4.3.6. The touch panels

Many integrated home system producers have their own brand-dependent operating panels with one or more buttons. However, they are not voltage-free contacts. There are electronic components behind or in the panel. Such a touch panel is generally connected to the integrated home system via a bus system. Touch panels from the one producer can generally not be exchanged with the touch panels of another producer. They are sometimes equipped with an internal buzzer, an infrared receiver, a temperature sensor, LED indication and a display.

Figure 11: Example of a touch panel with infrared receiver, temperature sensor and display. (Illustration source: Busch-Jaeger)

We also make a separate layer for the touch panels. And of course we add a unique code, this time with the letters “TP” (touch panel), followed by a figure.

Figure 12: A touch panel next to the TV in the bedroom. This allows operations from the bed with the infrared remote control.