No two homes are alike. After all, demands for comfort, safety and economy are as individual as people themselves. Despite that, our innovative electrical installation technology meets all your requirements in one single system with the Siemens instabus. You'll be amazed at the range of possibilities.
For “smart” electrical installations for buildings, Siemens has a variety of equipment and Siemens Instabus systems for easy and efficient control of heating, air conditioning, lighting and shutter control, ventilation, security systems, monitoring, alarming, water control, energy management and lots more with hundreds of applications all over the world.
Can houses think? In principle they can - if they are equipped with the proper technology. Such as GAMMA, the innovative electrical installation technology from SIEMENS. What it is and what it can do - that's what we want to show you on the following links. Simply click and have a look!
A clever decision:
More convenience, less energy consumption, greater safety: clever systems make life more pleasant, anywhere in your house.
Have you decided to built a house or modernize?Then you know that there’s a lot of planning to be done – after all, the decisions you make should be as long-term as possible.
That is especially true when you want to pick up the right electrical installation. It has to be failsafe and, most of all, work reliably for a number of years.
If you want to enjoy the good feeling of picking just the right system, then choose electrical installation technology from Siemens. Our devices and systems ensure that the electricity in your house is being used efficiently, safely and with convenience in mind – like with the GAMMA instabus.
Opening up a whole new dimension with transmission either via radio or a two-wire cable, installed with a standard electrical installation: a “smart” home
Join in and take the advantage of the proven technology which has been in use in large office buildings, commercial complexes, hospitals and hotels for years. Open up fascinating prospects and scope when you chose Siemens in the planning phase of your electrical installations. The most important thing about this system technology is the bus cable.
Single-family home under construction:
Include GAMMA instabus in your plans from the start and lay the foundation for future-oriented electrical installations.
Renovation work:
Whether you’re renovating or redeveloping - GAMMA instabus shines with its full functions in older buildings, too.
With the new radio transmission medium. Reliable transmission at 868 MHz.
As easy as that.
Just two wires – no more: the two-wire cable on the GAMMA instabus connects the electrical devices in your house so they can communicate with one another.
No doubt about it: GAMMA instabus technology is for the pleasant side of life. It makes many possibilities a reality in your house or apartment, such as the ability to turn on or off any light connected in the house from any switch. Or you can position the blinds at the same time. It’s all a cinch with the GAMMA instabus – since everything is networked.
The solution is a two-wire EIB (European Installation Bus) cable laid in the new structure in addition to the mains cable. It connects all the devices and functions in your house or building. This cable can be used to control and monitor (for example) heating, lighting, blinds and canopies or burglar and fire alarms and much, much more. Another advantage is ease of cable installation. It’s much quicker and less complicated than fitting the jumble of cables needed in traditional systems. Just one more reason why the GAMMA instabus is economical.
The GAMMA instabus offers you the same wide range of functions for renovation projects, too. Using the GAMMA instabus functional principle, our devices can now communicate via radio – safely and with no interference.
Message/operation display:
An operator display can tell you at a glance if, for example, you’ve left a window open. Simply use a central switch to respond
Touch panel:
It couldn’t be easier. All GAMMA instabus functions can be operated directly via the screen interface. Simply use the touch panel to operate a switch, dim the lights, or control other functions.
Touch-Manager:
The Touch-Manager offers top-quality technology. It combines the components of GAMMA wave – the multifunctional radio system – with the GAMMA instabus.
This means that you can expand any existing GAMMA instabus system “wirelessly” with radio components at any time. Functions such as lighting and blinds can be very easily centrally controlled via this attractive operating and data management unit. Status indications can also be polled at any time for new configuration on the display – or via internet.
Imagine this: you’re on vacations and you suddenly remember something important. You forgot to turn off the lights – or the coffeemaker. Don’t worry. The GAMMA instabus can help you out in this situation, too. Just make a call. Simply dial its number on your cell phone, for example, and switch off the relevant electrical circuit. It’s as easy as calling up your voice mail. Call in by way of your phone line to check and operate the functions – no matter where you are.
