Navigant Research Forecasts Shipments of Communications Nodes for Building Automation Systems Will be 387 Million Annually by 2021

Integrated building management and building automation systems (BASs) rely on networks of sensors, switches, fans, alarms, and other devices, along with powerful software tools, to provide a real-time view of the current state of a building. The market for networked building controls is expanding as building owners and operators realize the cost savings offered by […]

Domonetio Offers Free KNX Seminars at ISE 2014

Stand 7-Stand N222, ISE 2014 Domonetio KNX Training Center is organizing KNX Seminars during ISE 2014 to show visitors the main advantages of using the KNX system, the worldwide standard for home and building control. The seminars will take place at Domonetio’s booth, hall 7, Stand N222. The seminars will cover: Introduction to KNX ETS4 […]

Making ISE Even Better for You

By Mike Blackman, ISE. ISE has been now been running since 2004, and is the world’s fastest-growing and best-attended show in the professional AV and electronic systems space. Last year, we hoped to grow in terms of both exhibit space and attendance, but our actual growth, in both areas, was slightly higher than expected. The […]

Country Profile: KNX China

By Tony Cha, KNX China. KNX China was established over five years ago jointly by Siemens, ABB, Hager and Schneider. Its day-to-day running and secretariat is managed by the Promotion Centre of Instrumentation Technology & Economy Institute, P.R.C. In addition to the four founder member companies, there are currently more than forty other member companies, […]

Best Practice: Global Control and Remote Access

By Simon Buddle, SMC. It’s 05:00, I’m tired, and I have a long drive ahead of me. Dorset is several hours away, even on quiet roads. Time to load myself and a mug of hot coffee into the car. It’s a cold, miserable day and dawn is still two hours further down my route. Keeping […]

Solutions: IP and KNX – Bringing You up to Speed

By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. I am often asked what the limitations of KNX are and whether it is an out-of-date system, especially as the protocol was initially laid down over 20 years ago. One of the most used figures in this debate is the relatively slow baud rate that KNX employs (9600bps) and the […]

Going Green: Energy and Resources – Keep it Simple

By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. I currently live in South Africa, and as I was enjoying my six-day offline holiday in a nature reserve, I could not stop thinking about the overload of information and technology that mankind is exposed to. Being directly involved with technology and building automation, I thought deeply about this matter […]

Dr KNX: ‘Open’ ETS4

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, ETS4 being ‘open’ actually means that the ETS4 project file format is open. Why is this so special? The answer is that in itself, it might not be such a big deal, but it is a change from previous ETS versions, which were not open. The difference now is that […]

KNX Netherlands Offers Daily Presentations at VSK 2014

Buildings and automation are on show at VSK 2014 in Hall 10 from 3-7 February, and KNX Netherlands will be offering two presentations daily.   The presentations will be provided by KNX members – Siemens, Thebes, Hager and KNX Professional vSmart, a spin-off of Schreuder-Ruitenbeek. The presentations are free and the programme is:   3 […]