Is the Smart Home System Easy to Use? Function of Smart Home System

 

 

Also known as smart home, it is commonly referred to as Smart Home in foreign countries. Similar to the meaning of the smart home system, there are home automation, electronic home, digital home, home network, network home, smart home/building, and in Hong Kong and Taiwan, there are also terms such as digital home and digital home.

 

 

Since the world's first intelligent building appeared in the United States in 1984, economically developed countries such as the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia have successively proposed various smart home solutions. The smart home system of the Singapore model includes three-meter CC function, security alarm function, video intercom function, monitoring center function, home appliance control function, cable TV access, household information message function, home intelligent control panel, and intelligent wiring box. , broadband network access and system software configuration.

 

 

The American Electronics Industry Association compiled the first electrical design standard suitable for family residences in 1988, that is, the "Home Automation System and Communication Standard", which is also called the Home Bus System Standard (HBS). Guidelines for Electrical Design (Standard) of Well-off Residential Buildings (discussion draft). In the "Guidelines", it is stipulated that the electrical design of well-off residential quarters should generally meet the following requirements: high security, comfortable living environment, convenient communication methods, comprehensive information services, and family intelligent systems. At the same time, it also proposes three-level design standards for the construction of well-off houses and communities in terms of safety precautions, home equipment automation, and communication and network configuration, namely: the first level is the "ideal goal", the second level is the "popularization goal", and the third level is the "ideal goal". Level 3 is the "minimum target".

 

On March 10, 1999, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corporation, announced the "Venus Project" in Shenzhen. This is a solution for digital home appliances tailored to China's information industry and home appliance market. The goal is to develop a new product based on Microsoft's Windows CE operating system that integrates computing, entertainment, education, communication, communication and web surfing. The biggest feature of its products is that it is cheap, easy to learn and use, and can meet the needs of non-PC (personal computer, microcomputer) users to use computers and surf the Internet. It is a product between computers and home appliances.

 

 

The ultimate goal of smart home is to make the family more comfortable, more convenient, safer and more environmentally friendly. With the continuous development of human consumption demand and residential intelligence, today's smart home system will have more abundant content, and the system configuration will become more and more complex. Smart home includes network access system, anti-theft alarm system, fire alarm system, TV intercom access control system, gas leakage detection system, remote meter reading (water meter, electricity meter, gas meter) system, emergency help system, remote medical diagnosis and nursing System, automatic control management and development system of indoor electrical appliances, central heating and cooling system, online shopping system, voice and fax (e-mail) service system, online education system, stock operating system, video on demand, pay TV system, cable TV system, etc. .

 

Based on the ARM solution and the remote control of GPRS, 3G and 4G networks, the content of the smart home system can be expanded.

 

 

A smart home system is a kind of living environment for people. It uses a house as a platform to install a smart home system to achieve safer, energy-saving, intelligent, convenient and comfortable home life. Taking the residence as a platform, using integrated wiring technology, network communication technology, smart home-system design scheme security technology, automatic control technology, audio and video technology to integrate the facilities related to home life, and build efficient management of residential facilities and family schedule affairs The system improves home safety, convenience, comfort, artistry, and realizes an environment-friendly and energy-saving living environment.

 

Smart home systems make it easy for you to enjoy life. When you are away from home, you can remotely control various smart systems in your home by phone and computer, for example, turn on the air conditioner and water heater in advance on the way home; when you arrive at home, the system will automatically turn on the aisle lights with the help of the door sensor or infrared sensor. , at the same time open the electronic door lock, disarm the security, turn on the lighting lamps and curtains at home to welcome your return; when you return home, you can use the remote control to conveniently control various electrical equipment in the room, and you can select presets through the intelligent lighting system The lighting scene, creating a comfortable and quiet study in the study; creating a romantic lighting atmosphere in the bedroom... All of this, the owner can sit on the sofa and operate calmly, and a controller can remotely control everything in the home, such as pulling the curtains and pouring water into the bathtub. And automatically heat and adjust the water temperature, adjust the status of curtains, lights, and sound; the kitchen is equipped with a video phone, you can make calls or check the visitors at the door while cooking; when you work in the company, you can also display the situation at home. You can check it at any time on the computer or mobile phone in the office; the door machine has the function of taking pictures and taking pictures.

