Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 3: Servers, Gateways and AV
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for a particular type of KNX server or gateway, there was so much choice at Light + Building 2018 that it is impractical to cover it all here. As expected, there were plenty of dedicated gateways for protocols such as DALI, ModBus, BACnet etc, but there was […]
ABB Offers IP Router Secure Using Latest KNX Secure Technology to Safeguard Building Data
IP router is first to protect KNX installations from cyberattacks and deliver a more robust KNX network. With an increasing trend towards integration of smarter buildings into IP networks, ABB has become one of the first KNX manufacturers to offer a more secure router with the launch of the new ABB i-bus® KNX IP Router […]
Show Report: Top Ten Innovations at Light + Building 2018
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Having spent the full six days at Light + Building 2018, plus a preview day on the Saturday, I was able to see the majority of the show – well, the building part anyway! Other than a decent coffee, the key thing I was looking for was innovation. Those products […]
BAB Technologie Supports Voice Control and KNX Project Import with its Smart Home Apps
NEW in APPMODULE: • Smart Screens • KNX project import • Support of Amazon® Alexa, Apple® Home Kit®, Google® Assistant, IFTTT Impossible? There’s no such thing. With the APPMODULE you can easily connect the whole world of IoT with KNX and EnOcean. Whether Amazon® Alexa, SONOS®, Philips® hue, Netatmo®, IFTTT, Apple® HomeKit™, Google® Assistant, or […]
Apricum Introduces MECtp KNX Line Coupler
Apricum´s first KNX system device including KNX Secure support, the brand-new KNX line coupler MECtp, was presented at Light & Building 2018. One Coupling Device for all kinds of TP Line Interconnection The MECtp media coupling device can be used as a line coupler, as a backbone coupler or as a line repeater. The basic […]
Siedle Offers New Entry-level Smart Gateway for IP Door Communication
Lower-priced Gateway Siedle has revised the specification for its Smart Gateway. The path into the IP network has now become easier – and considerably more economical. Connecting door communication with the IP world is becoming increasingly important. Siedle has redesigned the Smart Gateway to provide an exact fit for these demands. The new Smart Gateway […]
Theben Introduces DALI Gateway KNX plus for Infinitely Variable Coloured and White Light Control
Theben is optimising the previous DALI Gateway KNX with a firmware update. With the new DALI Gateway KNX plus, KNX commands can now be used to infinitely control lighting colour, brightness and colour temperature as per DT8 according to IEC 62386-209. Device Type 8 (DT8) was specifically designed to control RGB, RGBW and tunable white […]
Qt Demos the Possibilities KNX IoT
There are numerous good solutions from KNX manufactures to connect KNX to higher-level IoT systems already today. The internet side of these products is however not standardized or is created to match specific use cases. As announced in 2016, as a first step towards standardizing the internet side of such KNX IoT gateways, KNX Association […]
TAPKO Introduces KAIstack-secure with KNX Secure Support
New hall level 9.1 at Light + Building 2018 offered a comprehensive insight into home and building automation safety technology – and TAPKO joined in to present its KNX Secure product innovations 2018. In line with the trade fair theme Connected-Secure-Convenient, TAPKO took the opportunity to introduce KAIstack-secure, the new system component with KNX Secure […]
ABB Launches Busch-VoiceControl KNX with Integrated Voice Control for Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomeKit
First KNX control system to integrate three major voice activation platforms ABB delivers market’s first voice activated KNX control system that works with Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomeKit ABB has launched Busch-VoiceControl® KNX, a new voice activated KNX control system and the first to be compatible with the big three market leaders in […]