KNX Advanced Course Documentation Edition: January 2009KNX ADVANCED COURSE Preface Higher demands ptaced on the security, flexibill combined with the need to minimize a home and building management syateme f Fail-safe planning 1 The KNX technology Is the reeult of the posling of knowledge end éxperlence gained over the Flags 12 ‘ast 19 years with the predecessor technologlts to KNX; le. the European Installation Bus » (EIB), the European Home System (EHS) and Ble Heating The skilful application of KNX requires souiid knowledge of all persons involved. Training Integrated applications 7 measures are therefore required towards: Interworkin 93 * Selection of bus devices and installation material; mworeng ‘fields of application and main applications of the KNX bus system; Coupler 127 ‘+ selection of the bus topology in view of the construction of the building and the desired functionalities; Lighting Control 153 * planning of the to be installed bus system; * Installation, thereby taking info account the relevant regulations (e.g, lightning protection, ‘Security Technology 162 electromagnetic compatibility, etc.); 219 * Commissioning and servicing of KNX installations. Logie Operations Visualisations systems 252 ‘The January 2009 edition of the KNX Advanced Course Documentation gives you an in-depth overview of topics such as Heating, Security, Lighting Control, Interworking... In-depth ‘Supplementary tools 274 information about KNX Communication, KNX Topology. .. can be found in the document “KNX Basic Course Documentation" which is published separately. This Basic Course Documentation (with successful concluding exam) is the basis for KNX Partnership. Courses are organised by more than 120 certified training centres around the world. You can find a complete list of the KNX certified training centres on batt K. training-centres/list In writing this training documentation we would especially want to thank our training centres for their ongoing competence and commitment. Joost Demarest Director KNX AssociationKNX ADVANCED COURSE 41.4.2 Example: Setting Several Flags: Figure 3: Setting several flags 1.2. The Communication Flag Es Figure 4: Communication flag "C” The communication flag is the ‘master switch” for communication i.e. if this flag is not set, the object cannot send or receive telegrams. The communication flag is set for all objects by default. It may be necessary to delete the communication flag in certain configurations e.g. when objects are not used. If this is the case, it is highlighted in the application descriptions of the manufacturer. If this object is linked to a group, an acknowledgement is sent even though the communteation flag has been deleted. Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Flags 8 i a 4 KNX ADVANCED COURSE. KNX’ 4.2.4 Example of a Communication Flag In the case of the objects of the light mood push button depicted in the following diagram, the communication flag must be removed for unused objects. ‘Output 1 Z Output 2 aiate ib Output $ Bos 1 bit. Disable apo. 2 tbe oe Figure &: Removal of communication flag for unused objects 1.3 The Read Flag ‘R’ ‘The read flag enables the object value to be read out i.e. a response telegram is only sent after a read telegram if the read fiag of the object has been sat. This function is required for visualisation, light scenes etc. to query the current object status. The read flag is not set by default in most cases. The flag is set by many manufacturers for status objects, ei Figure 6: The Read flag Some specific features should be noted when using read flags: 44 fread flags are used in an installation (e.g. when storing light scenes), it should be ensured that the read flag is only set once for each group address in order to avoid multiple responses after a read request. % The read flag should only be set at the bus device which is to respond. 4% The group address that is used to read out the object status must be placad at the transmission point of the bus device that should be read out since the response telegram uses this group address. Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Flags 16KNX ADVANCED COURSE. Table of Contents 1 General. 41 Foreword. 4.1.1. Requirements for the Heating System... 1.2 Planning the Heating System.. 1.24 Type of Heating. 1.2.2 Heating Curve 4.2.3 Capacity of the Heating Elements.. 1.3 Commissioning the Heating System 2 Integration of the Heating into the Building Management System... 24 Individual Room Control. 2.1.4 Principle of individual Room Control 2.4.2 Types of Control 2.4.3 Components of Individual Room Control 2.4.4 KNX in Large Funotional Buildings. 3 Practical Tasks... 3.1 Estimation of the Heating Requirement 3.1.1. Climate Data of Selected Locations.. 3.1.2 Heating Capacity of Heaters... 3.1.3. Aid for Estimating the Heating Requirement of a Room .. 3.1.4 Estimating the Heating Requirement using an Example.. 3.2 Practical Example of Individual Room Contra. 3.2.1. Task: Implementation of Switching Individual Room Control . 3.22 Devices 3.2.3 Group Addresses... 3.2.4 Solution... 3.2.5 Recording a Control Curve. 4 Controlling the Heating System .. 