 

 

Control random lighting controls, adjust the lighting in all rooms with a few button presses, and create all kinds of dream lights as you like! The intelligent lighting system has a soft-start function, which can make the light gradually brighter and darker; the light dimming can realize the function of brightening and dimming, allowing you and your family to share warmth and romance, and at the same time, it has the effect of energy saving and environmental protection; the full on and full off function can be used. It can easily realize one-key full-off and one-key full-on functions of lights and appliances, and has a brightness memory function.

 

Smart home systems can be easily installed without destroying partition walls or purchasing new electrical equipment, and the system can be fully connected to your existing electrical equipment in your home, such as lamps, telephones, and appliances. Various electrical appliances and other intelligent subsystems can be controlled at home or fully controlled remotely.

 

The smart home system is an expandable system. Initially, your smart home system can only be connected with lighting equipment or common electrical equipment, and can also be connected with other devices in the future to meet the needs of new smart life.

 

Even your home can be easily upgraded to a smart home even if it has been renovated. The wireless control smart home system can not destroy the original decoration, as long as the corresponding modules are installed in some sockets, etc., the intelligent control can be realized, and it will not cause damage to the original house wall.

 

Smart home is also called smart home. In layman's terms, it is a networked and intelligent home control system that integrates automation control system, computer network system and network communication technology. To measure the success of an intelligent system in a residential area, it is not only determined by the number of intelligent systems, the advanced nature of the system or the degree of integration, but also depends on whether the design and configuration of the system are economical and reasonable and whether the system can operate successfully. Whether it is convenient to use, manage and maintain, and whether the technology of the system or product is mature and applicable, in other words, how to exchange the maximum effect with the least investment and the easiest way to realize a convenient and high-quality life.

 

In order to achieve the above goals, the following principles should be followed when designing a smart home system:

 

5.4.1 Practical convenience

The most basic goal of smart home is to provide people with a comfortable, safe, convenient and efficient living environment. For smart home products, the most important thing is to focus on practicality, get rid of those flashy functions that can only be used as decorations, and focus on practicality, ease of use and humanization.

 

We believe that when designing a smart home system, the following most practical and basic home control functions should be integrated according to the needs of users for smart home functions: including smart home appliance control, smart lighting control, electric curtain control, anti-theft alarm, access control intercom, Gas leakage, etc., at the same time, it can also expand service value-added functions such as three-meter copy and video on demand. to a lot of personalization

 

The control methods of smart home are very rich and varied, such as: local control, remote control, centralized control, mobile phone remote control, induction control, network control, timing control, etc. The original intention is to let people get rid of tedious affairs and improve efficiency. The process and program settings are too cumbersome, and it is easy to make users feel repulsive. Therefore, when designing a smart home, we must fully consider the user experience, pay attention to the convenience and intuitiveness of operation, and it is best to use a graphical and graphical control interface, so that what you see is what you get.

 

5.4.2 Reliability

All intelligent subsystems of the entire building should be able to operate 24 hours a day, and the safety, reliability and fault tolerance of the system must be highly valued. For each subsystem, take corresponding fault-tolerant measures in terms of power supply and system backup to ensure the normal and safe use of the system, good quality and performance, and the ability to cope with various complex environmental changes.

 

5.4.3 Standardization

The design of the smart home system scheme should be carried out in accordance with the relevant national and regional standards to ensure the scalability and scalability of the system. The standard TCP/IP protocol network technology is used in the system transmission to ensure that the systems between different manufacturers can be compatible and interconnected. . The front-end equipment of the system is a multi-functional, open and extensible equipment. For example, the system host, terminal and module adopt standardized interface design, which provides an integrated platform for external manufacturers of the smart home system, and its functions can be extended. The systems and products selected for the design enable the interoperability and interconnection of this system with future third-party controlled devices that are evolving.

 

5.4.4 Convenience

Whether the wiring installation is simple or not is directly related to the issues of cost, scalability and maintainability. It is necessary to choose a system with simple wiring. It can be wired together with the residential broadband during construction, which is simple and easy; the equipment is easy to learn and master, and it is easy to operate and maintain. .

 

The convenient design of the system in engineering installation and debugging is also very important.

