Tag: system design & programming

Case Study: Providing a KNX Infrastructure within a Listed Building – Part 3

By Ben Lewis, KNX Consultants. In this three-part series, we have been covering a KNX installation in our headquarters based in a 17th-century Grade II listed former dovecote, located in Staunton, Gloucestershire, UK. Whilst this has been implemented within a relatively small office, the key message is that this type of installation can be applied […]

How to Solve it: Motion and Presence Detection in a Bypass Situation

By Jan Magnus, EIBKon BVBA. The Problem Imagine a private home in which lights are switched on using motion detection, but they should be kept on for cleaning purposes. Working in parallel on the binary output of the motion detector using the same group address works, but it fails when somebody walks through the detection […]

Shake my KNX – a new experience in the world of building control

By Gwenaël Leroutier, Hager. KNX is often hailed as being the most versatile building control standard in the world, and indeed the reach of KNX often extends beyond buildings into other applications. We wanted to show the true strengths of the standard through a competition based on ‘hackathons’ – events in which programmers meet to […]

Data Design Systems Offers DDS-CAD with ETS App ‘Project data exchange’ Interface

DDS-CAD provides a professional package for intelligent MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) design and system integration. So far, it is the only tool that provides an interface to the ETS App ‘Project data exchange’. Complete KNX projects from DDS-CAD can be imported into ETS by using the app. Via a drag & drop function, the […]

Case Study: Providing a KNX Infrastructure within a Listed Building – Part 2

By Ben Lewis, KNX Consultants. This three-part series covers the practicalities of controlling the lighting and heating in our headquarters, and monitoring our energy consumption, all using KNX. The building is a 17th-century Grade II listed former dovecote, and is located in Staunton, Gloucestershire, UK. In part 1, we looked at the installation of KNX-based […]

How to Solve it: Synchronising the Status-LED of Wall Switches and Lighting Channels

By Héctor Colado, Amaisys Training. The Problem In an automated facility, it is very common to have wall switches with an integrated status-LED for every button. The status-LED is often used to show the current status of an associated light channel, or, more commonly, to show the inverted status of the light channel, in order […]

Best Practice: The Changing Use of the User Interface

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Many moons have passed overhead since I programmed my first user interface. Full of joy that I had managed to program a button to turn on the lights, a small LED to the button’s right informed me that I had been successful. That night, I told my girlfriend of […]

Dr KNX: The Impact of ETS5

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, Let’s start with the basics. ETS stands for Engineering Tool Software; a Windows-based manufacturer-independent configuration software tool to design and configure intelligent home and building control installations with the KNX system. ETS5 is the latest edition and is available in two versions, namely ETS5 Lite and ETS5 Professional. ETS5 Lite […]

Gira Offers its Logic Module with Automated Comfort Functions

With the Gira Logic Module, single-family houses and properties of similar sizes featuring a KNX system can be easily equipped with a series of automated comfort functions. It can be used for switching on lights in a time-delayed sequence, calling up certain light scenes directly using a push button sensor, controlling room temperature, or setting […]