Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 204: Particular requirements for control gears; low voltage halogen lamps (device type 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)

IEC 62386-204:2009 specifies a protocol and methods of test for the control by digital signals of electronic control gear for use on a.c. or d.c. supplies, associated with low voltage halogen lamps. This part 204 is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 62386-101 and IEC 62386-102, which contain general requirements for the relevant product type (control gear or control devices).

Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle für die Beleuchtung - Teil 204: Besondere Anforderungen an Betriebsgeräte - Niedervolt-Halogenlampen (Gerätetyp 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)

Interface d'éclairage adressable numérique - Partie 204: Exigences particulières pour les appareillages; lampes à halogène à basse tension (dispositifs de type 3) (CEI 62386-204:2009)

La CEI 62386-204:2009 spécifie un protocole et des méthodes d'essai pour la commande par des signaux numériques des appareillages électroniques destinés à être utilisés dans les alimentations alternatives ou continues, associés aux lampes à halogène à basse tension. La présente partie 204 est destinée à être utilisée conjointement avec la CEI 62386-101 et la CEI 62386-102, qui contiennent les exigences générales pour le type de produit applicable (appareillage ou dispositifs de commande).

Digitalni naslovljivi vmesnik za razsvetljavo - 204. del: Posebne zahteve za krmilja - Nizkonapetostne halogenske sijalke (naprava tipa 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)

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Publication Date
30-Sep-2009
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Start Date
22-Sep-2009
Due Date
27-Nov-2009
Completion Date
01-Oct-2009
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2009
Digitalni naslovljivi vmesnik za razsvetljavo - 204. del: Posebne zahteve za krmilja -
Nizkonapetostne halogenske sijalke (naprava tipa 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)
Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 204: Particular requirements for control gears;
low voltage halogen lamps (device type 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)
Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle für die Beleuchtung - Teil 204: Besondere
Anforderungen an Betriebsgeräte - Niedervolt-Halogenlampen (Gerätetyp 3) (IEC 62386-
204:2009)
Interface d'éclairage adressable numérique - Partie 204: Exigences particulières pour les
appareillages; lampes à halogène à basse tension (dispositifs de type 3) (CEI 62386-
204:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62386-204:2009
ICS:
29.140.50 Instalacijski sistemi za Lighting installation systems
razsvetljavo
35.200 Vmesniška in povezovalna Interface and interconnection
oprema equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62386-204
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.140.50; 29.140.99
English version
Digital addressable lighting interface -
Part 204: Particular requirements for control gear -
Low voltage halogen lamps (device type 3)
(IEC 62386-204:2009)
Interface d'éclairage  Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle
adressable numérique - für die Beleuchtung -
Partie 204: Exigences particulières Teil 204: Besondere Anforderungen
pour les appareillages de commande - an Betriebsgeräte -
Lampes à halogène à basse tension Niedervolt-Halogenlampen (Gerätetyp 3)
(dispositif de type 3) (IEC 62386-204:2009)
(CEI 62386-204:2009)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
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© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 62386-204:2009 E
Foreword
The text of document 34C/876/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62386-204, prepared by SC 34C, Auxiliaries
for lamps, of IEC TC 34, Lamps and related equipment, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote
and was approved by CENELEC as EN 62386-204 on 2009-07-01.
This Part 204 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 62386-101 and EN 62386-102, which contain
general requirements for the relevant product type (control gear or control devices).
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2010-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62386-204:2009 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60598-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60598-1:2008 (modified).
IEC 60669-2-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60669-2-1:2004 (modified).
IEC 60921 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60921:2004 (not modified).
IEC 60923 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60923:2005 (not modified).
IEC 60925 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60925:1991 (not modified).
IEC 60929 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60929:2006 (not modified).
IEC 61347-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61347-1:2008 (modified).
IEC 61347-2-3 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61347-2-3:2001 (not modified).
IEC 61547 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61547:2009 (not modified).
CISPR 15 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 55015:2006 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 62386-101 2009 Digital addressable lighting interface - EN 62386-101 2009
Part 101: General requirements - System

