Presentation

On
Design of electronic system for
Remote Controlling of Home
Appliances Using X10
Technology

RAMVEER SINGH RATHORE

M.Tech-ED&T (1319037508)

Date: 20th May, 2015

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Introduction
Home automation is the residential extension of "building automation".
It is automation of the:
Home
Housework or
Household activity.
Home automation may include centralized control:
Lighting of entire house
HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)
Appliances and
Other systems (Like Home Weather Station, digital receptionist, etc)
Home Automation (HA) provide improved convenience, comfort, energy
efficiency and security.

Bringing the Future Home

Automate chores such as watering your lawn, opening and
closing
drapes, controlling your lights and appliances even controlling
your
Use
motion
electric
watersensors
heater to turn on floodlights and
cameras outside your
home. Or turn on lights indoors as you walk from room to
room, create
an automatic doorbell, and more.
Use water sensors to inform you of leaking
plumbing, both minor or
major, while youre at home or away for the day or on
vacation. (Why
Control
yourcomputer
lights and
remotely
not
have your
callappliances
you to let you
know?) via the
Internet or a
telephone
Remotely adjust your thermostat so you can warm up
your home before
you get there.

Home Automation (HA)

With HA you control and monitor devices and information

Trigger things based on time
Security
Monitoring doors and windows
Fire, smoke, water

What is X10 home automation?

1.X10 is an early home automation technology that was developed by
Pico Electronics of Glenrothes in Scotland back in 1975.
2.X10 became popular because it used to be one of the few home
automation that could be easily retro-fitted into existing homes without
installing additional cabling, and because of it's entry-level quality and
pricing.
3.X10 is an open protocol for communication among home automation
devices that primarily uses mains wiring for signalling and control,
where the signals are superimposed upon the sinusoidal mains
waveform. A supplemental radio based X10 protocol is also defined.
4.Many X10 home automation devices plug into a power point, and then
you plug your lights or appliances to be controlled plug into the X10
device. Built-in X10 wall switches and ceiling fixture controllers are also
available.

How does X10 home automation work?

1.X10 home automation uses your existing mains wiring to
communicate digital data between X10 devices. Bursts of data
encoded on a 120 kHz carrier are transmitted during the zero
crossings of the 50/60 Hz AC voltage waveform, with only one
digital bit being transmitted at each zero crossing.
2.X10 digital data comprises an address and a command sent
from an X10 controller to an X10 controlled device. More
advanced X10 controllers may also query the on/off or level status
of each other using the X10 protocol.
3.Special measures need to be taken to help X10 signals pass
from one phase to another, or across split phase systems, when
this is required. This usually involves using coupling capacitors or
an active X10 repeater, or X10 signal amplifiers and a coupling
capacitor.

4.Care also needs to be taken to prevent X10

communications from leaking from one house to another
along the mains wiring that extends out into the street, and is
common among homes. To help prevent this special X10
inductive filters to attenuate X10 signals as they pass out
from your home on the incoming mains supply feeds.
5.X10 wired or wireless protocol packets consist of a four bit
(one of 16) "house code" followed by one or more four bit
"unit codes" (that in combination with the house code create
16*16=256 possible addresses within the same residence)
and then a four bit "command". Different house codes often
need to be used within the same home to generate enough
distinct X10 addresses, and so they are usually not available
to help distinguish one X10 house installation from a
neighbouring one.

What can We do with

it?
Lights and appliances (direct, power line or
wireless)
TV, VCR, DVD, Tivo (IR)
Monitor weather
Temperature
Thermostats
Internet Information

HA Devices
X10 MODULE
Insteon (newer, like X10 but also
wireless)
UPB (newer, like X10)
Z-Wave (wireless)
Direct IO (Digital and Analog)
Networked (RS485, IP, IButton, SPI)
Crestron
Lutron-RA (Wireless)
Computer(as a central Server)

HA
Devices

PLC (X10, Insteon, UPB,

KNX/EIB,Lonworks, CEBus)
Wireless (X10, Insteon, Z-Wave, 900MHz)
Networking (RS485, RS232, IP, wireless)
Ibutton (1 Wire)
Dlink streaming video server
IP Camera
Motion sensor
Smoke Detector
IP Camera
Computer Server

Wired Connectivity Between

Devices
Light

Module

Modul
e

Sensor
s

X10
Fan

Module

Module

Thermo
stat

IP Camera
Internet

Linux Server

Remote
Controlling

Software's
Linux (as a server)
Linux is an open source and free os. We use Linux os as a
server. We can customize linux kernel and make work for
new devices.
Mister House (Web Interface)
MH is written entirely in Perl. It has a rather strange Object
Oriented
method of coding because MH writes some of it's Perl code
at startup. Plenty of examples exist. Mail lists are very
friendly and supportive.
Heyu (Control X10 Devive )
Heyu is a command-line-based program that you can use to
control your homes lights and appliances via X10 devices.
Its written in the C computer language. You can, among
other things, use Heyu to store a schedule of events and
macros in the CM11As memory, which it can execute even
when not connected to the computer. In Chapter 13, you

Advantages
The equipment is inexpensive, available through mail order or in specialist
electrical shops.
It is simple.
No new or specialised wiring is required - perfect for addition to existing
buildings.
It is simple to install - no need for qualified engineers or professionals.
It can control up to 256 devices at any one time.
There is a huge and growing product range.
It is proven - the technology has been around for over 20 years, with millions
of users in the USA and other countries.

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