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 […]
Sudoku Innovation Shows KNXPM Project Management App at Light + Building 2018
Finally, an ETS App for the KNX Partner tribe: for those who love delivering high quality projects, this App will help applying state- of-the-art Project Management techniques. ETS is a great tool, which main advantage is its vendor independent approach. KNXPM Project Management App adds a Project Management layer, which enhances ETS as a unique […]
Show Report: KNX at ISE 2018 Bursting at the Seams
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The RAI exhibition centre is now officially full to capacity. The Integrated Systems Europe Show filled every hall and hallway. It even created a new hall on the plaza in front of the main halls. Hall 15 is open for business. In amongst the projectors, displays and holograms were […]
Trade Talk: Quoting and Project Management Software
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Creating quotes takes a considerable amount of time. They are not as simple as adding up a list of devices and putting a cost to them all. A quote requires many elements; firstly, we need to be able to understand the functions of each device. Then there is the […]
Tutorial: Securing KNX Systems
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Over the last month during a few talks and presentations I’ve given, it has become clear that the security of KNX and other IoT systems is still a concern for a lot of people. It’s great that people are aware of the potential risk when connecting a building to the […]
Case Study: Two-hotel KNX Control in Rhodes, Greece
By Georgios Petalidis, Katsidonis Pantelis & Sia EE. This project involved bringing together two hotels, namely the Boutique 5 Hotel & Spa and Princess Andriana Resort & Spa, into the same network using KNX. Boutique 5 Hotel is one of the few five-star Adults Only hotels located in Kiotari, southern Rhodes. Princess Andriana Resort & […]
Voxior Expands from Voice Control to IoT Connectivity and OEM Partnerships
The Market When you see a true smart home for the first time, you often experience a powerful, lasting ‘wow’ moment. There’s this exciting technology in front of your eyes with an amazing potential to improve your life. But that potential also comes with its challenges, and the smart home market still has a couple […]