Two Ways to Bridge KNX into the Crestron Home OS: Via a Hybrid Solution or the TIG KNX Extension

With the Crestron DIN-KXI KNX gateway, there are two ways to bridge KNX into the Crestron Home® platform: via a hybrid solution or the TIG KNX extension. These two offer a world of options that perfectly match the size, scale, or simplicity of your deployment.

The Hybrid Solution

The hybrid solution utilizes a Crestron 4-Series® Control Systems Processor with a Crestron Home R-Series Processor, allowing you to leverage the power of KNX with no limitations. It will enable you to use the custom control system to add KNX solutions not designed or manufactured by Crestron (such as wind sensors currently unavailable in the Crestron Home OS). The hybrid solution further offers the speed of deployment of the Crestron Home platform for Crestron AV solutions and full integration of all Crestron Home OS user interfaces, from touch screens to dedicated wall plates and remotes.

The hybrid solution requires an additional 4-Series Control System and the Ultamation SIMPL Home modules. This allows you to use Crestron SIMPL Windows programming to unlock the full power of KNX in the Crestron Home platform. The hybrid solution will enable you to fully customize programs and visualize KNX devices in Crestron Home in addition to KNX, allowing the integrator to custom-program the entire ecosystem.

The TIG KNX Extension — Now on Board Every Crestron Home OS Processor

There’s another layer to our commitment to making KNX integrations as seamless as possible: We now provide native KNX integration onboard every Crestron Home® OS processor through the TIG KNX extension. This ensures that every KNX device you might specify will “work and play well” with every other solution that’s part of the Crestron Home OS — and, of course, the control platform itself. The ease of integrating the Crestron Home platform and the world of KNX solutions gives you and your clients a new world of options. It’s another part of our ongoing efforts to make every configuration and deployment smoother for our integrators.

The DIN-KXI in a hybrid solution acts as a server, so the DIN-KXI handles the KNX traffic. With the extension, the KNX traffic is pass-through (see details below). (Note: The TIG extension does not support KNX Secure devices.)