 

A significant feature of home intelligence is that the workload of installation, commissioning and maintenance is very large, requiring a lot of human and material resources, which has become a bottleneck restricting the development of the industry. In response to this problem, when designing the system, the convenience of installation and maintenance should be considered. For example, the system can be remotely debugged and maintained through the Internet. Through the network, it not only enables the residents to realize the control function of the home intelligent system, but also allows the engineers to check the working status of the system remotely and diagnose the faults of the system. In this way, system settings and version updates can be performed in different places, which greatly facilitates the application and maintenance of the system, improves the response speed, and reduces maintenance costs.

 

In the gradual expansion of smart homes, more and more devices will be connected to the system, and more operating data will inevitably be generated, such as air conditioner temperature and clock data, indoor window switch status data, gas meter data, etc. . These data have an unprecedented degree of association with the privacy of individual families. If data protection is inadvertent, it will not only lead to extremely private data leakage such as personal habits, but also data leakage related to family security, such as window status, will directly endanger family security. . At the same time, the smart home system is not isolated from the world, and the data entering the system must be reviewed to prevent malicious damage to the home system, and even damage to networked appliances and devices. Especially in today's big data era, we must protect the security of family big data.

 

 

There are many smart home brands in the domestic market, and there is no unified technical specification. The products of various domestic brands and international brands have their own characteristics and advantages and disadvantages. When purchasing smart home products, it is often difficult for buyers to compare horizontally. Therefore, a comprehensive investigation should be carried out from multiple aspects and angles, and the following points can be grasped:

 

The stability of the system is the first factor to consider when purchasing. The purpose of installing a smart home is to bring convenience, safety and comfort to life. If a smart system fails to meet the requirements in terms of stability, and some big and small problems occur from time to time, it will only bring users trouble and enjoyment. Smart home will be out of the question. The stability of the smart home system mainly includes the product stability of the sub-control module, the stability of the system operation, the stability of the circuit structure, the stability of the integrated function, the stability of the running time, etc. If a set of smart home products can meet these requirements in terms of stability. Basically, you can choose it with confidence.

 

Smart home is the centralized and unified control of home equipment. The core of the product includes communication protocols, system platforms or operating systems, and configuration solutions for on-site environments. The corresponding specific products include security equipment, lighting control equipment, multimedia equipment, environmental control equipment, etc. These devices will be concentrated on this system, through the communication protocol of the system, the various subsystems will be connected to each other, the information can be exchanged, and the operation can be controlled with each other. If each subsystem is a product that runs independently and lacks centralized control, it will be quite troublesome for users to use, and it cannot be called a smart home system. Many manufacturers on the market promote one or several simple subsystem products as smart homes, so in addition to understanding the component functions of each subsystem, you should inquire about the integration performance of the entire system in detail.

 

If you choose a smart home system, you must consider it in the design stage of house decoration, and install it at the same time as the home wiring. In order to achieve the same function, the simpler the system needs to be configured, the higher the integration of the entire system and the higher the technical content. The so-called "simple" includes the number of modules required to achieve the same function, the capacity limit of the entire system, the number of devices controlled by the module, and the simplicity of wiring. It can be said that whether the system is simple or not can comprehensively reflect the integration, durability and aesthetics of smart home products, as well as the design strength of manufacturers.

 

No matter what brand of smart home products, the key is to suit your needs. The more modules used in the entire system, the higher the complexity, the more expensive the price, the higher the probability of failure in the future, and the higher the corresponding maintenance cost. Therefore, you should firmly start from your own needs, consider the frequency of use of various functions in the future, and properly simplify some flashy functions, which will greatly save costs. In addition, when purchasing, it is necessary to consider whether the system control interface is friendly, as well as the differences in the usage habits of different users. In this way, the smart home system can really play a role and provide convenience for the user's life.

 

Smart home is still an emerging product, and the technologies used by various manufacturers are different, and there is a lack of unified specifications. Moreover, the development speed of related technologies is very rapid, and the existing technologies can still be regarded as transitional technologies. Therefore, it is recommended that users choose products with good compatibility and adopt international general protocols. The more mature international general protocols include LonWorks, X-10, etc.

 

What kind of processing method will the smart home system take when it is maliciously attacked or requesting the external transmission of key data, and what form does the system take to protect the security of the system (some home systems will try to shut down the system, but some devices cannot stop running, Such as electricity meters), supervise the level of upstream and downstream data of devices connected to the network, and reduce the amount of system data scattered.

