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 Posted: Monday May 9th, 2011 01:23 pm
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keiba_solutions wrote: Why make a frame at all? If it is being designed to fit into standard 55mm type frames the emphasis should be on making the actual KP06 unit itself styled to suit.

Having a silver KP06 and trying to put it into the popular Gira Stainless Steel frames may look odd if they are not the same colour. You could easily resell frames from many different suppliers but the question of how good the actual KP06 looks within the other frames is most important.

The IR issue could be solved a couple of ways. I would recommend a 3 pin IR header or screw terminals on the KP06. This way the installer could either use a 3rd blank module with just an IR receiver in it or otherwise wire it to a local point in the room with other IR devices for an integrated solution (or both).

A security keypad is often one of the first things people see when walking into a house - there is a real market for ones which actually look good and integrate aesthetically. My view is that having a few colour variant of the KP06 or changable top covers is more important than the frame.
We do need to supply a frame as not all customers are able to get KNX frames easily. KNX is not popular everywhere yet
But you have a point about looking good with different manufacturers frames.  The 2 modules are quite neutral and should fit into a variety of manufacturers frames. We may take photos with different frames


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