Gira Shows X1 Server for Visualisation and Control of KNX Systems via Mobile Devices
Having a smart home means being able to control it using your smartphone. That is the most common wish of homeowners and those modernising buildings when it comes to intelligent building technology. For the visualisation and control of a KNX system via mobile devices, the Gira HomeServer was a must until now. With the new […]
JUNG Introduces its Smart Visu Server to Visualise and Operate the Smart Home
New server as the basis for mobile control The networked house is already an important part of modern life today. The more devices are connected to the building technology, the greater it becomes in importance. With the new Smart Visu Server, JUNG introduces an intelligent solution to visualise and operate the smart home. With the compact […]
Microsoft Offices in Denmark Fitted with KNX Intelligent Building System from ABB
Comfort and energy efficiency assured at Microsoft’s new offices with intelligent building KNX system from ABB. ABB, the leading power and automation group, has supplied the the building automation solutions, on the KNX platform, for the new Microsoft offices in Denmark. In Lyngby, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, stands the software giant’s new 18,000 square […]
KNX Association Offers KNX IP Secure and KNX Data Secure for Secure Access to Installations
They exist – the hackers – who intrude in building technology. Jesters switch on the lights at the neighbor’s and boast of it. However, criminal energy and related know- how can cause immense damage. Therefore KNX Security is a red-hot subject. Already up to now KNX complies with the security requirements, as long as installers […]
KNX Association Presents KNX Web Services for Simple IoT Integration
KNX and the Internet of Things – simple Integration by KNX Web Services. The “Internet of Things” is a buzzword in the world of information technology. What still has to become part of the general knowledge is already a long known term in expert groups for a new development boost. Everyday objects become intelligent and […]
KNX Association Presents New ETS Inside – Smart, Simple, Safe
ETS Inside opens up exciting perspectives in the growing smart home market. The advantage of intelligent functions in the home has found its way into the minds of most people. Smart Home is on everyone’s lips and the market stands before breakthrough. Therefor KNX releases the new ETS Inside. Even installers with little experience in […]
Thinknx Shows Latest KNX Multiroom Audio, Touchpanels and Apps at Light and Building 2016
Thinknx, a universal and multi-purpose supervisor for the building automation, will introduce its latest developments at Light and Building 2016 (Hall 9.0 – Booth A59). First of all Audiofy, the KNX professional multiroom audio system, which combines audio matrix routing, power amplifiers for each output and up to four independent network players. The system is […]
Tips: How to Specify KNX
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Following on from last month’s article on ‘How to sell KNX‘, hopefully you have now won the job! So now we need to design a KNX solution. KNX System Design KNX provides flexibility, resilience and upgradability at its core, so it makes sense to approach system design with the same […]
Trade Talk: Whoever Has the Gold Makes the Rules – an upmarket lighting experience
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. I’ve been on this one particular project for 18 months now. It has meandered its way slowly downstream, stopping for a break at non-payment signs and Russian Orthodox holidays. It has been something of a slow burn. The client would come, almost daily, to validate the striations in the […]
Case Study: Hand-Holding an Electrical Contractor with a KNX Installation
By Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies. There are many building automation protocols on the market today, and it is almost impossible for an electrical contractor to be an expert in all of them. This applies to KNX as much as any other protocol, so as a value-added KNX distributor, we believe that it is our […]