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Using KNX Standards for intelligent building control
By choosing the KNX standard as the backbone for your control solution, you open up a world of opportunities. Some of the most highly respected electrical manufacturers in the world are involved with this international standard, meaning the choice and quality of products that the KNX portfolio offers is unmatched.
The KNX standard can be used across a range of control applications including:
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Lighting |
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Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) |
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Intruder alarms |
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Audio visual systems |
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Household appliances |
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Blinds/solar control |
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Automatic window control |
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Energy management and control |
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Metering |
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Monitoring applications |
Because KNX covers such a diversity of applications using one standard, it means your cabling network can be much simpler. |
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A single twisted pair cable can often suffice, with multiple elements all operating together on a single network. KNX controlled devices are generally based around the standard green KNX / EIB bus cable (ie twisted pair) but can be run across the following media:
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Radio Bus (wireless) |
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Ethernet (structured cabling) |
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Fibre Optic |
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Occasionally power line |
KNX is increasingly being heralded by specifiers and end users as a highly desirable open solution for any building control application. The drawbacks of proprietary solutions or various hardware-based controls are being increasingly recognized.
What maintains KNX’s superiority is that every KNX-compliant piece of equipment has been fully tested and certified to this highly stringent standard by an independent regulatory body. It is only at this point that it can carry the KNX logo, as controlled by the international KNX Association of Brussels.
So you can have total confidence in reliability and interoperability, whatever KNX devices or system you choose. |
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