4.1 Eurotron Heating Controt with Remote Operation and Room Temperature 4.1.4 The Device Range. 4.1.2 The Commissioning Modes. . 4.43. Commissioning Mode 2 (programming with ETS). 4.1.4 Practical Example of Heating Control .. . 4.2 Implementation of Heating Control with Viessmann Control Devices 4.2.1 Integration of a Viessmann Heating System in KNX Systems with Communications Interface Vitocom 200 Type KNX... 42.2 KNX Function Module for Controling the Flow Temperature Based on the Heating Requirement... KNX KNX ADVANCED COURSE. 1 General 1.1 Foreword The correct room temperature (type of room, usage time) affects our well-being. The requirements are wide-ranging depending on the location and individual feelings. Room temperatures of 16 °C -18 °C are sufficient for the kitehen and bedroom but we require a cosy warm temperature of 21 °C for the lounge and even 22 °C in the bathroom. A feeling of well-being is extremely important in our private lives and working environment, Comfortable temperatures are therefore vital for our health and well-being since we spend up to 95% of our time inside buildings. Figure 1: Temperatures according to room usage All the other premises that we use (public buildings, workplace) should have the appropriate temperature for the location and activity. People feel uncomfortable if the temperature control system of the body (the skin) is put under strain e.g. due to excessively low or high air and wall temperatures, considerable air movement, excessively low or high air humidity. Note: A feeling of comfort is experienced if air temperature, movement, humidity and wall temperatures are in a balanced ratio to the activity and clothing of the person. Comfort and well-being are also favourably influenced by the cleanness of the air and a low sound level in the room. In private households in Germany, approx. 70% of the energy consumed was used for heating and hot water. Calculated on the energy consumption of the entire country, 30% of the total energy alone is used for heating and hot water. An effective use of energy with an increased level of comfort must nowadays be the goal from an economic and environmental point of view. A modern building system should therefore apply itself to the control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Heating 23 Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Heating 24a KNX ADVANCED COURSE KNX 3.2. Drive Control The development of the new application models for the area of drive control has not yet been concluded. For this reason, the rules of EIS 7 continue to apply. The function “Drive Control” is used primarily for controlling blind and roller shutter motors and consists of the subfunctions & ‘Move’ with the datapoint type 1.008 and a& ‘Step’ with the datapoint type 1.009. 3.2.1 EIS 7-Subfunction ‘Move' A connected drive is put into motion with this function, starting from complete standstil. Once the drive is moving, the direction can be altered. Communication object: 1 bit Values: 0 -Move UP / Open ‘1. —Move DOWN / Close Important: Communication objects which use this function may not reply to read requests through the bus (e. g. ‘Read group’). This restriction ensures that drives are not inadvertently set into motion. The READ flag of these communication objects must therefore be reset! This applies both to sensors AND actuators! 3.2.2 ES 7- Subfunction ‘Step’ ‘The subfunction uses one communication object. On receipt of a telegram with this object *& a connected drive which is in motion is stopped, ‘& a drive which is at STOP is temporarily put in motion ("stepwise"). Communication object: 4 bit Values: 0 — Upward movement / Open (one step} 1 — Downward movement / Close (one step) Important: Communication objects which use this function may not reply to read requests. sent through the bus (e. 9. ‘Read group’). This restriction ensures that drives are not stopped inadvertently, or that halted drives are not started up inadvertently, The READ flag of these communication objects must therefore be reset! This applies both to sensors, AND actuators! Home and Building Management Systems Interworking KNX ADVANCED COURSE KNX 3.23 EIS 7 - Status Diagram ‘An EIS 7 actuator, such as an actuator for the control of blinds and shutters may be in one of four states, depending on the type of telegram(s) received: (Depending on the type of application, itis of course possible to declare other directions of movement than those stated above, e.g. right/left or forwards/backwards. Example: motor-driven sliding door.) The following events trigger the changeover from one status to another: Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Interworking 107KNX ADVANCED COURSE KNX 1 General The lighting in modern buildings is generatly no longer switched manually. The users in Principle demand the implementation of intelligent open- and closed-loop lighting control systems. This should result in the efficient operation of the lighting. Efficiency has three meanings in this context: firstly, there should be an obvious saving of energy; secondly, intelligent lighting systems should largely prevent lights from being switched on unnecessarily