GDS Digital Systems Launches KNX 4X10A LED Dimmer with Embedded RGB Function and Energy Measurement
GDS Digital Systems Ltd has launched a new constant-voltage LED dimmer with unique functions. The device will be presented at Light + Building 2016 on the TAPKO booth Hall 9.0 E10. The device is a constant-voltage dimmer featuring the following: • Voltage range: 12VDC – 36 VDC. Two independent power sources can be connected. • […]
Tips: How to Specify KNX
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Following on from last month’s article on ‘How to sell KNX‘, hopefully you have now won the job! So now we need to design a KNX solution. KNX System Design KNX provides flexibility, resilience and upgradability at its core, so it makes sense to approach system design with the same […]
Trade Talk: Whoever Has the Gold Makes the Rules – an upmarket lighting experience
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. I’ve been on this one particular project for 18 months now. It has meandered its way slowly downstream, stopping for a break at non-payment signs and Russian Orthodox holidays. It has been something of a slow burn. The client would come, almost daily, to validate the striations in the […]
Case Study: Hand-Holding an Electrical Contractor with a KNX Installation
By Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies. There are many building automation protocols on the market today, and it is almost impossible for an electrical contractor to be an expert in all of them. This applies to KNX as much as any other protocol, so as a value-added KNX distributor, we believe that it is our […]
Light Control Exhibits KNX Products for Home and Building Automation at Light + Building 2016
Light Control will exhibit its KNX products for home and building automation at Light + Building 2016 in Hall 8.0 stand J92. Light Control is a new KNX member, based in Israel with all products made in Italy. The product range includes: – the LC-A12 and LC-A04, multi-function actuators that can be used for controlling […]
ThebenHTS Shows PlanoSpot 360 KNX DE Presence Detector at ISE 2016
With the new PlanoSpot 360 KNX DE, ThebenHTS is presenting the first presence detector on the market whose detection area can be displaced mechanically. As a result, the PlanoSpot KNX is the ideal presence detector for rooms where a flexible layout is important. But the PlanoSpot KNX impresses not only because of the variable, square […]
HDL Announces New Doppler Sensor for KNX and Buspro Systems at ISE 2016
HDL is pleased to announce the new HDL Doppler sensor at ISE 2016, from February the 9th to the 12th on booth 12-B82. The HDL Doppler sensor brings KNX and Buspro system users the combined functionality of a Doppler sensor, Lux sensor, temperature sensor, and humidity sensor in a single compact weatherproof unit. Utilizing military […]
Trade Talk: Be Prepared for a Little Bit of DIY
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. With the seasonal holidays comes time for a little DIY. The outside tap pipe needs to be lagged, and there’s wood to be chopped for the fire. Then there is the shaver socket in the bathroom that needs to be rewired – the previous owners of the flat thought […]
B.E.G. Wins “Choice of Installers” Award at 2015 KNX PlugFest for its PD11 Super Flat Occupancy Detector
On the occasion of the “PlugFest events” that took place in Moscow during the trade fair Interlight 2015, manufacturers of building automation and smart home systems from America, Russia, Europe and Asia provided their products to professional installers for public testing. Organizers are the KNX User Club, the Moscow State University for Building (MGSU) and […]
Light Control Exhibits KNX Products for Home and Building Automation at ISE 2016
Light Control will exhibit its KNX products for home and building automation at ISE 2016 for the first time in conjunction with its dealer Domonetio at stand 12-E72. Light Control is a new KNX member, based in Israel with all products made in Italy. The product range includes: – the LC-A12 and LC-A04, multi-function actuators […]