KNX project recovery
Get your KNX project back from an ETS folder backup – with the same addresses, names and parameters
ETS says “The project was not imported on this computer” or reports a checksum error? From a backup of your ETS folders we rebuild the project with the same group addresses, parameters and links and deliver it as a .knxproj file.
Project analysis: EUR 97, included in the service price.
How this usually happens
Windows stopped working
After a system failure ETS was reinstalled and the project folder was copied back from a backup. The projects are listed, but none of them opens.
The laptop was lost or the disk failed
All that is left is a backup of the ETS folders: projects, restore points and the product catalogue. The last .knxproj export is years old or missing.
A new computer in the office
The project folder was moved instead of exported. On the new computer ETS shows the projects as not imported.
A project from a previous integrator
You received a copy of the folders instead of a .knxproj file and now want to change the installation.
Today
You have a copy of the ETS folders, but ETS will not open it. The building works, and you want to be able to change it freely again.
After
You import the .knxproj file and see the whole project: devices, group addresses, buildings, rooms and parameters. You also get a report showing how each device matches the backup.
What we rebuild
- group addresses, including projects with more than 1,500,
- devices with parameters and communication object links,
- names of group addresses, devices and rooms, exactly as they were in the project,
- buildings, floors and rooms,
- settings stored in manufacturer plug-ins, such as logic modules and room controllers with displays.
Examples of devices we have rebuilt
| Manufacturer | Device | Order no. |
|---|---|---|
| Berker | B.IQ push button 3-gang with room temperature controller and display (plug-in settings) | 7566359x |
| Berker | B.IQ IR push button 3-gang with room temperature controller and display | 7566369x |
| ABB | ABL/S 2.1 Application Unit Logic: logic with 155 links, gates and timers | 2CDG 110 073 R0011 |
| ABB | LM/S 1.1 logic module | GH Q631 0080 R0111 |
| ABB | SA/S, JRA/S and JA/S actuators, dimmers, BE/S and UK/S inputs, US/U interfaces | 2CDG 110 …, GH Q631 … |
| Busch-Jaeger | triton push buttons 6324, 6326-101 and 6327 with thermostat, 6132 motion sensors | 6327-.. |
| Schneider / Merten | switch/blind actuator REG-K/12x/24x/10 | MTN649912 |
| Jung | push-button module 4094 TSM, room controller display RCD 4092 M, fan coil actuators | 4094TSM, RCD4092M |
| Viessmann | Vitogate 200 KNX | Z012827 |
| Intesis | Fujitsu air conditioning interface | FJ-RC-KNX-1i |
| Steinel, Elsner, Theben, Siemens | presence detectors, weather stations, temperature and air quality sensors, heating actuators | e.g. 70184, 70161, 1329201 |
What it costs on the market
- Rebuilding a project on site by reading out the devices in the building: typically around EUR 5,000 net and a week of integrator work for a house of about 150 m² (source).
- Software for reading out devices: EUR 495–595 net plus on-site work, and names, descriptions and room structure have to be added again (source).
With us you start with an analysis for EUR 97, fully credited towards the service. Your project comes back from the folder backup, with names, building structure and parameters, without a site visit.
How we work together
- Your details and the analysis fee. You fill in the form below, add a link to a ZIP file with the backup and pay the analysis fee: EUR 97.
- Analysis report and price. We check the backup and send you a report: which projects are in the backup, how many devices and group addresses they have, a list of devices with addresses, names and rooms, and which of them we can rebuild completely. The report comes with a file of each project’s group addresses, ready to import into ETS. We also give you the time and price of the full service.
- Deposit. You pay half of the service price. If it turns out that something cannot be rebuilt, you can get the deposit back.
- Rebuilding the project. If the work turns out larger than the analysis showed, we quote a new price. You can accept it or stay with the first price; in that case we may withdraw and refund the full deposit.
- Balance payment. When the project is ready, you pay the remaining amount.
- Files. We send the .knxproj file and the report comparing it with the backup.
The analysis fee is non-refundable, but it is included in the service price.
What to put in the ZIP file
- the ETS project folder with P-xxxx subfolders (in ETS5 by default C:\ProgramData\KNX\ETS5\ProjectStore); this is the minimum,
- if available: the ETS product catalogue (in ETS5 by default C:\ProgramData\KNX\ETS5\ProductStore),
- if available: device plug-in folders (e.g. the touch panel configuration program),
- if available: product database installers (.knxprod, .vd1–.vd5, .pr3 files),
- if available: any .knxproj export, even an old one.
Share the file through any cloud drive (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, WeTransfer) and paste the link into the form.
Good to know before ordering
- We rebuild the project as a new ETS project based on your backup, in line with the ETS rules.
- We need the project password, if one was set, and your confirmation that you are entitled to the project.
- Application versions come from the manufacturers’ databases. When an exact version is no longer available, we propose the closest compatible one and describe the differences.
- Plug-in devices (logic, panels, controllers with their own program) are rebuilt when the manufacturer’s plug-in works and its installer is available.
- You receive a project matching the backup. Programming devices on site is not included; before a full download it is worth testing one device.
- We rebuild the state stored in the backup. Changes downloaded to devices later and missing from the backup will not be in the project.
- Together with the project you get a report of what matches completely, what we replaced and what could not be rebuilt.
Order a project analysis
After sending the form you go to the EUR 97 payment. We send the analysis result to your e-mail.