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Getting To Know: Dynalite Library

In years gone by, I used to carry around a car load of brochures and binders, that were distributed with joyful abundance. Today, Philips like many sustainable companies, no longer produces physical brochures, but continue to have them in PDF form.

I save these to a Dropbox folder, and often access them from my mobile devices, to forward them on-the-go. Feel free to download, save, and distribute as necessary.

Product Portfolio

The Product Portfolio brochure provides a general overview of the Philips Dynalite range of indoor networked controls products and solutions.

This brochure is very useful to reference the product range to clients, without burdening them with a load of technical information.

Download the Product Portfolio brochure here.

User Interfaces

The User Interface brochure is available for US/ANZ and EU markets, and features an overview of the current range of Dynalite user interfaces.

For many clients, user interfaces are one of the most important products, because of their visibility and need to integrate with interior design and decor.

This brochure is a nice resource for home owners and designers to provide a better overview of the user interface range that the Product Portfolio brochure touches upon.

Download the User Interfaces brochure here.

The Dynalite System Explained

The intention of this brochure is to explain the Dynalite system in detail, particularly its application to the office segment. It has been designed to explain basic controls and network components, using a boardroom example, then eventually explaining the system over an entire floor plan and a building wide network system.

Although focused on the office environment, these fundamental principles can also be applied to a wide range of other energy management and architectural lighting applications, including residential.

This brochure is not necessarily designed for home owners and designers, but is a great resource to reference the legitimacy of Dynalite being the best lighting control system, for those who may appreciate extra information.

Download the Dynalite System Explained brochure here.

This series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey

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Philips Dynalite DDNG485 RS-485/DMX512 Gateway

The Philips Dynalite DDNG485 is a flexible network communications bridge designed for RS-485 networks. The two opto-isolated RS-485 ports enable the DDNG485 to implement a trunk and spur topology on large project sites, with the bridge providing a high-speed backbone opto-coupled to many lower speed spurs.

  • Route DyNet to third-party systems – Such as audio-visual, Somfy blind controllers, Modbus meters and building automation systems, providing an integrated approach to total building control and energy management.
  • DMX512 mode – Transmit or receive up to 64 channels of DMX512, with automatic DyNet conversion and task triggering. Provides temporary control of house lights from the DMX512 console in an auditorium scenario.
  • Electrical fault isolation – Faults can be isolated to individual network spurs.
  • Internal controls – Programmable logic controller capable of comprehensive conditional and sequential logic and arithmetic function processing, packet filtering and DyNet to DyNet 2 translation.

Specification Sheet
Installation Instructions

Applications

The DDNG485 is one of those Dynalite products that has multiple uses depending on the project and application.

RS-485 Gateway
On larger projects the gateway is used as a RS485 network bridge for trunk and spur systems, enabling the Dynalite system to be greatly expanded.

DMX Gateway
The device is also designed to enable cost-effective integration between the Philips Dynalite control system and third-party devices. The DDNG485 has a DMX mode that can transmit or receive up to 64 channels of DMX512, with automatic DyNet conversion and task triggering. This is a popular method of allowing a lighting operator temporary control of the house lights from the DMX lighting console in an auditorium scenario.

With the increased popularity of colour changing LED lights, and the ability to run shows, it has become more common to see small DMX systems in residential projects, particularly entertainment and outdoor areas. Dynalite integrates with these systems seamlessly.

Somfy Integration
As part of the Philips Somfy Alliance, the DDNG485 is capable of connecting to a range of Somfy products (specifically controllers that have RS485 connectivity) to seamlessly integrate the lighting and window coverings control under one system. In addition to being able to drive blinds and AV screens up and down, user programmable Intermediate Positions (IPs) in the Somfy system are mapped to DyNet Presets (the number available depends on the Somfy interface used) to allow the lighting and blinds to operate together for specific presets.

Check out the Dynet to Somfy Gateway User Guide for more information.

TThis series of articles from my Dynalite page focuses on products from the Philips Dynalite networked lighting control portfolio. Many industry professionals regard Philips Dynalite as being the world’s best lighting control system, that I have represented with Lightmoves for many years. SimonLakey