Why DALI in addition to KNX?

Ok interesting, I haven’t looked at DMX for domestic use.

What kind of LEDs do you use? Any downlights?

Stripes, G4, G9, Downlights mostly CCT / tunable White some RGB, RGBW as long as it is 24V in my case

Here are some REAL pictures

And here are some product links:

Voltus ConstaLED

Loxone 24V spots

LoxWiki 24V LED

BackMatrix

Led-Lights 24

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Pleased to hear my notes made sense and you found them useful.

On a slightly-related topic, I’ve been somewhat disappointed by how much power the TCI DALI drivers draw in standby mode (i.e. when dimmed to 0%). I’ve not tried measuring it but they always feel warm and even 10W per driver adds up if you’ve got 20+ of them. The Osram OTi drivers might be better in that respect - I have one Osram unit (for a 0-10V output from a DALI signal) and I think I can hear a relay clicking when I “dim” that to 0V).

As a mitigation for this issue, I’ve spotted that the new version of the MDT KNX-to-DALI Gateway I’m using now supports an energy-saving mode where it can drive a KNX relay to cut power to a DALI driver when that channel is dimmed to 0% - and it knows to wait 200ms for the driver to wake up after turning the relay on again.