Home Automation system for Arjun Rao’s Home

1. Home Automation system for ArjunRao’s Home

2. Mr.ArjunRaois a well known person in Hyderabad, who started his own company named Value Labs in Hyderabad, Mr.ArjunRao had recently moved to his new residence at jubilee hills, this house is a large and a beautiful building consisting of four floors. • In the ground floor it has parking area, Lobby, Living, Longue, Kitchen, Swimming pool and the garden. Introduction G 1 2 3 • In the first floor it has longue, home theater, covered terrace, east side bedroom, west side bedroom, north side bedroom and stair case. • In the second floor it has a lobby, puja room, master bedroom, walk-in closet and stair case. • In the third floor it has gym, bath room and sauna room.

3. Mr&MrsArjunRao wants this home to be • Completely automated with Preset controls for easy operation of the house, scheduled lighting control for a pleasant look of the house. • Included with an advanced irrigation system with time scheduling etc. • Included with high end visitor management system i.e. biometric door locks and Video door phones etc. 4 2 Introduction 5 3 1 • Included with hi-fi music system with multi zone audio. • Completely secured with advanced security system and surveillance, so they can operate and monitor the entire home remotely (using touch panels).

4. To fulfill all the above needs the layout of the house is planned as below: • The home automation system for this home is designed to have special preset operations, Schedule based operations. • The entire home needs an advanced automation with automating Lights, Fans, A/Cs, Drapes, water heaters and TVs etc. • All the lighting controls will be provided with dimming operation. • Occupancy based lighting control will be provided in every room. • The house is surrounded by a garden which will be provided with irrigation system. • The swimming pool is automated with pool automation system. • Zonal audio system will be provided in every corner of the house • The generator is to be given a ON/OFF option • The home is provided with an advanced security system with door status indicators, glass break sensors, gas leak sensors and smoke sensors etc. • The home will be surrounded by an advanced surveillance system with long range night vision cameras. • Visitor management system will be provided with video door phone and biometric access control. Automation system Security system Overview

5. MOOD/DIMMING LIGHTING MOOD/DIMMING LIGHTING MOTION SENSOR LIGHTING MOTION SENSOR LIGHTING MOTORIZED DRAPES MOTORIZED DRAPES LIGHTING LIGHTING SPEAKERS SPEAKERS AUTOMATION SYSTEM AUTOMATION SYSTEM AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER FINGER PRINT DOORLOCK FINGER PRINT DOORLOCK MULTI-ZONE AUDIO SYSTEM (MOTU) MULTI-ZONE AUDIO SYSTEM (MOTU) ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SERVER SERVER CLIENT CLIENT VIDEO DOOR PHONE VIDEO DOOR PHONE SHUTTLE X50 SHUTTLE X50 SECURITY SYSTEM SECURITY SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (DVR) SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (DVR) WIRELESS WIRELESS IPAD IPAD SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BURGLER ALARM BURGLER ALARM SECURITY SENSORS SECURITY SENSORS AUTO DILING AUTO DILING Implementation Layout:

6. Blaze automation central unit is used for automating the lighting controls. It consists of different gateways which perform different operations. Security gateway Surveillance • Blaze designed an advanced lighting gateway which helps the user to operate lighting in his surroundings through a touch panel form anywhere in the world through internet. The Surveillance is one of the major parts of the Blaze Security system. This consists of long range cameras with night vision and video display with high definition capability The Heart of ArjunRao’s home security system is the Blaze advanced security gateway which is one of the world’s best security gateways Hardware used and technical specifications Lighting gateway Blaze automation central unit

7. Blaze automation central unit is used for automating the lighting controls. It consists of different gateways which perform different operations. Multi-Zone Audio Client (Touch Panel) Visitor management system will help you to welcome and manage your incoming and outgoing visitors whether it a residence or corporate office The perfect digital music system for bars, restaurants, taverns, hotels, even smart homes! Using multiple inexpensive sound cards or mixers with USB inputs, you can have songs playing to multiple systems in different rooms, all at the same time with ease. Blaze integration with Apple or shuttle will be a perfect combination of content and technology to create the perfect home entertainment system. Hardware used and technical specifications Visitor management Blaze automation central unit