IEC 62386-102 2009 Digital addressable lighting interface - EN 62386-102 2009
Part 102: General requirements - Control gear

IEC 62386-204 ®
Edition 1.0 2009-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Digital addressable lighting interface –
Part 204: Particular requirements for control gear – Low voltage halogen lamps
(device type 3)
Interface d’éclairage adressable numérique –
Partie 204: Exigences particulières pour les appareillages de commande –
Lampes à halogène à basse tension (dispositif de type 3)

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
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CODE PRIX
ICS 29.140.50; 29.140.99 ISBN 2-8318-1040-2
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .6
4 General .7
5 Electrical specifications .7
6 Interface power supply .7
7 Transmission protocol structure.7
8 Timing .7
9 Method of operation .7
10 Declaration of variables .8
11 Definition of commands .9
12 Test procedures .14
Annex A (informative) Examples of algorithms .35
Bibliography.36

Figure 1 – Application extended configuration command sequence example.10
Figure 2 – Test sequence 'QUERY FEATURES'.15
Figure 3 – Test sequence 'QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT' .16
Figure 4 – Test sequence 'QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT' .17
Figure 5 – Test sequence 'QUERY LOAD DECREASE' .18
Figure 6 – Test sequence 'QUERY LOAD INCREASE' .19
Figure 7 – 'QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR ACTIVE: Underload' .20
Figure 8 – 'QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR ACTIVE: Overload' .21
Figure 9 – 'QUERY THERMAL SHUT DOWN' .22
Figure 10 – 'QUERY THERMAL OVERLOAD'.23
Figure 11 – 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER' .24
Figure 12 – 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER: 100 ms-timeout' .25
Figure 13 – 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER: Command in-between' .27
Figure 14 – 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER: 15 minutes timer' .27
Figure 15 – 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER: failed'.28
Figure 16 – 'ENABLE / DISABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR' .29
Figure 17 – 'ENABLE DEVICE TYPE: Application extended commands'.30
Figure 18 – 'ENABLE DEVICE TYPE: Application extended configuration commands 1'.32
Figure 19 – 'ENABLE DEVICE TYPE: Application extended configuration commands 2'.32
Figure 20 – 'QUERY EXTENDED VERSION NUMBER' .33
Figure 21 – 'RESERVED APPLICATION EXTENDED COMMANDS'.34

Table 1 – Declaration of variables.9
Table 2 – Summary of the application extended command set .14

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DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE –

Part 204: Particular requirements for control gear –
Low voltage halogen lamps (device type 3)

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62386-204 has been prepared by subcommittee 34C: Auxiliaries
for lamps, of IEC technical committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
34C/876/FDIS 34C/885/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
This part 204 is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 62386-101 and IEC 62386-102,
which contain general requirements for the relevant product type (control gear or control
devices).
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A list of all parts of IEC 62386 series, under the general title Digital addressable lighting
interface, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition; or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
This first edition of IEC 62386-204 is published in conjunction with IEC 62386-101 and
IEC 62386-102. The division of IEC 62386 into separately published parts provides for ease
of future amendments and revisions. Additional requirements will be added as and when a
need for them is recognised.
This International Standard, and the other parts that make up IEC 62386-200 series, in
referring to any of the clauses of IEC 62386-101 or IEC 62386-102, specifies the extent to
which such a clause is applicable and the order in which the tests are to be performed. The
parts also include additional requirements, as necessary. All parts that make up the
IEC 62386-200 series are self-contained and therefore do not include references to each
other.
Where the requirements of any of the clauses of IEC 62386-101 or IEC 62386-102 are
referred to in this International Standard by the sentence " The requirements of IEC 62386-
1XX, clause ’n’ apply”, this sentence is to be interpreted as meaning that all requirements of
the clause in question of Part 101 or Part 102 apply, except any which are inapplicable to the
specific type of lamp control gear covered by Part 204.
All numbers used in this International Standard are decimal numbers unless otherwise noted.
Hexadecimal numbers are given in the format 0xVV, where VV is the value. Binary numbers
are given in the format XXXXXXXXb or in the format XXXX XXXX, where X is 0 or 1; "x" in
binary numbers means "don't care".

