What´s new?

The current firmware versions of eibPort and eibNode

06/09

Mobile clients like e.g.the iPhone can now be connected to eibPort directly. The loop way over a MySQL database (from 2007) is fallen upon. Therefore the connection between your mobile and KNX equipment ist much more easier and become clear. In a few steps a HIC project is generated in the editor, store it, switch on mobile and type in the URL of eibPort. That’s it! On your smartphone/PDA  you see your camera pricture stream, your KNX components or your audio multiroom administration

New: automatic data analysis

02/09

Find-your–Energie

This internet portal collects, analyses and documents your energy data. The data is sent from eibPort via e-mail to this server. No separate software is needed for analysing. With your standard internet-browser you can check week-, month– and year reports in a server generated image. By request, a backup of your data can be sent by e-mail to your address every week. Try it out: http://www.find-your-energie.de/en/startseite.php. Analysis for one consumption counter is for free.

New: Touch Panel for wall mounting 15", 19"

The Touch Panel for wall mount is quick assembled, offers a compact design and performance ( 4 GB Flash, fanless, Win XPe) and looked like a flat panel TV ( 6 cm depth). Fits best to your environment. Together with the HomeInformationCenter and eibPort they are the central information point of you building. With a cost free Software you create your own look and feel and bring your favourite links.

Check weather, traffic jam and your e-mails by a cup of coffee in the morning, look for you cooking receipt at noon, or call the cinema or TV-program in the evening.

Trough the build in loudspeakers you can hear your mp3-music or watch DVD.

New: Job comparator

10/08

The comparator does actuation like "greater then" or "less than". You can compare inputs with constant or variable values. The most popular EIS types can be used.

Week timer are in a new outfit to enable are more sufficient handling (Touch Displays).

Internal storage for telegrams are increased to 20.000.

New: HomeInformationTerminal

08/08

The HomeInformationTerminal is a program which is developed for Touch Panels, Tablet PC or Ultra mobile PC. It's very easy to build up an own user interface. With pre defined elements the customer has the opportunity to use several services like browsing websites (weather, traffic, TV-guide etc.), using home automation, manage multiroom clients (UPnP), looking to camera streams, check the e-mails with an own e-mail client and look on RRS-feeds.

The navigation bar can be completely configured to fit your demands. Starting with the position of the navigation bar, the font style, the color shema and the selection of the images. Everything can be changed within a few mouse clicks and a very short time.

Content of web sites can be stored in the background. So you have all your information with a finger tip at once, without waiting.

Demo here...

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New: Version 2.1

04/08

eibPort is now available with a new Motherboard equipped with 64/64 MB RAM/ROM. Now even larger Projects with moresophisticated graphic designs are possible. The new ethernet controller allows datatransfer up to 100 MBit/s in the LAN. This leads in evidence to significant time saving, loading (for e.g.) the visualisation. Integration of Web- Start shortens the load time further on. All in all, load time is much reduced.

More news while the fair...

New: KNXeasy

02/08

The KNXeasy gateway converts the KNXnet/IP protocol into a simple ASCII protocol. Thereby, you can develop software linked to EIB without using the KNXnet/IP protocol. To configure the gateway for your EIB installation, you just have to export the required data out of your ETS project.

More information...

New: RSS Feeds

01/08

With RSS Feeds, you always have the latest news in your visualization. Just type in the RSS-path of a news-webpage and your visualization keeps you up to date.

Further news:

String multiplexer

New area codes for sms job

New: KNXnet/IP protocol implemented

10/07

Further news

Your first visualization in 2 minutes avi Video

Working with the Job-Editor (example: staircase lighting function) avi video

Using the HIC-Editor avi video

Wake On Lan

option to disable the iETS Server

automatic refresh of the graphs

transparent background for text

xPL scheme for Winamp

New: EIB integration for iPhone

08/07

The HomeInformationCenter iPhone takes the functionality of the EIB to the iPhone from Apple. You can switch the light, regulate the heating, drive the Venetian blinds and also steer the multimedia account with the HIC iPhone. More information.

