Case study: Porto Mykonos – a hotel operating at half power in Greece
By Nick Gliatis, GDS Digital Systems. Comprising 90 rooms, Porto Mykonos is a luxury hotel located at the famous and bustling port of Mykonos Town on the Greek island of Mykonos. This is where all the action happens, both by day and by night. The hotel was to undergo major renovations, including expansion, so a […]
Theben Launches KNX RF Flush-mounting Wireless Actuators
Theben AG is expanding its range of KNX RF products with new KNX RF flush-mounted actuators and media couplers. Encryption through KNX Data Secure ensures communication is optimally protected against tapping and manipulation. KNX RF flush-mounted actuators and the media coupler support secure communication according to the KNX Data Secure standard. This prevents interception of […]
Embedded Systems Announces LogicMachine5 Power KNX CANx Gateway
LogicMachine5 Power brings redundancy and maintenance possibilities of your installation to another level. LM5 Power is an embedded platform with integrated Ethernet, USB, KNX/EIB, CAN FT, Serial interfaces. LM5 is a cross-standard gateway, logic engine, visualization platform, IP Router. Scripting templates provide user-friendly, flexible configuration interface and integration with cloud/web services, 3rd party devices. Via […]
Bosch Rexroth Adds KNX to Industrial Control Systems and I/O Modules
Robust control systems and I/O modules save time and effort Smart building as the key technology for sustainable building rapidly advances the connectivity of building technology. Open communications standards are essential in this process. Bosch Rexroth is now supporting this trend in the area of building automation with the KNX master, which is used in […]
Franke Aquarotter Offers AQUA 3000 Water Management System
The AQUA 3000 open water management system is based on an innovative electronic platform featuring advanced architecture that presents installers and operators with a much easier, more reliable, functional, hygienic and economical system which is even easier to integrate into host networks. The further enhanced AQUA 3000 open intelligent water management system is consistently structured […]
Fairhair Specification Enables IoT in Commercial Buildings via a Common, Building-Wide IT Infrastructure
Based on open standards, the Fairhair Specification defines a unified IP-based network infrastructure that enables streamlined building-automation systems with end-to-end security. The Fairhair Alliance has reached a key milestone with the publication of the Fairhair Specification. Fairhair is an organization of leading companies from the lighting, building-automation, semiconductor and IT industries that aims to facilitate […]
The New KNX TP1-256 Topology: more devices and fewer line repeaters
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. The KNX Association has recently announced the completion of a long-running project to update the system topology in order to make KNX even easier and simpler to use. Until now, the smallest part of the topology is a line segment with 64 devices. To expand the line, line repeaters can […]
KNX and Domestic Alarm Systems: how effective is your fire strategy?
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Fire is without doubt one of the most devastating incidents that can befall us. The ferocity and magnitude of house fires can leave a home a decimated pile of ash. People who escape stand and watch as thousands of gallons of water are poured onto their home. By the […]
TAPKO Offers TAI4-secure Push Button Interface
TAPKO´s proven TAI4-secure 4-fold binary I/O module is now available with KNX Secure. Any kind of manipulation during runtime communication and commissioning is not possible anymore. All usual input functions of the I/O module like switching, dimming, shutters, blinds control and scenes can be used in a common way. Besides the input functionality of TAI4-secure […]
Siemens Supports Secure KNX Communication over IP with New Routers and Interfaces
• New IP routers and IP interfaces ensure secure data and access-proof KNX communication over IP • KNX IP Secure devices meet the highest security requirements in smart buildings • More flexibility in power supply minimizes KNX bus current consumption Siemens Smart Infrastructure expands the proven Gamma instabus building system with new IP routers and […]