KNX and ETS: project import, group addresses and DPTs with Can’nX
Can’nX applications rely on the installation’s ETS project to offer KNX group addresses and their DPTs. Link’nX uploads the XML export of the group addresses; Boss’nX imports the .knxproj project file to create its supervision components. These addresses are then used in scenario actions, triggers and conditions, in supervision datapoints, for logging and in associations with devices from other brands.
By application
Section titled “By application”Link’nX manages KNX scenarios and associations. The uploaded ETS file feeds the address suggestions and the action generator.
- Export an ETS file and upload it, then filter the offered addresses
- Generate KNX actions from ETS addresses or prepare a KNX action
- Create a KNX trigger and make a scenario conditional on a KNX value
- Fill in a KNX gateway table to connect Sonos, Daikin, Shelly and other devices to the bus
Boss’nX supervises the building. The project import follows the Import, Dictionary, Structure and Building steps of KNX commissioning.
- Import a KNX project file, configure the dictionary and create components from the structure
- Configure the KNX addresses of a datapoint or add several KNX datapoints
- Choose the KNX addresses to log
- View the KNX gateways and scan a KNX line to monitor its participants
Chart’nX and Emergy’nX also use KNX addresses: assign Chart’nX addresses to the monitoring gateways, configure the KNX measurements and commands of an Emergy’nX device.
Where to start
Section titled “Where to start”- In ETS, export the group addresses in XML format for Link’nX, or prepare the .knxproj file for Boss’nX.
- Upload the file to the right Link’nX project and gateway, or to the right Boss’nX supervision.
- Prepare the selection: ETS address filter in Link’nX, address recognition dictionary in Boss’nX.
- Create the items: generated actions in Link’nX, components from the structure in Boss’nX.
- Review each address and each DPT before any test on the installation.
For a new version of the project in Boss’nX, follow the import rerun and conflict resolution guide.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- A group address has three levels: 0 to 31, 0 to 7 and 0 to 255, for example 1/2/3. The DPT, for example 1.001, defines how to interpret the data; an accepted format does not guarantee that it suits the device.
- Link’nX accepts an XML export of group addresses of up to 1 MB; its help illustrates ETS 5. Boss’nX imports a .knxproj file, including a password-protected one.
- Uploading the file creates no action or component. After a new file, review the items already configured.
- A KNX trigger reacts to a write of the configured value, not to a read; its additional addresses share the same DPT.
- Boss’nX shows Different ETS DPT (…) when a datapoint’s DPT differs from the one known for its address.
- Scanning a KNX line probes 256 addresses in about 40 seconds and generates bus traffic: avoid it during ETS commissioning.
The glossary defines the KNX terms. See also integrations, Link’nX and Boss’nX.
All KNX and ETS guides
Section titled “All KNX and ETS guides”Access and getting started
Section titled “Access and getting started”- Link’nX access control: declare a KNX lock or a DoorBird
- Link’nX access control: KNX scenes at the start and end of access
- Open Pool’nX in Can’nX Cloud: KNX pool gateway settings
Accounts, permissions and guest access
Section titled “Accounts, permissions and guest access”Alarms and notifications
Section titled “Alarms and notifications”- Threshold or value alarm on a KNX or BACnet datapoint in Boss’nX
- Compare two KNX measurements in a Boss’nX component alarm
- Boss’nX alarm rules: compare two KNX measurements in bulk
- Boss’nX alarm rules: create KNX alarms in bulk by tag
- Boss’nX alarm rules: threshold, boolean or list of values
- Boss’nX alarm rules: find and delete alarm datapoints
Building, components and datapoints
Section titled “Building, components and datapoints”- Open a component in Boss’nX and read its datapoint values
- Duplicate a component or a datapoint and organize datapoints in Boss’nX
- Create or edit a component and its datapoints in Boss’nX
- View a component’s history and its KNX entries in Boss’nX
- Search for a component by name, zone or KNX address in Boss’nX
- Create and organize building parts, floors and zones in Boss’nX
- KNX datapoint in Boss’nX: display, controls and pulses
Configuration and use
Section titled “Configuration and use”- Chart historical measurements in Boss’nX analytics
- Export Boss’nX analytics measurements to CSV
- Period, aggregation and chart reading in Boss’nX analytics
- Chart’nX battery meter: energy and state of charge over KNX or Modbus
- Chart’nX energy dashboard: name, power in kVA and phases
- Configure the L1, L2 and L3 phases of a three-phase Chart’nX meter
- Configure the KNX or Modbus main meters of a Chart’nX dashboard
- Add, duplicate or delete a Chart’nX energy submeter
- Set up a Chart’nX water dashboard: name, presence and total meter
- Can’nX glossary: KNX group address, DPT, Modbus, kW and kWh
- Get the manual or ETS file for a Can’nX product
- Emergy’nX general meter: calculated or measured total consumption
- Emergy’nX power network: tariffs, off-peak hours, Tempo and metering
- Emergy’nX solar production and battery: KNX, Modbus or Huawei
- Emergy’nX: configure Presence/Absence and Summer/Winter KNX feedback
- Send a custom value to Emergy’nX equipment with the Custom button
- Load shedding and solar surplus: configure thresholds in Emergy’nX
- Auto-fill the KNX addresses of a Link’nX gateway table
- KNX gateway table in Link’nX: enter, activate and save
- Klereo KNX: connect Pool’nX to a Klereo Connect account
- Pool’nX options: update via KNX, sending period and KNX watchdog
- PoolCop KNX: connect Pool’nX to PoolCop Cloud with an API key
- Pool temperature control over KNX with Pool’nX (hysteresis)
