Smart Home System.
What is a ?
A Smart Home is one that provides its home owners comfort, security, energy efficiency (low operating costs) and convenience at all times, regardless of whether anyone is home.
"Smart Home" is the term commonly used to define a residence that has appliances, lighting, heating, air conditioning, TVs, computers, entertainment audio & video systems, security, and camera systems that are capable of communicating with one another and can be controlled remotely by a time schedule, from any room in the home, as well as remotely from any location in the world by phone or internet.
Installation of smart products give the home and its occupants various benefits — the same benefits that technology and personal computing have brought to us over the past 30 years — convenience and savings of time, money and energy.
Most homes do not have these appliances and systems built into them, therefore the most common and affordable approach is for the home owner to retrofit smart products into their own finished home.
Most products are available in one of four protocols (the means of communication between themselves) and all of these are compatible with the internet, phone, and cell phones. These are the names for the four: X10, Z-Wave, UPB and EnOcean. Products that use the same protocol offer the ability to add products and hardware at the homeowners own pace and budget. The system can grow to meet the needs of a changing family as time goes on. All of these products can be selected from various manufacturers, preventing an expensive obsolescence or non-competitive pricing.
The products Smart Home USA offers are all DIY friendly and were created with retrofitting in mind (such as installation of smart lighting switches without needing to run any new wires). Our software offerings are homeowner friendly and can be installed on any existing PCs.
An emerging important feature of a smart home is conservation of the earth's limited resources. More and more people are becoming aware of the ability to make their homes truly smart — and green — by utilizing home controllers integrated with all home sub-systems to increase savings by controlling lighting, window coverings, HVAC, irrigation and by monitoring usage. Many home controllers have built-in monitoring systems whereby they calculate and log usage by all connected devices, giving the home owner heightened awareness and the knowledge to make changes as necessary. These systems can even be accessed over the Internet from anywhere in the world so the homeowner can adjust consumption any time, anywhere.
Smart Home USA offers phone and email product technical support to insure that you will always be successful in your installations and operation. We provide all our customers the information and personal guidance they may need to select the most appropriate products, taking into consideration budget, needs, and desired end-results.
Why Home Automation is Need?
If you were a fan of The Jetsons cartoon series growing up, you likely have dreamt of flying cars, a fully automated home, and a world where anything is available at the push of a button. Cars certainly aren’t flying yet, but automated driving isn’t too far away. And neither is the ability to control many aspects of your home with a few clicks (however, there’s no sign of a Rosie the robot for every household just yet).
Has enough progress in home automation technology occurred to make it worth your while to “smarten” up your home? If you like the idea of being able to control your security system from afar and cut your energy costs, then you’ll want to pay attention.
Just What Is Home Automation Anyway?
Ultimately, at some point, our various home appliances could be connected, allowing us to control them all from our phones or another type of device. For now, some appliances can be controlled by using a Wi-Fi connection, but you need separate smartphone apps or devices to tell them what to do. As Jennifer Tuohy of Network World writes, the goal of the Internet of Things (IoT) concept is to enable us to get our appliances to do what we want — and we won’t even need to touch a button (for instance, you could simply walk into a room and your curtains would open, the temperature would turn up, and your favorite song would start playing).
Ultimately, if you get set up with compatible devices and connect with one software platform, you could have a controlled, “smart” environment. Some home security systems are getting pretty close, giving users the ability to control temperatures and see who knocks at their door when they’re away from home.
Now that you understand how home automation works, here are 13 reasons you may want your home to keep up with The Jetsons’ home … at least a “lite” version of it.
You can control for convenience.
Smart thermostats are the most prevalent option in the home automation space. You can set it up so the heat or air conditioner isn’t running at full blast when you’re away, and you can also conveniently crank up the energy levels when there’s been a change in plans. Let’s say you need to leave work early. Before you get in your car, you can use your smartphone app to turn the heat on so it’s all cozy when you get home.
One way to build out a smart home is to buy lots of components—sensors, smart bulbs, security cameras, speakers, and whatnot—and connect them all to a hub that helps them communicate with each other and with you, via your smartphone.
Are there any differences between smart home systems and home security systems? I remember times when home security was provided by several independent products like fire alarms. And CCTV systems also worked separately. Now I have an Ajax home security system at home and I wonder how many opportunities it has. According to your picture, I would say that I have both systems in one. I mean, all my devices including cameras work together. And I have an access to them through my phone application. Technological progress goes further and further day by day. So, we don't have to spend much money to secure our houses.