Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 2: Simpler Design, Installation and Control
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for tools to make KNX system planning, installation and operation easier, Light + Building 2018 had plenty to show. In Part 2 of our show highlights, we look at a selection of products and technologies that aim to make system planning, programming and operation easier. Simpler planning […]
Trade Talk: Assisted Living – Preparing for Getting Old
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Life speeds up as one gets older. In ’76, the long hot summer, I was twelve and it was indeed a very long and very hot summer. My only worries were if there might be a shopping trolley below the water under the bridge that I repeatedly jumped off, […]
Show Report: Top Ten Innovations at Light + Building 2018
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Having spent the full six days at Light + Building 2018, plus a preview day on the Saturday, I was able to see the majority of the show – well, the building part anyway! Other than a decent coffee, the key thing I was looking for was innovation. Those products […]
Gira Offers High level of System Continuity with New Smart Home and Security Solutions
As a full-range supplier of intelligent system solutions for building control, Gira showcased numerous innovations at the Light + Building 2018 trade fair – products and solutions for the smart home as well as for alarms and security. In addition, Gira presented a new design line and other design variants of existing ranges. The striking […]
Qt Demos the Possibilities KNX IoT
There are numerous good solutions from KNX manufactures to connect KNX to higher-level IoT systems already today. The internet side of these products is however not standardized or is created to match specific use cases. As announced in 2016, as a first step towards standardizing the internet side of such KNX IoT gateways, KNX Association […]
TAPKO Introduces KAIstack-secure with KNX Secure Support
New hall level 9.1 at Light + Building 2018 offered a comprehensive insight into home and building automation safety technology – and TAPKO joined in to present its KNX Secure product innovations 2018. In line with the trade fair theme Connected-Secure-Convenient, TAPKO took the opportunity to introduce KAIstack-secure, the new system component with KNX Secure […]
ABB Launches MyBuildings Portal – a One-Stop Solution for Remote Control of Building Automation
ABB has launched its MyBuildings portal, a secure online platform powered by its cloud-based, industry-leading portfolio of digital solutions, ABB Ability™, which allows end users to manage and control a wide range of automated home and building services. The portal (formerly known as myabb-livingspace®) has been improved by providing access to ABB i-bus® KNX, ABB-free@home®, […]
STMicroelectronics’ Connectivity Solutions for Sleeker Smart Buildings Showcase at Light + Building 2018
– Highly integrated chip for wired KNX-certified connectivity, co-created with Tapko Technologies, is industry’s smallest at 4mm x 4mm – KNX software stack, together with a companion STM32 microcontroller, accelerates time to market for complete network-node solution – Early adopter Vimar demonstrates new products based on ST’s KNX transceiver at Light & Building 2018 STMicroelectronics […]
Thinknx Presents THINKNX UP at Light + Building 2018
Stand A81, Hall 9.1, Light & Building 2018 Thanks to the experience of thousands of installations Thinknx has created Thinknx UP. It puts together an unprecedented freedom for the end user with an even faster and simpler commissioning for the system integrator. The app raises UP the level of user interfaces for professional home automation. […]
Weinzierl Presents New KNX RF Products at Light + Building 2018
Stand A90, Hall 9.1, Light + Building 2018 • KNX RF Push Button Insert 440 secure: fits into standard switches and appeals with soft and quiet push of a button • KNX TP/RF Coupler 672: compact flush-mounted housing to connect with KNX TP • KNX RF USB Stick 340: compact solution for convenient wireless KNX […]