SIST EN IEC 62386-105:2020
(Main)Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices - Firmware Transfer (IEC 62386-105:2020)
Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices - Firmware Transfer (IEC 62386-105:2020)
IEC 62386-105:2020 applies to control gear and control devices.
Typically, a bus unit according to IEC 62386 (all parts) contains firmware. There are circumstances where it might be necessary to change the firmware after production or shipping of the product. For example if the bus unit does not operate as intended. In such a case, a firmware update of a bus unit via the interface is beneficial.
This firmware update process is primarily designed to be a bug fix process, not a feature extension process. Nevertheless the firmware update process can be used for feature extensions. But it is important that the risk of negative effects to the complete system is considered in detail.
Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle für die Beleuchtung - Teil 105: Besondere Anforderungen für Betriebs- und Steuergeräte - Firmware Übertragung (IEC 62386-105:2020)
Interface d'éclairage adressable numérique - Partie 105: Exigences particulières pour appareillages et dispositifs de commande - Transfert du microprogramme (IEC 62386-105:2020)
L’IEC 62386-105:2020 s’applique aux appareillages et dispositifs de commande.
Un appareillage de bus conforme à l'IEC 62386 (toutes les parties) contient généralement un microprogramme. Il peut être nécessaire dans certaines circonstances de modifier ce microprogramme après la production ou l’expédition du produit, par exemple lorsque l’appareillage de bus ne fonctionne pas comme prévu. Dans ce cas, il est bénéfique de mettre à jour le microprogramme de l’appareillage de bus par l’intermédiaire de l’interface.
Ce processus de mise à jour du microprogramme est principalement conçu comme un processus de correction des bogues et non comme un processus d'extension de caractéristiques. Le processus de mise à jour du microprogramme peut néanmoins être utilisé pour l’extension des caractéristiques. Il est important cependant d'étudier en détail le risque d’effets négatifs sur le système entier.
Digitalni naslovljivi vmesnik za razsvetljavo - 105. del: Posebne zahteve za krmilja in krmilne naprave - Prenos strojne programske opreme (IEC 62386-105:2020)
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 28-May-2020
- Technical Committee
- IESV - Lamps and related equipment
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 27-May-2020
- Due Date
- 01-Aug-2020
- Completion Date
- 29-May-2020
Relations
- Effective Date
- 01-May-2025
Overview - EN IEC 62386-105:2020 (Firmware Transfer)
EN IEC 62386-105:2020 (IEC 62386-105:2020) is the part of the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) series that defines particular requirements for firmware transfer to control gear and control devices. It specifies how a bus unit (a DALI/IEC 62386 device containing firmware) can safely receive firmware updates after production or shipping. The firmware update mechanism is primarily intended for bug fixes, while feature extensions are possible but must consider system-wide risk.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Scope & intended use
- Applies to control gear and control devices within the IEC 62386 series.
- Firmware update via the bus interface primarily for corrective maintenance.
- Protocol and encoding
- Transmission protocol structure and timing requirements are defined, including 32‑bit forward frame encoding.
- Electrical & interface requirements
- Electrical specification and interface power supply considerations for safe update operations.
- Data transfer & commands
- Definitions for data transfer commands, standard commands and command frames required for firmware transfer.
- Firmware update process
- Start/update procedures, block definitions (Block 0, Block 1..n), data transfer sequencing and duration considerations.
- Security & error recovery
- Security aspects, checksum/CRC mechanisms (Annex B covers CRC16 calculation) and error recovery strategies to protect system integrity.
- Persistent variables & versioning
- Handling of persistent variables during update and firmware version number declaration requirements.
- Supporting documentation
- Annex A: update file description; Annex C: informative example process; Annex D: management checklist.
Applications - who uses this standard
- Lighting product manufacturers designing DALI/IEC 62386 control gear and control devices.
- Firmware and embedded engineers implementing safe over-the-air (OTA) or bus-based firmware updates.
- System integrators and installers who manage firmware maintenance in commercial lighting installations.
- Test laboratories and compliance officers verifying conformity with IEC 62386 firmware transfer requirements.
- Facility managers and service providers who need standardized procedures for in-field bug fixes and updates.
Practical uses include in-field bug fixes, security patches, post‑shipment updates and controlled feature rollouts for DALI-enabled luminaires and control devices. The standard helps minimize system risk during firmware changes.
Related standards
- IEC/EN 62386-101 (General requirements - system components)
- IEC/EN 62386-102 (General requirements - control gear)
- IEC/EN 62386-103 (General requirements - control devices)
- Other IEC 62386 2xx and 3xx parts for device- and lamp-specific requirements
Keywords: EN IEC 62386-105:2020, IEC 62386-105:2020, DALI firmware transfer, Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, firmware update, control gear, control devices, bus unit.
