Showing posts with label Home Automation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Automation. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 March 2016

What is Smart Home Control?

Smart home control lets you use the power of the internet of things into your home. The internet of things is simply a collection of things that are connected and “talk” to each other thru a smart hub. We effectively make these things smart so they can react intelligently according to circumstances.

Benefits of Smart Home Control.

Smart home control helps you protect your family

Make sure your doors and windows are locked with just a button press. Set-up IP cameras which will send you live streaming videos to your mobile phone or tablet. Receive alerts for emergency situations like flooding, fire or suspected intrusion.

Smart home control automatically adjusts to your daily routine.

Aside from security benefits, you can also use smart home control to make your family more comfortable. Wake up to a beautiful morning by setting up your favorite song to play and the curtains to open by the time you need to wake up. Set the lights to open automatically in your hallway, kitchen, sala, bathroom or any part of the house when someone is approaching. You can set the thermostat to the right temperature on the way home so it is ready when you arrive. Set the right lighting, thermostat, audio and video settings with one button press for your movie nights. You can also turn off all the remaining lights at once just before you sleep.

Smart home control helps you save money.

Automatically turn off lights and aircon when the room is unoccupied. Any standby device can be turned off automatically to reduce power consumption. Know if there are any water leaks as soon as it is detected to save on home repairs. You can even set-up smart home control in your vacation home.

Smart home control lets you stay connected to your loved ones.

Monitor, control and secure your home from anywhere. You can access live videos and other home control settings in your tablet, mobile phone, laptop, PC or even your smart TV. Receive a text message as each of your children reaches home.Get notifications whenever anything unusual such as water leaks, flood or fire happens.

  • Zigbee Smart Home

Zigbee is the original and open wireless standard that connects the widest variety of devices to improve comfort, security and convenience.


  • Inter-operable between products from different manufacturers 
  • mesh network becomes more reliable as you increase the number of devices 
  • low power so battery operated devices are able to operate for up to 7 years 
  • green power feature allows the use of devices such as light switch to operate with no power at all 
  • cloud connection allows you to control and monitor your devices from anywhere in the world 
  • Zigbee enabled remote controls do not require line of sight and it has motion sensors to browse on screen content and change channels or volume 
  • alerts of malfunctions early such as leak so you can save on repair costs 
  • preferred standard for residential lighting applications 
  • ZigBee uses AES 128 encryption (government, commercial and military grade encryption used across the Internet). 
  • It can co-exist with WIFI. 
  • Do it yourself installation

DEVICES SUPPORTED

  • Generic On/Off Switch 
  • Level Control Switch 
  • On/Off Output 
  • Level Controllable Output 
  • Scene Selector 
  • Configuration Tool 
  • Remote Control 
  • Combined Interface 
  • Range Extender 
  • Mains Power Outlet 
  • Door Lock 
  • Door Lock Controller 
  • Simple Sensor 
  • Consumption Awareness Device
  • Home Gateway/Energy Management System
  • Smart Plug
  • White Goods
  • Meter Interface

Closures

  • Shade
  • Shade Controller
  • Window Covering Device
  • Window Covering Controller

Lighting

  • On/Off Light
  • Dimmable Light
  • Color Dimmable Light
  • On/Off Light Switch
  • Dimmer Switch
  • Color Dimmer Switch
  • Light Sensor
  • Occupancy Sensor

Intruder Alarm Systems

  • IAS Control and Indicating Equipment
  • IAS Ancillary Control Equipment
  • IAS Zone
  • IAS Warning Device

HVAC

  • Heating/Cooling Unit
  • Thermostat
  • Temperature Sensor
  • Pump
  • Pump Controller
  • Pressure Sensor
  • Flow Sensor