Loxone 1 wire1/9/2024 ![]() I ran specifically colour-coded cables which helped too - green for tree and green CAT6 for Faradite, blue for CAT6a PoE, orange for data, etc.Ĭable to each device is over the top and not necesary, but at the same time daisy chaining all tree devices from room to room I don't think is ideal either. Now, what would I have done diff.? Run more spare cables (CAT6 and T&E) between key areas (for me this would be comms room, utility room, loft and garage) and put in spare twin wall ducts (100mm ones, it's easier to slot insulation down them into slab and for me again this is loft to comms, comms to utility and utility to garage). Not strictly required but has worked a charm with some very long runs. I separately ran CAT6a for all my PoE gear e.g. You can happily run the Touch switches using normal CAT6 (as I am for a couple). I was originally going to run T&E to each light switch but didn't bother and I think that was the right decision, switches will move away from needing T&E over time IMO and it's a waste of money/resources. I also have all 240v radial obviously routing back to Loxone over 1.5/2.5mm T&E. On to cabling - I went tree for the Loxone switches, spots and LED strip stuff (spots run from tree based on load, a single tree to each room and branching as you mention would be more than enough and my recommendation) and then ran a separate CAT6 for the Faradite with a couple of cables serving 2 sensors with diff cores (watch digital and analogue input counts on the Loxone end as that escalates!). I sourced my equipment from as it was before Loxone started selling direct again and I'm hoping that someone on here will be able to help out.Ĭan't comment on the vid distribution due to only having a single TV (I know, radical) but maybe my Loxone experience can help here.įirstly, I'd not go for the Loxone occupancy sensor but go for the Faradite instead unless you want the acoustic angle? Personally I think they are much nicer - they are small, no relay clicks, just put them everywhere ![]() But, if I'm not using Loxone LED lights I presume I don't need the 1.5mm cables as the Touch switches and presence sensors only use the 2 x twisted pairs, right?Īrrggghh!! it does my head in trying to figure out what I might eventually need. ![]() ![]() I don't see a problem with losing 2 twisted pairs especially as pretty much everyone on here that has a Loxone system ( F, have all said that most of the twisted pairs from their Cat6/Cat6A cable aren't used. So, is that a crazy idea and should I simply run a cable to every device or is that the crazy idea!?Īnd if I do the one cable to each room and daisy chain from there should I use tree or cat6 or cat6a? I was originally thinking of running a Cat6 AND a 1.5mm T&E to each Touch switch but then realised that Tree cable ( ) has the 1.5mm cable as part of the single cable albeit at the cost of 2 pairs of twisted wires. I guess I could also run a single tree cable to each room and daisy chain to each touch/sensor/retractive switch in that room? kind of a halfway house for radial wiring? I was originally going to run a single cable to each device but now I'm thinking that's just crazy and I am thinking of running a single tree cable to the presence sensors throughout the house to make use of that and also tree cable to each Touch switch and then daisy chaining to any other retractive switches in the room. I AM planning on distributing video via a HDBaseT matrix but I was wondering if maybe some cable like this that are Cat6 and tested/recommended by the HDBaseT alliance would do the job instead of Cat6a? anyone got any comments on this?Įvery room will have a Tree occupancy sensor and a Touch tree switch but some rooms will also include a standard retractive switch to control lights from another location, e.g his and her side of the beds for the bedroom lights, entrance from utility room to kitchen etc. I've pretty much decided that my network cables will be Cat6 as I don't have any switches capable of 10Gbps and if I eventually do then Cat6 will do 10Gbps under 55m and my longest run in the house will be about 30m so I really don't see the point of installing Cat6a.īUT.and there's always a but somewhere.I remember someone saying that they distributed video via a HDBase-T matrix (I think it was and that he recommended Cat6a for that. my thoughts are turning to first fix electrics and I need to decide what cable I'm going to pull through for my Loxone system and networking.
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