
BLACK NOVA
Smart Design keypads, made in Italy.
Italian design keypads supplied and installed by Leading IT in Dubai — across the UAE, and to projects in Pakistan.
Black Nova is an Italian company based in Milan, and its Smart Design collections are made in Italy. The metal finishes — anodisation, galvanic bath plating, hand brushing — come from artisanal processes that are not fully industrialised, so no two pieces are identical. The keypads connect to a wide range of third-party systems over KNX, RS-485 and Cresnet.
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Who supplies Black Nova keypads in the UAE?
Leading IT supplies and installs Black Nova design keypads in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for villas, apartments and hospitality projects across the Emirates.
Leading IT carries five Black Nova collections: ALBA, ARIA, ANY, AXES and BLACK JACK. Black Nova is an Italian company based in Milan, and its Smart Design collections are made in Italy.
The metal finishes come from artisanal processes — anodisation, galvanic bath plating and hand brushing — that are not fully industrialised, so no two pieces are identical. That is the reason the finish decision is worth making with a sample rather than from a screen.
Can I design a Black Nova keypad online?
Yes — Leading IT provides a free online Black Nova keypad designer at leadingit.me. A keypad can be configured by collection, finish and button layout before any enquiry is sent.
The designer exists because the finish and the button layout are the two decisions that hold up an order. Both are easier to make when they can be seen. A configuration can be sent straight to Leading IT as the starting point for a quote.
It is not a substitute for handling the metal. Leading IT keeps samples at its Dubai showroom, and for a project specifying keypads through a whole villa, that visit is worth the hour.
Which Black Nova collections does Leading IT supply?
Leading IT supplies the ALBA, ARIA, ANY, AXES and BLACK JACK collections, each with its own finishes and button layouts.
ALBA and ARIA are the collections most often specified through a residence. ANY is a single product route rather than a collection. AXES skews towards hospitality and commercial projects, and BLACK JACK is the brass collection produced with Meljac.
Each collection has its own page with the finishes and layouts Black Nova publishes for it. Member model designations are named there rather than here, so that nothing on this page runs ahead of what the manufacturer documents.
What does a Black Nova keypad replace in a Dubai villa?
A Black Nova keypad replaces a bank of plates beside a door with one engraved object. The button schedule and the engraving are decided before the order, not at commissioning.
Beside a bedroom door, five separate switch plates become one keypad with five legends. That is a joinery and architecture decision as much as an electrical one, because the plate is visible from the bed and the corridor.
In a hotel-style corridor the same logic applies at scale: one keypad per room entrance, engraved identically, is a specification that has to be right the first time. Engraving is made to the order, so a change after ordering moves the date.
At first fix the constraints are back-box depth and the plaster line. A keypad sits flush only if the box depth and the wall build-up were set for it, which is a conversation with the electrician before the walls close.
What control systems do Black Nova keypads connect to?
Black Nova keypads connect over KNX TP, RS-485 and Cresnet, which is what lets them sit under a KNX or Crestron control layer.
That list is the claim in full: it is what the datasheets support. Leading IT does not extend it to a protocol a given keypad does not publish. Where a project has a Crestron processor, the keypads become the wall interface to it; where it is a KNX project, they sit on the bus directly.
Leading IT supplies and commissions both layers, so the button schedule written at specification is the one that ends up programmed.
Does Leading IT supply Black Nova in Pakistan?
Yes — Leading IT supplies Black Nova keypads to projects in Pakistan on a distribution basis, handled from its Dubai base.
The whole range is available, warranty routes through Leading IT rather than through the client, and Leading IT engineers travel to commission where a project needs it.
Leading IT has no premises in Pakistan; delivery timing is confirmed per order at quotation.
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Design your Black Nova keypad.
Compose a keypad the way it will sit on the wall — choose the collection, layout and finish, engrave each button, and set the backlight. Send the exact specification to our team without leaving the site.
Common questions
Is it "Black Nova" or "BlackNova"?
- The manufacturer writes it as two words, Black Nova, and that is the form used throughout this site. The one-word spelling blacknova appears in its domain, blacknova.co, and in the way people search for it, which is why both forms lead to the same place here.
Which control systems do Black Nova keypads work with?
- KNX TP, RS-485 and Cresnet, per the published datasheets. That means they can serve as the wall interface for a KNX installation or for a Crestron system. Leading IT confirms the protocol for the specific collection being specified before it is quoted.
Can the buttons be engraved to order?
- Yes, within the customisation options Black Nova publishes for each collection. Because the engraving is made to the order, the button schedule is settled before ordering rather than at commissioning — a change afterwards moves the delivery date.
Can I see the finishes before ordering?
- Two ways. The free online keypad designer at leadingit.me shows the collections, finishes and layouts, and Leading IT keeps samples at its Dubai showroom. For a project specifying keypads through a whole villa, seeing the metal in person is worth the visit. The finishes are hand-processed and no two pieces are identical.
Does Leading IT supply Black Nova in Pakistan?
- Yes, on a distribution basis, handled from Dubai. The whole range is available, warranty routes through Leading IT, and its engineers travel to commission where a project needs it. Leading IT has no premises in Pakistan.
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