1. The Homeport Project Status and future developments
Arne Skou
CISS, Aalborg University
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InfinIT Summit 2013

2. Basic Building Blocks for Home Automation
Communication:
ZigBee, Z-Wave, HTTP, etc.
Clients:
Remotes
Phones
Tablets
Panels
Etc.
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3. Challenges in Home Automation
Device Communication
Which protocols to use
Wired vs wireless
Interoperability
Device discovery
Client development
Device configuration
Energy optimization
Etc . . .
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4. Configuration and service discovery:
Home solutions
Configuration and service discovery:
ZeroConf
mDNS
Client communication and configuration:
HTTP and REST
Power consumption:
Linux and Events
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5. Homeport Architecture
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6. Adapters Contains all the "stuff" specific to the physical layer
Uses all of the above for configuration and publication of services
Example adapters
Conlan
Bluetooth access control and proximity
ZigBee (both general and specific)
Phidgets
Z-Wave
ZenseHome
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7. Homeport Installation
Open Source:
Linux based, c-library
Read tutorial:
Talk to us:
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8. Homeport future activities
Multiple adapter support
Dynamic loading of adapters
More free ready to use adapters
Tiny HomePort
Embedded control
Standardisation
Your ideas?
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9. Future Embedded Control
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10. Homeport application in ongoing projects
TotalFlex, EUDP, : Collection of metering data to be used in flexoffers in a future prosumer-driven energy market.
INTRepID, EU, : Optimization of energy consumption in intelligent buildings.
Arrowhead, EU, : International demonstrator of the TotalFlex results.
9/19/2018
InfinIT Summit 2013