ᐅ Smart Home KNX Knowledge – Gira X1 with Alexa and Sonos – Request for Feedback
Created on: 23 Mar 2018 10:07
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face26
Hello everyone,
I only have very basic KNX knowledge and am gradually trying to learn more as we plan our house.
A quick question for the experts:
Am I correct in understanding that Gira is planning updates this year to make Alexa and Sonos directly compatible with the X1? So, Alexa would work indirectly via the S1, and the Sonos system would connect directly?
Both are already present in our current household, and if they could be integrated in a reasonably straightforward way, I wouldn’t mind at all.
Perhaps a related question… if we plan KNX in our house and don’t want a high-end solution (lighting, blinds, sockets), the X1 should be sufficient for me, right? Or are there significant reasons to justify the much higher price of the homeserver?
Thanks in advance!
I only have very basic KNX knowledge and am gradually trying to learn more as we plan our house.
A quick question for the experts:
Am I correct in understanding that Gira is planning updates this year to make Alexa and Sonos directly compatible with the X1? So, Alexa would work indirectly via the S1, and the Sonos system would connect directly?
Both are already present in our current household, and if they could be integrated in a reasonably straightforward way, I wouldn’t mind at all.
Perhaps a related question… if we plan KNX in our house and don’t want a high-end solution (lighting, blinds, sockets), the X1 should be sufficient for me, right? Or are there significant reasons to justify the much higher price of the homeserver?
Thanks in advance!
Oh man. I was really excited that the X1 was supposed to support Sonos, but then I read that the update won’t come until October. With Gira, that means it will be around Christmas.
I got the Hager IoT system for this, but I’m not very happy with it yet, as it offers too few key outputs (KOs). Switching favorites isn’t that simple (each favorite is controlled via a separate group address), and the speaker’s status is output through a 14-byte datapoint. On/off would have been enough to provide a button with the necessary status. Instead, it outputs “Playing/Stopped.”
I got the Hager IoT system for this, but I’m not very happy with it yet, as it offers too few key outputs (KOs). Switching favorites isn’t that simple (each favorite is controlled via a separate group address), and the speaker’s status is output through a 14-byte datapoint. On/off would have been enough to provide a button with the necessary status. Instead, it outputs “Playing/Stopped.”
face26 schrieb:
...who knows what else might come until thenThat’s the right attitude... and not fixating on brand names. Anything with the KNX logo can be installed.