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To power the nano DI tree, I just connect it the tree bus from the loxone touch within the same room. Say I want a loxone touch and a nano di tree per room. With a Nano DI I have to run the following cables: 1. The tree bus cable (I have one tree bus loop per floor) I will use a cat6 cable for the tree bus. 2. From the loxone touch I will extend the tree bus run another cat cable to the wallbox where the Nano DI tree will be installed (in the same room) and then just more cat cable (just for the digital inputs, no tree bus) to locations in the same room where I need a digital input (third party switches, window contacts, etc) With a DI extension: 1. I still have the same tree bus cable that is arriving at the loxone touch 2. A cat cable from the cabinet to the room and then to all the necessary DI inputs in that room. And since it starts from the cabinet you need the extra termination components. With a Nano DI tree you just have less cat cables arriving at the cabinet which is nice. And even without considering the longer cat cable run and the terminal blocks you need for that extra cat cable arriving in the cabinet. The price per digital input of a nano di tree compared to the di extension is even slightly cheaper. I don’t see any downside to using them so I am a bit skeptical 😅

Does anyone have any experience with the Nano DI Tree? I am planning on having at least one loxone touch switch per room and then use a Nano DI Tree per room for any other switches or windowcontacts I might need. It seems to be cheaper per digital input using a Nano DI Tree then the more commonly used DI extension. The problem with the latter is that you need more cable to run a cat cable from your cabinet to all the rooms and you need extra termination and wiring in the cabinet itself as well. (Which,if you use the weidmuller terminal blocks, isn’t cheap either). If I go the Nano DI Tree route, I just need to make sure I get a larger electrical device wallbox so I can wire it up properly and that’s it. I need less cable, no extra termination or wiring in the cabinet since the digital inputs will just be available on the tree bus. So I was wondering, is there anything I am missing? Does anyone have any experience with them? Maybe using a Nano DI Tree adds some noticeable delay which for a lightswitch is not ideal?