KNX IoT: Part 3 – the fundamentals of KNX IoT devices
In the third of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek explain the fundamentals of KNX IoT devices. Digital transformation has been one the main strategy topics on company board meeting agendas for the last few years. The opportunity to develop digital services from cloud-based applications requires Internet […]
Theben LUXORliving smart home system supports energy monitoring with KNX
KNX system and energy monitoring bring savings as well as more comfort and safety. The Dutch housing company Woonborg built 36 new flats in Nieuw-Roden, Drenthe, and 32 flats in Haren, Groningen. In terms of energy efficiency, not only the mandatory BENG standard was taken into account, but also the stricter NOM (Zero-on-the-Meter) standard. To […]
KNX IoT: Part 2 – the advantages of Thread
In the second of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson explains how KNX and the wireless Thread protocol bring benefits to commercial building automation. Part 1 of this series on KNX IoT introduced the fact that the opportunity to develop digital services from cloud-based applications requires Internet protocol (IP) based network connections […]
System Maintenance: why systems integrators must fight for panel access
Simon Buddle explains that when space is at a premium, design teams can be tempted to place control panels in accessible locations, with adverse consequences for system maintenance. We’ve spoken before about maintenance on jobs. It should be a standard part of everyone’s business. Systems, once commissioned and signed off, should naturally roll over into […]
ETS6 integrates JUNG KNX media coupler as segment coupler
The current version 6 of the ETS offers improved functions that enable system integrators to design the topology more easily. The new Segment Coupler function is a software extension of a media coupler that connects line segments independently of the media type. This means that a KNX RF media coupler can be integrated into a […]
Spotlight: remote debugging of KNX installations
Colin Price discusses why remote monitoring makes sense for systems integrators when trying to debug operational issues, and gives practical examples of how a new product, KNXMonitor, can facilitate this. Finishing a KNX installation completely and handing over the perfect project to a client can sometimes be annoyingly delayed by nagging intermittent problems. Whether we […]
KNX IoT: Part 1 – an introduction
In the first of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek explain how KNX has fast become the leading wireless IoT solution for commercial building automation. Digital transformation has been one the main strategy topics on company board meeting agendas for the last few years. The opportunity to […]
Interview: Thais Giordani on daring to dream
Thais Giordani talks about the challenges facing women in automation technology, and what has made her two-times KNX-award-wining systems integration company such a success. Eight years ago, Thais Giordani and Valeria Gonçalves were two public servants with a dream: to transform people’s lives through technology. With the growth in civil construction, they saw automation as […]
Trade Talk: we must spread the KNX word to M&E consultants
Simon Buddle explains why KNX professionals must evangelise about how simple, reliable and cost-effective KNX can be for multiple system control in apartment blocks. That’s definitely enough mince pies and terrible films for me. How about you? It felt like a very compact break. Working at 5pm on the 23rd and straight into Christmas Eve […]
ABB integrates wide range of KNX switch actuators into the ABB i-bus tool
The wide range of ABB KNX switch actuators can now be integrated into the ABB i-bus® tool – a professional service tool to support commissioning of KNX installations. This enables building managers and system integrators to achieve improved device supervision, simplified failure analysis, faster commissioning and maintenance as well as comprehensive energy management. For more […]