Media
What is meant with media?
KNX can use several different media for bus communication. With the media
refers to the technology that is built up by the bus, the ways in which
data is transferred physically.
Support for various media
The most common media is the KNX bus cable with a red-black bus pair. But there are also other types of media to use in a KNX installation.
These are currently available:
TP, bus cable, a 2-wire bus installed with a separate bus cable developed for KNX
PL, power line, here is the existing 230 network used to transfer data
RF, radio, wireless media with a battery-operated push buttons, etc. remote control
IP, networked, IP networking products use the property for KNX communication
Various media in the same installation
It is fully possible to mix multiple media in the same KNX installation.
As an exampla twisted pair bus cable can be used together with products
for RF or Powerline.
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