Tag: system design & programming

Dr KNX: ETS4 Dynamic Folders

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, ETS4 Dynamic Folders make it possible to list ETS items, such as devices, according to your needs. This feature is very useful for big projects, because it allows you to filter ETS items according to your own specific criteria, in any combination. Dynamic Folders are configurable views of the data […]

Lesswire Launches KBear Embedded KNX-RF Module

The KBear from Lesswire is a compact industrial-grade QFN wireless OEM module with embedded KNX-RF protocol and outstanding performance. It supports communication distances of about 500m in line of sight. It has a UART interface for serial communication and configuration as well as a one-pin antenna connection. The KBear module is certified for operation under […]

Weinzierl Launches New Website

KNX Developer Weinzierl has launched a completely revised and redesigned website for its KNX products and solutions. The company offers certified system software not only for Twisted Pair (TP 1), but also for Powerline (PL110), radio (KNX-RF) and Ethernet (KNXnet / IP). Its system software is available both as a standalone product and as a […]

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 […]

Dr KNX: Falcon (SDK)

By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, We all know about ETS (Engineering Tool Software), but you might not know that ETS consists of several modules. From a technical point of view, these ETS modules can also be used separately. The most import ETS modules are: – Eagle – Hawk – Falcon As you can see, these […]

KNX Association Releases ETS Version 4.1.7 Update

ETS has now been updated to a new release: ETS4.1.7. This new version can be downloaded online via your ETS4 installation update. You will find all details about the release notes and improvements on the KNX Association web site. Improvements Besides specified TP couplers now also IP coupler can manage the full group address filter […]

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 […]