Electrical appliance management. Remote power management

Do you know the situation when, on a long-awaited spring day off, instead of spending an extra hour in bed or sitting in front of the TV, drinking a can of beer, you are forced to start the car and take your beloved half to the country? Yes, even with seedlings in boxes and certainly with your beloved mother-in-law. And it would be fine if all this is in a sunny and warm season, but no, it will definitely be cold and damp!

Of course, in the country there is electricity and even heater, and not just any, but modern electric convector, but what's the point? While it warms up cooled for a week country house, the seedlings will already wilt, and the mother-in-law and his wife will not become kinder.

Can help you device remote start- disconnection of electrical load controlled by GSM channel. The market offers many such devices, however, they are usually combined with security systems. Why pay for extra features you don't need? The cheapest option in my opinion is using an adapter with a remote GSM control Oruibo 2200.

The adapter is a device that plugs into the wall outlet of your country electrical network, with slots for load connections with standard electrical plug. Load power should be no more than 2200 watts. The adapter has a slot for installing a SIM card, as well as control buttons and LED indicators.

How does remote heating control work?

Install the adapter into a power outlet, connect the plug of your heater to it (it is advisable to use it with a thermostat to limit the heating of the room to the temperature you need). Insert a SIM card into the slot. The card can be of any operator using GSM frequency 900/1800 megahertz. Using the buttons, enter into the device the phone numbers from which you will turn the heater on and off. Up to five numbers can be used. The procedure itself is not complicated and is described in the instructions. Now, after each call to the adapter's SIM card number, either the load will be turned on or the load will be turned off, depending on which state was the previous one. In this case, the call is dropped, which means that money is not debited from your phone. You can also use SMS send control with a password (set by you), and you will receive a response SMS message with information about the current status of the device.

Now, an hour or two before your appearance at the dacha, you call your smart adapter(or send him an SMS) and calmly get ready to go. By your arrival, the dacha will be heated, your dear companions will not freeze, which means that they will be in a great mood, and your can of beer will be prepared for you along with their grateful smiles.

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Article prepared by: bgnik(from Advego- approx. ed.) especially for the official website of the Electro911 company.

In this article we will tell you how you can turn on household electrical appliances using mobile phone.

Mobile phones are improving all the time, and not only the design is changing. Phones of old models, having lost demand, gather dust among household items, or at best are sold for a symbolic price. But the cell phone has a lot of hidden features! In addition to the fact that your cell phone can be used by law enforcement agencies to spy on you, there are more "pleasant" opportunities for you. It will be about using a mobile phone to perform tasks that are not characteristic of it.

Without major modifications, any mobile phone can be used as a device that phone call turns on or off another device. This device can be any household appliance- a kettle, an iron, a heater, electric lamps, or even an electric heater in the steam room of your country sauna.

Imagine that you are at home in the morning, and you just need to turn on the heater at work, because the public utilities do not heat your office well. Pre-remembering kind word public utilities and calling your "assistant", you appear at work in a couple of hours, while you are pleasantly pleased with a warm room.

The principle of operation is as follows: Inside any mobile (cellular) phone there is a small micromotor, on the shaft of which an eccentric is fixed. This micromotor is responsible for the “vibration” mode of the phone. During a call, a constant voltage is supplied to this motor, it turns a metal eccentric, and since the motor is attached to the phone, the entire device vibrates. In order for you to understand how this motor looks like, I give a photo of two motors from different phones against the background matchbox. It is necessary to turn off this motor, and bring the wires going to it out through an additional connector, or simply directly - with wires. These wires must be connected to the power control circuit shown below.

The circuit is simple and does not require any additional configuration, with correct assembly starts working immediately.

The whole circuit is powered through a limiting capacitor C2, a rectifier VD4-VD7, a limiting resistor R7. An electrolytic capacitor C1 is designed to smooth out mains voltage ripples. To limit the secondary voltage in amplitude and, as a result, to protect against breakdown of the optocoupler D1, the transistor VT1 and the capacitor C1 by a voltage that can exceed the maximum permissible value Uke, a VD3 zener diode is used. It limits the power supply to the circuit at the voltage level of its stabilization.

When a vibrating call appears on the phone, optocoupler D1, transistor VT1 and thyristor VS1 open. An open thyristor turns on relay P1. At the end of the call, the thyristor remains open, therefore the relay P1 remains on. The circuit is returned to its original (disabled) state by pressing the S1 button. The thyristor current is interrupted and it turns off. To control the operation of the device, there is a VD2 LED that indicates that the relay is on.

