Highlights from Light + Building 2018 – Part 2: Simpler Design, Installation and Control
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday If you were looking for tools to make KNX system planning, installation and operation easier, Light + Building 2018 had plenty to show. In Part 2 of our show highlights, we look at a selection of products and technologies that aim to make system planning, programming and operation easier. Simpler planning […]
Trade Talk: Assisted Living – Preparing for Getting Old
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Life speeds up as one gets older. In ’76, the long hot summer, I was twelve and it was indeed a very long and very hot summer. My only worries were if there might be a shopping trolley below the water under the bridge that I repeatedly jumped off, […]
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 […]
Gira Offers High level of System Continuity with New Smart Home and Security Solutions
As a full-range supplier of intelligent system solutions for building control, Gira showcased numerous innovations at the Light + Building 2018 trade fair – products and solutions for the smart home as well as for alarms and security. In addition, Gira presented a new design line and other design variants of existing ranges. The striking […]
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 […]
Enertex Presents SynOhr MultiSense KNX Room Controller with Built-in Voice Recognition at Light + Building 2018
Enertex® SynOhr® MultiSense KNX is the world’s first KNX touch room controller with built in self-sufficient voice recognition and with no need for an external power supply – it is fed directly from the KNX bus. • High quality anodized aluminum housing • Front Panel RGB ring illumination (Status) • RGB Ambient lights • Displaying […]
Voxior Announces New Voice Control Products, Remote Access, IoT Connectivity and Gateway Partnerships
User-centric Product Development We couldn’t agree more with this year’s Light + Building motto “Connected – Secure – Convenient”, as this slogan is perfectly in-line with the upgrades in our product portfolio. Our team was very busy for the past few months and after hundreds of conversations with our users & thousands of hours spent […]
Show Report: KNX at ISE 2018 Bursting at the Seams
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The RAI exhibition centre is now officially full to capacity. The Integrated Systems Europe Show filled every hall and hallway. It even created a new hall on the plaza in front of the main halls. Hall 15 is open for business. In amongst the projectors, displays and holograms were […]
Voxior Expands from Voice Control to IoT Connectivity and OEM Partnerships
The Market When you see a true smart home for the first time, you often experience a powerful, lasting ‘wow’ moment. There’s this exciting technology in front of your eyes with an amazing potential to improve your life. But that potential also comes with its challenges, and the smart home market still has a couple […]
Xxter Launches the Pairot KNX Bridge to Siri Voice Control
“Siri, dim the lights in the living room.” “Siri, we’re going to bed.” These are just some of the commands that KNX-equipped homes can now react to through Siri voice control, thanks to xxter, a Dutch manufacturer of professional home automation products since 2006. Xxter has closely coordinated the creation of the ‘Pairot’ KNX bridge […]