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KNX ADVANCED COURSE

Table of Contents
1 General ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Foreword ........................................................................................................... 4
1.1.1 Requirements to the climatic control system .................................................. 6
1.1.2 Energy Certificate .......................................................................................... 6

1.2 Planning the Heating System ............................................................................ 9
1.3 Function and Type of Heating Components ......................................................13

1.3.1 Type of Heating ............................................................................................13
1.3.2 Heating Curve ..............................................................................................15
1.3.3 Capacity of the Heating Elements .................................................................18

1.4 Commissioning the Heating System .................................................................21
2 Integration of the Heating into the Building Management System .............................21

2.1 Individual Room Control ...................................................................................23
2.1.1 Principle of Individual Room Control .............................................................23
2.1.2 Types of Control ...........................................................................................23
2.1.3 Components of Individual Room Control.......................................................25
2.2 KNX Connection to Heating or Cooling Systems ..............................................32
2.2.1 Connection via DDC Gateway or Conventional Actuators .............................32
2.2.2 Connection via a KNX Gateway ....................................................................33
2.2.3 Connection via an External Heating Controller..............................................35

3 Fan Coil ...................................................................................................................37
3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................37

3.1.1 Technical Structure .......................................................................................38
3.1.2 Design Variants ............................................................................................39

3.2 KNX Integration ................................................................................................42
3.2.1 Fans .............................................................................................................42
3.2.2 Operating Modes ..........................................................................................43
3.2.3 Sensors ........................................................................................................43
4 Integrating air conditioning systems .........................................................................44

4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................44
4.2 Technical Design ..............................................................................................44
4.3 Integration in KNX ............................................................................................45

4.3.1 Proprietary Protocol ......................................................................................45
4.3.2 Gateway to an open Automation Protocol .....................................................45
4.3.3 Unidirectional Communication ......................................................................46
4.3.4 Bidirectional Communication ........................................................................46

4.4 Regulation cf. § 2.1.3.1 .....................................................................................47
5 Ventilation ................................................................................................................49

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