A professional gateway that brings Daikin, Samsung, Hitachi, Midea, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Electric VRF systems into KNX, for Dubai villas with a KNX panel.
The Intesis IN770AIR is the gateway we fit when a Dubai villa has KNX and a VRF air conditioning system. It lets KNX wall panels, thermostats and scenes control each indoor unit. It suits owners and builders of KNX villas, not tenants or homes with a couple of wall splits. The gateway connects to the AC system's own bus, such as Daikin DIII-NET, Samsung R1 R2, Hitachi H-Link or Midea X Y E, and scans the indoor units. For Mitsubishi Electric City Multi it talks over Ethernet to a central controller such as the AE-200. Sizes cover 4, 16 or 64 indoor units, or 15, 50 or 100 Mitsubishi groups. It sends on and off, mode, set temperature, fan speed, vanes, room temperature and faults to KNX. The same box can run Modbus, BACnet or MQTT instead. There is no cloud and no app, so region limits do not apply. What else you need: a KNX system, a 24V supply, sometimes a Mitsubishi central controller, and an integrator with Intesis MAPS. For single units, Intesis sells one-unit INKNX models by brand. Limits: it is rated to 60 C, so keep it in a cooled panel. It does not control chilled-water fan coils. Without KNX or a control system, a Wi-Fi AC controller is simpler.
Puts up to 64 VRF indoor units on KNX from one gateway
Runs locally with no cloud, app or region limits
Estimates energy use for each indoor unit
Same hardware can switch to Modbus, BACnet or MQTTModel IN770AIRXXSO000, IN770AIR00SO000, IN770AIR00MO000 (plus single-unit INKNX models)
| Type | Intesis 700 Series Air multi-unit AC gateway, KNX application |
| Order codes | IN770AIRXXSO000 (4 units), IN770AIR00SO000 (16), IN770AIR00MO000 (64) |
| AC brands | Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Samsung, Hitachi, Midea, Panasonic, Hisense, Bosch, York |
| AC connection | Daikin DIII-NET, Samsung R1/R2, Hitachi H-Link, Midea X/Y/E, Panasonic P-Link/S-Link, Mitsubishi Electric via central controller over Ethernet |
| Building side | KNX TP, or Modbus RTU/TCP, BACnet IP/MSTP, MQTT, home automation |
| Power | 12 to 36V DC (250mA max) or 24V AC, about 3W |
| Size and mounting | 106 x 90 x 58 mm, 194 g, DIN rail or wall |
| Operating temperature | 0 to 60 C |
| Configuration | Intesis MAPS software, CE and UL certified |
Intesis gateways are a common way to bring VRF air conditioning into a KNX villa in Dubai. The IN770AIR fits Daikin VRV and SkyAir, Samsung DVM, Hitachi, Midea and Panasonic systems on their own bus, and Mitsubishi Electric City Multi through a central controller like the AE-200. LG and Toshiba VRF use Intesis INKNXLGE and INKNXTOS models, and single units use one-unit INKNX gateways. Because it works locally, the UAE cloud and app region problems that affect some brand Wi-Fi adapters do not apply. It does not control chilled-water fan coils on Empower, Emicool or Tabreed district cooling, where KNX fan coil thermostats are the answer. Keep it in a cooled KNX panel, since it is rated to 60 C, and put the KNX supply and gateway on a UPS for DEWA cuts. Tenants need written landlord or building approval.
Intesis in the UAE. HMS Networks brand of AC-to-KNX, Modbus and BACnet gateways, widely used on Dubai villa KNX projects to bring Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric, Samsung and other AC systems into one control system. Supplied through integrators, so we quote the exact part number for your AC brand and unit count.
