Digital Addressable Lighting Interface: Difference between revisions

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== Disadvantages ==

*Each device gives itself a random number to identify itself, which makes initial installation and replacing faulty devices confusing as there is no indication which device is which, until the operator sends out test signals and looks to see which device responds.
*Being restricted to 64 addresses (six [[bit]]s), DALI cannot be used in large installations without using another technology to [[workaround]] the limitation.

*Its slow communication speed (1200 [[baud]]) can mean a visible delay in large installations with a lot happening.

*The [[EEPROM]] where presets are stored can only be rewritten 100 times