Terminal 5 is the biggest building
construction project in
England which spreads over
several kilometers. The new
expansion was launched from
the British Airports Authority
BAA and will make Heathrow
one of the largest and
probably most innovative airports
in the world. The project
includes two main halls,
an energy center, parking
areas, service tunnels, a train
network, VIP areas, an airport
control tower and several
other areas.
Terminal 5 is designed to receive
more than 30 million
passengers in a year. Its infrastructure
needs to be well-lit
and safely maintained. After
careful evaluation, the BBA
decided to use KNX for the
bus system which offers safety,
stability and interoperability.
The decentral location of
KNX device massively reduces
the amount of necessary
wiring. 64,000 DALI- light fixtures
are integrated through
KNX-DALI gateways. The
KNX systems are connected
through KNX-IP-Gateways
over the Campus IP network
to the central management
system.
Terminal 5 Heathrow in London• Cross-linking of 64,000 lights over DALI-KNX-Gateways
• Cross-linking of more than 910 KNX lines over 236 KNXIP-
Gateways and the local LAN
• Integration of emergency lights into the same DALI-KNXnetwork
• Feedback of error messages and defects from lights to the
building management systems
• Integration of additional systems in KNX, e.g. error messages
of elevators
http://www.knx.org/fileadmin/downloads/07%...X%20Journal.pdfЭто как пример, правда несколько бОльший, но всё же.. я к чему, сразу заводи управление на верхний уровень, через KNX/IP Gateways и пользуй, конечно, KNX/DALI, современное решение проблемы, должно быть современным
Там же на сайте в одном их журналов подробней про работу этого IP gata... у кого в Россиее реально есть - в личку...
С уважением
Бабий Сергей