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DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE –

Part 204: Particular requirements for control gear –
Low voltage halogen lamps (device type 3)

1 Scope
This International Standard specifies a protocol and methods of test for the control by digital
signals of electronic control gear for use on a.c. or d.c. supplies, associated with low voltage
halogen lamps.
NOTE Tests in this standard are type tests. Requirements for testing individual control gear during production are
not included.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 62386-101:2009, Digital addressable lighting interface – Part 101: General requirements
– System
IEC 62386-102:2009, Digital addressable lighting interface – Part 102: General requirements
– Control gear
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in Clause 3 of IEC 62386-
101:2009 and Clause 3 of IEC 62386-102:2009 apply, with the following additions.
3.1
reference measurement
process during which gear determines the actual lamp load with internal procedures and
measurements, not specified by this standard
NOTE The details of this process are a matter of detailed design of gear and are outside the scope of this
standard.
3.2
detection of load decrease
recognition that the actual lamp load is significantly below the load measured during a
successful ‘reference measurement’
NOTE The criteria for regarding a load increase or decrease as significant can only be decided by the
manufacturer and these criteria should be described in the manual.
3.3
detection of load increase
recognition that the actual lamp load is significantly above the load measured during a
successful ‘reference measurement’
NOTE The criteria for regarding a load increase or decrease as significant can only be decided by the
manufacturer, and these criteria should be described in the manual.

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3.4
current protector
protective device switching off the output if the actual lamp load differs by more than ΔP from
the load detected during the reference measurement.
NOTE The value ΔP can only be specified by the manufacturer of the control gear and this value should be stated
in the manual.
3.5
thermal overload
scenario where the maximum permissible gear temperature is exceeded
3.6
thermal shut down
scenario where gear switches off the lamp because of a persistent thermal overload
3.7
light level reduction due to thermal overload
reduction of light level with the objective of decreasing gear temperature
4 General
The requirements of Clause 4 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 4 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply.
5 Electrical specifications
The requirements of Clause 5 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 5 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply.
6 Interface power supply
The requirements of Clause 6 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 6 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply, if a power supply is integrated with the control gear.
7 Transmission protocol structure
The requirements of Clause 7 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 7 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply.
8 Timing
The requirements of Clause 8 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 8 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply.
9 Method of operation
The requirements of Clause 9 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 9 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply, except as follows:
Addition to Clause 9 of IEC 62386-102:2009:

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9.9 Detection of load decrease
If the actual lamp load is significantly below the load measured during a successful ‘reference
measurement’, the gear may switch off the lamp if this is necessary for its safe operation. The
flag bit ‘load decrease’ is to be set in such circumstances.
9.10 Detection of load increase
If the actual lamp load is significantly above the load measured during a successful ‘reference
measurement’, the gear may switch off the lamp if this is necessary for its safe operation. The
flag bit ‘load increase’ is to be set in such circumstances.
9.11 Current protector
If the actual lamp load of the control gear differs by more than a defined amount ΔP from the
load detected during the reference measurement, the current protector becomes active and
switches off the lamp.
The current protector shall not become active until there has been a successful reference
measurement.
There are two possible situations in which the current protector becomes active:
– Overload: The actual lamp load is higher than the load detected during the reference
measurement by at least ΔP.
– Underload: The actual lamp load is lower than the load detected during the reference
measurement by at least ΔP.
The current protector shall become inactive either on mains voltage interruption or on receipt
of a command which causes the arc power level to be 0. If after switching on again the
situation causing the current protector to become active still pertains, the current protector
shall become active again.
The current protector can be enabled and disabled by the commands 225 'ENABLE
CURRENT PROTECTOR' and 226 'DISABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR'.
An active current protector shall become inactive on reception of command 226 ‘DISABLE
CURRENT PROTECTOR’.
If the current protector is active command 224 ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER’ shall be
ignored.
9.12 Lamp replacement on gear with load increase/decrease or current protector
feature
If a lamp is replaced with one of a different wattage without a new ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM
POWER’ measurement being performed, the gear shall detect a load increase or a load
decrease as appropriate.
NOTE If a lamp is replaced with one of the same wattage, the user should initiate a new ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM
POWER’ measurement only if this is recommended by the manufacturer.
10 Declaration of variables
The requirements of Clause 10 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 10 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply, with the following additional variables for this device type, as indicated in Table 1.

