New Church Prospective Member Welcome Letter

Lighting

General Principle of lighting with EIB / KNX :
If
you already have some knowledge of home automation, you need to know that there are two kinds of participants on the bus EIB / KNX actuators and sensors.

The sensors send orders to actuators that execute those orders.
The sensors are usually switches, push buttons, motion detectors, cells, thermostats, keypads, etc.
While actuators can be fixtures (light bulbs, Spot, LED, ...), the shutters, dimmers, relays, etc.

To understand the operating principle, we will focus on the simple case of the switch and the fixture that you want to associate, here is the Wiring diagram:

Briefly, when the switch is actuated PIC, the order will be transmitted to the lamp by the intermediate output module that will be able to interpret the order of switch (or turn off the lamp).
If all the output modules are grouped in a single wiring closet, then it will be very easy to modify an installation, for example, add a lamp to control a switch or reverse two lamps.
a very flexible job that it is impossible to find in a traditional electrical installation (without the use of home automation).

After reading the note, you may be wondering what's the point of putting PIC switches instead of conventional electrical switches. Well that is advantageous for several reasons, firstly it restricts the passage of 220 volts in his apartment or his house, and then adds most flexibility in the use of energy. To save money on one hand because it better mastery of lighting control and comfort the other.
This is not negligible, one can very well imagine entering her room, turn on the light of this room, extinguish the light of the corridor or people come and close the shutters if these are still open and all this by pressing once on the switch room.
one touch of a switch in his room or entering the bathroom, to increase the heating of the bathroom, turn on the radio or why not to start the coffee maker of the kitchen morning ... Anyway, the possibilities are numerous and provide a better user experience.
All this is fully configurable and reconfigurable at will, with of course the equipment needed to program the automation components.
If the subject interests you, check the following link: http://www.domogest.fr/eib.htm