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Building Technologies
Basic documentation: Communication via the KNX bus
CE1P3127en
HVAC Products
KNX (Konnex) and Synco
30.08.2007
1.3
The KNX network
1.3.1 Full-scale
KNX
network
A full Konnex network is structured on three levels. It consists of:
•
Area line
0
Æ
Area 0 (backbone line)
•
Main lines
1...15
Æ
Areas 1…15
•
Lines
1.1...15.15
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
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1
2
3
64
Li
ni
e 1
Li
ni
e 2
Li
ni
e 3
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
Li
ni
e 1
Li
ni
e 2
Li
ni
e 3
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
64
1
2
3
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1
2
3
64
Ac
1.0.0
Lc
1.1.0
Lc
1.2.0
Lc
1.3.0
Lc
1.15.0
Area 1
Li
ne
1
Li
ne
2
Li
ne
3
Li
ne
15
Main line 1
Lc
0.1.0
Lc
0.2.0
Li
ne
1
Li
ne
2
Ac
2.0.0
Lc
2.1.0
Lc
2.2.0
Lc
2.3.0
Area 2
Li
ne
15
Main line 2
Ac
3.0.0
Lc
3.1.0
Lc
3.2.0
Lc
3.3.0
Lc
3.15.0
Area 3
Li
ne
15
Main line 3
Ac
15.0.0
Lc
15.1.0
Lc
15.2.0
Lc
15.3.0
Area 15
Li
ne
1
Li
ne
2
Li
ne
3
Main line 15
Ar
ea
li
ne
0
(b
ac
kb
on
e
lin
e)
31
27
Z
1
0e
n
Lc
2.15.0
The arrangement of the bus devices in the 3-level KNX network structure, with the
Synco bus devices factory set with Area/Line address 0.2 corresponds to the gray
shaded area in the illustration above.
KNX network,
three-level structure
Note