8. Lighting controls provide an aesthetic and highly flexible enhancement to your home’s decor and also offer the potential for significant energy savings. • Lighting gateway can operate lights, fans, TVs , AC’s and heaters etc., which can be operated through the touch panel. • Lighting gateway also provides the privilege of scheduling for the lighting control. • Occupancy based lighting control: Occupancy based lighting control is carried out using motion sensors. • Dimming module: Dimming is used for dimming of the lighting. Lighting gateway

9. Lighting controls provide an aesthetic and highly flexible enhancement to your home’s decor and also offer the potential for significant energy savings.The ability to control the amount of light in a room can reflect your style and allow you to enjoy your home to its fullest potential. Varying the amount of light can add beauty and make a small room look open and spacious or a large room appears more intimate and inviting. When considering the lighting options for your home, you have to take into account the types of activities that will occur in each room and the sort of atmosphere that you wish to create for the perfect ambiance. Lighting control

10. Occupancy sensors are indoor lighting controls that detect activities within certain area. They provide convenience by turning lights on automatically when someone enters a room and reduce lighting energy use by turning lights off soon after the last occupant has left the room. This technology also incorporates sensing of natural light to adjust the level of artificial lighting, based on the adequacy of the available natural light. Some types of photo-sensitive controls operate by turning the controlled lights on or off based on natural light levels, while others operate by continuously dimming the controlled lights. A wide variety of technologies are involved to detect occupants and send appropriate signals to area lighting. Occupancy based lighting

11. Lights dimming control

12. Blaze Server Variable refrigerantflow air conditioning system module Outdoor unit Outdoor unit Outdoor unit Indoor unit Indoor unit Indoor unit Indoor unit Indoor unit Indoor unit • A/C system used in this home is Toshiba which is integrated with Blaze automation system, through this system we can make the like Switch ON/OFF, Temperature control, Minimum temperature and Maximum temperature options etc. • The above figure displays the communication flow of the AC control unit. Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioning system used in this automation is TCB-IFMB640TLE, which is shown below. A/C operation Variable refrigerant flow air conditioning system module

13. Hot water coming from the solar heater Circulator The circulator will circulate the water in the pipe by mixing up the cool water in the pipelines with the hot water from the heater and forwards hot water when the user needs it Hot water coming from the solar heater Cool water in the pipelines Water tank Water pipeline Washroom Washroom The Circulator acts as a passive solar water heater by taking the water in the solar water heater tank and, heated by the sun, and shooting it down to the cooler pipe lines for the bath rooms. In the running of hot-water piping on ordinary work the supply lines to fixtures are run as directly as possible to them, the different branches ending at the fixtures. Although the water in the piping is supposed to be hot, it cools very fast under certain conditions, and especially in branches at a distance from the boiler. In many of these branches, particularly those which supply fixtures not in constant use, the hot-water pipe for a considerable distance from the fixture is generally filled with water that is either cold or nearly so. This means that before hot water can be drawn at the fixture, a considerable length of pipe filled with cold water must be drawn off before the water comes hot. Under all circumstances, this is an annoyance to the person using the fixture. So a remedy for this Circulator

14. Security system is a specialized field dealing with specified requirements of homes in the usage of easy-to-use technologies for the security of residents. • It communicates wirelessly with all the sensors by arming/disarming the sensors and by receiving the status indication from the sensors and sends the updates to the touch panel via Ethernet cable and sends alerts to the users mobile or telephone via GSM • And communicates with the touch panel through an Ethernet port by receiving commands like arm/disarm and sending the updates of the sensors and alerts if any • Can communicate with remotes wirelessly by arming certain areas for the user without reaching up to the touch panel Security gateway

15. Door sensors are used to for door status indication i.e. it will indicate whether a door is open or closed. Button and light indicator to switch ON and OFF • Smoke sensors are used for the fire or smoke detection and the areas which are located almost in every corner of the house Door Sensors Smoke Sensors Glass break Sensors Security Sensors These sensors are used to indicate when a glass door is broken. Such sensors are used when a room contains large glass windows

