The Reconstruction tool can be used to read out devices in the installation and then create a new ETS project or update an existing project. You may also compare the data from the installation against an ETS project.
This allows to work on projects where the ETS database has been lost or is out of date. This will also work for installations which were created with a previous version of ETS.

These items can be reconstructed: topology, devices with individual address, application program, parameter settings and group object flags, priority and assigned group addresses. You need bus access and same product data which were used to program the devices.
Building or trade structure as well as name and description texts of areas, lines, devices and group addresses will not be reconstructed because they were not programmed into the device.

Note: Devices with plug-ins can only be read out / reconstructed, if supported by the manufacturer of the plug-ins. In case of doubt please contact the manufacturer or our support.
Devices which product data cannot be used in the current ETS can not be reconstructed.

For more info see http://www.it-gmbh.de Products - KNX-Software - ETS Apps

With the ETS App Replace Device, you can replace KNX devices while keeping their Group Addresses. This is possible for devices with similar functionality, regardless of the manufacturer.

Shift Addresses helps you to re-structure Group Addresses and Individual Addresses in an ETS project, e.g.
- Shift addresses to make room for a new function but still keep an established addressing scheme
- Create gaps between addresses to allow for future extensions or to produce a clean and logical addressing scheme

Users can program the individual address of a KNX device by using the KNX serial number. Siemens offers selected products with removable labels printed with the unique KNX serial number on. In practical work the installer of a KNX device can fix the label to the device in the installation plan. So later on the ETS expert can program the KNX device without pressing the programming button. Therefore the KNX serial number is labeled as bar-code, it is possible to use a bar-code scanner.

Siemens offers the possibility to exchange data from SIMATIC S7 PLC to KNX systems via KNXnet/IP interfaces. This ETS App enables the user to export a Group Address data (Main addresses 0-15) from ETS in a CSV file which can be imported to Siemens KNX2S7 Editor. The additional available KNX2S7 Editor creates required data for SIMATIC S7.