Country Profile: KNX New Zealand
By Colin Price, Ivory Egg. KNX New Zealand was formed in 2014 by ABB, Siemens and a handful of enlightened KNX engineers. Its aim is to promote KNX as an open protocol to the New Zealand building trade. There are a few projects that have been completed with KNX over the last few years in […]
Best Practice: Aiming for Grade C or Above In Energy Efficiency
By Simon Buddle, KNXtoday. Grade C or above? I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere before. Of course! It was the constant mantra that teachers used in school when describing our exam requirements. I was simply pleased to get through in one piece, and I’m pretty sure my teachers were pleased to see the back of […]
Business: Sowing the Seeds of Success – Out of Europe
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. ‘Out of Africa’ is the name of a popular shop in South Africa. It is present in all the South African airports, and it is about all the gear and souvenirs related to the local culture and, of course, stereotypes about this side of the African continent. On this occasion, […]
Solutions: KNX in a BMS World
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. We have been trying to control our built environment since at least 270BCE, when the first automatic control system device, a water clock, was invented. The first HVAC-related system came about in the 1700s through Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur’s scale thermometer and his ideas on temperature control of incubators based […]
Interview: Mehdi Darabi, Parto Negar Parand
Parto Negar Parand Company is an IT and building automation company based in Tehran, Iran. Its Chairman and Founder, Mehdi Darabi, has worked in IT for more than twenty five years in the Middle East and in Asia, specifically in the research and development of geographic information systems, macro and mini computers, RISC machines, networking […]
Dr KNX: Opening the ETS4 Database
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, KNX Association chose the Microsoft SQL Server as the database engine for ETS4 because this meant that they did not need to develop a proprietary database engine from scratch. There are, however, some consequences of this approach, such as not being able to just move ETS4 database files, not even […]
Solutions: HVAC – We Need a Holistic Approach
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. It seems a bit odd writing about heating systems at the start of spring, but unfortunately, the specification of control systems doesn’t follow a seasonal pattern. In fact it is probably a good time to reflect on the last few months, as it has been a very odd winter in […]
Best Practice: Project Files and Ownership
By Simon Buddle, KNXtoday. I’ve spent many years working in the AV and control systems industry, and for a number of those years I had my head buried deep in a laptop with noughts and ones flying past my ears all day. Ah those halcyon days, donning the wizard’s hat and entering the dark and […]
Business: KNX Project Management
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. System integration based on KNX is an art, and, like any art, far from being chaotic or random, it needs a considerable investment in organising, planning, learning and acquiring experience. In a nutshell, the KNX Association looks after the standard, KNX Members (manufacturers) deliver a portfolio of KNX products that […]
Dr KNX: ETS4 User Interface Questions
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXers, I am sure that by now you have heard the news about the forthcoming new-generation ETS5 software. Well this is not planned to be available until October 2014. In the meantime, many of you are still getting to know ETS4, so this month I will deal with a number of […]