which should lead finally to an automatic protection of resources! jghtstrip 2. Lightstrip 3 2 Conventional Brightness Control: Sun shines — Light switches off If dimmed fluorescent lamps are used for example instead of switched lamps, the service life of the fluorescent material is lengthened considerably even when the maximum power 1s reduced by only 10%. This again results in cost savings and protection of the environment, A well-designed lighting control system also means a more pleasant working environment for the user e.g, from office workstations, It is also worth mentioning in this context that closed-loop lighting control should ~ where possible — use existing (free) external light which results in a two-fold energy saving, particularly during the warmer seasons of the year. A reduced level of artificial ight means less electrical power, less waste heat and thus also a lower cooling capacity if the rooms are air-conditioned. If you consider that a kilowatt of power loss in the lighting system must be compensated by approx. 3 kW of cooling capacity in order to prevent a temperature increase in the room via the heat generation of the lighting system, a 4-fold saving is made Home and Bullding Management Systems KNX Association Lighting Control 156 KNX ADVANCED COURSE. KNX Alm: Brightness contro! optimised for alf areas of the room 3 Principle Closad-loop and open-loop lighting control systems are basad on the modulation of the lighting level inside the room by the measurement of either the level of external light (independent variable) or the measurement and feedback of the level of internal light (dependent variable) which contains a variable proportion of external light. In both variants, the primary goal is to maintain a required level of internal light as constant as possible. In general, itis a feature of a distributed system such as the KNX, that the individual tasks in the closed-loop or open-loop control systems are distributed among different devices: sensors, actuators and controller madules, This has both benefits and disadvantages as outlined below in detail. 4 Constant Lighting Control A closed-toop control circuit is used for constant lighting control, The required level of brightness in the room or the level of lighting at the desk is measured as a controlled variable together with the interference from the external light and then fed back to the actuators in the appropriate manner. ie e brightness, setpoint) 2.Inerforonco (ovol of exter ight) -¥. Control val (dling valu 1-100%) 2X2: Actual value ux vali at workstation) Figure 1: Constant lighting control Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Lighting Controt 157KNX ADVANCED COURSE KNX 6.2 Compound Elements. 6.2.1 NAND Etement (NAND) fan AND element is combined with a NOT element in accordance with the diagram, all the output states X of the AND element are negated. Column X indicates the AND function. X's only ‘t', fA = 1 and B= 1 (Case 4). X is however also the input of the NOT element. fa ‘0'lies at input X of the NOT element, output Z = 1. Ifa ‘1’ lies at input X of the NOT element, output Z = 0. Column Z indicates a negated AND function. The designation NAND is formed from the English expression NOT AND. There is currently no German equivalent. NAND Als] xTz 7 o[ofo [4 x Zz ofa flo [7 + [oro 4 arya To Figure 23: Origination of the NAND function with truth table of the circuit NAND elements are used vary frequently. Unique graphical symbols have been developed for them. Na! A 0 v 1 t Figure 24: Truth table and graphica! symbol of the NAND elament with 2 inputs The graphical symbol is produced from the symbol of the AND element with a circle at the output. This circle denotes the negation of the output. The following sentence applies for the logic operation of the NAND element: ‘The NAND function can be represented as follows using logic algebra: Z= A‘B ‘The long line above the AND function of A and B indicates that the complete AND function has been negated. Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Logic Operations 248 KNX ADVANCED COURSE. KNX’ 6.2.2 NOR Element (NOR) The truth table (diagram) applies for the combination of an OR element with a NOT element. An OR function is first formed from the input variables A and B: X=AVB X is simultaneously the input of the NOT element. All the states of output X appear as negated in column Z (output X = 0 > Z= 1, output X= 1 > Z=0), A zyx fr] z B Figure 25: Origination of a NOR element with truth table of the circuit and graphical symbol (standardised) Zindicate the negated OR function. The designation NOR is formed from the English expression NOT OR (NICHT-ODER). There is no German equivalent for NOR. NOR elements are used as frequently as NAND elements, There is therefore a separate graphical symbol (diagram) for NOR elements. The symbo! Is produced from the symbol of the OR element, The negation is shown by a circle at the output. The following sentence applies for the logic operation of the NOR element: The following algebraic equation applies for the NOR function: Z2= AvB Home and Building Management Systems KNX Association Logic Operations 249