Selecting com protocols and devices for Lighting animations

Hi Guys!
I am new here, but not to industrial automation. (Robotics)
Forgive me if I break any forum rules.

I have a very simple goal, welcome animations for my garage lights, and a reliable setup.

Example: upon prox sensor or light switch have lights Brighten on one row at a time.

I hear DMX is best for this.

I am using Bridgelux LEDs, and Drivers, that allow me to choose between the following protocols: 0-10v, Dali 2, Wiz, Casambi, and a few others I am not considering.

I am trying to Stick to wired systems for reliability.
I have no WIFI in the garage and I don’t like the possibility of getting hacked via light bulb.
I don’t mind changing this, but I have read about the issues with device load on the network when using too many wifi devices.

My current Idea is:
Led ← Dali2 <-DMX or Usb Dali2 master ← PC.

My main issue is to go from Dali to PC is $300-$500, and I cant determine if this setup will even work.

Once the Lights are in openHAB I am not too worried about the programming side.

If anyone has experience with this dali to openHAB interface or doing Lighting animations. I would love to hear about your issues and solutions.

Thanks for the Help!

Hardware:
LEDs: Bridgelux BXEB-TL-L1120Z-27xxS4000-A-C3 (bright led)
Driver: Bridgelux BXDR-60BT-U220P-01-A (60w driver)
Driver module for coms: Dali 2
If using Dali binding
Dali to openHAB: USB Dali Master: DALI USB 30mA
If using DMX binding.
Dali to DMX: DL113 DC12V-24V DALI-DMX512 Converter
DMX to openHAB: Bi-directional ArtNet DMX Ethernet Lighting Controller Interface.

I don’t know DMX but know a number of users use this. But I see no reason why most lighting control approaches could do this too. The only gotcha I think is going to be how many lights there are and whether or not there is an issue sending lots of commands really close together. The fact that you want them to come up in sequence should be helpful on this front.

How do you intend for OH to connect and receive the sensor values and control the devices? I’m not saying it can’t, but you do need to think about connectivity.

Not all wireless devices use WiFi. Zigbee, Zwave, and Matter (via Threads) are not WiFi. Though Zigbee and Threads in the US uses the same frequencies as WiFi (I think the 2 gHz ranges). All three of these are mesh networks meaning the network gets better with more devices (up to a point of course). All three also support encryption.

And if you don’t have anything wireless in the garage right now, even adding WiFi stuff should not be too much for something like this.

I’m not trying to steer you away from DMX, but I think that DMX is not your only option for this, and you shouldn’t necessarily avoid wireless for the reasons you list.

Thanks for the Response rlko,

I currently only have 14 main Led Lights with plans to add LED tape lighting and different spot lighting.

I don’t mind not using DMX, not trying to do real time animation.

I would Like to control a min. of 50 lights, but The Extra lights don’t have to be the same protocol as the main lights.

The Reason I haven’t gone down the route of zigbee or some other wireless protocol is that I am Limited by Bridgelux and Digikey.

My real choices are 0-10v, wiz, dali, until I can find another good source of parts. (haven’t had much luck)

My only real issue is What gate way am I going to use. Dali to DMX, Dali to Zigbee.
I am trying to avoid having to buy 14 extra devices to go from LED to PC.
So a gate way to Dali would be Ideal.

I am leaning to wiz because I just have to buy one wiz module and OpenHab as control.
Bridgelux module (Wiz) ← PC

With Dali or 0-10, I have buy 2-4 devices just to get back to Openhab.
DMX example:
Bridgelux Module (Dali) ← Dali to DMX ← DMX to Arknet ← PC
I believe this will still allow simple back up light switches.

My problem with this is I still want a physical switch and in ten years from now I don’t want a dead lighting system because an app isn’t supported anymore.

My god why are there so many Lighting Protocols!!

https://kno.wled.ge/
Check this! A lots of effects, easy install and using. My colleges made landing lights for auto), for example. You just make presets and connecting their with buttons (even directly connected) or other elements of OH installation.