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
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Piotr198119 Aug 2020 22:10untergasse43 schrieb:
Um. You have misunderstood something fundamental: ETS doesn’t manage anything, it only programs your KNX devices. You need it for the initial setup with every “real” KNX installation.
You can layer a lot on top of an already programmed KNX system, but MyGekko wouldn’t even occur to me as a last resort. Look into KNX visualizations—that’s what the “on top” layers are called, which handle the logic and provide a nice graphical interface. Sure, there are pure logic controllers too, but let’s just ignore those for now. Why do you say that about MyGekko?
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Piotr198119 Aug 2020 22:18bonkers223 schrieb:
Hello everyone,
Maybe some of you are still following this topic. Since the Light&Building event in Frankfurt was unfortunately canceled, I took a closer look at myGEKKO and visited a "Solution Partner" to see the system in action.
I have to say, it doesn’t get any simpler than this. Commissioning Raumbus (=KNX) is child's play, and the best part is, I don’t need ETS.
Furthermore, I can integrate other devices and systems with familiar interfaces following the same principle, which I found lacking in other systems.
I can do everything myself: commissioning, integrating Sonos, the lawn mower via API, and so on. Even my wife can adjust the timers herself because it’s really easy.
So I decided to go with this system, including the display, since I can also use it as an intercom. Additionally, this lets me save on some switches near the display.
I’m curious to see if it will be as easy and practical in real life as it seems so far.
If it doesn’t work out, I still have KNX in the house and can switch back.
If anyone is interested, I’d be happy to share my experiences.
Best regards Hi,
have you already installed myGEKKO? Any experience? Please share!
My electrician recommended it to me as well.
Piotr1981 schrieb:
My electrician also recommended that to me.Reasons?P
Piotr198119 Aug 2020 22:22Mycraft schrieb:
Reasons?Reason:
He uses it very often in the houses of prefab home manufacturers and has only heard positive feedback from the builders.
I personally just want to have it.
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