Elsner Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec: The Smart Weather Station for Residential KNX Building Automation

Climate automation, intelligent shading control and simplified commissioning

In modern building automation, the quality of environmental data is essential to achieving comfort, energy efficiency and building protection. Designed specifically for single-family homes and small residential buildings, the new Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec from Elsner Elektronik offers a complete solution that combines weather monitoring, automatic shading control and protection functions in a single compact device.

Developed specifically for residential applications, this KNX weather station combines reliable sensor technology with a completely redesigned ETS application, making the work of system integrators, installers and KNX professionals faster and more intuitive.

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All essential weather data in a single device

The Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec integrates:

• Brightness and solar radiation sensors

• Wind speed sensor with cup anemometer

• Heated rain sensor

• Outdoor temperature sensor

• Integrated GPS receiver

Thanks to this comprehensive sensor package, the device continuously collects all the data required to control blinds, roller shutters, venetian blinds, awnings and numerous other automation functions within a KNX system.

Advanced shading control for up to 8 façades

One of the key strengths of the Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec is its integrated sun-shading control system.

Using GPS coordinates and time information, the weather station automatically calculates the sun's position, including:

• Solar azimuth

• Solar elevation

• Actual brightness conditions on different building orientations

This enables automatic management of up to eight independent façades, adjusting blinds, shutters and sun protection systems according to real solar exposure.

For venetian blinds, advanced slat angle adjustment and shadow-edge tracking are also available, helping reduce indoor overheating while maintaining natural daylight inside the building.

Automatic protection against wind, rain and frost

Beyond comfort functions, the Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec plays a crucial role in protecting outdoor installations.

The mechanical cup anemometer, laboratory-tested at wind speeds up to 200 km/h, provides reliable wind detection from all directions and can automatically trigger:

• Wind alarms

• Automatic retraction of awnings

• Protection functions for blinds and external shading systems

The heated rain sensor accurately distinguishes precipitation from dew and fog, ensuring reliable operation even during winter conditions.

Frost protection and temperature-based automation functions further enhance the overall safety of the installation.

Completely redesigned ETS application for faster commissioning

Elsner has fundamentally redesigned the ETS application of the Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec to simplify parameterisation and reduce commissioning time.

Key improvements include:

• Optimised ETS structure

• Integrated context-sensitive help

• More intuitive navigation

• Semantic information for easier configuration

• Smart Linking Ready support

The goal is to streamline project planning and commissioning, enabling installers to understand functions, parameters and relationships directly within ETS without constantly referring to technical documentation.

KNX Data Secure for maximum security

The weather station fully supports KNX Data Secure, ensuring encrypted and secure communication even in outdoor installations.

Its extended Secure key table supports more than 1,000 security keys, making the device suitable for advanced KNX projects requiring high cybersecurity standards.

Live Data Adjustment: real-time threshold configuration

A particularly useful feature during commissioning is Live Data Adjustment.

Installers can directly capture the current measured values of:

• Wind

• Temperature

• Brightness

and instantly adopt them as new threshold values through KNX communication objects.

This function significantly simplifies on-site fine-tuning and allows rapid adaptation to specific environmental conditions and user requirements.

Integrated logic functions and programmable timers

The Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec offers much more than weather monitoring.

The device includes:

• 8 AND logic gates

• 8 OR logic gates

• Weekly timer

• Monthly/calendar timer

These features allow complex automation scenarios to be implemented directly within the weather station, reducing the need for additional controllers or logic devices.

Weather data can be combined with thresholds and logical conditions to create customised control, protection and energy-saving strategies throughout the KNX installation.

The ideal solution for modern KNX homes

The Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec has been specifically developed to meet the requirements of modern residential buildings:

• Automatic shading control

• Intelligent solar energy management

• Wind, rain and frost protection

• Weather-based automation functions

• Simplified ETS configuration

• KNX Data Secure communication

By combining reliable sensing technology, advanced shading automation and a significantly improved ETS user experience, Elsner's weather station provides a complete solution for modern residential KNX building automation.

Windancer 2.0 GPS KNX sec (Art. 71239) is available from MT Distribuzione for professionals looking to design smarter, safer and more energy-efficient KNX installations.