Case Study: A Wooden House with a Gira-KNX Brain, Dachau, Germany
By Anton Hieber, Elektro Hieber. For this very special wooden house, located in the middle of a flowering meadow in the Dachau Hinterland, Germany, we worked closely with ecologic entrepreneur Erwin Thoma to combine natural products and KNX solutions to create a one-off installation. The Brief Being eco-friendly was one of the main objectives of […]
Best Practice: Panel Design and Building
By Simon Buddle, SMC. There is always a deep end at a swimming pool, well, nearly always. It’s clearly sign-posted and people who don’t wish to be in it stay away. I didn’t learn how to swim until I was eleven, and true to the stereotype, I was thrown in the deep end by my […]
Product Review: iRidium 2.0 by iRidium Mobile
By Roger Wicks, Rocfusion. As an independent business, I was searching for something new that would primarily control KNX but also have the ability to control AV devices including Sonos, cameras and intercom. It needed to be flexible, have a user-friendly interface, configuration and setup should be straightforward, but first and foremost, it had to […]
Dr KNX: Falcon (SDK)
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, We all know about ETS (Engineering Tool Software), but you might not know that ETS consists of several modules. From a technical point of view, these ETS modules can also be used separately. The most import ETS modules are: – Eagle – Hawk – Falcon As you can see, these […]
KNX Association Releases ETS Version 4.1.7 Update
ETS has now been updated to a new release: ETS4.1.7. This new version can be downloaded online via your ETS4 installation update. You will find all details about the release notes and improvements on the KNX Association web site. Improvements Besides specified TP couplers now also IP coupler can manage the full group address filter […]
JUNG Offers Facility Pilot Server for Centralised Control of KNX
The Facility Pilot Server is a new DIN rail PC for the JUNG KNX system. Fanless and with no moving parts, it contains a preinstalled version of the JUNG ‘Facility Pilot’ software, allowing the Facility Pilot Server to provide control and visualization of a KNX building management system via mobile devices and/or PC clients. This […]
FieldServer Technologies Offers QuickServer KNX Gateways and Converters with Over 100 Supported Protocols
The QuickServer KNX Protocol Gateway from FieldServer Technologies enables data access from KNX networks to devices and networks using open and proprietary protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks, Metasys N2 by JCI, EtherNet/IP SNMP and more. With over 100 protocols available in the extensive FieldServer Driver Library, no other device can provide KNX solutions to […]
KNX Announces Special Offer on ETS3 to ETS4 Professional Update for September
If you are still the owner of an ETS3 license, buy the update from ETS3 Professional to ETS4 Professional and receive a reduction of €50 on the regular upgrade price. When ordering an update from ETS3 Professional to ETS4 Professional license (ETS Supplementary licenses are not eligible), just add the ETS App Project Tracing in […]
Case Study: Astor Barn Smart Home Project in Berkshire, UK
By Simon Allen, Bespoke Automation. Astor Barn is the last of seven restored barns that originally formed part of the Model Farm built by Lord Astor of the Cliveden Estate, Berkshire, UK. Property developer Trenec Estates engaged International Lighting Solutions (ILS) and Bespoke Automation, to design and install a KNX home automation system, which is […]
Best Practice: Organising Your Projects
By Simon Buddle, SMC. Whilst doing research for this article, I came across the words ‘the eightfold path’ on the Wiki page for Best Practice. Somewhere lost in the mists of time and my memory, a small box opened and the word ‘Buddhism’ yawned, dusted itself down and wandered into my consciousness. It’s a long […]