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Making things easier with a universal integration platform for home automation devices

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Out of numerous individual reasons, people today prefer to have smart gadgets at their disposal that can take care of their operation on their own. The extreme desires of human beings to lead a comfortable and an easy life has led to several developments and inventions that are truly capable to bless us all with such life. Such is the home automation trend that people are following these days, which allows them to enjoy a carefree and a convenient life. Smart innovators have designed integrated home automation software that allow smart devices at home to communicate with each other, thus, creating a real smart environment at home.

Integrated approach over isolated approach

Almost every gadget or appliance you install inside or outside your home, you can control its functioning with a mobile device. This innovation initially made our lives good but had some flaws to it. For instance, the lamp in your drawing room, security camera installed in your garden, Wi-Fi enabled thermostat, and the humidifier in your bedroom have different remote controls and have a different approach that you use in order to make them function. Having too many apps on your mobile that make the smart gadgets work create a lot of confusion and hassle.

Designers and innovators understood this flaw and tried to come up with a technique that could make smart gadgets actually work smartly. As in, a software that could make shades and blinds on your doors and windows so smart that they open and close according to the intensity of light and wind on their own, without you giving any command, a fire alarm that automatically sends notification to the fire department, and like. In other words, home automation needed apps that could provide users great flexibility and ease rather than a collection of so many confusing apps on your device.

Apps that provide you great flexibility

openHAB

This project aims to offer a universal integration platform for everything that your home automation system covers. The open Home Automation Bus (openHAB) is an open source home automation system. It is vendor neutral and is hardware/protocol-agnostic, which enables bringing together of multifarious hardware devices, interface protocols, and different bus systems. The openHAB supports numerous technologies including Philips Hue, Plugwise, Modbus, KNX, IHC/Elko, One-Wire, RFXCOM, Pulseaudio, Samsung TV, Bluetooth, generic serial devices, Koubachi, Sonos, Asterisk, and some more.

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Yet another home automation solution, which integrates all the products and systems you have at your home. It integrates lighting, climate control, security system, music and home theater, Smartphone and tablets, sprinkler and others, thus, enhancing your comfort, savings, peace of mind, and your lifestyle. You can start by automating small and lesser things, then moving to bigger ones, and eventually automating the entire home.

Loxone

The Loxone solution offers homes that are easily controlled and intelligently automated. The system efficiently transforms a dumb home into a smart home. An intelligent Miniserver works like a central manager to control everything from lighting, security, heating, AV systems, and more. The small green Loxone Miniserver takes care of everything in your home automation system, thus, making it simple and affordable. It saves energy, secures your home, and gives you and your family a stylish and a comfortable living.

So many new cool devices and technologies that aim to amp up our lifestyle keep popping up everyday owing to the high-paced technological advancement. However, all those devices and technologies used to be devoid of one extremely important feature, i.e. their ability to communicate with each other.

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