Trade Talk: Why Utility Metering Makes Sense
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. “Turn that light off! Money doesn’t grow on trees you know” was often bellowed at me as a youngster. My Nan and Granddad lived in a three-bed terraced house, and a quick count of lights probably worked out at about six upstairs and another four downstairs – so let’s […]
Pairot KNX Bridge Works with HomeKit, Alexa and Google Home and now Distributed in UK
Pairot is the only device you need, to link your KNX installation to Apple HomeKit, Amazon Echo or Google Home. “Okay Google, set the thermostat to 20 degrees!” “Alexa, please turn on the lights!” Since Pairot was launched, the xxter development team has been working on support for Google Home/Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Now, with […]
Trade Talk: Tuning LED Lights
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. There’s something amazing about the fairground when you’re young. It comes once a year and is the only place to be during its time in town. The smell of candyfloss mixed with generator fumes. Pure joy coupled with terror as rides spin, whirl and accelerate at mind-bending speeds. Centrifugal […]
Opinion: Smart Living from an IT Perspective – why KNX is the Logical Choice
By Thanos Derempeis, AD Networks Ltd. After years of working as a freelance IT engineer, I formed AD Networks Ltd in 2002. The initial line of business was B2B IT consultancy, hardware/software supply and support for businesses varying from 5 to 50 users. Networking infrastructure was obviously at the core of our offerings as it […]
Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 3: Servers, Gateways and AV
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for a particular type of KNX server or gateway, there was so much choice at Light + Building 2018 that it is impractical to cover it all here. As expected, there were plenty of dedicated gateways for protocols such as DALI, ModBus, BACnet etc, but there was […]
Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 4: KNX User Interfaces and Sensors
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If your interest is in KNX user interfaces or sensors, there was plenty at Light + Building 2018 to tempt you. Switch designs were on show in a wide choice of styles and finishes with varying degrees of customisation possible. There was also a wide choice of dedicated stand alone sensors, […]
Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 5: KNX Secure
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday In Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this five-part series on highlights from the recent Light + Building show in Frankfurt, we presented a selection of KNX products and technologies ranging from new user interfaces, to HVAC, lighting and shading; system programming, servers, gateways, sensors and the IoT. The common […]
Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 1: IoT, Home Automation, HVAC, Water Management, Lighting and Shading
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday Light + Building 2018 was a real treat for the KNX professional. There was something for everyone and so much on show from KNX manufacturers, service providers and the KNX Association, that our show report has been split into several parts, some of which have been published this month. In this […]
Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 2: Simpler Design, Installation and Control
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for tools to make KNX system planning, installation and operation easier, Light + Building 2018 had plenty to show. In Part 2 of our show highlights, we look at a selection of products and technologies that aim to make system planning, programming and operation easier. Simpler planning […]
Trade Talk: Assisted Living – Preparing for Getting Old
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Life speeds up as one gets older. In ’76, the long hot summer, I was twelve and it was indeed a very long and very hot summer. My only worries were if there might be a shopping trolley below the water under the bridge that I repeatedly jumped off, […]