Tag: lighting

Trade Talk: Lighting Scenes using ETS

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Next to interior design, one could argue that beautiful lighting can make a room. That combination of aesthetic design and the subtleties of a good lighting design create style, mood and elegance within any room. Bland design or harsh light will kill a room’s mood. Indeed, it was the […]

BAB Technologie Offers HUE:CONTROL Pro App for Philips hue Integration with KNX and EnOcean

This App connects your Philips® hue Bridge with KNX® so that you have access to all connected Philips hue lights through the building automation. The simple authorisation process makes connection particularly easy. The 50 freely definable “Alerts” which the hue lights use to inform themselves about the desired conditions (e.g. light red if the doorbell […]

B.E.G. Launches PICO-KNX – the World’s Smallest KNX Occupancy Detector

Lighting controls specialist B.E.G. has launched the world’s smallest KNX occupancy detector. The PICO-KNX, with dimensions of only 33m x 34mm(h), can be installed in almost any mounting and can easily be integrated into luminaires. Despite its small size, the detector has an impressive detection area of 10m in diameter at a mounting height of […]

Siemens Adds New KNX Switching Actuators to its GAMMA Instabus Product Line

– Greatly expanded product line of GAMMA instabus switching actuators for lighting and electrical loads – Numerous control, override and diagnostic functions – Much shorter installation time, simplified commissioning, lower maintenance costs The Siemens Building Technologies Division has updated its GAMMA instabus product line with new switching actuators, greatly expanding its range of products for […]

JUNG Offers KNX DALI Gateway Tunable White for Targeted Lighting

Using the KNX DALI gateway TW, colour temperature can be set from warm to neutral to daylight whiter and brightness can be adjusted separately or combined, and rooms can be illuminated in a targeted manner. The KNX DALI gateway TW forms the interface to the control of DALI Tunable-White lighting in a KNX installation (for […]

Schubert GmbH Uses ABB KNX Technology to Light up the Hamburg Elbe Philharmonic Hall

Hamburg’s iconic concert hall known as the Elbphilharmonie debuted earlier this year and now, when the curtain rises for concerts, atmospheric lighting is provided by ABB. In addition to the cultural center, the building houses 45 luxury apartments, a five-star hotel, restaurants and bars as well as indoor parking. Between the brick-clad base of the […]

Tips: Making the Most of Weather Stations

By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. In our constant strive to keep the Ivory Egg office up to date, we have just installed a weather station. The one we chose is the Gira Weather Station Plus (also available from INSTA and Jung). Now, this isn’t just any KNX weather station, as it has over 15 different […]

ESYLUX Presents KNX-Compatible DALI Lighting System

Intelligent lighting for KNX ESYLUX presents the first KNX-compatible DALI lighting system in the form of a new design of the NOVA system solution. A KNX module directly integrated in the master lights permits seamless integration in KNX building automation systems and means that there is no need to install a separate gateway. This allows […]

HDL Introduces the KNX RGBW 4 Fold Driver for LED Lights

Let there be light Developed specifically to work with LED lights, the HDL M/DRGBW4.1 KNX 4 Fold Driver can handle any RGBW diode for unparalleled illumination control. Delivering relative and absolute dimming, scene and sequence control, custom color palettes, and scheduled activation, your LED lighting solution can be tailored to meet your exact needs. To […]