ABB i-bus KNX Product Manual page 162

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ABB i-bus KNX
Commissioning
Automatic emergency lighting test
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.
The automatic emergency lighting test is controlled by the emergency lighting converter itself. It is possible
to specify which tests run (duration or function) at what intervals and whether there is a time offset
between tests for individual converters.
There is no longer any need to trigger emergency lighting tests via the gateway. The test result is provided
by the converter itself, and on request it can be sent via DALI and forwarded to the KNX by the gateway.
It is preferable to trigger emergency lighting tests via a central emergency lighting controller managed by
building automation. The advantage of this is precise triggering, logging, monitoring and saved results. The
same controller handles the control and registration. In the case of automatic emergency lighting tests, the
test is triggered by the emergency lighting converters, and only the logging is handled by the controller.
Another reason for using a controller is the sometimes very large tolerances on converter timers, which
make time-based logging imprecise.
Include in automatic functional
test
Options:
•
Yes: the emergency lighting converter runs the automatic function test. The cycle time for repeating
the test can be set in the next parameter.
•
No: The emergency lighting converter does not run an automatic function test. The test can be
explicitly triggered by an emergency lighting controller via one of the Trigger em lighting test... group
objects.
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Yes
No
Selection of Yes option:
Dependent parameters:
Test cycle
Options: 1...7...255 d
This parameter defines the time interval that the emergency lighting converter uses to automatically
and cyclically run the function test. The default value of 7 days corresponds to the default factory
setting on the converter.