Integration of EnOcean in KNX
Issue 01-2015:
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With the KNX/EnOcean Gateway, ABB enables a complete and natural integration of EnOcean devices into KNX control systems and vice versa.
Batteryless wireless sensors offer high flexibility for intelligent building control. Working without wires and batteries, they can be placed everywhere in the building and don’t require any maintenance. Installers can now integrate self-powered wireless sensors in a KNX system using the new ABB KNX/EnOcean Gateway (supports 868 MHz for Europe). That way, they combine flexible wireless solutions with the established bus system.
Bidirectional communication on 32 channels
The gateway offers bidirectional transmissions of signals and telegrams and supports up to 253 KNX communication objects. All together, 32 simultaneous channels or device nodes are available for the internal OR-interconnection of up to five devices each. The product’s reduced dimensions allow a quick and easy installation without the need of an external power supply. The gateway is supplied through the KNX bus solely.
Integrated easy installation
Installers can use the ABB solution to integrate EnOcean-based gateways for air conditioning, light actuators or batteryless devices such as window contacts or room controllers via several interfaces. For this, a strong ETS plugin with no need of any external software is available. A new version of the device catalog (supported EnOcean Equipment Profiles EEP) can easily be processed through an update of the catalog file.
Eye on status and signal
The gateway’s internal LCD eases the setup of EnOcean devices. In addition, the LCD shows and monitors quality signal reception and functionalities of the batteryless devices. A special feature of the KNX/EnOcean Gateway is the integration in the ABB i-bus Tool for diagnosis and commissioning support. Via the i-bus Tool, the received EnOcean telegrams’ signal strength can be visualized and analyzed to determine whether the data sent from the EnOcean devices reach the gateway with a sufficient signal power. There is no need for an additional field intensity meter. Multiple objects for control and status (bit, byte, characters) with KNX standard data point types are available.
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