Update: the product has been launched and can be found here: SPCway
We are happy to announce the launch of a new product very soon:
A fully configurable bidirectional KNX gateway for all Siemens SPC intrusion panels.
Features
The interface is fully bidirectional and supports three types of communication objects:
– events: when particular things happen, the panel raises events. We support 135 types of events, which can be configured to many hundreds of different actual communication objects! Eg: an object to tell : User X has succesfully opend door Y, Intrusion alarm in area Z, Engineer on site, …
– commands: we support 25 different types of commands (on doors, areas, zones, users, panel, output, audio) that can be send to the panel. These can be configured to many hundreds of different communication objects. Eg. Arm area 2, Arm all areas, Momentarily open door 3, Silence all bells, …
– status: we support 25 different types of status informations. Combined with the numbers of elements (doors, zones, …) this results in many hundreds of possible status communication objects.
One can easily imagine 1000 different communciation objects and group addresses. There is no real limitation.
Configuration
Everything is easily configurable on the gateway; no need to get into the panel configuration to modify the communication objects.
In the panel you only need to configure the gateway once as a trusted EDP-client.
Security – certification
If you need to limit the allowed commands for security reasons: this is configured inside the panel, so this will not brake your system certification.
Installation time
The physical & electrical installation time is merely a few minutes: connect power, LAN & KNX. The time needed is mainly determined by the time to configure all needed communication objects, for which we provide a simple MS Excel tool.
Requirements
The product supports all present and future SPC intrusion panels which have at least ‘EDP over TCP V2’. In practice that requires:
– a panel with a LAN connection to your LAN network
– firmware version 2.3 or higher (dates 2011-2012). If needed you can always upgrade your SPC panel to the latest firmware
Variants
The product will exist as a standalone gateway device, and as an add-on library for the Logic Machine product family.
The standalone device will connect to 1 SPC panel.
The library + Logic Machine can be used to connect to one or to multiple SPC panels.