Frequently Asked Questions
SIST EN IEC 62386-105:2020 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices - Firmware Transfer (IEC 62386-105:2020)". This standard covers: IEC 62386-105:2020 applies to control gear and control devices. Typically, a bus unit according to IEC 62386 (all parts) contains firmware. There are circumstances where it might be necessary to change the firmware after production or shipping of the product. For example if the bus unit does not operate as intended. In such a case, a firmware update of a bus unit via the interface is beneficial. This firmware update process is primarily designed to be a bug fix process, not a feature extension process. Nevertheless the firmware update process can be used for feature extensions. But it is important that the risk of negative effects to the complete system is considered in detail.
IEC 62386-105:2020 applies to control gear and control devices. Typically, a bus unit according to IEC 62386 (all parts) contains firmware. There are circumstances where it might be necessary to change the firmware after production or shipping of the product. For example if the bus unit does not operate as intended. In such a case, a firmware update of a bus unit via the interface is beneficial. This firmware update process is primarily designed to be a bug fix process, not a feature extension process. Nevertheless the firmware update process can be used for feature extensions. But it is important that the risk of negative effects to the complete system is considered in detail.
SIST EN IEC 62386-105:2020 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 29.140.50 - Lighting installation systems; 35.200 - Interface and interconnection equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2020
Digitalni naslovljivi vmesnik za razsvetljavo - 105. del: Posebne zahteve za krmilja
in krmilne naprave - Prenos strojne programske opreme (IEC 62386-105:2020)
Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear
and control devices - Firmware Transfer (IEC 62386-105:2020)
Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle für die Beleuchtung - Teil 105: Besondere
Anforderungen für Betriebs- und Steuergeräte - Firmware Übertragung (IEC 62386-
105:2020)
Interface d'éclairage adressable numérique - Partie 105: Exigences particulières pour
appareillages et dispositifs de commande - Transfert du microprogramme (IEC 62386-
105:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62386-105:2020
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 IEC 62386-105
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2020
ICS 29.140.50; 29.140.99
English Version
Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 105: Particular
requirements for control gear and control devices - Firmware
Transfer
(IEC 62386-105:2020)
Interface d'éclairage adressable numérique - Partie 105: Digital adressierbare Schnittstelle für die Beleuchtung - Teil
Exigences particulières pour appareillages et dispositifs de 105: Besondere Anforderungen für Betriebs- und
commande - Transfert du microprogramme Steuergeräte - Firmware Übertragung
(IEC 62386-105:2020) (IEC 62386-105:2020)
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European foreword
The text of document 34/675/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62386-105, prepared by IEC/TC 34
"Lighting" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2021-01-30
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62386-105:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 62386-101 2014 Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 101: EN 62386-101 2014
General requirements - System components
+ A1 2018 + A1 2018
IEC 62386-102 2014 Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 102: EN 62386-102 2014
General requirements - Control gear
+ A1 2018 + A1 2018
IEC 62386-103 2014 Digital addressable lighting interface - Part 103: EN 62386-103 2014
General requirements - Control devices
+ A1 2018 + A1 2018
IEC 62386-105 ®
Edition 1.0 2020-03
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Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices –
Firmware transfer
Interface d’éclairage adressable numérique – –
Partie 105: Exigences particulières pour appareillages et dispositifs de
commande – Transfert du microprogramme
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 General . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Transmitters and receivers in bus units . 8
4.3 Logical units in a bus unit . 8
5 Electrical specification . 8
6 Interface power supply . 8
7 Transmission protocol structure . 8
7.1 General . 8
7.2 32 bit forward frame encoding . 9
8 Timing . 9
9 Method of operation . 9
9.1 General . 9
9.2 Data transmission . 9
9.3 Duration . 9
9.4 Security . 10
9.5 Firmware update features . 10
9.6 Update process . 10
9.6.1 Start firmware update . 10
9.6.2 Data transfer . 10
9.6.3 Persistent variables during firmware update . 12
9.6.4 Firmware version number . 13
9.6.5 Firmware update in a system . 13
9.6.6 Error recovery. 13
10 Declaration of variables . 13
11 Definition of commands . 14
11.1 General . 14
11.2 Overview sheets . 14
11.3 Commands . 16
11.3.1 General . 16
11.3.2 Standard commands . 16
11.3.3 Data transfer commands . 17
Annex A (normative) Update file description . 19
Annex B (normative) CRC16 Calculation . 20
Annex C (informative) Firmware update process example . 21
Annex D (informative) Firmware update management check sheet . 23
Figure 1 – IEC 62386 graphical overview . 6
Figure C.1 – Example of a firmware update process . 21
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Table 1 – 32-bit command frame encoding . 9
Table 2 – Firmware update features . 10
Table 3 – Block 0 definitions . 11
Table 4 – Block 1.n definitions . 12
Table 5 – Declaration of additional variables . 14
Table 6 – Standard commands for bus units with firmware update capability . 15
Table 7 – Data transfer commands for bus units with firmware update capability . 15
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DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE –
Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices –
Firmware transfer
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62386-105 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 34:
Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
34/675/FDIS 34/688/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
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This Part 105 of IEC 62386 is intended to be used in conjunction with:
• Part 101, which contains general requirements for system components;
• Part 102, which contains general requirements for the relevant product type (control gear),
and with the appropriate Parts 2xx (particular requirements for control gear);
• Part 103, which contains general requirements for the relevant product type (control
devices), and the appropriate Parts 3xx (particular requirements for control devices).