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Power levels stored in persistent memory due to command 224 ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM
POWER’ shall not be changed due to command ‘RESET’.
Additional variables for this device type are as indicated in Table 1.
Table 1 – Declaration of variables
a
Variable Default value Reset value Range of Memory
validity
(control gear leaves
the factory)
b c
“FAILURE STATUS” ???? ???? no change 0 – 255 1 byte RAM
“FEATURE BYTE” factory burn-in no change 0 – 255 1 byte ROM
“EXTENDED 1 no change 0 – 255 1 byte ROM
VERSION NUMBER”
“DEVICE TYPE” 3 no change 0 – 254, 1 byte ROM
255 (mask)
? = undefined.
a
Persistent memory (storage time indefinite) if not stated otherwise.
b
Power up value.
c
Bit 7 of this byte shall be stored in the persistent memory.
11 Definition of commands
The requirements of Clause 11 of IEC 62386-101:2009 and Clause 11 of IEC 62386-102:2009
apply, except as follows:
Amendment of Clause 11 of IEC 62386-102:2009:
11.3.1 Queries related to status information
Amendment:
Command 146: YAAA AAA1 1001 0010 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
Asks if there is a lamp problem at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
‘Yes’ means either open circuit or short circuit or load increase or load decrease or current
protector active. ‘No’ does not necessarily imply that no lamps have failed.
Command 153: YAAA AAA1 1001 1001 'QUERY DEVICE TYPE'
Answer shall be 3.
11.3.4 Application extended commands
Replacement:
11.3.4.1 Application extended configuration commands
Every configuration command (224 – 226) shall be received a second time within 100 ms
(nominal) before it is executed in order to reduce the probability of incorrect reception. No
other commands addressing the same control gear shall be sent between these two
commands, otherwise the first such command shall be ignored and the respective control or
configuration sequence shall be aborted.

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Command 272 shall be received before the two instances of the application extended
configuration command, but not between them (see Figure 1).