16. The hooter is connected to the security system which is used to sire the alarm when an emergency occurs • These are used as remotes for operating the security system Hooter Key fobs Security Accessories

17. Surveillance system is used for monitoring the surrounding of the home using security night vision cameras. This system majorly consists of two modules 1.DVR 2.Night vision camera. DVR abbreviated as Digital Video Recorder is used to record the video data collected for the In this project we used a 4channel DVR Blaze Server Surveillance system DVR Camera Server Camera • Cameras used in this project are Samsung SIR-4150 cameras which are used mainly for night vision DVR Client

18. Camera Calling bell button Client Motorized gate Blaze Central unit Client Blaze Server Client VDP VDP Visitor management system will help you to welcome and manage your incoming and outgoing visitors whether it a residence or corporate office This system includes: 1.Video Door Phone 2.Biometric Door Lock Biometric door lock • The VDP used in this project is a product of Zavio. • The outdoor unit is located at the entrance of the house. The indoor unit is integrated with the touch panel. The visuals taken by the outdoor unit can be viewed from the touch panel. • In this VDP system only the video from the VDP will be carried the touch panel, No voice communication will take place. Visitor management System Video Door Phone

19. The door lock used in this project is VIRDI 430FP Fingerprint Authentication Door Lock. • This product is a fingerprint recognition digital door lock that is installed at the entrance door. • The features of this product are as follows • Three way operation with Finger print, Password and emergency keys. • Easy locking with a button press. • Prank prevention technology. • Forced intrusion alarm technology. • Access to more than 50 user finger prints. Biometric Door Lock

20. Blaze Server PCI Audio card Audio Mixer Amplifier Amplifier Zone 3 speakers Zone 4 speakers Zone 1 speakers Zone 2 speakers The perfect digital music system for bars, restaurants, taverns, hotels, even smart homes.Using multiple inexpensive sound cards or mixers with USB inputs, you can have songs playing to multiple systems in different rooms, all at the same time with ease. Low CPU and memory usage, fully multi-threaded, so no skipping. Switch sound outputs on the fly, and more.  Multi- Zone Audio System

21. The PCI-424 core system is a computer-based hard disk recording system for Mac OS and Windows that offers 24 simultaneous inputs and outputs per Audio Wire cable, expandable to 96 inputs/outputs. A core system consists of a PCI card connected to a standard 19-inch, single-space, rack-mountable audio interface. PCI Audio Card

22. The 24I/O is a single-space, rack mountable chassis with gold-plated analog audio connectors on its rear panel and level meters on the front. The rear panel has 24 gold-plated, balanced +4dB TRS analog inputs and outputs with 24-bit A/D converters. All inputs and outputs can be accessed simultaneously. Internally, the 24I/O has a 24-bit data path to and from the computer so that all audio data is carried to/from the computer in 24 bits. 24 analog 24-bit/96 kHz inputs and outputs

23. The touch panel used for ArjunRao’s home automation system was Shuttle X50 The Shuttle X50 all-in-one desktop powered by the energy-efficient Intel® Atom™ 330 dual-core processor makes it easy to enjoy music, movies, videos, and even surf the web in style at home or in the office. It’s slim, elegant, portable, and features a 15.6” touchscreen display for simple touch operation by finger or stylus pen. What’s more, the stand is convertible so it can be flipped upward for carrying around, or even be removed for mounting on a wall. The possibilities are endless to what you can do with this all-in-one. Client (Touch Panel)

24. The basic UI displays majorly 3 parts • MENU BAR: It displays all the menu icons Home, lighting, Fan etc. • LAYOUT: This will display the Page of the menu icon selected • EMERGENCY ICONS: These are the emergency keys on click give the emergency alarm and dialup to the prescribed emergency numbers MENU BAR Software used and technical specifications Introduction LAYOUT EMERGENCY ICONS

25. On to the top left corner of the UI an icon is present on clicking this icon it will close the UI (Not the application) temporarily and switch to the desktop On the desktop to its right an icon ”Back to Automation “is present on clicking this icon it will take us back to the Automation UI TO PC Introduction