And to make sure you really enjoy your vacation, we also offer a bus-enabled locking system, for example. This system provides you added security on regular days, too. When you leave the house, you just check and control everything using an operating display installed in the entrance way. Windows shut? Temperature OK? And so on and so forth. And you can use the terminal to switch off the lights or other power consumers.
Totally independent:
Everything’s taken care of even when you are on vacation: with the GAMMA instabus you can leave your house or apartment behind with peace of mind – because you have access at any time, via the internet or cell phone.
To deter unwanted quests, the GAMMA instabus makes it seem you’re at home by controlling the light and blinds according to your everyday routine, and sets your heater back to the no frost minimum. But people watching your house don’t know that, On the contrary, they think you’re home. That way, you can basically monitor everything – and are still free to do as you like.
Phone
A link to the phone line lets you check and operate the functions from a remote location.
PC
A modem connection is all you need. And you can regulate and control all the system functions from anywhere in the world on a PC.
There are no short cuts with safety:
The system keeps watch as you sleep. The movement detector with watchdog function; integrated in the GAMMA instabus with automatic alarm lighting.
At night when everyone’s asleep, something should be keeping watch. How about the GAMMA instabus? You can use it to perform numerous functions that protect you, your family and your property. Take the movement detectors, for instance. Although previously its main function was to just switch on the light, the GAMMA instabus now allows you to connect the movement detectors intelligently with one another and with other devices. That way, you can monitor the entrance way and other specific areas outside for your personal safety. Unwanted quests trigger the automatic alarm lighting, discouraging them from going any further. Via door and window contacts, alarm messages are displayed in your house or at an external location. And if you happen to forget to shut your garage door, it will tell you that it’s still open or it’ll show you if it is opened at night. All this makes your life and house even safer.
Windows:
When you leave home or before you go to bed, the system informs you of any open windows, doors and gates.
Alarm and monitoring functions:
You can activate or deactivate the system via the GAMMA instabus. A movement detector provides security functions at night.
Panic switch:
When this switch is triggered, all the light of the house are turned on, for example.
Presence simulation:
Lighting, blinds and other functions of the GAMMA instabus can be time-controlled to simulate an “occupied house.”
Fire/combination alarm:
Optoelectronic smoke detectors warn you in ample time if a certain concentration of smoke is in the air.
When you get back from vacation, the first thing you have to do is get acclimatized again. Isn’t it good to have it warm and cozy at least in your own four walls? The GAMMA instabus ensures the right climate in this case, too. For instance, you can put your heat on stand-by while you are on vacation. That means the system will maintain the room temperature you set. The heating valves only open up when the temperature in the room drops. And before you go home, you can switch on the heat via telephone. That way, your apartment or house is already warmed up when you arrive. Each room can be controlled separately to let you achieve the optimal temperature. This system pays off – even in cost terms. There’s no need for extensive heating or excessive ventilation.
Really thrifty:
Innovative electrical installations save money in the right places in your house: for example, through intelligent consumption management for heating or cooling.
Economical and convenient heating:
When your heating system is linked to the GAMMA instabus, you always have the room temperature you want and save money on top of that. That way, you not always have a healthy climate in your house, you also economize on costs: saving up to 30% a year just from heating system with individual room control and window monitoring. Consumption management is good for even more, though, such as automatic switching on high consumption devices like the washing machine during those times of the day when rates are lowest.
Heating:
The room temperature can be controlled separately in each individual room and changed at any time.
Ventilation:
You can switch on fans as needed for proper air quality.
Climate:
Heating, ventilation and blinds work together as one system via the GAMMA instabus.
Optimizing consumption:
High-consumption devices are automatically switched on during those times of the day when rates are lowest.
