QSC

Role in our panels

How we use QSC

The Q-SYS Designer KNX plugin is installed directly from the Q-SYS Designer Plugin Manager (search 'KNX' in the plugin catalogue). Configuration: select KNXnet/IP tunnelling as transport, enter the IP address of the KNX IP router (e.g. MDT SCN-IP100.02, Gira X1, or Weinzierl 730), and assign tunnel credentials if required. Once connected, Q-SYS Designer controls appear in the plugin panel — Level faders, Mute buttons, Preset Recall buttons, Source Select, and Gain control — and each is bound to a KNX group address via the plugin properties. Data point types are selectable per control: DPT 5.001 (0–100%) for level control, DPT 1.001 for mute, DPT 18.001 for scene/preset recall. Conference room AV scene integration: when a KNX occupancy sensor (MDT SCN-BMI55.02 PIR binary input) sends occupancy telegram to GA 3/0/5, a Q-SYS plugin binding triggers a Q-SYS preset recall — restoring the room's last-used AV configuration (volume levels, source selection, display on). Simultaneously, KNX logic dims lighting to presentation level (DALI scene 3) and raises the motorised projection screen (KNX blind actuator). The KNX occupancy GA drives both AV and lighting scenes from a single sensor, with no separate room controller programming required. The Q-SYS UCI (User Control Interface) provides 7-inch and 10-inch touchpanel displays for AV room control. UCI panels can be programmed to write to KNX group addresses directly via the Q-SYS KNX plugin — a UCI button 'Lights On' can send a KNX value-1 telegram to GA 1/0/0 (main lighting), while a UCI fader 'Room Volume' maps to both Q-SYS audio level and KNX level display. This two-way binding means that if KNX room lighting is changed from a wall switch, the UCI panel updates to reflect the new state — true bidirectional AV and building integration from a single touchpanel. Dante AoIP room combine and split scenes are a complex multi-room AV scenario frequently required in hotel ballrooms and conference centre suites. When two rooms are combined (moveable partition removed), a KNX partition sensor (microswitch binary input → MDT SCN-8V.01) triggers a KNX scene that writes a specific value to a Q-SYS preset recall GA — Q-SYS switches to the combined room audio routing matrix (both rooms share one DSP output, microphones are mixed, volume controls linked). When rooms split, KNX partition sensor open-state triggers a different Q-SYS preset restoring independent room audio.

Q-SYS has a native KNX plugin installable from Q-SYS Designer Plugin Manager (search: KNX). Configuration: KNXnet/IP tunnelling to KNX IP router, then bind Q-SYS controls (Level fader, Mute button, Preset recall button) to KNX group addresses. KNX DPT 5.001 (0–100%) maps to Q-SYS level control. KNX DPT 1.001 maps to mute/unmute. KNX DPT 18.001 scene GA maps to Q-SYS preset recall. Bidirectional — Q-SYS can also write KNX telegrams (e.g. send GA when call active for lighting dim).