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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Show Report: Highlights from Light + Building 2014
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. This year’s Light + Building took place between 30 March – 4 April, had a record 2458 exhibitors and attracted a record 211,500 trade visitors from 161 countries, with nearly half coming from outside Germany. Admittedly, a lot of the exhibition space at Light+Building is dedicated to electrical equipment and decorative […]
Case Study: The Monarch I – Turning an Old Office Block into a Shining Example of Energy Efficiency using KNX
By Remco Hoveling, BAM Techniek – Regio West. The Monarch is an office development in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. Ultimately, it will comprise four office buildings, one of which, the Monarch I, is a refurbishment of an existing building. The Monarch I is the largest KNX project in Benelux. The aim of the […]
B.E.G. Presents its KNX Application 5.0 for KNX Occupancy and Motion Detectors
Many new options with KNX With its new KNX Application 5.0 for KNX occupancy and motion detectors, B.E.G. is leading the way as a specialist in individual solutions: users now have a wide range of new functions and capabilities. With the new application, detectors now have an extra three freely-programmable channels over and above the […]
Home Systems Consulting Introduces HSYCO 3.3 – a Complete Integrated Control Solution for Home and Building Automation
Home Systems Consulting S.p.A. develops state-of-the-art solutions for home and building automation systems. Combining a clever design and unparalleled integration of leading technologies, we upgrade buildings to a different level of comfort, security and energy efficiency. At Light + Building 2014 Home Systems Consulting introduced the new HSYCO 3.3, a pure Java and HTML5 supervision […]
KNX Association Presents ETS5: One Tool for ALL Media
GAL1 A10, Light+Building 2014 Shanghai, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, London, Berlin – all over the world, building control engineers are using the product and manufacturer-independent Engineering Tool Software (ETS) to increase the energy efficiency of buildings. This standardised tool is currently available in 17 languages and can be used for the installation of more […]