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The Format of the ijopcm, first submissionBog'liq Smart Homes Steps Components Utilities and Challen3.5.2. Control4:
It supports a number of smart devices from other manufacturers
and also offers its own line of devices. These include touch screen
Controllers, wall keypads, multi-zone audio amplifiers, light
switches and dimmers, smart thermostats, and the like. To com-
municate with connected devices, the control4 system uses either
TCP/IP over the internet or Zigbee’s wireless mesh networking
technology.
Note: homeseer, iris, mcontrol, quirky, Wera, vivint, vemo, wink
are other type of controllers.
3.5.3. X10:
X10 is grand daddy of them all. It operates over your home’s ex-
isting power lines. Just connecting to an electrical device to an
X10 Appliance module, this then plugs into a nearby wall outlet.
With a similar X10 transceiver Module plugged into another outlet,
use the controller to wirelessly operate any plugged-in device. It is
a low- cost module.
3.6. Networks
All the communication within the home takes place over some
kind of network, either wired or wireless. In wired network the
paraphernalia is fitted to the walls and associated to main power
supply, so that the data will spreads to activate or deactivate the
purposes of things. Wired home automations are associated using
optical fiber, twisted pair, power line, bus line etc. One of the
owing technologies is X10 which cost is very low and it is an open
standard. That is communication of binary data using the Ampli-
tude Modulation (AM) procedure. Most home automation today is
done wirelessly, using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or similar proprietary
networking technologies.
3.6.1. INSTEON:
It is a leading developer of networking technology for the con-
nected home. Its devices connect via a combination of wireless
radio frequency and wired power line technologies. Insteon’s RF
networking operates in a mesh configuration. Because of the way
mesh networks work; Insteon systems have no need for a central
controller. Setting up an INSTEON system is as simple as plug-
ging each device into a special power connector. This is automati-
cally connecting the new devices to all existing devices in a home.
3.6.2. Z-WAVE:
It is a wireless technology operates in the 900MHz band.It’s a
low-energy technology, so Z-wave devices can operate on battery
power alone. A single Z-wave network can handle up to 232 de-
vices, with an average maximum range between devices of 300
feet and so on.
3.6.3. ZIGBEE
:
It works similar to Z-wave and is supported by similar number of
home automation companies. It operates in the 915MHz band. The
mesh configuration enables a 30 to 60 foot connection range be-
tween devices. It is incorporated into tens of millions of smart gas
and electricity meters ideaa.
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