Since the introduction of our intelligent suite of software in 2009, there have been more than 1.5 million downloads for Loxone Config and around 1 million installations of the Loxone App. With our free updates, we continuously offer new functionality and improvements to give our Partners even greater potential in their building automation projects. So, we’d like to introduce the latest update to you: Loxone Config and App V12 as well as Audioserver 2.5.02.23.
01 All-new Automatic Designer with improved UI & new functions
02 Support for PowerView from Hunter Douglas
03 Support for EEBUS interface
04 ModBus templates for VARTA and ÖkoFEN
05 Reset Function Blocks to default settings
06 Sorting function in the Loxone App
07 Object Linking for Function Blocks
08 Object Locking for Function Blocks
09 Lighting Controller: Presence input for mixing-in lighting scenes
10 Network Intercommunication
… and much more
Loxone now has a corporate partnership with the world market leader for interior shading; Hunter Douglas. Their central control unit for indoor shading is the PowerView Hub. Up to 32 scenes can be stored on the PowerView Hub, which can conveniently be read via the network of the Miniserver. You can then use these scenes freely in Loxone Config and provide a new level of automated interior shading for your customers’ projects.
Hunter Douglas’ PowerView is used by leading interior shade fabricators worldwide, such as MHZ, Luxaflex and Leha.
EEBUS is a manufacturer-independent communication protocol for data exchange between energy suppliers, households and energy-related devices in order to increase energy efficiency across the board. Leading manufacturers and energy providers such as Bosch Siemens, Daikin, Vaillant, Miele, Kostal, EnBW and more rely on EEBUS as the technology of the future.
With version 12, we now support the EEBUS interface for ‘HVAC’. This means that devices that offer this protocol in the categories of heating, ventilation and air conditioning can be connected to and controlled via Loxone.
Communication between the Miniserver and the EEBUS device takes place via the network interface of the Miniserver. The periphery device can be added via a Network Search in Loxone Config.
Also new in version 12 are the extended Modbus device templates for the VARTA element energy storage system and the ÖkoFEN Pelletronic pellet heating system.
Thanks to the device templates, you can integrate these products with just a few clicks in Loxone Config and automate them with the Miniserver.
This new feature is perfect for guest houses, hotels, showrooms and commercial properties: From now on, you can create a default template for certain Function Blocks and “reset to default” via the Loxone App or Loxone Config.
These compatible Function Blocks now have a new input (RtD) via which the “default template” can be restored. You can then create your own separate logic to trigger the input. This feature is particularly useful, for example, if you want to reset certain lighting moods, music favourites*, ventilation settings, alarm clocks and schedules to default values.
*in order to use this feature with the Audioerver and the Audio Player Function Module,
an update to Audioserver Version 2.5.02.23 is necessary.
The Lighting Controller now makes it possible to mix in lighting moods when there is presence. This feature is particularly practical in large, open plan living spaces and commercial properties. For example, in a kitchen/diner with active basic lighting, you can mix in the Bright Mood in the kitchen area as soon as someone moves towards the kitchen while keeping the lighting moods as they are in the other areas of that space.
This function also offers numerous new possibilities in commercial areas, for example, the brightness levels can be briefly increased in the evening when movement is active.
An Example:
A residential building with three flats has one Miniserver per flat and one Miniserver for the entire building. The electricity meter is connected to the building Miniserver but also sends the data to the Miniservers in each respective flat. This way, the tenant also has an overview of their energy consumption. With Network Intercommunication, the data is sent in an encrypted form.
In order to be able to use the new “Reset to default” feature for the Audio Player, you need the update to version 2.5.02.23 of the Audioserver software.
The update also includes bug fixes that improve the stability of the Audioserver. All technical details of this version can be found in the changelog.
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