Application extended Application extended
Command 272
configuration command configuration command
max. 100 ms
IEC  639/09
Figure 1 – Application extended configuration command sequence example
All values of DTR shall be checked against the values mentioned in Clause 10, Range of
validity, i.e. the value shall be set to the upper / lower limit if it is above / below the valid
range defined in Table 1.
Command 224: YAAA AAA1 1110 0000 ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER’
Reference measurement is an optional feature, the presence of which is indicated in bits 2, 3
and 4 of the ‘FEATURES’ byte (see command 240). If all these bits are zero, then reference
measurement is not supported, and this command shall be ignored. Otherwise, on receipt of
this command, the control gear shall proceed as follows.
The control gear shall measure and store system power levels in order to detect load increase
or load decrease. It is up to the manufacturer to decide upon the number of system power
levels each type of gear should measure.
The measured power level shall be stored in the persistent memory. Commands received
during the measuring period shall be ignored except query commands and command 256.
After 15 min at most, the control gear shall finish the measurement process and shall go back
to normal operation. The measurement process shall be aborted if command 256
‘TERMINATE’ is received.
When there has been no successful reference measurement or the most recent reference
measurement was unsuccessful, bit 7, reference measurement failed, in the answer to
command 240 ‘QUERY FAILURE STATUS’ shall be set and command 249 ‘QUERY
REFERENCE MEASUREMENT FAILED’ shall be answered with ‘Yes’.
If the current protector is active this command shall be ignored. In this case bit 7, reference
measurement failed, in the answer to command 240 ‘QUERY FAILURE STATUS’ shall be set
and command 249 ‘QUERY REFERENCE MEASUREMENT FAILED’ shall be answered with
‘Yes’.
Command 225: YAAA AAA1 1110 0001 'ENABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR'
Enables the current protector of the control gear. The current protector can become active
after a successful reference measurement started by command 224.
The default configuration of the gear is 'CURRENT PROTECTOR ENABLED'. The status of
the current protector (enabled / disabled) shall be stored in the persistent memory of the
control gear.
The current protector is an optional feature. Control gear without this feature shall not react
(see command 240).
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Command 226: YAAA AAA1 1110 0010 'DISABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR'
Disables the current protector of the control gear.
The current protector is an optional feature. Control gear without this feature shall not react in
any way.
(see command 240).
Commands 227: YAAA AAA1 1110 0011
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.
Commands 228-231: YAAA AAA1 1110 01XX
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.
Commands 232-239: YAAA AAA1 1110 1XXX
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.
11.3.4.2 Application extended query commands
Command 240: YAAA AAA1 1111 0000 ‘QUERY FEATURES’
The answer from the control gear shall be the following information about which optional
features and query commands are implemented.
bit 0 ‘1’ = short circuit detection can be queried
bit 1 ‘1’ = open circuit detection can be queried
bit 2 ‘1’ = detection of load decrease can be queried
bit 3 ‘1’ = detection of load increase can be queried
bit 4 ‘1’ = current protector is implemented and can be queried
bit 5 ‘1’ = thermal shut down can be queried
bit 6 ‘1’ = light level reduction due to thermal overload can be queried
bit 7 ‘1’ = physical selection supported
Bits 2, 3, 4. If any of these features is available, command 224 ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM
POWER’, command 249 ‘QUERY REFERENCE RUNNING’ and command 250 'QUERY
REFERENCE MEASUREMENT FAILED' are mandatory.
Bit 5; bit 6. A ‘thermal shut down’ or a ‘light level reduction due to thermal overload’ are not
interpreted as lamp failure; nevertheless the control gear shall answer ‘MASK’ to a ‘QUERY
ACTUAL LEVEL’.
NOTE The fact that a thermal overload protection is implemented, the actual status of which can be queried, does
not relieve the user from the obligation to comply with any safety-relevant information for installation given by the
manufacturer. A note to this effect should be included in the manual.
Command 241: YAAA AAA1 1111 0001 ‘QUERY FAILURE STATUS’
Answer is the following ‘FAILURE STATUS’ byte:
bit 0 short circuit ‘0’ = No
bit 1 open circuit ‘0’ = No
bit 2 load decrease ‘0’ = No
bit 3 load increase ‘0’ = No
bit 4 current protector active ‘0’ = No
bit 5 thermal shut down ‘0’ = No
bit 6 thermal overload with light level reduction ‘0’ = No
bit 7 reference measurement failed  ‘0’ = No

