One manufacturer, wall plate to DIN rail.
A KNX system can be assembled from a dozen manufacturers and still work, because that is the point of an open standard. It is quieter to live with, and quicker to support, when most of it comes from one.
- FF and 71 series pushbuttons and thermostats, in matching plates across the house.
- DIN-rail dimmers, actuators, thermal regulation and metering on the same product family.
- Delègo server and wall panels for the rooms that want a screen rather than a button.
- Sentio multiroom audio and Dico video entry brought onto the same bus.
The project file stays yours either way. Ekinex simply makes the schedule shorter and the panel neater, which matters more than it sounds when someone opens it in ten years.
Projects where we’ve installed KNX hardware like this.
Italian design, applied to building control.
Ekinex builds in Vaprio d’Agogna in Piedmont and covers an unusually wide span of a KNX installation, from the plate on the wall to the power supply in the panel. The wall devices come in technopolymer, metal and Fenix NTM finishes that can be mixed across a house, and the plate lines run from flat to deep so they suit period reveals as well as new plaster.
On the rail sit dimmers, switching and blind actuators, thermal regulation, metering and gateways, including DALI where the lighting calls for it. Above both, Delègo is the visualisation layer: a DIN-rail server with a direct KNX connection, wall panels, and apps for phone, tablet and desktop. Sentio adds multiroom audio and Dico adds video entry, both onto the same system.
What we specify.
We use Ekinex where a house wants one coherent hardware schedule rather than four manufacturers on the same wall.
What drives the cost.
The hardware is predictable. The design and the commissioning are where a KNX job is won or lost.
How many circuits
Every dimmed or switched circuit is a channel on an actuator and a cable back to the panel. Circuit count, decided with your electrician at first fix, sets most of the number.
Plate finish and line
Technopolymer, metal and Fenix NTM span a wide price band, and the plate line has to suit the wall it lands on. Settled early, this is a specification decision rather than a variation.
Commissioning and the project file
Grouping, scenes, thermostat logic and the visualisation are where the days go. It is also the part that makes the difference between a house that works and one that merely switches.
Indicative only. A design visit produces a fixed price.
The systems Ekinex usually forms part of.
Ekinex and KNX installed across the North West.
Clitheroe, Whalley, Longridge, Waddington, Ribchester, Chipping, Sabden, Downham, Slaidburn, Wiswell, Great Mitton, Hurst Green, Billington, Langho, Clayton-le-Dale
Fulwood, Penwortham, Broughton, Goosnargh, Grimsargh, Longton, Hutton, Lea, Barton, Woodplumpton
Lytham, St Annes, Ansdell, Fairhaven, Wrea Green, Kirkham, Freckleton, Warton, Singleton
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Chorley, Lancaster, Garstang, Ormskirk, Rawtenstall, Padiham, Whitworth
Didsbury, Chorlton, Bowdon, Hale, Sale, Worsley, Prestwich, Ramsbottom, Bramhall, Cheadle Hulme
Knutsford, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Prestbury, Mobberley, Tarporley, Tattenhall, Chelford, Goostrey, Nether Alderley
Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Prestbury, Hale Barns, Mottram St Andrew, Styal, Dean Row, Handforth
Woolton, Allerton, Aigburth, Formby, Crosby, Heswall, West Kirby, Caldy, Blundellsands
Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Coniston, Ullswater, Pooley Bridge, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Keswick
Not on the list? Ask anyway. Plenty of our work sits outside the towns above, and a five-minute phone call will tell you whether we are the right people for it.
Ekinex, plainly answered.
The rest of the platforms we hold accreditation for.
Let us look at the schedule.
We visit, listen, measure, and come back with drawings and a fixed price. If another platform suits the house better, we will tell you that too.