) or EIA-485, is a standard defining the electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers for use in serial communications systems. Electrical signaling is balanced, and multipoint systems are supported. The st ...
TIA/EIA-485-A serial bus running along CAT5 cable, blue and blue/white carry the hot and cold signal respectively, orange and orange/white carry +12 V DC, green and green/white carry 0 V, Brown and Brown/white are unused. End of line termination is required
[http://lighting.philips.com/pwc_li/main/subsites/dynalite/library_support/assets/technical_guides/control_principles_rev_d.pdf]
DyNet 1 is the most commonly used protocol over the bus, being messages of 8 bytes of data, the 8th byte being a checksum. Data is sent at speed of 9600
baud
In telecommunication and electronics, baud (; symbol: Bd) is a common unit of measurement of symbol rate, which is one of the components that determine the speed of communication over a data channel.
It is the unit for symbol rate or modulatio ...
, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stopbit (8N1). Commonly there are two types of message sent via DyNet 1: logical and physical. Logical messages talk to Areas and Channels, and physical messages talk directly to the devices. These 2 are typically called 1C and 5C messages, on account of the first byte of their message.
A 1C message consist of:
Crea
REA or Rea may refer to:
Places
* Rea, Lombardy, in Italy
* Rea, Missouri, United States
* River Rea, a river in Birmingham, England
* River Rea, Shropshire, a river in Shropshire, England
* Rea, Hungarian name of Reea village in Totești Commun ...
ata 1 pCode ata 2 ata 3oin
Oin, Óin or OIN may refer to:
Folklore and fiction
* Óin, son of Gróin, a Dwarf from J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, companion of Thorin Oakenshield
* Oin-Oin, a character of Swiss folklore
Other
* Open Invention Network, a company specialising i ...
hecksum
Area is the Logical Area the message is to control.
OpCode defines the Action to be taken on the Area.
Join is a bitswitch which can be used to filter out selected channels.
An OpCode of 00 to 03 means the action is to send the given area into preset 1 to 4 plus 8 times the value of Data 3 over the time specified by Data 1 and Data 2.
An OpCode of 0A to 0D means the action is to send the given area into preset 5 to 8 plus 8 times the value of Data 3 over the time specified by Data 1 and Data 2.
That gives a possibility of 8 × 255 presets. A usual job uses 4 to 8, and generally preset 4 is reserved to 'Off' or 'all to 0%'.
DyNet 2 is used mainly to upload data to devices on the network. It allows larger messages of data to be sent at higher speeds (115200
baud
In telecommunication and electronics, baud (; symbol: Bd) is a common unit of measurement of symbol rate, which is one of the components that determine the speed of communication over a data channel.
It is the unit for symbol rate or modulatio ...
), significantly reducing lag time.
Advantages
Each device contains its own
programmable logic controller
A programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable controller is an industrial computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, machines, robotic devices, or any activity tha ...
and follows the
peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer n ...
model, the main advantage of this is that there is no reliance on a single central controller, the system is capable of a high level of
resilience and therefore well suited to situations where total failure could be a safety issue, such as lighting systems in public places.
The 'Message on Change' system only sends a message every time a lighting state is to change, as opposed to the
DMX protocol, which is constantly streaming the entire data-map. This allows for much more devices on a single bus, but also leads to missed messages - as below.
As most of the
DyNet
DyNet is the communications network and communications protocol for Dynalite lighting automation and building automation
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), i ...
is openly published, it is possible to integrate with third party devices.
Disadvantages
The DyNet protocol offers no error correction or transmission control, each network message is sent on a 'best effort' basis. This means that if a transmitted message is corrupted or missed by a receiving device, there is nothing to pick up that the message was not received, but also makes for much faster communication and response to user input in ideal situations.
The design opens the possibility of devices missing messages. In the case of a user pushing a button to turn on a light, this does not present a large problem as the user will probably notice and press the button again, but if it is an automated message say, from a timeclock, there is potential for an important message turning on outside lights of a shopping center to be missed. The usual workaround for this is to simply send the important message twice or more.
The previous Dynalite programming software (dLight 2) commonly in use up to 2011, (and still sometimes used for older equipment) was built progressively upon a Windows 3.11 application, and hides many undocumented keyboard shortcuts which are necessary to program a system.
The Envision editor was launched in 2010 and is designed to be more intuitive and easy to use. It is designed for programmers - it is not expected that end users will be able to set up their own systems, one needs training (usually free) provided by Dynalite distributors.
Implementations
A selection of large scale installations of DyNet in buildings:
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Australian National Museum - Canberra (AU)
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Australian National University
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- Canberra (AU)
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BT Convention Centre
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- Liverpool (UK) convention centre
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Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa (; ar, برج خليفة, , Khalifa Tower), known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is known for being the world’s tallest building. With a total height ...
- World's tallest building
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Burswood Entertainment Complex - Perth WA
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Crown Casino - Melbourne (AUS) Casino
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Du HQ - Du Head office Dubai
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Echo Arena Liverpool
Liverpool Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as the M&S Bank Arena, and previously Echo Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The venue hosts live music, comedy performances and sporting events, and ...
- Liverpool (UK) arena
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Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia. The venue was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of A$167 million and is linked by a covered walkway to The S ...
- Gold Coast QLD
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Google
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- Office in Bogota, Colombia
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Grand Hyatt
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- Dubai hotel
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Jin Mao Building
The Jin Mao Tower (; Shanghainese:'' Cinmeu Dagho''; lit. ‘Golden Prosperity Building’), also known as the or , is a , 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China. It contains a s ...
- Previously China's tallest building
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Manolas Residence Manolas ( el, Μανωλάς) may refer to:
People with the surname
* Christos Manolas (born 1959), Greek general
* Kostas Manolas (born 1991), Greek football player
* Stelios Manolas
Stelios Manolas ( el, Στέλιος Μανωλάς, born 1 ...
- Perth WA
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Te Papa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring fr ...
- New Zealand museum
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National Museum of Scotland
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- Edinburgh Scotland (UK) Museum
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Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is a privately owned convention centre located in Perth, Western Australia.
Description
The centre has a floor space of and can cater for 5,000 delegates. It contains state-of-the-art technical fac ...
- Perth WA
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Suncorp Stadium
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- Australian Olympic venue
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The Roundhouse
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- London (UK) theatre
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Titan Plaza - Mall in Bogota, Colombia
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Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.
Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford C ...
- Manchester (UK) shopping mall
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Westfield - London (UK) shopping mall
See also
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Home automation
Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It m ...
*
Intelligent building
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, ...
*
Lighting control system
A lighting control system is an intelligent network based lighting control solution that incorporates communication between various system inputs and outputs related to lighting control with the use of one or more central computing devices. Light ...
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Smart Environments
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Room automation
Building automation (BAS), also known as building management system (BMS) or building energy management system (BEMS), is the automatic centralized control of a building's HVAC, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), electrical, ligh ...
*
touch panel
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...
References
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Sources
Dynalite's showcase page Dynalite's technical documentation page
External links
Dynalite's homepage
Manufacturing companies of Australia
Electronics companies of Australia
Lighting brands
Building automation
Home automation companies