A list of all parts in the IEC 62386 series, published under the general title Digital addressable
lighting interface, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
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INTRODUCTION
IEC 62386 contains several parts, referred to as series. The IEC 62386 series specifies a bus
system for control by digital signals of electronic lighting equipment. The IEC 62386-1xx
series includes the basic specifications. Part 101 contains general requirements for system
components, Part 102 extends this information with general requirements for control gear and
Part 103 extends it further with general requirements for control devices.
The IEC 62386-2xx series extends the general requirements for control gear with lamp
specific extensions (mainly for backward compatibility with Edition 1 of IEC 62386) and with
control gear specific features.
The IEC 62386-3xx series extends the general requirements for control devices with input
device specific extensions describing the instance types as well as some common features
that can be combined with multiple instance types.
This first edition of IEC 62386-105 is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 62386-101,
IEC 62386-102 and the various parts that make up the IEC 62386-2xx series for control gear,
together with IEC 62386-103 and the various parts that make up the IEC 62386-3xx series of
particular requirements for control devices. The division 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 recognized.
The setup of the standards is graphically represented in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1 – IEC 62386 graphical overview
When this part of IEC 62386 refers to any of the clauses of the IEC 62386-1xx series, the
extent to which such a clause is applicable and the order in which the tests are to be
performed are specified. The other parts also include additional requirements, as necessary.
All numbers used in this document 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".
The following typographic expressions are used:
Variables: variableName or variableName[3:0], giving only bits 3 to 0 of variableName
Range of values: [lowest, highest]
Command: “COMMAND NAME”
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DIGITAL ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING INTERFACE –
Part 105: Particular requirements for control gear and control devices –
Firmware transfer
1 Scope
This part of IEC 62386 applies to control gear and control devices.
Typically, a bus unit according to IEC 62386 (all parts) contains firmware. There are
circumstances where it might be necessary to change the firmware after production or
shipping of the product. For example if the bus unit does not operate as intended. In such a
case, a firmware update of a bus unit via the interface is beneficial.
This firmware update process is primarily designed to be a bug fix process, not a feature
extension process. Nevertheless the firmware update process can be used for feature
extensions. But it is important that the risk of negative effects to the complete system is
considered in detail.
NOTE Annex D provides a “Firmware update management check sheet” to support risk estimation.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements 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 62386-101:2014, Digital addressable lighting interface – Part 101: General requirements
– System components
IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018
IEC 62386-102:2014, Digital addressable lighting interface – Part 102: General requirements
– Control gear
IEC 62386-102:2014/AMD1:2018
IEC 62386-103:2014, Digital addressable lighting interface – Part 103: General requirements
– Control devices
IEC 62386-103:2014/AMD1:2018
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 62386-101,
IEC 62386-102 and IEC 62386-103 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
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3.1
firmware
FW
software programmed into a control gear or control device, which can be changed during an
update
Note 1 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.
3.2
CRC
cyclic redundancy check
checksum used to prevent data corruption
Note 1 to entry: Annex B provides detailed information about CRC calculation.
4 General
4.1 General
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014 and IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018 apply, with
the restrictions, changes and additions identified below.
NOTE Systems with a single-master application controller are unlikely to operate correctly when other master
control devices, such as upgrade tools, are connected.
4.2 Transmitters and receivers in bus units
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014 and IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018, 4.6.1 shall
be extended as follows.
Bus units supporting firmware transfer shall be additionally capable of receiving 32 bit forward
frames as specified in IEC 62386-101:2014, 7.4.3 (Reserved forward frame).
4.3 Logical units in a bus unit
If the firmware update process is started on a bus unit, all logical units inside the bus unit
shall be affected. All variables defined in Table 5 shall be shared by all logical units of the bus
unit.
5 Electrical specification
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014 and IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018, Clause 5
apply.
6 Interface power supply
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014 and IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018, Clause 6
apply.
7 Transmission protocol structure
7.1 General
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014, Clause 7 apply, with the following additions.
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7.2 32 bit forward frame encoding
The forward frame format used for firmware update consists of n = 32 data bits as described
in IEC 62386-101:2014, 7.4.3 (Reserved forward frame).
The 32 bit forward frame for 32 bit frames shall be encoded as shown in Table 1.
Table 1 – 32-bit command frame encoding
Bytes/Bits
Opcode byte
Device addressing
Address byte
method
1 2 3
a
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23…16 15…8 7…0
0 64 short addresses x Short addressing
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 x Broadcast unaddressed
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 x Broadcast
All other address byte values. Reserved
a
For bit 24, 0 indicates address space for control gear, 1 indicates address space for control
devices.
8 Timing
The requirements of IEC 62386-101:2014 and IEC 62386-101:2014/AMD1:2018, Clause 8
apply.
9 Method of operation
9.1 General
The r
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