Re: What would you do differently if you were to automate a new home from scratch?

["Konnexman" <beirao.nuno@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marc,
"Is this also true of knx or are their licensing issues (there are
intrinsically none with DMX)." The Konnex association only makes the
certification of the products, but for that you must become a member.
However you can build products on your own...
http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~mkoegler/index.php/bcus
http://www.leibnix.de/ (for this one put an automatic translator from
german to english)

"Can you provide example of residential 110 VAC
Lonworks/Lontalk-compatible
> dimmers?" I live in europe so my knowlege of 110 vac devices is zero!
Can you quantify what you expect as cost of dimming outputs?

Cheers

Marc_F_Hult wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2006 07:38:54 -0700, "Konnexman" <beirao.nuno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message  <1155652734.648127.194540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >Dear Marc_F_Hult wrote:
> >
> >About your point over the price of knx devices, you must take into
> >account that this is an open standard system, with 97 different
> >companies, producing certified "failure proof" devices. It is not a
> >system/product owned by one company at whom the client will be attached
> >to the rest of his life!
>
> Yup ;-) One of the reasons that I've worked to adapt DMX512 to home use.
> There are Do-It-Yourself DMX-512 gear of all sorts. Is this also true of knx
> or are their licensing issues (there are intrinsically none with DMX). Go
>
> >As for the 230 volts issue, yes, if Carlos is from Mexico I would
> >advise him to take a look a Lonworks, also a very powerful and future
> >proof system.
> >
> >http://www.echelon.com/
> >
> >Cheers
>
> In my previous post, I mentioned Lonworks/Lontalk as a protocol, but I am
> ignorant about Lonworks-compatible lighting dimmers suitable (in term of
> cost and other factors) for residential use.
>
> Can you provide example of residential 110 VAC Lonworks/Lontalk-compatible
> dimmers?
>
> Thanks .. Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
> www.ECOntrol.org