Summertime. The temperatures are rising – outside and inside. The GAMMA instabus is good for people who like to keep it cool within their own four walls. Blinds and canvas canopies can be controlled via momentary contact switches or via brightness and time functions. Under intense sunlight, all window blinds, venetian blinds and canopies close on the sunlit side and then open back when it’s cloudy. And you’re even protected from damage during wind and storm. An installed sensor measures the wind speed. If it is within a critical range, the canopies are retracted and, if necessary, the venetian blinds, too. But those aren’t the only advantages of the automatic control system. All window blinds are closed at dusk. And they can open back automatically at dawn, but of course only if you want them too. If you like to sleep in, you can set the preferred time via the GAMMA instabus and the window blinds will stay shut until you’re ready to get up.
Everything individually controlled:
Heat and sun in the summer; cold and darkness in the winter: the demands are placed on an intelligent building management system change with every season. But our technology is designed to handle just such situations.
Lighting works similarly to the shading function: every light can be controlled and programmed individually. That way, you can program your very own scenarios – for watching TV, for example, or for reading, partying, eating, or whatever else you want. Use daylight to achieve a consistent level of optimal brightness. Another advantage is the presence simulation to deter burglars: no extra devices are necessary.
Lighting:
Individual lighting scenarios for every room and every situation – really easy to set with the comfort functions.
Shading:
Too sunny? Then put the window blinds, canopies and venetian blinds down on the sunlit side. They open back when the sky is cloudy.
Ventilation:
Ventilation in the bathroom continues to work for 5 minutes after you turn the light off.
Versatile and variable:
People have different tastes, and it’s good that they do. That’s why the DELTA switch and outlet range offers a wide variety of designs to choose from.
Timeless, modern or trendy- no matter which style you prefer: Siemens has the right DELTA switch and outlet range for you. And each one is suitable for the GAMMA instabus. That means that deciding to go with the new technology does not restrict your selection of favorite designs in the least. What’s more, all the switches and outlets you see are variable - a standard Siemens feature. Therefore, you can interchange individual switching surfaces or rocker buttons whenever you want.
However, design and versatility is not the only thing our switches and outlets have to offer: they feature a robust and easy-to-clean surface. All design parts are environmentally friendly: free from PVC, fluorinated hydrocarbons and halogens. The best part, though, is that you don’t have to settle for one design range. Siemens has samples from every range and will be happy to advise you in making a selection.
Staying flexible:
Conditions and demands at home change over time. The GAMMA building management systems grow with you-in any situation in life.
Whether you are adapting space for a different use or renovating-GAMMA instabus functions grow along with you. Therefore if your requirements change, it is really easy to redesign your rooms-without having to lay new cables. For instance, turn a child’s room into a functional home office or adapt it to the needs of an elderly or handicapped person. Such functions as blinds and ventilation can be operated both by switch and by remote control. That means you can retain your freedom and independence well into old age with the GAMMA instabus. Start out with a standard solution. It includes the system components and, for example, lighting control for the house. A panic switch is also part of the basic equipment-an important function for your security. If at a later time you want to add dimmers in the living room or heating or blind controls-no problem: the GAMMA instabus is open-ended.
A whole lot of functions:
With the GAMMA instabus, you can control nearly all electrical components in your household. Of course, classic functions include lighting and shading controls. But the GAMMA instabus can do much more: for example, you can network the heater and air conditioner, solar collectors and the hot water heater via the GAMMA instabus-and lower your energy costs for good. But you can also integrate small household appliances, your computer and even the telephone into the GAMMA instabus. This all makes for optimum convenience and safety.
No two homes are alike. After all, demands for comfort, safety and economy are as individual as people themselves. Despite that, our innovative electrical installation technology meets all your requirements in one single system with the Siemens instabus. You'll be amazed at the range of possibilities.
Single-family home under construction:
As easy as that.
