Why would you use a Home PAC in your house or holiday home? That is the key-question we discuss in this article. What is the added value and do the costs legitimize the use of such a device.
The past decades more and more gadgets for home automation have become available on the market; from alarm system to remoye dimming devices and from multi media to video surveillance over Internet. All these devices have a certain purpose and work with their own ways of communication. People that want to connect things together and by that create a home automation system quickly have the need for a standard and those standards were developed: X10, UPB, Insteon, Enocean and many more. Those standards however only solve part of the problem: you can connect things but where is the central device that lets you monitor and control all those sub-systems in your house. We ended up with many remote controls: one for the shutters, one for the airconditioning, one for the multi media center, etc. Some producers started to make a home console or an all-in-one remote. Those systems might give you the possibility to dim lights, handle your indoor climate even might be able to let you control your garden illumination. The problem with those systems is that you rely on the functionality those systems provide and all have their possibilities and limitations because they are based on predefined
Home Automation, or Domotica provides solutions for remote control of systems used in residential buildings. However what is needed for making home automation complete is a Programmable Automation Controller and until now that was the problem.
The Home PAC is the solution. It is in fact a computer that is made to monitor and control processes, environment and conditions. It can make pre-programmed decisions and take automated action. Moreover the PAC connects to the Internet. The Home PAC is simple, easy to use and flexible. the on board expansion slots provide connectivity to analog an digital signal sources as well as controls for both analog and digital devices. There are over 80 different expansion modules available.
The Home PAC has all what is needed to automate residential buildings and is able to connect to virtually all subsystems in your house. It works with plug and play, meaning that it does not need to power off. Once a new module is installed the system automatically recognizes it and the module is ready for use instantly. If you are short on slots or need satellite units to be installed, i.e. a separate unit for each floor or connecting a group of buildings, you can use expansion units.
The Home PAC is now available with on board windows XP and by that opening a world of connectivity possibilities. There are also versions available with LINUX and Windows CE.
Green Controls Research developed solutions based on the Home PAC. A complete range of solutions make it possible to connect virtually all sub systems in the building.
Home Data Controller; HDC
If you do not want to start with the Home PAC you can install the Home Data Controller, a simpler version of the Home PAC. It is not a computer but a data collection and remote control device.
You later always can expand the system by adding a Home PAC and more expansion units.
A typical configuration with the Home Data Controller and the Home PAC would look like this:
Besides the use of PAC’s for residential buildings, Green Control also has a wide range of applications for commercial buildings and industrial use.
Using Green Controls solutions you will be prepared for future developments such as OLED’s
