KNX Professionals: documentation sets us apart from the trunk slammers
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. ‘Trunk slammers’ is the term used by custom installers in the USA to denote a person or company who provides a simple, cheap in-and-out service with little to no design, programming or any other paperwork for that matter. They usually compete on price and swiftness of service. They are […]
Programming Tips: keeping KNX push buttons in sync with the controlled circuit
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. When controlling lights individually with KNX, a common complaint is that the buttons don’t correctly show the status of the lights and require two presses to operate. This is caused by not setting up the feedback status correctly. Looking at each of the group addresses below, namely 1/0/1, 1/0/11 and 1/0/15, […]
DINUY Launches New Detectors for UV Light Control
-Detectors that turn UV Light OFF when they detect movement in the room. -New functionality, automatic timed switch on of UV Lamps. DINUY launches two new references to the family of Motion Detectors, DM TEC IV1 and DM TEC IV8. These products have been developed as a result of COVID 19. They are products that […]
View from America: strategies for a safer and more humane built environment
By Philip R. Juneau. Thanks to COVID-19, we are experiencing change in so many ways, which has left us feeling uneasy, to say the least. As we very cautiously enter back into social and business environments, we are not sure what our future interactions will be like. With so much information being thrown our way, […]
Future-proofing: beware of smart home products with a limited lifespan
By Paul Foulkes, Theben and KNX UK. Not having to worry whether your technology is functioning as it should, whether it be your car starting, the fridge running or the boiler supplying heat and hot water, engenders a sense of security. If these functions are interrupted or fail to happen, the consequences can be challenging, […]
Zennio Announces Availability of NarrowDIM X4 4-Channel Universal Dimmer
Zennio would have loved to present NarrowDIM X4 at Light & Building 2020, but the current situation has demanded our reinvention – and reinvention is exactly what NarrowDIM X4 stands for. With our DIMinBOX still being widely used all over the world, LED lighting was asking for a more subtle dimmer and we answered. NarrowDIM […]
Lithoss Adds New KNX Rotary Sensor to its Dimmer Switch Collection
The Lithoss KNX rotary sensor is used for controlling dimming, switching, and blind actuators, as well as for adjusting the target value of a temperature controller. This KNX rotary sensor follows the well-known operating concept and Lithoss look of a rotary dimmer with incremental encoder. The rotary sensor has three extension inputs for connecting conventional, potential-free contacts […]
B.E.G. Launches KNX Occupancy Detectors with Human Centric Lighting Control
The intelligence for light control and light quality: occupancy detectors With its KNX Generation 7, B.E.G. is launching KNX occupancy detectors on the market that feature outstanding innovations in the control light quality. These include the integration of an HCL control system. HCL stands for “Human Centric Lighting”, a lighting control system that puts the […]
DINUY Introduces 8-Channel Dimming Actuator
DINUY introduces its new and powerful 8-channel universal dimming actuator suitable for RLC+LED loads: LED lamps, incandescent and halogen lamps. Capable of loads of up to 250W on each of the eight channels, incorporates two dimming technologies: leading and trailing edge. Both technologies can be selected via the parameterisation with the ETS. Each channel can […]
Elsner Elektonik Announces New KNX Lighting Controller for DALI
Broadcast control simplifies maintenance The KNX DALI L4 bc 16 A lighting controller from Elsner Elektronik controls four DALI channels by broadcast command and can switch off each channel via a relay. Staircase light switching, scenes and colour control in the RGB(W) and HSV colour spectrum are just some of the possibilities of the KNX […]