Touch-Manager:
Imagine this: you’re on vacations and you suddenly remember something important. You forgot to turn off the lights – or the coffeemaker. Don’t worry. The GAMMA instabus can help you out in this situation, too. Just make a call. Simply dial its number on your cell phone, for example, and switch off the relevant electrical circuit. It’s as easy as calling up your voice mail. Call in by way of your phone line to check and operate the functions – no matter where you are.
To deter unwanted quests, the GAMMA instabus makes it seem you’re at home by controlling the light and blinds according to your everyday routine, and sets your heater back to the no frost minimum. But people watching your house don’t know that, On the contrary, they think you’re home. That way, you can basically monitor everything – and are still free to do as you like.
At night when everyone’s asleep, something should be keeping watch. How about the GAMMA instabus? You can use it to perform numerous functions that protect you, your family and your property. Take the movement detectors, for instance. Although previously its main function was to just switch on the light, the GAMMA instabus now allows you to connect the movement detectors intelligently with one another and with other devices. That way, you can monitor the entrance way and other specific areas outside for your personal safety. Unwanted quests trigger the automatic alarm lighting, discouraging them from going any further. Via door and window contacts, alarm messages are displayed in your house or at an external location. And if you happen to forget to shut your garage door, it will tell you that it’s still open or it’ll show you if it is opened at night. All this makes your life and house even safer.
When you get back from vacation, the first thing you have to do is get acclimatized again. Isn’t it good to have it warm and cozy at least in your own four walls? The GAMMA instabus ensures the right climate in this case, too. For instance, you can put your heat on stand-by while you are on vacation. That means the system will maintain the room temperature you set. The heating valves only open up when the temperature in the room drops. And before you go home, you can switch on the heat via telephone. That way, your apartment or house is already warmed up when you arrive. Each room can be controlled separately to let you achieve the optimal temperature. This system pays off – even in cost terms. There’s no need for extensive heating or excessive ventilation.
Economical and convenient heating:
Summertime. The temperatures are rising – outside and inside. The GAMMA instabus is good for people who like to keep it cool within their own four walls. Blinds and canvas canopies can be controlled via momentary contact switches or via brightness and time functions. Under intense sunlight, all window blinds, venetian blinds and canopies close on the sunlit side and then open back when it’s cloudy. And you’re even protected from damage during wind and storm. An installed sensor measures the wind speed. If it is within a critical range, the canopies are retracted and, if necessary, the venetian blinds, too. But those aren’t the only advantages of the automatic control system. All window blinds are closed at dusk. And they can open back automatically at dawn, but of course only if you want them too. If you like to sleep in, you can set the preferred time via the GAMMA instabus and the window blinds will stay shut until you’re ready to get up.
Lighting works similarly to the shading function: every light can be controlled and programmed individually. That way, you can program your very own scenarios – for watching TV, for example, or for reading, partying, eating, or whatever else you want. Use daylight to achieve a consistent level of optimal brightness. Another advantage is the presence simulation to deter burglars: no extra devices are necessary.
Shading:
Timeless, modern or trendy- no matter which style you prefer: Siemens has the right DELTA switch and outlet range for you. And each one is suitable for the GAMMA instabus. That means that deciding to go with the new technology does not restrict your selection of favorite designs in the least. What’s more, all the switches and outlets you see are variable - a standard Siemens feature. Therefore, you can interchange individual switching surfaces or rocker buttons whenever you want.
Whether you are adapting space for a different use or renovating-GAMMA instabus functions grow along with you. Therefore if your requirements change, it is really easy to redesign your rooms-without having to lay new cables. For instance, turn a child’s room into a functional home office or adapt it to the needs of an elderly or handicapped person. Such functions as blinds and ventilation can be operated both by switch and by remote control. That means you can retain your freedom and independence well into old age with the GAMMA instabus. Start out with a standard solution. It includes the system components and, for example, lighting control for the house. A panic switch is also part of the basic equipment-an important function for your security. If at a later time you want to add dimmers in the living room or heating or blind controls-no problem: the GAMMA instabus is open-ended.
