Hello,
I am looking for a comprehensive smart home platform that can integrate devices from different manufacturers.
So far, I have come across the following options:
Home Assistant
OpenHAB
ioBroker
Which of these platforms is the best or most widely used?
It is important to me that it runs stably and allows for creating good automations.
Additionally, there should be a smartphone app available that can be used on the go to control the smart home or at least check the status of devices remotely.
Are all of these programs open source and available for free?
Which of these platforms would you recommend, or should we perhaps consider WiButler or Homee, which also support various wireless standards?
I am looking for a comprehensive smart home platform that can integrate devices from different manufacturers.
So far, I have come across the following options:
Home Assistant
OpenHAB
ioBroker
Which of these platforms is the best or most widely used?
It is important to me that it runs stably and allows for creating good automations.
Additionally, there should be a smartphone app available that can be used on the go to control the smart home or at least check the status of devices remotely.
Are all of these programs open source and available for free?
Which of these platforms would you recommend, or should we perhaps consider WiButler or Homee, which also support various wireless standards?
As far as I can tell from the electrician, he definitely won’t give me the KNX components beforehand for programming.
If it’s not possible to do that afterwards, he will have to install and set it up at least in the basic configuration, and I would handle further adjustments and automations later.
For KNX, we planned to use MDT components and the MDT glass push-buttons, possibly starting with the more affordable push-buttons first and then upgrading to the glass push-buttons later to save money during the construction phase.
But we have to accept one thing if the electrician doesn’t want to do KNX: either Free@Home only as a basic solution or a wireless option as a fallback.
If it’s not possible to do that afterwards, he will have to install and set it up at least in the basic configuration, and I would handle further adjustments and automations later.
For KNX, we planned to use MDT components and the MDT glass push-buttons, possibly starting with the more affordable push-buttons first and then upgrading to the glass push-buttons later to save money during the construction phase.
But we have to accept one thing if the electrician doesn’t want to do KNX: either Free@Home only as a basic solution or a wireless option as a fallback.
Different electrician? Or is it a take-it-or-leave-it situation with the general contractor, builder, or prefab house supplier?
As mentioned, he doesn’t need to configure anything for the handover or testing; everything can be done using the controls on the device itself, especially with MDT.
As mentioned, he doesn’t need to configure anything for the handover or testing; everything can be done using the controls on the device itself, especially with MDT.
Yes, unfortunately it’s a take-it-or-leave-it situation with the building contractor :/
How exactly would that look? I haven’t quite understood it yet (sorry :/)
What exactly does the electrician have to do?
– Installing all the cables is clear
– Installing the devices, actuators, and switches
What else? Are the standard functions like turning the lights on/off immediately available natively without any configuration?
Or what exactly did you mean by that?
How exactly would that look? I haven’t quite understood it yet (sorry :/)
What exactly does the electrician have to do?
– Installing all the cables is clear
– Installing the devices, actuators, and switches
What else? Are the standard functions like turning the lights on/off immediately available natively without any configuration?
Araknis schrieb:
As I said, he doesn’t have to configure anything for handover or testing, all of that can be done directly via the buttons on the device, especially with MDT.
Or what exactly did you mean by that?
TaiiTvv schrieb:
What does the electrician have to do?
– Laying all the cables is clear
– Installing the devices, actuators, and switches So, he has to (ideally should) lay the cables and wire the distribution board including installing the actuators.
You can easily connect all sensors yourself to the green bus cable, as it is low voltage (and not difficult at all).
TaiiTvv schrieb:
Are the standard functions like turning lights on/off natively available immediately without programming? Be careful! You can switch each lighting channel on and off, and move each roller shutter up and down at the actuator in the distribution board. This means the electrician can test if everything is wired correctly.
THEN it’s your turn:
Once the KNX bus is powered and connected to a PC, you can start integrating the actuators into the system using the ETS software (assigning addresses).
Then you connect the first switch.
Ideally, you have already prepared a structure for the group addresses at home.
Then you link the first group addresses to the first switch and the first actuators. For example, in my case it was a switch in the hallway that could initially only control “upstairs lights on/off,” “downstairs lights on/off,” and “all off.”
From there, you continue working through the system step by step.
Thank you.
The electrician only needs to connect all consumers in a star topology, for example, roller shutters and lights.
The underfloor heating is connected to the heating actuators in the distribution board with the control valves.
How are the sockets wired in a KNX system?
Is every socket really connected individually in a star topology, or is one 5-core cable used per room, providing one circuit with permanent power plus two switched circuits?
Does the electrician only need to install the bus cable to all switches and sensors, while purchasing and connecting the sensors is done as a DIY task?
The electrician only needs to connect all consumers in a star topology, for example, roller shutters and lights.
The underfloor heating is connected to the heating actuators in the distribution board with the control valves.
How are the sockets wired in a KNX system?
Is every socket really connected individually in a star topology, or is one 5-core cable used per room, providing one circuit with permanent power plus two switched circuits?
Does the electrician only need to install the bus cable to all switches and sensors, while purchasing and connecting the sensors is done as a DIY task?