The turning point came in the early 2000s with the rise of KNX (formerly EIB – European Installation Bus). The team at Weinzierl realized that while KNX was a brilliant standard for decentralized building control, the tools to connect KNX to the wider world of IT (Ethernet, IP, and web services) were either too expensive or too restrictive.
| Feature | Weinzierl Engineering GmbH | Jung / Gira (Legacy KNX) | Siemens / Schneider (Industrial) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Gateways & Logic | Switches & Sockets | PLCs & Substations | | Open Source Support | Native (MQTT, REST) | Poor (Proprietary only) | Moderate (Requires license) | | Price Point | Mid-range (Affordable) | High (Premium hardware) | Very High (Enterprise) | | Ease of Scripting | Easy (LUA, Python libs) | Difficult | Very Complex (IEC 61131) | | KNX Secure | Full support | Partial | Rare | weinzierl engineering gmbh
For the modern integrator who needs to connect KNX to a cloud dashboard or a smart home hub like ioBroker, Weinzierl is the only logical choice. As of late 2024 and looking toward 2025, Weinzierl Engineering GmbH is quietly developing "Edge AI" modules. The concept is simple: instead of sending all building data to the cloud for analysis (which is slow and expensive), the analysis happens on the Weinzierl gateway itself. The turning point came in the early 2000s