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Bit 0, short circuit, means either a severe short circuit or a physical control gear overload
(> 100 % of nominal load).
If any of the bits 0 to 4 are set, the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE' shall
be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
If any of the back-channel bits 0, 1, 5 or 6 are set, the answer to command 160 'QUERY
ACTUAL LEVEL' shall be 'MASK'.
Bit 7 shall be set if the reference measurement of the system power failed for any reason, or if
there has been no reference measurement at all. It shall be stored in the persistent memory.
If the reference measurement is not supported, this bit shall always be ‘0’.
The ‘FAILURE STATUS’ byte shall be available in the RAM of the control gear and shall be
updated regularly by the control gear according to the actual situation. The bits shall not be
changed if the relevant situation cannot be checked.
Command 242: YAAA AAA1 1111 0010 ‘QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT’
Asks if there is a short circuit detected at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
If this query is answered with 'Yes' the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
shall be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 243: YAAA AAA1 1111 0011 ‘QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT’
Asks if there is an open circuit detected at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
If this query is answered with 'Yes' the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
shall be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 244: YAAA AAA1 1111 0100 ‘QUERY LOAD DECREASE’
Asks if there is a significant load decrease (compared to the system reference power)
detected at the given address.
If this query is answered with 'Yes' the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
shall be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command
240).
Command 245: YAAA AAA1 1111 0101 ‘QUERY LOAD INCREASE’
Asks if there is a significant load increase (compared to the system reference power) detected
at the given address.
If this query is answered with 'Yes' the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
shall be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command
240).
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Command 246: YAAA AAA1 1111 0110 ‘QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR
ACTIVE’
Asks if the current protector is active at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
If this query is answered with 'Yes' the answer to command 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE'
shall be 'Yes' and bit 1 in the answer to command 144 'QUERY STATUS' shall be set.
Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 247: YAAA AAA1 1111 0111 ‘QUERY THERMAL SHUT DOWN’
Asks if there is a thermal shut down detected at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or
‘No’.
Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 248: YAAA AAA1 1111 1000 ‘QUERY THERMAL OVERLOAD’
Asks if there is a thermal overload with light level reduction detected at the given address.
Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command
240).
Command 249: YAAA AAA1 1111 1001 ‘QUERY REFERENCE RUNNING’
Asks if there is the ‘REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER’ measurement running at the given
address.
Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
Control gear without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 250: YAAA AAA1 1111 1010 ‘QUERY REFERENCE MEASUREMENT
FAILED’
Asks if the reference measurement started by command 224 'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER'
failed at the given address. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
Control gears without this feature shall not react (see command 240).
Command 251: YAAA AAA1 1111 1011 'QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR
ENABLED'
Asks if the current protector is enabled. Answer shall be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
The current protector is an optional feature. Control gear without this feature shall not react in
any way (see command 240).
Commands 252-253: YAAA AAA1 1111 110X
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.
Command 254: YAAA AAA1 1111 1110
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.
Command 255: YAAA AAA1 1111 1111 ‘QUERY EXTENDED VERSION
NUMBER’
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The answer shall be 1.
11.4.4 Extended special commands
Amendment:
Command 272: 1100 0001 0000 0011 ‘ENABLE DEVICE TYPE 3’
The device type for control gear for low voltage halogen lamps is 3.
11.5 Summary of the command set
The commands listed in subclause 11.5 of IEC 62386-102:2009 apply with the following
additional commands for device type 3 listed in Table 2.
Table 2 – Summary of the application extended command set
Command Number Command Code Command Name
224 YAAA AAA1 1110 0000 REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER
225 YAAA AAA1 1110 0001 ENABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR
226 YAAA AAA1 1110 0010 DISABLE CURRENT PROTECTOR
a
227 YAAA AAA1 1110 0011
a
228 – 231 YAAA AAA1 1110 01XX
a
232 – 239 YAAA AAA1 1110 1XXX
240 YAAA AAA1 1111 0000 QUERY FEATURES
241 YAAA AAA1 1111 0001 QUERY FAILURE STATUS
242 YAAA AAA1 1111 0010 QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT
243 YAAA AAA1 1111 0011 QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT
244 YAAA AAA1 1111 0100 QUERY LOAD DECREASE
245 YAAA AAA1 1111 0101 QUERY LOAD INCREASE
246 YAAA AAA1 1111 0110 QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR ACTIVE
247 YAAA AAA1 1111 0111 QUERY THERMAL SHUT DOWN
248 YAAA AAA1 1111 1000 QUERY THERMAL OVERLOAD
249 YAAA AAA1 1111 1001 QUERY REFERENCE RUNNING
250 YAAA AAA1 1111 1010 QUERY REFERENCE MEASUREMENT FAILED
251 YAAA AAA1 1111 1011 QUERY CURRENT PROTECTOR ENABLED
a
252 – 253 YAAA AAA1 1111 110X
a
254 YAAA AAA1 1111 1101
255 YAAA AAA1 1111 1111 QUERY EXTENDED VERSION NUMBER
272 1100 0001 0000 0011 ENABLE DEVICE TYPE 3
a
Reserved for future needs. The control gear shall not react in any way.

