Crestron KNX integration with Link’nX: objects and ETS export
With Link’nX, a Crestron program accesses the installation’s KNX objects through a Crestron configuration, presented as a CI BAOS declaration. Each configuration combines a port used by the Crestron program, the KNX gateway parameters and a list of objects. This list comes from the ETS report in CSV of the CI-KNX device or from a selection among the KNX addresses already uploaded to Link’nX.
What the Crestron integration does
Section titled “What the Crestron integration does”| Need | Where to configure it | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Prepare the object file in ETS | Single device report of the CI-KNX device | Prepare the ETS report in CSV |
| Create a configuration from this file | Crestron → Add with file | Add a Crestron configuration |
| Choose the objects among the uploaded KNX addresses | Create with KNX addresses, then Select KNX addresses | Select the KNX objects |
| Replace the CSV, edit the objects or delete a configuration | Crestron list | Edit or remove a configuration |
Step-by-step commissioning
Section titled “Step-by-step commissioning”- Note the Link’nX IP address used by the Crestron program, the planned port and the KNX gateway parameters.
- Prepare the ETS report in CSV of the CI-KNX device, or upload the XML export of group addresses to select the objects.
- Add the configuration: name, port, KNX gateway, then the file or the selected objects.
- Save with the floppy disk and wait for Success!.
- Compare the destination address and the port of the Crestron program with the values in Link’nX.
If something goes wrong, the Crestron troubleshooting guide covers rejected files, an empty or incomplete selection and a saved configuration without effect.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- The port of each configuration is chosen in the 12000-12999 range, with 12004 as the initial value. Each configuration uses a separate port, the one of its Crestron program.
- The gateway fields are prefilled with 127.0.0.1 and 3671; the physical address 15.15.250 is only a format example. Check these values before saving.
- The address selection is limited to 250 addresses, in DPT families 1, 2 and 5 to 18. When an address is added, the C, W and T flags are checked, R and U are not.
- File mode expects the device CSV report: a renamed XML file is not suitable. A replacement CSV must not exceed 1 MB.
- To change the port or the gateway parameters of an existing configuration, go through support.
For importing the ETS project and group addresses, see KNX and ETS.
All Crestron guides
Section titled “All Crestron guides”Devices and integrations
Section titled “Devices and integrations”- Crestron and KNX: select group addresses and objects
- Crestron and KNX: declare a CI BAOS configuration in Link’nX
- ETS and Crestron: export the CI-KNX device report as CSV
- Crestron: edit, replace the CSV or delete a configuration