NEW! Light Bites: What’s happening in LEDs and lighting — May 24, 2022

The DALI Alliance, the global consortium responsible for standardizing the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) protocol and product certification, has discontinued DALI version-1 registration for controls gear only. The organization will now focus on DALI-2 certifications for a wider ecosystem of interoperable lighting controls devices from various manufacturers. Its online Product Database contains several thousand certified products including control gear, bus power supplies, application controllers, sensors, and various input devices. Trademarks for DALI-1 certified products are allowed to remain in use. However, lighting and controls stakeholders should be aware that DALI-2 certification requires test results to be independently verified by the DALI Alliance, whereas DALI-1 testing entailed self-declaration by manufacturers.

“We encourage all users to look for the DALI-2 or D4i logos, which confirm that the product is certified by the DALI Alliance and is fully compliant with the relevant specifications,” general manager Paul Drosihn said.

Two devices receive Zhaga-NFC certification

Luminaire-interface standards association Zhaga has developed a Zhaga-NFC certification for devices that implement Book 24 and 25 specifications for Near Field Communications(NFC)–programmable luminaire components and NFC readers. Zhaga says the ability to define in-field programming parameters for modifying LED driver settings in smart lighting systems supports interoperability, simplifies luminaire configuration, and improves serviceability for the lifetime of the luminaire.

Currently, four independently tested and verified NFC readers — from Feig Electronic and Tertium Technology — now bear the Zhaga-NFC certification.

IES seeks 2022 Progress Report submissions

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has opened its annual call for submissions to be considered for the 2022 IES Progress Report. Accepted submissions will be presented at the IES Annual Conference, to be hosted in New Orleans, LA, from Aug. 18–20; presented at relevant IES Section meetings; and published in the society’s LD+A Magazine. Progress Report submissions are evaluated on their “uniqueness, innovation, and significance to the lighting industry,” according to the IES, and are intended to provide a yearly benchmark for advances in lighting offerings. Of 139 submissions in 2021, 69 were accepted into the Progress Report. Submit entries via the IES portal by July 1.

CARRIE MEADOWS is managing editor of LEDs Magazine, with 20 years’ experience in business-to-business publishing across technology markets including solid-state technology manufacturing, fiberoptic communications, machine vision, lasers and photonics, and LEDs and lighting.

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