diff --git a/components/gateway_bridge/src/gateway_bridge.cpp b/components/gateway_bridge/src/gateway_bridge.cpp
index 3ac31ff..a6fbd11 100644
--- a/components/gateway_bridge/src/gateway_bridge.cpp
+++ b/components/gateway_bridge/src/gateway_bridge.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
 #include "gateway_knx.hpp"
 #include "gateway_modbus.hpp"
 #include "gateway_provisioning.hpp"
+#include "log.hpp"
 #include "security_storage.h"
 
 #include "cJSON.h"
 #include "driver/uart.h"
+#ifndef LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL
+#define LOG_LOCAL_LEVEL ESP_LOG_DEBUG
+#endif
 #include "esp_log.h"
 #include "freertos/semphr.h"
 #include "lwip/inet.h"
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ namespace gateway {
 namespace {
 
 constexpr const char* kTag = "gateway_bridge";
+constexpr const char* kDaliCppLogTag = "dali_cpp";
 constexpr const char* kBridgeConfigKey = "bridge_cfg";
 constexpr const char* kDiscoveryInventoryKey = "bridge_disc";
 constexpr int kMaxDaliShortAddress = 63;
@@ -58,6 +63,16 @@ constexpr uint32_t kBacnetReliabilityCommunicationFailure = 12;
 constexpr const char* kModbusManagementPrefix = "@DALIGW";
 constexpr uint8_t kDaliGroupRawMin = 0x80;
 constexpr uint8_t kDaliGroupRawMax = 0x9F;
+
+void ConfigureDaliCppLogging() {
+  static bool configured = false;
+  if (configured) return;
+  configured = true;
+  DaliLog::instance().setLevel(LogLevel::debug);
+  DaliLog::instance().setSink([](const std::string& line) {
+    ESP_LOGD(kDaliCppLogTag, "%s", line.c_str());
+  });
+}
 constexpr uint8_t kDaliCmdOff = 0x00;
 constexpr uint8_t kDaliCmdRecallMax = 0x05;
 
@@ -3938,6 +3953,7 @@ GatewayBridgeService::GatewayBridgeService(DaliDomainService& dali_domain,
 GatewayBridgeService::~GatewayBridgeService() = default;
 
 esp_err_t GatewayBridgeService::start() {
+  ConfigureDaliCppLogging();
   if (!config_.bridge_enabled) {
     ESP_LOGI(kTag, "bridge service disabled");
     return ESP_OK;
diff --git a/components/gateway_knx/src/gateway_knx.cpp b/components/gateway_knx/src/gateway_knx.cpp
index d9dbb5e..008318a 100644
--- a/components/gateway_knx/src/gateway_knx.cpp
+++ b/components/gateway_knx/src/gateway_knx.cpp
@@ -679,11 +679,27 @@ std::optional<int> ExecuteRawQuery(DaliBridgeEngine& engine, uint8_t addr, uint8
                                    const char* sequence) {
   const auto result = ExecuteRaw(engine, BridgeOperation::query, addr, cmd, sequence);
   if (!result.ok || !result.data.has_value()) {
+    ESP_LOGD(kTag, "DALI query failed seq=%s addr=0x%02x cmd=0x%02x error=%s",
+             sequence == nullptr ? "" : sequence, static_cast<unsigned>(addr),
+             static_cast<unsigned>(cmd),
+             result.error.empty() ? "no response" : result.error.c_str());
     return std::nullopt;
   }
+  ESP_LOGD(kTag, "DALI query result seq=%s addr=0x%02x cmd=0x%02x data=0x%02x",
+           sequence == nullptr ? "" : sequence, static_cast<unsigned>(addr),
+           static_cast<unsigned>(cmd),
+           static_cast<unsigned>(result.data.value() & 0xff));
   return result.data.value();
 }
 
+bool DaliQueryResultHasStatus(const DaliBridgeResult& result, const char* status) {
+  if (status == nullptr) return false;
+  const auto it = result.metadata.find("queryStatus");
+  if (it == result.metadata.end()) return false;
+  const auto value = it->second.asString();
+  return value.has_value() && value.value() == status;
+}
+
 std::optional<uint8_t> RawCommandAddressForTarget(const GatewayKnxDaliTarget& target) {
   switch (target.kind) {
     case GatewayKnxDaliTargetKind::kBroadcast:
@@ -954,11 +970,27 @@ std::optional<bool> CompareSelectedSearchAddress(DaliBridgeEngine& engine, uint3
   if (!SetSearchAddress(engine, search_address, sequence)) {
     return std::nullopt;
   }
-  const auto raw = ExecuteRawQuery(engine, DALI_CMD_SPECIAL_COMPARE, DALI_CMD_OFF, sequence);
-  if (!raw.has_value()) {
+  const auto result = ExecuteRaw(engine, BridgeOperation::query, DALI_CMD_SPECIAL_COMPARE,
+                                 DALI_CMD_OFF, sequence);
+  if (result.ok && result.data.has_value()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (DaliQueryResultHasStatus(result, "noResponse") ||
+      DaliQueryResultHasStatus(result, "timeout")) {
+    ESP_LOGD(kTag, "DALI compare no match seq=%s search=0x%06x status=%s",
+             sequence == nullptr ? "" : sequence, static_cast<unsigned>(search_address),
+             DaliQueryResultHasStatus(result, "timeout") ? "timeout" : "noResponse");
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!result.error.empty()) {
+    ESP_LOGW(kTag, "DALI compare failed seq=%s search=0x%06x error=%s",
+             sequence == nullptr ? "" : sequence, static_cast<unsigned>(search_address),
+             result.error.c_str());
+  }
+  if (!result.ok || !result.data.has_value()) {
     return std::nullopt;
   }
-  return raw.value() == 0xff;
+  return true;
 }
 
 std::optional<uint32_t> FindLowestSelectedRandomAddress(DaliBridgeEngine& engine) {