KNX solutions for UAE villas, hotels and offices
The same open bus, configured for the building in front of it. Here is what a KNX system from Promax Automation actually does in each project type — and which parts of the LEXA range deliver it.
Villas & Private Homes
One KNX bus behind lighting scenes, curtains, air-conditioning, irrigation and the front gate — with a panel by every door instead of an app you have to find first.
- Lighting scenes per room, plus a single Away scene at the front door
- Motorised curtains, blinds and pergolas on the same keypad
- Air-conditioning setback when a room is empty — the biggest single saving in a UAE villa
- Irrigation, pool and landscape lighting on astronomical schedules
- Gate, garage and access control integrated with the intercom
Apartments & Towers
Developer-scale fit-outs where every unit is programmed from the same ETS template, commissioned quickly and handed over with documentation.
- One ETS template rolled out across every unit type
- Fast, repeatable commissioning at handover
- Common-area lighting on schedules and presence
- Landlord-side metering and load control
- Documentation pack per unit for facility management
Hotels & Guest Rooms
Guest-room management: welcome scenes, DND/MUR at the door, occupancy-linked setback and housekeeping status — all on standard KNX devices.
- Welcome scene on key-card insert; power-down on removal
- Do Not Disturb / Make Up Room at the corridor door
- Occupancy-linked HVAC setback across the floor
- Housekeeping and minibar status back to the PMS
- Standard KNX devices — no proprietary guest-room controller
Offices & Meeting Rooms
Presence and daylight-linked lighting, meeting-room scenes and HVAC setback that pay for themselves in energy, floor by floor.
- Presence detection in meeting rooms, corridors and washrooms
- Daylight-linked dimming along the glazing line
- One-touch meeting-room scenes: Present, Video call, Clear
- After-hours sweep-off with local override
- Energy reporting per floor or per tenancy
Retail & Hospitality
Scheduled façade and display lighting, DALI/DMX colour scenes and a single panel that staff can actually use on a busy night.
- Scheduled façade, window and display lighting
- DALI and DMX colour scenes for feature areas
- Simple staff panel — open, trade, close
- Outdoor lighting and LED display control
- Central schedule changes across multiple branches
Architectural Lighting Control
Constant-voltage LED, 1–10 V, DALI and triac dimming driven from DIN-rail actuators — cove, façade and landscape lighting on one system.
- Constant-voltage LED dimming for cove and strip lighting
- 1–10 V dimming actuators for ballasts and drivers
- Capacitive-load dimming for architectural fittings
- 16 A switch actuators from 4 to 28 channels
- DALI and DMX bridged onto the same KNX bus
Solution questions
KNX is the open, ISO-standardised bus for building automation (ISO/IEC 14543-3). Because it is a standard rather than one brand's ecosystem, a KNX installation in Dubai or Abu Dhabi can mix devices from different manufacturers, is programmed with ETS by any certified integrator, and keeps working long after any single app or cloud service is retired. For villas, hotels and offices in the UAE that matters: the building outlives the gadget.
Both. Promax Automation supplies the full LEXA KNX range from Dubai and delivers turnkey projects — site survey, load schedules, panel design, installation supervision, ETS programming, commissioning, client handover training and an annual maintenance contract. We also supply trade-only to consultants, contractors and other system integrators.
LEX FALL is the flagship — square or rectangular keys, a matching thermostat and ten to thirteen finishes; it suits most villas and apartments. LEX BLOSSOM adds super-touch keys in mineral colours for design-led interiors. LEX AUTUMN is the quietest, most minimal plate. LEX WAVE is the wide-format climate panel. LEX SENSE is a compact two-button panel with an arc display. Send us your room schedule and we will mark up a panel-by-panel selection.
For a typical villa, first-fix wiring runs with the main electrical works; panel build and DIN-rail actuator installation take one to two weeks; ETS programming and commissioning a further one to two weeks depending on the number of circuits, scenes and integrations. We give a firm programme with the quotation.
Yes. The LEXA range covers switch actuators, constant-voltage LED dimmers, 1–10 V dimming actuators and dimming actuators for capacitive loads, and KNX gateways bridge to DALI, DMX, Modbus and BACnet. On our own projects we routinely integrate DALI and RGB lighting, VRF and FCU air-conditioning, motorised curtains and blinds, IP intercom, CCTV and access control.
Send us your drawings. We'll send back a KNX schedule.
Room schedule, lighting layout or a photo of the existing switch plate — whichever you have. We reply with a panel-by-panel selection, an actuator schedule and a priced quotation, usually within one working day.