Frost & Sullivan Finds Touchless Sensing Technology Represents the Next Paradigm in Human-Machine Interface
These sensing solutions will transform industries ranging from consumer electronics to gaming Touchless sensing technologies were initially used in applications such as bathroom dispensing units and automatic doors which required motion sensing in order to create response. With advanced touchless sensing technologies like gesture sensing, voice commands, brain wave sensing and eye tracking coming to […]
Cosento Shows New trivum Multiroom Audio Systems with KNX Support at ISE 2015
With the new FlexLine trivum presents the most flexible and most compact multiroom audio solution for installers. The models SC340, SC344 and SC348 all include four independent streaming clients as well as four stereo amplifiers with 30 watts per channel, so each room can stream completely independent music. The models differ in the number of […]
Berg Insight Finds the Number of Smart Homes in Europe and North America to be 10.6 Million in 2014
According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number smart homes in Europe and North America reached 10.6 million in 2014. The North American market recorded a 70 percent year-on-year growth in the installed base of smart homes to 7.9 million at the end of the year. This corresponds to 6.0 percent of […]
dakanimo Presents New Features for its kamereon KNX Switch and a Flush Mount Solution at ISE 2015
The Hamburg manufacturer, dakanimo, presents its “kamereon” switch with new high value functional details: – Where previously only the local input control value was displayed, now optionally the wheel shows the last value. – In addition, after the set “lag time” after an object had been operated, now the switch also has the ability to […]
Case Study: KNX-based Fire Station in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
By Remco Hoveling, BAM Techniek What could be a greater contrast than water and fire? For the fire department in Bergen op Zoom, both are equally important and have been incorporated in a special architectural design. Built on the exact spot where the former city wall held back the sea water, the new fire department […]
Interview: Mike Blackman on ISE 2015 and KNX
Mike Blackman has been in the exhibition industry for thirty years. He started in 1984 by specialising in technology events, and launched Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Geneva in 2004. ISE is jointly owned by CEDIA and InfoComm International, and was created as a platform for the electronic systems industry to do business, to educate […]
Best Practice: Educating M&E Consultants About KNX Integration
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. KNX has been well established in Europe for many years now, but it is still a relative newcomer to the UK residential market. However, it is now cooking up a storm across the land as property developers, builders and M&E consultants everywhere are waking up to the possibilities that […]
Trade Talk: Wired Versus Wireless
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. 2014 saw a tremendous surge in innovation and interest in smart homes, mainly thanks to simple, easy-to-use wireless solutions. This has raised eyebrows within our industry as the burgeoning DIY sector starts to flex its muscles. The conflict stems from the perceived ease of installation of some of these wireless […]
Business: When will KNX and Consumer Electronics Converge?
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. It is inevitable that building control systems and technologies from the professional and consumer markets are going to converge. Indeed we can see this happening already with the eruption of iPads and tablets into the professional visualisation market. After all, who is going to pay 1200 Euros for an outdated […]
How to Solve It: Manually Adding Group Addresses to the Filter Table
By Miguel José Gamboa Soares, EURODOMÓTICA. The Problem More and more KNX supervision software packages use KNXnet/IP for connection to a KNX network. For this reason ETS does not have KNX equipment with the necessary group objects to link to a group address. The consequence is that you have to create the necessary filter tables […]