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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Weinzierl Engineering Offers EIB/KNX USB Adapter for RS232
Most modern computers, especially laptops, do not provide a serial port, rather they have a USB (Universal Serial Bus) socket. For existing EIB-RS232 interfaces, the Weinzierl EIB/KNX-USB adapter for RS232 allows you to connect to an EIB installation over USB, thus avoiding the need to change existing interfaces in future. The adapter can be plugged […]
Lesswire Offers KNX-RF Gate Multi-standard KNX-RF to IP Gateway
The lesswire KNX-RF Gate is a gateway for system integrators seeking to connect a network of 868MHz KNX-RF sensors or actuators to a central KNX server over Ethernet or WLAN. Designed to be reasonably-priced, the system combines a typical KNX-RF to twisted-pair line coupler and a KNX IP router in one unit. The KNX-RF Gate […]
Design Innovation Integrates Control4 with KNX Home Automation System at Spicers House
KNX UK member Design Innovation’s ability to deliver seamless, fast integration of all building control systems using KNX has been underlined at Spicers House in Oxshott. Design Innovation’s service included the pre-assembly and programming of the installation off-site to the developer’s requirements, before delivering and commissioning a complete intelligent home. Design Innovation’s client was […]
ProKNX Offers KNX Gateways for BitWise Controls and RTI
ProKNX is offering gateways that allow the integration of KNX installations with other audio and video equipment. This means that climate control, shading, lighting etc, can be controlled according to the settings of audio or video equipment, or vice versa. The ProKNX-bwc gateway allows bi-directional communication through IP with the KNX bus and is designed […]