Gira X1 Update Simplifies Sonos Integration

X1 release 2.2 – New functions and connection to Sonos The new release 2.2 for the Gira X1 contains various new functions. First, we have renamed the Gira X1 app. It is now called: Gira Smart Home app. Up to eight Sonos speakers can be controlled via the app, in addition to the user entering […]

Elsner Elektronik Shows Compact KNX Actuators at ISE 2019

The name says it all with the new “compact” actuators: The housing design is optimized for socket installation. There is one version of each function variant that communicates via twisted pair and one for KNX RF radio. The multifunctional KNX S1R-B4 compact and KNX RF S1R-B2 compact devices control one drive (up, down) or two […]

Control4 Expands KNX Line and Ecosystem with Support for Popular Keypads Including Basalte, CJC Systems, Ekinex, Gira, Jung, Tense, and Vitrium

INCLUDING NATIVE SUPPORT FOR POPULAR KEYPADS, ENABLING FASTER INTEGRATION INTO THE BROADER CONTROL4 ECOSYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES ALEXA VOICE CONTROL AND NEARLY 13,000 PRODUCTS Integrated Systems Europe 2019 Stand 10-N130 – Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, supplements its Control4® KNX® line by adding native import capabilities for popular keypads, […]

Steinel Shows HPD2 Optical Human Presence Detector for Counting People at ISE 2019

As the world’s first human presence detector, the HPD2 from STEINEL PROFESSIONAL uses optical sensor technology not only to detect to the presence of persons but also to count them in defined zones – regardless of any movement. At the heart of this human presence detector is a high-precision optical system that has been combined […]

NETxAutomation Presents the BMS Platform at ISE 2019

The NETx BMS Platform is an all-in-one building management solution that is based on open and standardized protocols and technologies. As successor of the NETx BMS Server 2.0, the NETx BMS Platform combines different building management functions in one product: • multi-protocol gateway • visualization • alarm management • trending • scheduler • logic engine […]

ZF Presents Wireless Energy Harvesting Solutions at ISE 2019

Stand 9-B115, ISE 2019 At ISE 2019 in Amsterdam from 5th to 8th February, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Business Unit Electronic Systems, shows the world’s first wireless energy harvesting KNX light switch module, an energy harvesting product for communication with Bluetooth Low Energy, and a new wireless light switch module with ZigBee 3.0 Green Power. The […]

Weinzierl Shows Growing KNX IO Product Line at ISE 2019

Stand 9-F120, ISE 2019 KNX Multi IO: 48 configurable inputs and outputs  Relay extensions for Multi IO KNX Compact IO for dimming Weinzierl Engineering GmbH expands its KNX IO range of products. The two KNX Multi IO devices 570 and 580 each offer 48 freely configurable inputs and outputs. The relay extensions Multi IO […]

Case study: KNX Controls Kerenzerberg Sports Centre, Switzerland

By Franco A. Bonutto, Soltris Gebäudesystemtechnik. The Kerenzerberg sports centre lies on a high plateau above Lake Walen, in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Among the sports on offer are rowing, boxing, gymnastics, martial arts, crossbow, volleyball, climbing, swimming, aquafit and zumba – in fact almost all popular sports for youth and grassroots sport are […]

ZF Friedrichshafen Wins Top Distributor Award

Leading manufacturer of electromechanical switch and sensor solutions for the industrial market sector, ZF Friedrichshafen, continues to be given recognition by SPDEI for the quality of support and collaboration with its distribution network. SPDEI (Professional Union of Industrial Electronics Distribution) is the French Association set up to promote the development of the profession in economic, […]