Date / Time on the BUS

Introduction

This component sends date and time on the KNX bus.

Use cases

• The user needs to send date and time on the bus to keep a time-controlled thermostat continuously updated.

Component properties

Send server time every: if selected, sends an info message with date and time on the bus;

Every (…): defines how often a new updated message is sent on the bus.

KNX

This component must be configured with the KNX gateway.

You can refer to the chapter “Gateway / Protocols” for more information.

Virtual Feedback: see the “KNX Protocol” guide;

Read bus value on startup: see the “KNX Protocol” guide;

DPT Type: you can use 3 different DPT types for the “Date/Time on the bus” component:

DPT_TimeOfDay: sends on the bus the data containing the current day name and time;

DPT_Date: sends the date information on the bus;

DPT_DateTime: sends both date and time on the bus.