I am passionate about connected devices and home automation since more than 10 years. It all started with an objective to reduce energy consumption at home and the costs associated with it.
I ended up collecting every connected device I could find which can be integrated in a home automation system to simplify or better automate daily tasks in the house for energy management,
safety and access control, entertainment and comfort, and finally monitoring pollution.
Below is an overview of the devices I integrated so far in my Home Automation system
The central piece in my home automation system is the IP-Symcon software developed by the German company Symcon GmbH. In 2005, there were not many home automation solutions available and after a few trials and errors, I found IP-Symcon which fulfilled all the requirements of the software developer I was at that time, namely flexibility and extensibility with a possibility to integrate devices and generate automation scenarios with PHP scripts. It quickly attracted a large developer community and I became myself an active contributor and implemented several scripts and modules which I shared with the community. Details about the projects I worked on and scripts or modules I implemented for my Home Automation System can be found here with links to downloads.
The following table lists the integrated devices classified by communication technology or protocol.
Overview of devices in my home automation and monitoring system
The central piece in my home automation system is the IP-Symcon software developed by the German company Symcon GmbH. In 2005, there were not many home automation solutions available and after a few trials and errors, I found IP-Symcon which fulfilled all the requirements of the software developer I was at that time, namely flexibility and extensibility with a possibility to integrate devices and generate automation scenarios with PHP scripts. It quickly attracted a large developer community and I became myself an active contributor and implemented several scripts and modules which I shared with the community. Details about the projects I worked on and scripts or modules I implemented for my Home Automation System can be found here with links to downloads.
The following table lists the integrated devices classified by communication technology or protocol.
| Technology / Standard | Devices |
|---|---|
| Homematic (eQ-3) | Thermostats and radiator valves for Heating control and Energy Management
Wireless Temperature/Humidity Sensor, indoor and outdoor (for Fridge and Freezer Temperature monitoring) Wireless Door/Window Shutter contacts for Safety, Heating control and Energy Management Wireless Motion Detectors for Safety, Heating control and Energy Management Wireless Door Lock Actuator KeyMatic for Access control Wireless Tilt Sensor for Garage door monitoring Wireless Smoke Sensors for Safety Wireless Push-Button/Switch for Home Automation control etc... |
| wM-Bus | Fast Forward EnergyCam (now Q-loud) A device to retro-fit utility meters for recording and transmitting usage data in smart grids |
| Zigbee | Plugwise smart socket plugs for switching and energy monitoring
Philips Hue LED bulbs and lightstrips |
| Z-Wave | Fibaro Wall Plugs for switching and energy monitoring
Fibaro Door/Window Sensor (incl. Temperature Sensor) Fibaro Smoke Sensor for Safety |
| Wifi | AirVisual Node Air Monitor for indoor and outdoor pollution monitoring (PM2.5, VOC and Co2)
Foobot Air Quality Monitor for indoor pollution monitoring (Co2, VOC and PM2.5) Netatmo personal weather station and indoor modules for weather and indoor pollution monitoring (Co2 & Noise) Diverse Squeezebox devices The best wireless audio players ever, unfortunately discontinued by Logitech... Microsoft Kinect for gesture and speech recognition for Home Automation control Logitech Harmony Ultimate Remote & Hub for entertainment and air purifier control Withings Scale & Thermo (for health monitoring) Beurer BM90 Connect for blood pressure monitoring, unfortunately discontinued by Beurer and replaced by a BT version GMC-320 Plus Geiger counter radiation monitor (for radiation monitoring) Axis Wifi Cameras for Safety & Access control |
| Bluetooth | Myo Gesture Control Armband for Home Automation control | Other | Projet LevelJET-WL wireless ultrasonic level measurement device to monitor the fuel level in a tanker |
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