We are all, obviously, very curious about how our home will evolve in the coming years.
With massive technological development in the last ten years, the field of home automation is increasingly concerning residents in civilized countries, the main reason being the benefits it offers, especially addressing concrete problems related to safety, energy efficiency and meeting needs related to control and comfort.
Opening the GaleriaDeparte from being a whim, home automation is shaping today's lifestyle of tomorrow. This developing technology brings more comfort in lighting, energy, heating, water, ventilation/air conditioning, etc.
Thus, if you want to automate some things in your house, you can do it without problems. At this moment any appliance that works with electricity can be made to work in a smarter way and can even be connected to a centralized system (this system being controlled all the time through your smartphone).
We will now present you with some directions to follow for implementing an automated system for your home:
Installing warning sensors in case of flooding, fire or burglary, and monitoring the house through surveillance cameras;
Setting the house lighting system so that it turns on or off either according to a certain schedule, or when certain parameters are met, or controlling it by voice command;
Configuring the air conditioner to maintain a certain temperature;
Opening the garage door by voice command;
Setting the coffee filter to have a fresh pot ready when you wake up in the morning. Feeding pets according to a certain schedule with a specific amount of food.
It should be known that automation does not necessarily mean intervening on the walls of the house, by breaking them and mounting other cables. Commands will be transmitted wirelessly through a simple internet connection. The security of being able to control your home remotely can make your life easier and save you worries when you are away on vacation or at work.
Everything depends on creativity and, of course, the budget.
The most important part of home automation is sketching out the main requirements, and then choosing a standard that suits your immediate needs and allows for an update when you consider it necessary. The most relevant standards in this field are: Z-Wave, EIB, X10, KNX, Insteon, Zigbee, LON.
After you have chosen the standard, you need three things:
Software: regardless of whether the system will be controlled through your desktop, smartphone or tablet, you will need software to control the entire system. You can find out more by either buying a device specifically designed for this type of problem, or using open-source programs.
