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In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the KNX Association, a joint event together with the KNX General Assembly was held in Brussels on the 14th & 15th February 2010.

Apart from a gorgeous dinner and celebration at the Atomium, all light up and shiny, some very important issues were presented in the KNX General Assembly, such as: Energy Efficiency, Smart Metering with KNX, the worldwide situation of KNX, etc.

We will inform you about everything. But, first of all, we would like to sum up the speech held by Mr. Godehardt Schneider‏, the president of the KNXA, in the following points:

•    The ETS4 will be presented at the light+building, but unfortunately will not be ready to be launched in the market until the 20th October 2010. The manufacturers already started using the ETS MT Tool 4.0 (Manufacturing tool) and it seems to be much more user friendly and flexible than its forerunner. It is a plug-in into the well known programming environment Visual Studio and has very good xml import / export possibilities.

•    Mr. Schneider also underlined the fact that Smart Metering is increasingly important and that the KNXA is doing everything in its power to promote the implementation of KNX into the different standards (CEN TC 294 – Battery powered meters, CLC TC 13 - Electric Meters, ETSI M2M – External communication, CLC TC 205 Link to smart home)

•    For those who are interested in attending a KNX ground course, there is good news: after passing the exam and creating the online account, one will have the possibility to download a free ETS Trainee version from their account.

•    It was also very pleasing to hear that approximately 500 ETS3 licenses / month were sold last year.

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During the last edition of the light+building in 2008 Busch-Jaeger presented its Busch-ComfortPanel, a 9” touch display that raised the admiration of both integrators (due to its technical features) and end users (thanks to its design and multimedia elements).

Beside the usual functions to control the home automation elements of a KNX system, this display also operates as a multimedia server, it implements IP cams, it allows recording text and voice messages, RSSs access, etc.

Now it is news again because it has taken a step forward and the new 2.1 software version includes:
•    VoIP telephone with its own number and videoconference possibilities thanks to the integrated camera
•    Streaming for online radio
•    Communication with Miele home appliances
•    Remote control via cell phone
•    Babyphone

On the whole, this display distances itself from others of its kind and we will definitely have to visit Busch-Jaeger’s booth at the light+building in April.

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KNX Association International (www.knx.org) has recently announced that applications can now be handed in for the KNX Award 2010, which will be granted at the light&building fair 2010 in Frankfurt.

The KNX Award is granted in recognition for the smartest international KNX projects in home and building control, which stand out as regards innovation and technical progress.

Applications for any of the six categories are welcome from around the world:
•    International Award
•    National Award
•    Publicity Award
•    Energy Efficiency Award
•    Young Award
•    Special Award

Price money: 1000 € in each category

Deadline for submission: Friday, 29 January 2010
Registration: knx-award@knx.org
Info: www.knx.org/award

KNX Award 2010 Ceremony: Tuesday 13th April 2010 at 18.30

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