Need help in finding the right HW for my new smart home

[MDAR (Stuart Hanlon, UK importer of Velbus hardware)]

I’m more than happy to help you design a wired system if you want.

Take a look at this generic wiring plan to get you a starting point.

Generic Wiring plan

This topic might make for interesting reading if you’re looking for someone else’s experience

From Z-wave to wired solution

Hi! I recently bought a house that i’m renovating and i’m looking into the option to use domotics. The electricity is wired in a star topology, so all switches and lights are returning to the main board. I’m also planning to use 24V impulse switches. Until now, I have a basic Openhab2 setup with a Rpi3, Razberry2 Z-Wave controller and a Fibaro dimmer switch. This works greats but I also read that once you scale it up, it tends to fail sometimes. The radiation of all those components is also…

As for costs, then yes, KNX is expensive.

Thankfully KNX is not the only wired solution out there.

Velbus is a very powerful product that doesn’t have a millionaire’s price tag.

For example, both 4 channel relays have a retail price tag of €155 + tax