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Home Automation

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Home Automation

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  1. Home Automation Done Right

  2. The future is closer than you think. Home automation started in the 1950s with the invention of the remote control. No longer did you have to get up from the couch walk over to your TV and push a button, shortly after the term ‘couch potato’ was coined. Yet home automation in recent years has taken on a whole new meaning with the advent of wireless technology and its prevalence in everything from smart phones to tablets to refrigerators and HVAC systems. With the development of smart home automation apps for smart phones and tablets your home can be controlled anywhere, anytime. Yet there is a cautionary tale that it needs to be done right. • How advanced is it? • A recent study on the economics of home automation revealed that by 2014 home automation systems will pass $11 billion worldwide. The home automation market is ready to explode due to three main areas of advancement in home security, energy management and home control. Part of this technological advancement has to do with the advent of the smartphone which is estimated to top $13 billion in 2014.

  3. With the ability of having that much computing power in your hands with constant wireless connectivity new areas of advancement have been realized. Due to the massive investment in mobile application technology such as the iTunes store and the Google play store apps their increased function and capabilities have been realized. These user-friendly apps have proven to be cost effective and less expensive than traditional design models. The new home automation systems have serious advances in security, energy management and control of home appliances. With the ability to control home thermostats, lighting, door entries and exits and even being able to turn the coffee maker on from a remote location has opened up immense possibilities. Another important sector being developed for home automation includes healthcare. Being able to control such things as pain management and medication levels as well as monitoring general health statistics remotely will advance home healthcare significantly. • Technological backbones:

  4. X10 - is the oldest of the mall dating back to 1975 and traditionally was run over wired connections. They have now moved over to a wireless-based system. • ZigBee - is a conglomerate of vendors using the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard protocol but enabling a mash network allowing all devices to communicate equally. • Z-Wave - is a single company that produces this protocol and produces all the chipsets for its devices. • UPB - stands for Universal Powerline Bus and uses the existing power lines in your home for delivery but tends to be expensive. • Insteon - is a combination of both wireless and power-line home automation protocols that include a mesh network, where devices are peers and is compatible with X10. • Wi-Fi - something that were all used to using weather for our smartphones, tablets or home router system. This protocol is super-fast, has wide acceptance, has great range but uses more power and bandwidth than most of the other standards.

  5. A Cautionary Tale • In 2011 at the DefCon Hacker Conference to independent security researchers developed a device that could jam X10 signals and actively take over a home automation system, which did not have any encryption. It is important to note major advances in home automation in the last two years have addressed the encryption issue especially with professional home automation experts. In order to be secure in the knowledge that outside forces cannot turn on your lights, open your doors or turn on your appliances ensure that your home automation supplier and installer is a professional and uses the latest security protocols. • Home automation seems like the technology of the future yet it is here today. Even if you do not think you have home automation in your home you probably already do. Even using applications to control your home computer is considered a home automation tool. Take advantage of the convenience and security of a home automation system by having it professionally designed and installed.

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