KNX Association Announces Free ETS5 Supplementary When You Order ETS5 Pro in May

When ordering a new ETS5 Professional license (€1000), just add one ETS5 Supplementary in your order and you will get the supplementary key for free. Conditions You must buy IN THE SAME ORDER: one new ETS5 Professional (€1000) + one ETS5 Supplementary (€150) Not valid for upgrades of ETS This offer can not be combined […]

Trade Talk: Getting Involved with Heating Plant – is it any of our business?

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It is once more the turning of the season’s tides. The long grey is finally giving up and the days are, at last, beginning to brighten and lengthen. And with it comes the day-by-day rise in ambient air temperature, solar gain and sudden and often dramatic temperature drops late […]

Tips: Blind Control

By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. The change of seasons is a timely reminder of how much the external environment impacts on the internal spaces we live and work. It could be returning home to a dark house because the days are shorter, the sudden return of glare on your computer screen or the joy of […]

Hands On: Retrofitting a Home with KNX

By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse Energy. Just before Christmas in 2015, the family and I moved house. The building we purchased required a lot of work – we knew this from the beginning, but it had a great ‘footprint’ and would become a wonderful home. The need for this work gave me an ideal opportunity to […]

Profile: Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies

By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. Rafal Borek is the director of Home of Technologies (HoT), a value-added distributor of electrical and engineering components with a focus on building and home automation. He is a KNX and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) solutions expert and head teacher at the HoT training centre, and his main focus is to […]

KNX Association Announces ETS4/ETS5 Lite Update to ETS5 Pro Special Offer for April

Special offer for ETS4/ETS5 Lite to ETS5 Professional update until 30/04/2017 Buy the update from ETS4/ETS5 Lite to ETS5 Professional and receive a reduction of 27% on the regular upgrade price. Conditions: update from ETS4/ETS5 Lite to ETS5 Professional this offer is NOT valid for ETS Supplementary licenses This offer cannot be combined with other […]

Weinzierl Shows New KNX Devices at ISH 2017

EnOcean GAteway, Line Coupler and USB Interface As the first KNX EnOcean gateway in the market, the new KNX ENO 636 secure supports the encrypted radio communication with EnOcean devices: – Secure bidirectional radio communication with Rolling Code (RLC) – Easy commissioning as usual – more safety without loss of comfort – Encryption can be […]

Show Report: KNX at ISE – Visualisation and Voice Control Make Waves

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Another ISE and another bumper year. The RAI Conference Centre is now officially full, with a large marquee erected in the central square to accommodate the overspill. Next year, they say, they’ll be filling the front car park space with marquees. The event is now, effectively, a week-long event. […]

Overview: Voice Control is Making Consumers Think

By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Once again ISE has exceeded expectations with a huge jump in visitor numbers and exhibitors. One of the big themes across the show and also at the Smart Building Conference on the Monday, was voice control. Whilst the rapid roll-out and marketing hype around voice control does lead one to […]