| Imagine you walk into your home after a hard | | | | The home automation system works by breaking |
| day at office and every thing from the lights to | | | | the existing equipments in the house into four |
| the central heating system gets switched on | | | | categories of purpose that they serve. The first |
| automatically when you enter the house. You do | | | | category includes lighting control. This helps you to |
| not have to even make an effort to go to each | | | | turn the lights on and of remotely. They prove to |
| switchboard to get them started. Now it has | | | | be quite helpful for conserving energy. The next |
| become possible to make this dream of yours | | | | category involves home security. They integrate |
| come true with the technology of home | | | | range of security mechanisms to protect you |
| automation. The basic purpose of home | | | | from intruders by not letting them enter your |
| automation is to make things for the human | | | | premises and alerting you before hand. The third |
| beings more easy and comfortable. It is almost | | | | category involves climate control. They play a |
| like in fairy tales where you clap and you get | | | | crucial role in maintaining the temperature of the |
| whatever you want without any effort. | | | | room automatically and also conserves energy by |
| The word automation is used to refer to a | | | | switching the system off when there is no one at |
| method of using automatic means to control a | | | | home. The last category involves the automatic |
| process so as to lessen the amount of human | | | | regulation of home entertainment. You can |
| interference. This technology has become very | | | | manage your music system and your television |
| popular in the manufacturing business where | | | | with the use of remote. You even have the |
| robots with a complicated built are used during the | | | | option to create new settings where you can |
| manufacture of laptops, mobiles, cars and many | | | | combine all these categories into one. For example |
| more such products. The use of automation | | | | you can have a party button which when |
| system has made the manufacturing industry | | | | switched on will dim the lights, pullsdown the blinds |
| more efficient as lesser work force is required in | | | | and plays your favorite music. |
| the business. | | | | The functioning of all home automation system is |
| At your house, home automation serves a similar | | | | based on relaying of signals. There are many |
| purpose, which is to free you from all the hassles | | | | techniques of performing this like Z-Wave |
| of managing everything. All homes possess some | | | | (wireless), X10 and UPB (wired signals) and |
| kind of technology, often an assortment of | | | | Insteon (wired and wireless combination). These |
| technologies. There are the lights, the heating | | | | systems also incorporate some system so that |
| system, the security system and many more. | | | | you can control the signals. Highly developed |
| With the use of the home automation system | | | | systems have central controls so that the user |
| you can enhance the existing equipments by | | | | can control any part of the system. Technologies |
| automating them so that you can communicate | | | | are also available so that you can control your |
| with them without actually being near them to | | | | system by phone or the computer or over the |
| regulating them manually. | | | | internet. |