12 Test procedures
The requirements of Clause 12 of IEC 62386-102:2009 apply, except as follows.
12.4 Test sequence 'Physical address allocation'
Addition:
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This test sequence is only mandatory for control gears supporting this feature.
Additional subclause:
12.7 Test sequences 'APPLICATION EXTENDED COMMANDS FOR DEVICE TYPE 3'
12.7.1 Test sequence 'APPLICATION EXTENDED QUERY COMMANDS'
12.7.1.1 Test sequence 'QUERY FEATURES'
Command 240 'QUERY FEATURES' as well as command 272 'ENABLE DEVICE TYPE 3' are
tested. The test sequence 'QUERY FEATURES' is shown in Figure 2.

Test
QUERY FEATURES
SEND TWICE
BROADCAST Reset DUT
RESET
wait
(300 ms + Response time)
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
Test command using
3 BROADCAST
broadcast address
QUERY FEATURES
Error 7111
"QUERY FEATURES
any reply ? No
not answered for
device type 3"
Yes
Test
done
IEC  640/09
Figure 2 – Test sequence 'QUERY FEATURES'

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12.7.1.2 Test sequence 'QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT'
Command 242 'QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT', bit 0 of the answer of command 241 'QUERY
FAILURE STATUS', bit 1 and bit 2 of the answer of command 144 'QUERY STATUS' and the
correct function of the commands 146 'QUERY LAMP FAILURE', 147 'QUERY LAMP POWER
ON' and 160 'QUERY ACTUAL LEVEL' during short circuit conditions are tested. The test
sequence 'QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT' is shown in Figure 3.
Test
QUERY SHORT
CIRCUIT
Error 7123
SEND TWICE
answer "QUERY STATUS
BROADCAST No
Reset DUT
= XXXXX01Xb ? answered wrong with
RESET
short circuit"
Yes
wait
(300 ms + Response time)
SEND
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
BROADCAST Lamp Failure detected?
3 BROADCAST
QUERY LAMP FAILURE
QUERY FEATURES
Error 7124
"QUERY LAMP
any reply ? No FAILURE not
answer Feature supported
No
answered with
= XXXXXXX1b ? by DUT?
short circuit applied"
Yes
Yes
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
SEND
3 BROADCAST FAILURE STATUS correct?
Lamp Power has to be
BROADCAST
QUERY FAILURE STATUS
switched off
QUERY LAMP POWER ON
Error 7121
Error 7125
"QUERY FAILURE
answer
"QUERY LAMP
No STATUS answered
= XXXXXXX0b ?
any reply ? Yes POWER ON
wrong without
answered wrong with
short circuit"
short circuit applied"
Yes
No
Apply
Short Circuit to output SEND
Query must be answered with
BROADCAST
MASK
QUERY ACTUAL LEVEL
wait 5 s Time to detect failure
Error 7126
"QUERY ACTUAL
answer = '255'
No LEVEL answered
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE (MASK) ?
wrong with
3 BROADCAST FAILURE STATUS correct?
short circuit applied"
QUERY FAILURE STATUS
Yes
Error 7122
"QUERY FAILURE
answer
No STATUS answered
= XXXXXXX1b ? SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
wrong with Test command using
3 BROADCAST
short circuit" broadcast address
QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT FAILURE
Yes
Error 7127
"QUERY SHORT
any reply ? No
SEND
CIRCUIT FAILURE
STATUS correct when short
BROADCAST not answered"
circuit applied?
QUERY STATUS
Yes
Remove
Short Circuit at output
Report:
"QUERY SHORT
CIRCUIT FAILURE
not supported
by DUT "
Test
done
IEC  641/09
Figure 3 – Test sequence 'QUERY SHORT CIRCUIT'

