We live in an amazing time. The most advanced technologies, only having appeared, are already firmly entered into use. What seemed impossible yesterday, today is produced in mass and accessible to almost everyone. Fantastic films of the end of the last century often amaze us with its naivety, because we are already living in the future. In the future that many science fiction writers did not even dream of. Yes, our cars are not flying yet, and intergalactic travels are still inaccessible to us. But as for solving household problems, the progress that has occurred over the past decades would amaze any person from the past. And one of the most fantastic phenomena of our time is a «smart home».
This technology has long been used in the construction of new residential premises, integrated into built houses, is used in office and state buildings, but until now, most people have not fully imagined that a smart home can. In their view, this is the inclusion of light on the cotton and a bathing set by calling. But the modern development of technology of smart houses went not only along the path of increasing the level of comfort and security. Considerable attention is paid to the issues of ecology and savings.
The emergence of the concept of a smart house was a gradual increase in the level of intellect of household appliances. As a result of the unification of all devices in the house into one network, they could be carried out from one remote control. The addition of utility systems control systems to the network of household appliances made it possible to increase the level of control over the house. Currently, the management of most smart houses has been automated, so it manages to achieve a high level of energy conservation. For example, the light in the house burns only in those rooms where people are located. The heating and air conditioning systems work together, and not against each other, while various factors are taken into account: weather forecast, time of day, number of people in the room.
A smart house is an integration of various systems into a single network with centralized control, which can occur in both automatic and manual mode. The following systems are usually integrated:
air conditioning, ventilation and heating;
alarm (fire, police officer, water and gas leaks control);
video surveillance;
communication system (telephone, Internet);
lighting;
Doors and gate management;
household electrical management;
power supply system.
Control of all systems can be carried out remotely using a remote control system. In this case, telemetry systems, IP and GSM monitoring are used. A few years ago, special equipment was used for such management. Today, management takes place using conventional smartphones or tablets, and control effects are transmitted in encrypted form through a general access network. This makes the technology more affordable and contributes to its widespread use.