26. Once the entire system is initialized the Hardware starts communicating with the touch panel (software) through the Blaze central unit. First it initializes the connection with the automation server If the client is not connected to the server a message “ connecting to the Automation server” appears as soon the as the server is connected the message disappears Operation flow diagram

27. Home page consists of preset icon , which are used to perform pre defined operations Home page will provide the user to perform is regular activities easily HOME PAGE ICON Home Page PRESET ICONS

28. On clicking a preset icon predefined operations are performed which are a set of operations performed together reducing the strain of the user Night mode is a time based preset which works only after 9PM.On clicking this icon it will. NIGHT MODE Presets Night mode

29. On clicking the icon the Home theater preset will be activated which will • Roll down the drapes in the home theater. • All lights off except a pair of lights at the back of the home theater HOME THEATER MODE Home theater

30. Swimming pool mode is a schedule based operation, which works only at night. On clicking this icon at night • Lights inside the swimming pool will be switched ON. • Pair of lights near the swimming pool will be switched ON. SWIMMING POOL MODE • Swimming pool mode

31. Gym preset will be a simple one , on selecting this preset • The A/C in the gym room will be switched on • Gym mode GYM MODE

32. This mode is also a time based operation. On selecting this mode • Lighting will be dimmed using low light • 1 light will be switched ON in the lobby • A pair of lights will be switched ON in the living room and bar cabinet • Hanging lights behind the stair case will be switched ON • 6PM to 9PM ground floor lights mode 6PM TO 9PM GROUND FLOOR LIGHTING MODE

33. On selecting this mode • In the ground and the third floor all the lights which are ON will be switched OFF • All the lights in the second floor master bed room will be switched OFF except for a pair of lights. • All the motion sensors in the bedrooms will be turned OFF. • After 9PM bedroom preset AFTER 9PM BEDROOM PRESET

34. All the lighting operations are performed through this lighting page This lighting page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor The floor layout displays the floor map of the house to identify and selecting the area of operation easily. LIGHTING PAGE ICON Lighting Page FLOOR ICON BAR FLOOR LAYOUT

35. On clicking the home theater in the floor layout, the home theater will be selected and zoomed out displaying the lights in the home theater area. On clicking the lights in the home theater the lights will be switched on and the light icon glows indicating the light is switched NO. LIGHT ICON Lighting Page HOME THEATER

36. All the fan control operations are performed through the fan page This Fan page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor The floor layout displays the floor map of the house to identify and selecting the area of operation easily. FAN PAGE ICON FAN ICON FLOOR ICON BAR Fan Page FLOOR LAYOUT

37. All the A/C control operations are performed through the A/C page This A/C page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor On clicking the AC icon an operation window pops up for making the AC operations A/C PAGE ICON A/C ICON A/C Page FLOOR ICON BAR OPERATION WINDOW

38. On clicking the Drapes Page icon the Drapes page is displayed • This page consists of a Floor icon bar in the left and the Floor layout in the middle • On clicking the Upper arrow in the icon the drape moves upwards and on clicking the lower arrowthe drape moves downwards • Beside the drape icon a full up/full down icon is present. On clicking the full up icon the Drape completely moves up words and on clicking the full down icon the drape moves down completely DRAPE ICONS UP/DOWN DRAPE ICONS FULL UP/FULL DOWN Drapes page FLOOR ICON BAR

39. On clicking the Audio Page icon the Audio Page is displayed This page consists of 4 different blocks Zone, Library, Add Media, Display and Audio Player blocks. • Zone block consists of different zones to select a zone to play an audio track in that particular zone • Library block consists of Audio libraries (Audio books, Albums, Podcasts) from which you want to play your audio track AUDIO PAGE ICON ZONE Multi- Zone Audio system LIBRARY

40. Display block contains two displays one in the left shows the audio files in the Library (Audio book, Albums, Podcasts) you have selected. The one in the right displays the Audio tracks from the selected audio files • Audio Player will display the Zone name (where the song is being played ) in the top and other player requirements( Play, Pause Stop, Volume, equalizer, effects ) in the middle DISPLAY Multi- Zone Audio system AUDIO PLAYER

