KNX System arguments KNX AssociationTable of Contents 1 KNX Association: A brief outline. ‘Activities of KNX Assocation — International standardization. KNX- difference compared to conventional technology KNX System specification. 4a KNKMedia 42 Areas of application for the various media 43 Types of configuration. 44 KNKinterworking Success figures The advantages of KNX KNX: Application examples. Selling the benefits. Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association ve system arguments ‘rpuments€1213¢ 2a1 KNX Association: A bi 1980 +I sc oon B Rt waa KNX Figure 1:KNX—The history KNX Association has been set up in 1990 with headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), then stil called “EIB Association”. The goal of the association was to promote intelligent homes and buildings in general and the E18 system in particular, which was developed jointly by some renowned manufacturers In 1999 this association merged with two other European associations. These are: ACI (France) promoting the Batibus system; European Home Systems Association (The Netherlands) promoting the EHS system. ‘As aresult ofthis merger, the name was changed into "KNX Association", KNX Assoclation has the following goals: definition of anew truly open standard ‘KNX"™ for intelligent homes and buildings; establishing the KNX Trademark as a token for quality and multh-vendor interworking; establishing KNX as a European and worldwide standard, ‘AS EIB is backward compatible to KNX, most devices can be labelled both with the KNX as well as the E18 logo, Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association ve system arguments ‘rpuments€1213¢ ana