Instabus
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Instabus, developed by Berker, Gira, Jung, Merten and Siemens AG, is a decentralized open system to manage and control electrical devices within a facility. There is about 120 European companies of electrical supplies using this communication protocol. The EIB (European Installation Bus) allow all electrical components to be interconnected through an electrical bus. Every component is able to send commands to other components, no matter where they are. A typical EIB network is made of electrical components such as switches, pulsers, electric motors, electrovalves, contactors, and sensors.
This electrical bus is made of a 2x2x0,8mm twisted pair cable, that connects all devices within the network. The teorical maximum number of components is 11520.
EIB system was developed to increase power savings, security, confort and flexibility.
[edit] System control
Although the EIB is a decentralized system and doesn't needs any electric switchboard or control console, it's possible to implement a PC based monitoring sysmtem to check device status or even to send manual o pre-programmed commands to one or more components of the network.
[edit] Covergence with other standards
The Konnex KNX (standard) was developed as a result of the convergence between EIB, BCi and EHSA. The KNX is called to be "the world's only open STANDAR for Home & Building control"
