Digital and analog time switches

Customize your energy consumption

In times of increasing energy consumption and scarcity of resources, energy management takes on an important role in our everyday life.

Adapting the use of energy to individual needs is a simple but effective way to save up to 50% of energy on average. With ABB’s digital and analog time switches, lighting, heating, ventilation and watering can be controlled according to any customized schedule.

Easily configure the digital time switches with the new DBT Timer App, which allows you to transfer or create new programs, view parameters, control relay outputs and much more. So in addition to saving energy for your customers, you also save up to 80% commissioning time and effort yourself.

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Main benefits

Energy efficiency

  • Only use the energy that is needed
  • Depending on the application and level of automation, customers can save up to 50 % of energy

Continuous operation

  • Control the activation of electrical loads in an installation
  • Internal battery enabled to maintain the temporary power supply failures

Vast choice of programs

  • Daily, weekly and annual schedules
  • Astronomical and twilight functionalities
  • Standard, impulse, cyclic, random and holiday program

Ease of use

  • Quick, flexible and error proof installation
  • Fast and easy configuration of digital time switches thanks to the intuitive app
  • Easy accessibility of the dial on the front of the analog time switch ensures precise programming

Application areas

Digital and analog time switches as well as analog twilight switches control lighting, heating, ventilation and irrigation systems according to customized schedules in residential, multi apartment, commercial and industrial applications such as:


  • Public gardens
    Activation and deactivation of irrigation systems or fountains at a specific time

  • Shop windows
    Turn on and off spotlights at a defined time or according to sunrise and sunset thanks to the integrated astronomical functions

  • Offices
    Command heating, lighting, ventilation or lowering and lifting shutters at a specific time

  • Factories or warehouses
    Control the lighting system in multiple rooms thanks to the channel extension which enables the yearly time switch to control up to 8 relays



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Save up to 80% commissioning time

Easy programming via smartphone or tablet


  • Digital time switches can be easily programmed via the app “DBT Timer “ which is available for Android and iOs

  • View parameters, create new programs, change the settings and synchronize via Bluetooth®

  • Simply transfer programs from one device to another by copying existing configurations

Range overview

Analog time switches
Digital time switches
Twilight switches

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