 

 

The main subsystems included in the smart home system are: home wiring system, home network system, smart home (central) control management system, home lighting control system, home security system, background music system (such as TVC flat panel audio), home theater and multimedia system, home environment control system and other eight systems. Among them, smart home (central) control management system (including data security management system), home lighting control system, home security system are essential systems, home wiring system, home network system, background music system, home theater and multimedia system, home An environmental control system is optional.

 

In the identification of smart home system products, the smart home (smart home system product) produced by the manufacturer must be an essential system and can realize the main functions of the smart home before it can be called a smart home. Therefore, smart home (central) control management system (including data security management system), home lighting control system, home security system can be directly called smart home (smart home system products). The optional systems cannot be directly called smart home, but can only be expressed by a combination of smart home and specific systems, such as a background music system, called smart home background music. Calling optional system products directly as smart homes is misleading to users.

 

In the identification of a smart home environment, only a smart home that has installed all the necessary systems and at least one or more optional systems can be called a smart home.

 

For a smart house, a wiring system that can support multiple applications such as voice/data, multimedia, home automation, security, etc. is required. This system is also an intelligent residential wiring system.

 

The home security system includes the following aspects: video surveillance, intercom system, access control card, emergency help, smoke detection alarm, gas leakage alarm, broken glass detection alarm, infrared dual detection alarm, etc.

 

 

You can use the remote control to control the opening and closing of lights, water heaters, electric curtains, water dispensers, air conditioners and other equipment in your home; through the display of this remote control, you can query and display the second floor ( or bedroom) the on-off state of lighting appliances; at the same time, this remote control can also control infrared appliances such as TV, DVD, audio and other infrared appliances - universal remote control.

 

Telephone remote control, high encryption (phone identification) multi-functional voice telephone remote control function, when you are on a business trip or doing errands outside the home, you can control the air conditioners, curtains, lighting appliances in your home through your mobile phone or landline, so that it can be used for customers in advance. Cooling or heating or turning on and off, through mobile phones or landlines to know whether the home circuit is normal, various household appliances (such as food in the refrigerator, etc.), and indoor air quality (you can install similar smoke inside and outside the house. Alarm devices) to control the windows and ultraviolet sterilization devices for ventilation or sterilization, in addition, according to the external weather, appropriate humidification of the indoor air and use of air conditioners and other facilities to heat up the room. When the owner is not at home, he can also use his mobile phone or landline to automatically water flowers and plants, feed pets, etc. Control the cabinets in the bedroom to sterilize and dry clothes, shoes, bedding, etc.

 

You can set the automatic turn-on and turn-off time of certain products in advance, such as: the electric water heater will automatically turn on the heating at 20:30 every night, and automatically turn off the power at 23:30 every night. Power saving, comfort and style. Of course, the automatic opening and closing time of electric curtains is not a problem.

 

You can turn on the lights in the living room, dining room and kitchen, kitchen appliances and other appliances at the same time at the entrance of the door, especially at night, you can control the lights and appliances in the living room and bathroom from the bedroom, which is convenient and safe, and you can also check their work. state.

 

You lightly touch a button, several lights, and electrical appliances are automatically executed in your "ideas", allowing you to feel and appreciate the perfection, simplicity and efficiency of technological and fashionable life.

 

In the office, in the field of business trip, as long as there is a network, you can log in to your home through the Internet. In the online world, you can control the appliances in your home through a fixed smart home control interface, providing a free dynamic domain name. It is mainly used for remote network control and inquiring about the working status of electrical appliances. For example, if you are on a business trip, you can use a computer in a foreign network to log in to the relevant IP address, and you can control your own lights and electrical appliances thousands of miles away. Before flying, turn on the air conditioner or water heater in your home…

 

The video monitoring function enables remote video monitoring and voice calls directly through the local area network or broadband network at any time and any place, using a browser (such as IE). In addition, it also supports remote PC, local SD card storage, motion detection mail transmission, FTP transmission, and can achieve professional security protection and fun for home remote video and video shooting and photography.

