Trade Talk: Considerations When Controlling Blinds with KNX
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It’s that time of year again when the sun streams into my bedroom at about 04:00 and stays there, unrelentingly, until late afternoon – such is the orientation of my home. I also sleep in an eaves room with Velux windows. Although there are blackout blinds on them, they […]
Tips: How to Get Along with ETS5
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. As a distributor of KNX we are regularly contacted by customers asking about the KNX commissioning tool, ETS5, and how to purchase it. There is also the occasional complaint about software bugs or lack of functionality in the software. Although we do provide a lite version of the software during […]
Business Opportunities: KNX – the Perfect Backbone for Voice Control of Buildings
By Dejan Bukovnik, Voxior. The revolution of intuitive hands-free computing is already here. According to Mark Warburton of Ivory Egg, this is “the first time people have communicated with computers and machines using our own natural interface instead of a machine interface such as a keyboard, mouse or screen.” Leading the way in this revolution […]
Iridium Mobile Launches iRidium Server UMC – a KNX Multipurpose Logic Controller
Iridum Mobile has announced the European launch of iRidium server UMC, a controller for automation systems, including KNX and IoT devices. iRidium server UMC supports KNX, BACnet, Modbus and MQTT, and has a built-in Global Caché IR database. It supports javascript, block schemes, and has a built-in engine for schedules and rules. An extensive API, […]
KNX Association Releases ETS5 Version 5.5.4
ETS5 verion 5.5.4 is now available with the main new features: individual cancellation of pending operations, selection of the font in the ETS Reports settings so that the reports can match your corporate design, manually update of project states in the “Project Archive”. Moreover a lot of improvements and fixes have been implemented. You can […]
Manage KNX Professionally with the Jung Visu Pro Software
The JUNG Visu Pro software, as successor to the Facility Pilot, is the professional way to visualise and control building automation. Without data point limitation, Visu Pro is ideally suitable for complex KNX applications, both in the private as well as the commercial area. Multiple independent KNX systems can be included in parallel via KNXnet […]
Tips: Retrofitting Air Conditioning to an Existing KNX System
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Temperature is a funny thing. The difference between being comfortable and too hot is a very fine margin, but when the threshold is crossed, it’s suddenly way too hot! The fluctuating temperature in the UK is a stark reminder of this, particularly when you are working in a building with […]
Trade Talk: Giving the Right Feedback Saves Time and Trouble
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Feedback takes many forms, from the HR (Human Resources) interview or personal appraisal (urgh – not my cup of tea), to the nostalgic car driver who loves the feedback they get from the road through the steering wheel of a old car. The feedback one gets, in this instance, […]
Trade Talk: The Effect of ETS Inside on the Smart Home Market
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. My dad has long since retired, but during his working life – all of it – he drove lorries. He drove them to Scotland, London, Spain, Iraq and just about every other place in between. In the school holidays, I’d often go with him. We’d take fruit and vegetables […]
CD Innovation Offers KNX to RTI Gateway Using Maestro Server
CD Innovation is happy to announce that RTI Controllers utilizing Maestro Server as KNX gateway can dramatically enhance the efficiency of KNX to RTI integration. Using Maestro enables importing the complete KNX project from ETS to the RTI in less than a minute! Maestro’s new RTI driver-generator saves integrator’s time spent on manual manipulation of […]