What is Proxy Routing?
The KNXnet/IP driver is unable to directly support the KNXnet/IP Routing Service. Proxy Routing is a mechanism we have introduced to provide the following:
- To enable the KNXnet/IP driver to communicate with KNXnet/IP Router devices whose IP subnet differs from the
Niagara Host IP subnet.
- To allow the KNXnet/IP driver to communicate with multiple KNXnet/IP Router devices without using up a KNXnet/IP Tunnelling connection in each KNXnet/IP Router.
Proxy Routing relies on configuring a KNXnet/IP device in the
Niagara Station using a KNXnet/IP Tunnelling connection to one KNXnet/IP Router device which has the same IP subnet address as the
Niagara Host. The KNXnet/IP Router device’s filtering needs to be configured to allow it to route messages from the KNXnet/IP Tunnelling connection to other KNXnet/IP Router devices and vice-versa.
The other KNXnet/IP Router devices can then be configured as KNXnet/IP devices in the
Niagara Station with their Connection Method property set to Proxy Routing and their Proxy Device address and other connection properties set to the KNXnet/IP device which was configured to use the KNXnet/IP Tunnelling connection described above.