 

When there is an alarm situation, it can automatically make a phone call, and link related electrical appliances to do alarm processing

 

The home video control system includes the home video exchange center (video sharing) and the background music system (audio sharing). It is a multimedia platform for home entertainment. It uses advanced microcomputer technology, wireless remote control technology and infrared remote control technology. Under the precise control of program instructions, it can connect multiple channels such as set-top boxes, satellite receivers, DVDs, computers, audio and video servers, and high-definition players. The signal source can be sent to the terminal equipment such as TV and stereo in each room according to the needs of the user, so that one machine can share a variety of audio-visual equipment in the living room. Your home is a uniquely designed AV video exchange center.

 

The audio-visual system technology automatically classifies the collection of massive HD movies and organizes the video poster UI experience for local playback. APP technology, shadow cabinet tablet terminal/mobile terminal application, through the local area network, the content of the media center can be synchronized wirelessly and freely controlled at any time.

 

Any 4 kinds of audio-visual equipment such as DVD player, digital TV set-top box, satellite TV receiver, etc. in the living room can be shared to 5 rooms for viewing and can be remotely controlled; (choose two of the bedrooms, bathroom, study and other rooms plus the living room) for your home CD/TV/FM/MP3 audio source (or digital TV set-top box, satellite TV set-top box, IPTV, online movies, DVD, etc.) audio and video equipment to solve the sharing problem, and solve the remote control, channel change, volume operation of audio and video equipment for you The purpose is the same as if you install a digital TV set-top box (VCD, DVD) satellite TV set-top box in the bedroom, and it is very convenient.

 

Simply put, in any house, including living room, bedroom, kitchen or bathroom, background music lines can be installed, and through 1 or more audio sources, (CD/TV/FM/MP3 audio sources) Great background music can be heard in every room.

 

With AV video switching products, it can use the lowest cost, not only to realize the sharing of audio and video signals in each room, but also to select the background music signal source by remote control of each room, and to remotely start, shut down, change channels, fast forward, Rewind, etc., is the best cost-effective design solution for audio and video, background music sharing and remote control!

 

"Digital entertainment" is to use the computer in the study room as the playback center of home entertainment. The content played and displayed on the large-screen TV in the living room or the master bedroom comes from the Internet's huge amount of music resources, film and television resources, TV resources, game resources, information resources, etc. Wait.

 

It is through a general management box to uniformly plan various lines called weak current such as telephone lines, cable TV lines, broadband network lines, audio lines, etc. in an orderly state, so as to uniformly manage the telephone, fax, computer , TV, DVD player, security monitoring equipment and other network information appliances, making them more powerful, more convenient to use, easier to maintain, and easier to expand new uses. To achieve telephone extension, local area network formation, cable TV sharing, etc.

 

You must have experienced such embarrassment: For some reason, you forgot to bring the key to your house, or your relatives or guests visited, and you just couldn't come back immediately! If you can use your mobile phone in the unit or far away Or the phone to open the door, how convenient it should be!

 

And in the unit or far away, use the mobile phone or telephone to "check" the "on, off" status of the digital fingerprint lock at home, whether it will make you feel more secure! The world's top biometrics, the perfect combination of fingerprint technology and password technology, three independent opening methods: fingerprint, password and mechanical key, safe and convenient.

 

There is a device that does not need to open the window all day (some bathrooms are closed), and can regularly replace the filtered fresh air for you (the outside air is filtered in, and the stale air in the house is removed at the same time)

 

You can feed your beloved pet and hear its voice by dialing the phone at home. What a fun and fashionable life it must be! Developed a high-tech, easy-to-operate telephone remote control, automatic timing control, remote control pet feeding machine...

 

In recent years, digital communication technology and network technology have developed rapidly. It is obvious to all that people are more and more eager to enjoy a more convenient, faster, smarter and more comfortable digital smart home life. In traditional home life, many household appliances such as air conditioners, color TVs, Home theaters, etc. use the remote control to control switches and select programs. Have you ever thought about using your mobile phone to control these household appliances? It is no longer a dream to control home appliances with mobile phones. The development of smart home allows us to realize our longing for life and let us enjoy the new life brought by smart home.

 

Indoor anti-theft, anti-robbery, fire prevention, gas leakage prevention and emergency rescue functions, fully integrated voice telephone remote control, timing control, scene control, wireless forwarding and other intelligent lighting and home appliance control functions; no need to re-wiring, plug and play, easy Realize home intelligent security; preset anti-theft alarm phone; reliable quality, stable performance, no need to worry about the safety of home, property, and life.