Immediate installation verification
Verify immediately if gears are connected correctly across the entire bus and ensure they will be flawlessly detected by the master system.
Pilo Technology 
The definitive DALI diagnostic tool
Diagnosing a DALI bus typically requires a laptop, a DALI-USB converter, an external bus power supply, and an oscilloscope. Pilo One replaces this mountain of inconvenient gear with a single, pocket-sized device and an intuitive mobile app.
For Whom
A thoughtful tool for every stage of work
Whether you are laying cables, managing construction, or programming advanced lighting scenarios – Pilo simplifies and accelerates your work.
Painless commissioning
Easily modify detailed gear parameters on the fly, resolve addressing conflicts, and optimize your commissioning workflow.
Time is money
Equip your teams with tools that drastically reduce debugging time. Fewer delays on site mean higher margins for the project.
Diagnostics
Proactive tracking of electrical, addressing, and physical bus faults
Pilo One continuously monitors the DALI bus and instantly detects common problems encountered during lighting installation and commissioning.
Electrical bus errors
Detecting DALI bus short circuits, incorrect wire polarity, and missing system power.
Addressing conflicts
Instant identification of duplicated, incorrect, or missing Short Addresses of devices.
Broken control gears
Locating specific device addresses (control gears) that do not respond to protocol queries.
Physical interference (PHY)
Real-time signal quality analysis. Detecting noise, reflections, and voltage degradation on long cable runs.
Certification verification
Automatic checking of device identifiers against the official DALI Alliance database to detect uncertified replacements.
"Ghost switching" logging
Continuous monitoring and command recording to catch unwanted, spontaneous lighting activations on site.
Modular App
All DALI tools in a single application
Our mobile ecosystem consists of specialized, advanced modules that allow you to fully analyze and control the DALI network directly from your phone.
Dali Probe
Continuous sniffer and traffic analyzer for the DALI network. Provides a real-time view of commands frame-by-frame, detailed Link Quality Indicator (LQI) analysis, and bit-level decoding.
Dali Slider
Instant brightness control. Allows immediate transmission of Direct Arc Power Control (DAPC) commands to manually control lighting levels and verify dimming operation.
DALI Dash
Macros and automation. Create, save, and trigger complex command sequences (macros) for batch reading, writing, and modification of device parameters on the DALI bus.
Dali Miner
Fast addressing and conflict discovery. Automatically scans for DALI devices, allowing easy parameters view, modification, and re-addressing. Quickly detects and non-invasively resolves short address conflicts.
Reports
Generate professional PDF reports directly from your phone. Consolidate diagnostic logs, address lists, and line status scans into clean client-ready handovers instantly.
Dali Probe
Continuous sniffer and traffic analyzer for the DALI network. Provides a real-time view of commands frame-by-frame, detailed Link Quality Indicator (LQI) analysis, and bit-level decoding.
Dali Slider
Instant brightness control. Allows immediate transmission of Direct Arc Power Control (DAPC) commands to manually control lighting levels and verify dimming operation.
DALI Dash
Macros and automation. Create, save, and trigger complex command sequences (macros) for batch reading, writing, and modification of device parameters on the DALI bus.
Dali Miner
Fast addressing and conflict discovery. Automatically scans for DALI devices, allowing easy parameters view, modification, and re-addressing. Quickly detects and non-invasively resolves short address conflicts.
Reports
Generate professional PDF reports directly from your phone. Consolidate diagnostic logs, address lists, and line status scans into clean client-ready handovers instantly.
Real-world Case
Solving DALI bus congestion in minutes
DALI networks can become unresponsive due to misconfigured devices flooding the bus. Here is how Pilo One diagnoses and resolves a major commercial installation lag.
1. Latency Detected Commands take seconds to execute. Lights are laggy and the cause is unknown.
Sniff
2. Connect Pilo Plug Pilo One into the line. It reads bus traffic and configs over Bluetooth.
Analyze
3. AI Diagnosis Pilo Agent flags 5 light sensors flooding the bus by reporting lux levels every 1s.
Resolve
4. Fixed Instantly AI sets reporting to 20s and enables hysteresis, immediately clearing the lag.
Artificial Intelligence
Pilo Agent — Autonomous DALI debugging assistant
Classic multimeters show dry electrical parameters or raw hex codes that must be painstakingly deciphered from printed specifications.
Pilo Agent brings an active, agentic AI approach directly to hardware. It goes beyond warning outputs by actively planning step-by-step resolution sequences: finding addressing conflicts, blinking gears for physical localization, and writing DALI bus configuration parameters. All it requires is your authorization to execute.
Pilo Agent
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Specifications
Technical Specifications
| DALI Bus Power | 16 V DC (230 mA guaranteed, 250 mA max limit) • Switchable active / passive modes |
| Battery Life | Passive mode: >16 hours • Active mode: >8 hours (at 230mA DALI load) |
| Logging Storage | Up to 12 hours of continuous DALI bus traffic logs |
| DALI Interface | 2x 4 mm safety sockets |
| Data Interface | Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) |
| USB-C Power | USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) support |
| Dimensions & Weight | 165 mm x 80 mm x 27 mm • 280 g (Device) |
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about Pilo One DALI diagnostic tool and its capabilities
How to commission a DALI bus efficiently? expand_more
To commission a DALI bus on-site, you need to verify wiring, scan all control gears, and resolve addressing conflicts. Pilo One simplifies DALI commissioning by automatically scanning the bus, identifying all connected ballasts/drivers, and allowing you to modify parameters directly from a mobile app. The Pilo Agent AI guides you through complex group configurations and scene settings, streamlining the handover process.
How to debug DALI-2 issues and protocol errors? expand_more
To debug DALI-2 issues, you must monitor command frames, check for addressing conflicts, and look for collision errors. Pilo One provides a real-time frame sniffer (Dali Probe) that decodes DALI-2 commands, monitors the Link Quality Indicator (LQI), and logs traffic. The AI-driven debugger analyzes this data to point out duplicated short addresses and sensor flooding, making DALI-2 troubleshooting fast and intuitive.
What tools are needed to troubleshoot a DALI network physical layer? expand_more
When you troubleshoot a DALI network, physical layer diagnostics are essential to detect signal distortion, voltage degradation, and noise. Instead of carrying a heavy oscilloscope to the site, Pilo One acts as a digital DALI physical layer diagnostic interface. It samples bit-level timing (Manchester encoding), verifies signal thresholds, and measures voltage drops over long cable runs, visualizing physical bus health on your phone.
Does DALI-2 commissioning require an active bus power supply? expand_more
Standard DALI-2 commissioning requires a system power supply on the bus. Pilo One comes with a switchable, integrated active DALI bus power supply (16V DC, 230mA guaranteed). This enables you to power up, test, and commission a line of up to 64 control gears without any pre-installed electrical infrastructure, perfect for early-stage construction verification.
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