The Zigbee Alliance—an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT)—and the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA), the global industry organization for DALI lighting control, announced they are working together to bring further standardization and system interoperability to the IoT luminaires space. This development will help stakeholders realize the benefits of combining wired DALI lighting-control systems with wireless Zigbee networks as the IoT space progresses.
The two organizations are collaborating on the development of a gateway specification to support a forthcoming certification program. “Our liaison agreement with the Zigbee Alliance is part of DiiA’s commitment to address different options for combining wireless communication links with DALI lighting control,” said Paul Drosihn, DiiA General Manager. “Developing specifications and testing requirements for gateways between Zigbee ecosystems and wired DALI networks will ensure interoperability that’s backed by certification.”