Hello everyone,
I am finally planning to build our own house with my family. I don’t want to do without a smart system and have already done some research.
Loxone is basically off the table for me because it mainly relies on its proprietary system and products.
Of course, I have repeatedly come back to KNX (as here in the forum as well). However, I am not entirely happy with it because I don’t want to have to call a programmer every time I want to make a change; I also don’t really want to buy the ETS license. Additionally, I want to integrate and network fingerprint scanners, Sonos, and a heat pump, but I haven’t fully figured out how to do this with KNX.
The house basically has two floors with an open-plan kitchen/living area, entrance hall, utility room, bathrooms, children’s rooms, bedroom, garden, and so on.
The following systems should be connected:
- Lighting (some dimmable)
- External blinds / weather station
- Underfloor heating
- Heat pump
- Music system (Sonos)
- Fingerprint access
- Video intercom
- Some switched power outlets
- Photovoltaic system
Since I am technically fairly knowledgeable, I want to be able to manage, adjust, and optimize my system myself in the end.
Does anyone have good input here? Or already experience with Loxone, KNX, or others?
Thanks and best regards,
Stefan
I am finally planning to build our own house with my family. I don’t want to do without a smart system and have already done some research.
Loxone is basically off the table for me because it mainly relies on its proprietary system and products.
Of course, I have repeatedly come back to KNX (as here in the forum as well). However, I am not entirely happy with it because I don’t want to have to call a programmer every time I want to make a change; I also don’t really want to buy the ETS license. Additionally, I want to integrate and network fingerprint scanners, Sonos, and a heat pump, but I haven’t fully figured out how to do this with KNX.
The house basically has two floors with an open-plan kitchen/living area, entrance hall, utility room, bathrooms, children’s rooms, bedroom, garden, and so on.
The following systems should be connected:
- Lighting (some dimmable)
- External blinds / weather station
- Underfloor heating
- Heat pump
- Music system (Sonos)
- Fingerprint access
- Video intercom
- Some switched power outlets
- Photovoltaic system
Since I am technically fairly knowledgeable, I want to be able to manage, adjust, and optimize my system myself in the end.
Does anyone have good input here? Or already experience with Loxone, KNX, or others?
Thanks and best regards,
Stefan
rdwlnts schrieb:
And what is included in the 50,000€ price?The offer is about 30 pages long. An overview would be as follows Heating and Shading 11k?
A few channels for heating actuators, blind actuators, weather station, and glass switches aren’t actually that expensive.
The other items are somewhat justifiable in terms of cost.
Edit: The satellite system is also ridiculously expensive. We have 16 connections and stayed well under 1,000€ (about 1,080 USD). However, that was in electrical installation.
A few channels for heating actuators, blind actuators, weather station, and glass switches aren’t actually that expensive.
The other items are somewhat justifiable in terms of cost.
Edit: The satellite system is also ridiculously expensive. We have 16 connections and stayed well under 1,000€ (about 1,080 USD). However, that was in electrical installation.
untergasse4321 Apr 2020 21:23ivenh0 schrieb:
Heating and shading for $11k?
A few channels of heating actuators, blind actuators, weather station, and glass switches aren’t really that expensive Since you don’t know any details, the statement is rather pointless. You can spend a lot of money in this area. And some people don’t like the standard off-the-shelf glass switches and opt for something more expensive instead.