Dashboards and hypervision
Section titled “Dashboards and hypervision”- Arrange the widgets on a Boss’nX supervision dashboard
- Move and resize the Boss’nX hypervision widgets
- Boss’nX overview: read the site’s weather, image and statistics
- Boss’nX overview: configure statistics and KNX measurements
Devices and integrations
Section titled “Devices and integrations”- Control Airzone air conditioning from a Link’nX scenario
- Add an Airzone device in Link’nX and choose its zone
- Airzone status feedback on KNX: temperatures and mode
- Airzone and KNX: map commands to group addresses
- Evlink Pro AC, Lektri.co or Terra AC charger and KNX: read the feedback
- 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
- DoorBird Cloud and KNX: create and delete access codes
- Local DoorBird and KNX: doorbell, motion and door opening
- Apple HomeKit: use and troubleshoot exported Link’nX commands
- Send a Pushover notification from a Link’nX scenario
- Declare a Pushover account in Link’nX: user key and API key
- Reolink and KNX: map commands and feedback to group addresses
- Samsung TV in a Link’nX scenario: power, volume, input and channels
- Shelly and KNX: status feedback, measurements and troubleshooting
- Sonos and KNX: map commands and feedback to group addresses
- UniFi Protect and KNX: map commands and feedback to group addresses
Protocols, imports and monitoring
Section titled “Protocols, imports and monitoring”- Discover BACnet objects in Boss’nX and fix discovery errors
- View BACnet objects and their intrinsic alarming in Boss’nX
- Run a Link’nX scenario or action from a Boss’nX component
- Boss’nX network health: understand IP and KNX device status
- Add and manage an IP or KNX monitor in Boss’nX network health
- Scan a KNX line to monitor its participants in Boss’nX
- Import several BACnet objects as datapoints of a Boss’nX component
- Add KNX group addresses in bulk to a Boss’nX component
- KNX dictionary: recognize group addresses in Boss’nX
- KNX gateways in Boss’nX: status, bus voltage and bus load
- Select KNX group addresses for data logging in Boss’nX
- Import an ETS project (.knxproj file) into Boss’nX
- Reimport a KNX project in Boss’nX: merges and address conflicts
- Create components from the KNX project structure in Boss’nX
- Import selected floors and zones from the KNX project into Boss’nX
- KNX datapoint in Boss’nX: group addresses, DPT and gateway
- Link a Boss’nX datapoint to a Link’nX scenario or action
- Declare, edit or duplicate a Modbus configuration in Chart’nX
- Assign KNX addresses to monitoring gateways in Chart’nX
- Emergy’nX and KNX: map measurements and commands to group addresses
- KNX action in Link’nX: send values to group addresses
- Atmoce and KNX: control the battery and read PV measurements
- BluOS, Denon/HEOS and KNX: map commands and status feedback
- Evlink Pro AC, Lektri.co or Terra AC charger and KNX: map the commands
- Make a Link’nX scenario conditional on a KNX group address value
- Daikin and KNX: map commands and feedback to group addresses
- Import an ETS file into Link’nX: XML export of group addresses
- Filter the ETS group addresses offered in Link’nX
- Shelly and KNX: map relays, covers and lights to group addresses
- Somfy and KNX: map commands and statuses to group addresses
- Link’nX KNX trigger: start a scenario on a group address
- Samsung or Sony TV and KNX: map commands and feedback in Link’nX
- UniFi Access: scenario triggers and KNX group addresses
- UniFi Network: client presence, triggers and KNX addresses
- Klereo KNX table: DPTs, statuses and commands for Pool’nX
- Pool’nX: control the pool from KNX (filtration, lighting, pump)
- Export Pool’nX KNX group addresses to ETS (CSV file)
- Pool’nX: send pool temperature, pH and statuses on the KNX bus
- PoolCop KNX table: DPTs, statuses and commands for Pool’nX
Questions and troubleshooting
Section titled “Questions and troubleshooting”- Boss’nX command not working: troubleshooting and FAQ
- KNX monitoring in Boss’nX: troubleshoot selection and saving
- KNX .knxproj import and dictionary in Boss’nX: troubleshooting
- KNX structure in Boss’nX: troubleshooting component creation
- Boss’nX overview and links: troubleshooting and common questions
- Boss’nX component alarms: heartbeat, BACnet source and troubleshooting
- Icon button and linked datapoint in Boss’nX: frequently asked questions
- Chart’nX energy meter: troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
- Troubleshoot KNX address monitoring in Chart’nX
- Actions in Link’nX: troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
- Airzone in Link’nX: troubleshooting and common questions
- Crestron in Link’nX: troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
- Link’nX KNX functions: troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
- ETS file and filter in Link’nX: troubleshooting and FAQ
- Sonos in Link’nX: troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
- Pool’nX troubleshooting and FAQ: KNX, Klereo and PoolCop
Scenarios and commands
Section titled “Scenarios and commands”- Control a Boss’nX datapoint: two states, option list or pulse
- Adjust a setpoint in Boss’nX: + and − buttons, typed value or slider
- Configure summer/winter and presence/absence variants in Emergy’nX
- Generate KNX actions from ETS group addresses in Link’nX
- Link’nX HTTP action: send a GET request from a scenario
- Create a Link’nX scenario: triggers, conditions and actions
- Create, edit and duplicate a Link’nX scenario condition
- KNX functions in Link’nX: create, edit, enable or delete
- KNX hysteresis in Link’nX: command an output with two thresholds
- Send a KNX command after a period without telegrams in Link’nX
- Choose the KNX value sent by a Link’nX function based on its DPT
- Test an action or run a scenario manually in Link’nX
- Override the value of a KNX action in a Link’nX scenario
- Create, edit and duplicate a Link’nX scenario trigger