Interview: Henk Hazeleger, Leertouwer

Henk Hazeleger is an electrotechnical engineer and one of the earliest adopters of EIB (pre-KNX) in Holland. He works for Leertouwer in Barneveld, the Netherlands. Leertouwer is a systems integrator which has been using KNX for the past 15 years. With 150 employees across the Netherlands, the company specialises in security, ICT solutions and telephony […]

Dr KNX: ETS Apps

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, Just like the apps that we already know from smartphones and tablets, KNX also offers apps in order to extend the functionality of ETS (Engineering Tool Software) – the KNX programming software package. Sure, the ‘standard’ ETS has more than enough functionality in itself to bring KNX installations alive and […]

Case Study: Family Home in Henley, UK

By Alec Eades, AGE Electrical Services. Construction firm RidgeTree Projects, was contracted to build a modern style 400m2 family home in a small village in the Chilterns, South East England. The house had specific requirements, including its own lighting design. In order to fulfil the brief, RidgeTree Projects called upon the expertise of AGE Electrical […]

Technology: The Potential of Powerline in KNX Installations

By Carlo Natale, Domotica Più. Over the past few decades, the majority of home and building electronic systems (HBES) manufacturers have thoroughly investigated and exploited cables as a medium of communication between their products. From the trade’s point of view, the market is now well established and has led to KNX being adopted by the […]

Research: Smart Home Market in Belgium

By Piero Russo & Oleksiy Danilin, BSRIA. In this series of reports, we highlight key findings of our European Smart Home Market Study which was carried out during 2011 with a view to anticipating how the market will develop over the coming years. We undertook the research by interviewing and exchanging information with the top […]

Country profile: KNX UK

By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. The UK has for many years led the way in technology. The country’s innovation landscape is ever growing, with a young and active tech city in East London and big manufacturers having a foothold in the country. Yes, the recession has hit the building automation sector, but KNX UK has nevertheless […]

Interview: Stephan Erasmus, Futurasmus

Originally from Germany, Stephan Erasmus moved to Spain over ten years ago and founded Futurasmus with his wife Anablanca. Having been a KNX enthusiast for a number of years, in 2000 Stephan completed his KNX training in Germany and decided to open his own KNX company (EIB at the time) in the then virgin Spanish […]

Dr KNX: Language Support in ETS4

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, ETS4 is available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified) Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Italian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish You can change the language of ETS by going to the tab ‘Settings’, then selecting ‘Presentation Language’ and then using the drop down menus to […]

Case Study: KNX Control of Civic Building, Australia

By Alistair Grice, mySmartCTI. The Civic Building in Australia’s Surf Coast Shire is a hallmark of environmentally sustainable design in regional Victoria. With the aim of reflecting the Surf Coast’s environmental conscience, the Council laid out a plan for a civic building that would not only use all natural resources available, but also share and […]

Dr KNX: Updating Your ETS

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, As we all know, perfect software does not exist and there is always something that can be improved. This is why KNX Association regularly makes enhancements to the ETS software, and so yes, I strongly recommend that you update your ETS software. Apart from this, the most important reason why […]