41. Add Media is used to add files to the Audio Libraries .On clicking the Add media icon a window appears as shown in the figure which contains 3 icons (Podcasts, Albums, Audio Books) to select in which an Audio track needs to be stored on clicking the cancel icon that will terminate the Add media page Multi- Zone Audio system ADD MEDIA

42. Below every floor layout two icons are present • ARM: On clicking Arm icon the Arm mode is selected activating the security system and all the Sensors in the entire house excepting certain areas with override option • VACATION: On clicking vacation icon the vacation mode is selected activating security system and all the sensors without any exceptions SECURITY PAGE ICON Security page VACATION ARM

43. After Arming the security system if any intrusion happens the alert signal appears as shown in the figure with the disarm icon at the top of the layout to disarm the alarm. The sensor icons in the figure indicates the concerned sensors and their location at every corner of the house if any sensor is triggered the concerned icon will be visible indicating the sensor has been triggered DISARM • Alert SENSOR ICONS

44. In this perimeter layout the floor layout is surrounded by an ORANGE colored border with an Orange colored OFF icon in the top indicating the perimeter security is in OFF mode • On clicking the OFF icon the perimeter security (in OFF mode) switches to ON mode and the OFF icon turns to ON icon and the perimeter layout surrounded by the ORANGE border converts to RED border indicating the perimeter security is armed as shown in the figure. PERIMETER OFF ICON PERIMETER ON ICON • Perimeter Security PERIMETER LAYOUT PERIMETER ICON

45. On clicking the Surveillance page icon the surveillance page will be opened displaying the Front view this layout displays the videos of the surveillance cameras located at the front side of the house On clicking the side icon the side view will be displayed layout displays 4 video screens with the Side view this layout displays the videos of the surveillance cameras located at the corners of the house SURVEILLANCE PAGE ICON FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW Surveillance

46. On clicking the irrigation Page icon the Irrigation page is displayed. This page consists of the floor icon bar in the left and the Floor layout in the middle IRRIGATION PAGE ICON IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON/OFF Surveillance

47. The miscellaneous page consists of 4 blocks Television, Steam, Others, Power Generator blocks. The user can select the area of operation for Televisions and Steams and on clicking the OFF icon he can switch ON the device. Others include (Pool heater, Water heater, Dehumidifier, water Circulation) which have a switch OFF timer, where the user can select the time for switching OFF the module. MISCELLANEOUS PAGE ICON STEAM BLOCK Miscellaneous OTHER BLOCK TV BLOCK POWER GENERATOR BLOCK

48. On clicking the settings page icon the settings page will be displayed • The settings page consists of a settings selection bar in the left and the setting window of the concerned setting icon in the middle • The settings bar consists of three icons Security settings, Emergency Contacts, lighting Settings. SETTINGS PAGE ICON SELECTION BAR Settings Page

49. The Setting window of security settings consists 2 blocks as shown in the figure the upper block is Delay Alarm settings block, the lower block is the Change Security Disarm Password. • The Delay Alarm Settings block consists of a Security Arm Delay timer to set the delay time to arm the security system .this timer varies from 0 to 180 seconds. • The Change security Disarm Password block consists of a block to enter the current password and a block to enter new password and block to conform the password and to its left is the keypad to enter the password. DELAY ALARM SETTINGS SECURITY SETTINGS • Security settings CHANGE SECURITY PASSWORD

50. The emergency contacts window consists of three blocks. Add dial contacts, Add/Edit emergency contact numbers, Number of rounds to be dialed. Add dial contacts: This windows displays the contact details of the person to whom a call will be rung when in emergency Edit/Add Emergency contact numbers: This window is used to edit the contact detail in the Add dial contact window. Number of rounds to be dialed: It is used to define number of times to ring up to the concern person in emergency ADD DIAL CONTACTS EDIT EMERGENCY CONTACTS EMERGENCY CONTACTS • Emergency contacts NUMBER OF ROUNDS TO BE DIALED