DALI - ARC Power Control Commands - What about them is 'ARC' related
This term is a hangover from the original standard which was for fluorescent lamps only where it was used to differentiate between the power in the lamp and the power drawn from the supply by the ballast.

DALI started off as an annex to IEC60929 "A.C. supplied electronic ballasts for tubular fluorescent lamps - Performance Requirements" Annex E.4 - Control by Digital Signals. It is now IEC62386.

Subsequently, the standard has added support for many lamp types which do not use arcs to generate light, including low voltage halogen, incandescent and LED, but the term has remained for historical reasons.

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