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12.7.1.3 Test sequence 'QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT'
Command 243 'QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT' as well as bit 1 of the answer of command 241
'QUERY FAILURE STATUS' and the correct answer of command 160 'QUERY ACTUAL
LEVEL' is tested. The test sequence 'QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT' is shown in Figure 4.
Test
QUERY OPEN
CIRCUIT
Error 7133
SEND TWICE
answer "QUERY STATUS
BROADCAST Reset DUT No
= XXXXX01Xb ? answered wrong with
RESET
open circuit"
Yes
wait
(300 ms + Response time)
SEND
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
BROADCAST Lamp Failure detected?
3 BROADCAST
QUERY LAMP FAILURE
QUERY FEATURES
Error 7134
"QUERY LAMP
any reply ? No FAILURE not
answer
Feature supported
No
answered with
= XXXXXX1Xb ? by DUT?
open circuit applied"
Yes
Yes
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
SEND
3 BROADCAST FAILURE STATUS correct?
Lamp Power has to be
BROADCAST
QUERY FAILURE STATUS
switched off
QUERY LAMP POWER ON
Error 7131
Error 7135
"QUERY FAILURE
answer
"QUERY LAMP
No STATUS answered
= XXXXXX0Xb ?
any reply ? Yes POWER ON
wrong without
answered wrong with
open circuit"
open circuit applied"
Yes
No
Disconnect
Lamp(s) SEND
Query must be answered with
BROADCAST
MASK
QUERY ACTUAL LEVEL
wait 5 s Time to detect failure
Error 7136
"QUERY ACTUAL
answer = '255'
No LEVEL answered
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE (MASK) ?
wrong with
3 BROADCAST FAILURE STATUS correct?
open circuit applied"
QUERY FAILURE STATUS
Yes
Error 7132
"QUERY FAILURE
answer
No STATUS answered
= XXXXXX1Xb ? SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
wrong with Test command using
3 BROADCAST
open circuit" broadcast address
QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT FAILURE
Yes
Error 7137
"QUERY OPEN
any reply ? No
SEND CIRCUIT FAILURE
STATUS correct when open
BROADCAST not answered"
circuit applied?
QUERY STATUS
Yes
Reconnect
Lamp(s)
Report:
"QUERY OPEN
CIRCUIT FAILURE
not supported
by DUT "
Test
done
IEC  642/09
Figure 4 – Test sequence 'QUERY OPEN CIRCUIT'

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12.7.1.4 Test sequence 'QUERY LOAD DECREASE'
Command 244 'QUERY LOAD DECREASE' as well as bit 2 of the answer of command 241
'QUERY FAILURE STATUS' are tested. The correct function of the command 224
'REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER' and command 241 'QUERY FAILURE STATUS' has to be
ensured using the test sequence 7.2.1. The test sequence 'QUERY LOAD DECREASE' is
shown in Figure 5.
Test
QUERY LOAD
DECREASE
SEND TWICE SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
BROADCAST Reset DUT 3 BROADCAST FAILURE STATUS correct?
RESET QUERY FAILURE STATUS
Error 7143
wait
"QUERY FAILURE
(300 ms + Response time)
answer
No STATUS answered
= XXXXX0XXb ?
wrong without
load decrease"
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
Feature supported
3 BROADCAST
Yes
by DUT?
QUERY FEATURES
Disconnect
answer
part of the load according Simulate Failure
No
= XXXXX1XXb ?
to manufacturer
Yes
SEND
BROADCAST STATUS correct?
QUERY STATUS
SEND TWICE TO DEVICE TYPE
3 BROADCAST Start reference measurement
REFERENCE SYSTEM POWER
Error 7144
answer "QUERY STATUS
No
= XXXXX01Xb ? answered wrong at
time := 0 load decrease"
Yes
SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
SEND
3 BROADCAST Measurement finnished?
BROADCAST Lamp Failure detected?
QUERY REFERENCE RUNNING
Yes QUERY LAMP FAILURE
Error 7145
answer "QUERY LAMP
No
= YES ? any reply ? No FAILURE not
answered at load
decrease"
Yes
Yes
time < 17 min. Timeout? SEND TO DEVICE TYPE
3 BROADCAST Test command
QUERY FAILURE STATUS
No
Error 7146
"QUERY FAILURE
answer
No STATUS answered
= XXXXX1XXb ?
wrong at load
decre
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