New: Elements and Icons in the HIC Design

07/07

The design of the HomeInformationCenter is available for the eibPort now, too. Elements for lights, heating, venetian blind, multimedia, weather and much more are available for your eibPort. Download

New: Comperator

05/07

A new job has been integrated. Any EIS-Value can be chosen as input. The input value can also be a constant data.

As output value more than 10 types of EIS-values can be defined. So it is possible e.g. to send a text while a temperature exceed a defined value.  

New: PDA Visualisation

04/07

Another PDA Visualization for eibPort. Look alike to the HomeInformationCenter under MS Media Center. Nice to have. Steering your beloved mp3 songs via PDA.

New: Switchable Backgrounds: EIS 14 Switch

03/07

User defined backgrounds can be overlaied and be switched by a telegram-value. A Switch sending EIS 14-values is integrated to the library.

New: HIC in Vista Style

02/07

The HomeInformationCenter is technically and optically adapted to MS Vista.The size on the TV-Screen is scalable.

New: Create own start side

01/07

Now you can selected if you want to jump over the Startside or to start the visualisation in its own Browserwindow or to create a own (e.g. with own companylogo) starting side. Further parameters for users and password can be taken up to the URL. That is particularly practical with the use of Touch Displays.

12/06

Online logging of EIB data into a SQL data base. Thus, new possibilities for the evaluation and diagnosis are opened. In addition, other Programs can access EIB data now.

New: Animated Gifs

11/06

With the ComponentBuilder now animated GIF files (for to the example a moved shutter or indicator)  can be used. Also halftransparent Icons can be merged. The new software is free of charge in the Downloadbereich available.

New: Add On for Media Center Edition

10/06

Over this small installation package the Microsoft Media center Edtion can be extended to the Home control center. Control heating, lighting and look who is standing before the entry door comfortably over your TV screen.

New: eibPort receive Infrared

08/06

eibPort can receive now from almost any IR remote control the instructions and pass them to EIB/KNX. IRTrans, and the Squezzbox can understand (nearly) each IR remote control. So e.g. a PALM can be used for home automation.

New: Date- and Timedisplay

07/06

can be produced with the ComponentenBuilder, but on multiples desire we added an element in the Visulization-Editor, also in form as a analog clock .eibPort supports the receipt of the time from a NTP server. Thus the internal clock is second exact. The time and date signal can be sent also on the bus. Thus replaced the DCF-77 clock.

New: Diagram

05/06

With the diagram function, processes/data from the internal storage (10.000 Telegrams) can be represented by graphik. In the diagram up to 3 curves can be illustrated , be individually formatted concerning line color, offset and factor.

Type of curve standard: To each interval the value is represented.

Type of curve difference: To each interval the difference is represented to the previous value.

New: Sending an receiving text

04/06

With the textdisplay messages can be received and also been send. The Textinformation can be send to other EIB-Displays or other Visulasation-Clients.

New: DiscoveryTool

02/05

You loose the IP-Address of your eibPort? No, problem with the Software Tool in the Download area you can list all eibPorts in your network in conjunction with the IP-Address. More

New: Connection to IR

12/05

With the IRTrans Ethernet Modul and eibPort various components like HiFi-systems, Beamer etc. can be linked to EIB. The Installation is done with the eibPort Job-Editor. More...

New: PDA Visualization moVis in Download Area

11/05

A Demo Version for PDA running Windows CE is for download.

10/05

Now the ETS for setting up the eibPort is no longer needed. Next to the basic settings the new configuration tool provides a number of parameters and a backup function. More...

09/05

Define and design freely your own buttons and operation panels for the eibPort visualization. More...

09/05

eibPort streams music in every room. Control the functions play, stop, volume etc by the eibPort visualization and by your EIB installation. More...

New in autumn 2005: eibPort Version 2

07/05

New functions and services, a new look and better handling. More...