Progress of home automation: technological, functional and design
In recent years, home automation or building automation has made significant steps forward in terms of technology, function and design.
All this is due to the fact to implement new technologies in existing products and introduce new ones with more orientation towards the Web and the Internet.
This last point is perhaps the most interesting and worth further develop it better.
If we do a roundup of electronic devices that allow us to manage the automation of the building and integrate it with the network of networks you will see that many manufacturers, both big brands like to name a few Vimar, Bticino, Gewiss (the three leading equipment manufacturers electrical installations for residential / industrial) that many other small and medium producers have a catalog of devices in addition to managing the installation locally, offer the ability to interface with the Internet and manage everything even remotely anywhere in the world, according comfortably seated in an armchair.
These devices offer an extremely simple and intuitive interface accessible through most common Web browser, allowing management both simple and immediate is that it takes the user to familiarize yourself with the navigation of Web sites in order to permit its use "automatic" as the classic surf sites.
The user who takes advantage of this opportunity may, while sailing on his favorite website, check your bank account, reads e-mail, to check if the temperature of the house to his liking, otherwise it can turn on the boiler or air conditioning, to make so that when he comes home after a long day of work or a long journey, finding the proper temperature, check if the plants in the garden or terrace are "thirsty" and start watering, it's raining or "windy" rewind the tent from the sun and lower the blinds that do not close irrigation.
In addition, with current technology that can be implemented in these products it is possible to associate a video surveillance system, and be informed by SMS or email if there is an intrusion or anomaly, and interact with various devices.
Some products that offer these features, they come with real independent Web Server which does not need a personal computer and with minimum dimensions, or there are solutions that harness the potential offered by the Personal Computer, sometimes with very compact dimensions (mini PC) even implemented in LCD panels can cash in hand (like normal electrical equipment) that serve as monitors for the functions of the system displaying plants of the building and the different devices to operate and interact with one touch (touch screen).
It 'obvious that the full potential of a personal computer has many advantages, such as the use of the same as a media center (media center) to listen to music (and spread it to the various rooms) look their films on DVD, their photos, tv, and maybe read the mail and surf your favorite sites, interacting at the same time with the home automation system of your own home, turning on or off lights, air conditioning, or simply reply to the video when it rings the doorbell, and in some cases take advantage of VOIP technology to make calls via its ADSL in comfort taking advantage of the favorable rates that the network telephony Internet offers.
Solutions there are for all tastes and all budgets and decide you just fancy having all the features and amenities you want to get from your home automation system, you will definitely find the right solution.
11/07/2008
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Source:
Italian version of ReteArchitetti.it