xaxada interfaces: The native, IP-based building automation

xaxada's AI-powered building automation stands for a unified IP architecture without error-prone and multiple protocol conversions. Interfaces of older, already installed systems can still be seamlessly integrated. This allows building technology in existing buildings to be optimized with our central intelligence and transformed into a future-proof, 100% IP-based solution. 

Legacy building management systems can be brought into the future thanks to xaxada. Building technology components such as circulation pumps, heating systems, air conditioning units, water pumps, etc., typically have potential-free contacts, which we control with xaxada. Professional sensors very often have a 4-20mA control signal.

Maximum security: Native TCP/IP instead of error-prone gateways

xaxada is one of the few building automation systems that, thanks to its consistent IP architecture, operates entirely without gateways and supports any type of sensor and actuator. We strongly advise against using gateways: They significantly complicate management, block smart, predictive analytics, and pose a potential IT security risk. Furthermore, updates from third-party systems can interrupt the gateway's functionality at any time.

xaxada, on the other hand, communicates directly, securely, and with full integration via standard IT protocols such as TCP/IP and MQTT, as well as with classic 0-10V sensors and 4-20mA control signals.

We advise against using gateways whenever possible, as they significantly complicate management, and every gateway connection is a potential entry point for third-party access. Additionally, updates from third-party systems can interrupt the gateway's functionality for an unknown period of time.

xaxada communicates directly and fully integrated with TCP/IP, MQTT, 0-10V sensors and actuators as well as 4-20mA control signals.

IP-based AI control vs. classic fieldbuses

For new builds or renovations, you should only integrate the technologies listed below if absolutely necessary. All these traditional systems (fieldbuses and proprietary protocols) operate with decentralized intelligence. This contradicts our approach of centralized, adaptive AI control and drastically increases your installation and maintenance costs.

• DALI (no Duplex) (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) offers lighting control. DALI allows users to control individual light sources and optimize lighting. However, DALI contradicts the xaxada philosophy, which emphasizes that end devices should be free of their own intelligence and therefore not subject to rapid aging. DALI means that each end device is essentially a "small" computer. This accumulation of decentralized computers is maintenance-intensive. After a few years of operation, luminaires need to be replaced. With a network of DALI luminaires, the DALI network programming must be adapted and often corrected. New luminaires and existing ones will not have the same data.

• KNX (no Duplex): Communication is based on a rigid, shared bus. Because each actuator and sensor in KNX is equipped with its own (but very limited) intelligence, the possibilities for true machine learning or predictive AI control are lacking. Only expensive specialists can maintain the system. Unlike our secure IP architecture, the unencrypted KNX bus communication can theoretically be intercepted at any bus connection, posing a massive security risk in modern smart buildings.

• Loxone (no Duplex): A proprietary platform for energy and indoor climate control. The problem compared to xaxada is the requirement for proprietary hardware and the need for numerous gateways to connect third-party systems. xaxada, on the other hand, relies on open IP standards (TCP/IP) and vendor-independent standard hardware.

• Casambi: Based on Bluetooth Low Energy, Casambi enables innovative and wireless control of lighting systems. Casambi is known for its user-friendliness and flexibility. Casambi is particularly suitable for highly complex lighting solutions.

• BidCos It was developed by EQ3 from Germany and marketed under the name Homematic IP. It is another wireless smart home solution. It supports both mains-powered and battery-operated components inside and outside the house.

• ZigBee: The further development of ZigBee is effectively carried out within the Matter project (standard) under the leadership of the Zigbee Alliance, now the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). Philips Hue products communicate using this protocol.

• Z-Wave is a wireless communication standard developed by Sigma Designs and the Z-Wave Alliance for home automation.

• io-homecontrol: The new radio standard from the French manufacturer Somfy replaces the old RTS standard. It is again a proprietary solution that only allows the use of Somfy devices.

• Enocean refers to a cross-manufacturer standard for battery-free wireless sensors, primarily used in the monitoring and control of home and building technology.

• Matter is the latest, cross-manufacturer wireless connectivity standard for smart homes. Its goal is to simplify and improve communication between devices.

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