Hello
Are there good retrofit smart home systems available?
We bought a semi-detached house as a new build from a developer.
The electrician declined to work with KNX and said he is not familiar with it and won’t do it.
My question is: Are there good retrofit options for smart home systems that don’t require opening up the walls (that is not an option)?
Which systems would you recommend?
Functions:
Light control
Window sensors (preferably invisible)
Shutter control
Music control
Video doorbell
It should definitely be possible to create scenes and rules.
I’m also open to other suggestions for useful functions I may not have thought of yet.
Are there good retrofit smart home systems available?
We bought a semi-detached house as a new build from a developer.
The electrician declined to work with KNX and said he is not familiar with it and won’t do it.
My question is: Are there good retrofit options for smart home systems that don’t require opening up the walls (that is not an option)?
Which systems would you recommend?
Functions:
Light control
Window sensors (preferably invisible)
Shutter control
Music control
Video doorbell
It should definitely be possible to create scenes and rules.
I’m also open to other suggestions for useful functions I may not have thought of yet.
untergasse434 Aug 2021 07:56K1300S schrieb:
Use KNX-RF; it saves a lot of wiring and installation work. But do you really want that? If he only uses KNX-RF, he might as well use any other wireless system. KNX-RF really makes sense when used together with a “real” KNX system, for example as a trouble-shooting solution, because it integrates very easily into the standard KNX system.
@untergasse43 How difficult is it to program all of this yourself?
If I were to do it myself, would the standard functions already work, and I’d just need to set up the automations afterwards, or does nothing work at the beginning?
My knowledge:
I have no experience with KNX at all.
I would rate my PC skills as okay to good.
I often work with more complex formulas in Excel (I know this is probably not comparable).
If I were to do it myself, would the standard functions already work, and I’d just need to set up the automations afterwards, or does nothing work at the beginning?
My knowledge:
I have no experience with KNX at all.
I would rate my PC skills as okay to good.
I often work with more complex formulas in Excel (I know this is probably not comparable).
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to do any work myself during the construction, at least not with the wiring.
The only thing I might be able to handle (if the programming is not too complicated) is the programming. If I do the programming myself, will it not work at all upon handover, or do the standard functions, like turning on lights with a button press, already work?
Which devices can you recommend that are reliable and possibly affordable (good value for money)?
The only thing I might be able to handle (if the programming is not too complicated) is the programming. If I do the programming myself, will it not work at all upon handover, or do the standard functions, like turning on lights with a button press, already work?
Which devices can you recommend that are reliable and possibly affordable (good value for money)?