KNX Takes a Giant Leap Forward: New IoT Certification and Open-Source Access Cement Smart Home and Building Standard

In a significant breakthrough, the KNX Association has announced several groundbreaking developments in its IoT technology, solidifying its position as the global standard for secure, interoperable smart home and building solutions. This move marked a new era of innovation and reliability for smart home and building automation.

According to a statement from the KNX Association, the release highlights the launch of a newly launched certification scheme for IoT devices, ensuring stringent quality and security standards. The scheme has already been successfully certified by the first batch of KNX IoT devices.

The association also announced that the KNX IoT Stack is now commercially available on the Thread protocol, providing a low-power mesh network solution for smart home and building automation. Furthermore, the consortium has made the IoT stack open source, encouraging industry innovation and transparency.

KNX Association's President stated, "This marked the launch of an extremely important milestone in our smart home ecosystem strategy. We will use it to foster cooperation within the industry... As usual our company supports the future technological developments by collaborating with a broad customer base."

The association further highlighted its KNX IoT certification scheme for devices and manufacturers, setting a benchmark for quality across the smart home and building industry.

Expanding Possibilities: Smart Home and Building Automation Takes a Giant Leap Forward

With the launch of the new certification scheme and open-source initiative, KNX continues to expand possibilities for developers and integrators alike. The release also highlights the development stage resources available for every product lifecycle stage, including manufacturing, integration, and configuration.

The association noted that since its introduction in 2018, the KNX IoT technology has delivered key IoT benefits such as high-level IPv6-supported interoperability and secured network infrastructure through physical layers design.

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