The diagram shown works on inclusion load but a phone call, but if the wire going to the load socket is switched from pin 3 to pin 2 contact group relay P1.2, then the circuit will work on shutdown phone call loads.

To reduce the size, the power supply of the circuit is transformerless. The capacitance of the capacitor C2 is calculated depending on the relay used (its internal resistance). In this case, the executive relay is a 12-volt automotive relay with an internal resistance of 80 ohms. If another relay is used, then the value of C2 can be calculated in accordance with the methodology described in the article "Transformerless power supply". Since the circuit is transformerless, for safety reasons, optocoupler D1 is used to galvanically isolate the circuits of the telephone and the executive part of the circuit.

About the details: As an optocoupler D1, you can use any, I have indicated the most common, and sold in almost any radio store - PC120. When connecting the device to the terminals going to the phone's vibrating motor, the polarity must be observed. Transistor VT1 any silicon n-p-n type. Thyristor - also any small-sized, both domestic and foreign in the TO-220 case, for example, the BTA12-400 triac. The zener diode must be installed on a small aluminum radiator with an area of ​​\u200b\u200babout 16 cm 2. Rectifier diodes VD4 - VD7 any silicon for a reverse voltage of at least 400 volts. Capacitor C2 - paper, non-polar, for a voltage of at least 400 volts. For convenience, the device can be mounted in a housing network extension cable by making a special fastener for a cell phone on it. One of the extension sockets can be used to connect the phone charger, and the other one can be used to connect the load. Printed circuit board was not developed, the device was assembled on a mounting panel.

A prerequisite before non-standard use of a mobile phone: when registering a SIM card, turn off all additional cellular services, context, receiving and sending SMS messages, which in a huge number “spoof” our phones without our desire. In addition, it is necessary to turn off the dynamic heads that emit the sounds of the call and the voice of the subscriber. Considering that you are going to use an old phone in your modifications, then with its non-standard use, you need to take care of its operation for a long time. Indeed, on older phones, as a rule, for a reason a large number charge-discharge cycles, the battery is very weak, and buying new battery usually doesn't make sense. Modifying the phone, it is necessary to provide for its external power supply. This can be done through a standard phone connector, or without a connector, by making small holes in the phone case and applying power directly to the terminals going to the battery. The main thing is not to overdo it with the charge current. Otherwise, the battery may explode.

This scheme can also be used as a device that, by the wake-up call, which is in any (and in this case, in your old one) cell phone turns on or off another actuator. Imagine that you are in bed in the morning, and you just need to turn on the electric kettle at exactly six o'clock in the morning without getting out of bed. Instead of you, the above diagram will turn on the electric kettle on an alarm clock. To do this, in addition to the above settings, do the following: turn off the vibration mode for incoming calls and SMS messages, turn on the vibration mode for the alarm clock, set the alarm time.

And the main requirement for an electric kettle is that it should not have touch, but keyboard control, have a shutdown function when water boils, and of course, it must be in good working order.

Modern lighting remote control systems have the following undeniable advantages:

• the ability to smoothly control the light, as well as turn off various lighting fixtures;
• implementation of regulation of the level of lighting;
• extending the life of a variety of electrical appliances;
• a noticeable reduction in the consumption of electrical energy.

Radio controlled switches and intelligent control electricity - these are almost limitless prospects that can be applied when creating systems in landscape lighting. street option landscape lighting allows you to give an extraordinary decorative appeal to such objects on adjoining territory, as illuminated paths and steps, a swimming pool, flower beds and flower beds, ponds and fountains, as well as garden plantings. Quite widely used and backlight architectural details country house. Country lighting can be functional and decorative.

Remote control of light: connection (video)

Ways to control light remotely

Comfortable and quality system correct use lighting equipment can be arranged different ways. Most often, for this purpose and control over all lighting devices, one controller or remote control is used.

The maximum number of functions provided by lighting control is included in the smart home system. Any modern wireless lighting system can function using radio wave, infrared and pulse signals.

In order to control the system are used different variants, which can be represented by wall controllers, light switches using remote control, personal computers, as well as smartphones - mobile phones.

Control the light in the country with your phone

The most common ways to control various lighting fixtures include using a phone or smartphone, and The process is carried out in the following ways:

• GSM-module in the form of sending SMS and calls;
• Wi-Fi application.

Lighting control consists in turning off and on the lamps, in adjusting the intensity of lighting, in setting a timer for various lighting fixtures.

How the wall controller works

The most technically simple option remote control is a standard wall controller. His appearance the wall controller is very reminiscent conventional switch and is used to signal the switching on and off of lighting equipment.

This type of device is a modern machine that controls any lighting devices in strict accordance with a certain algorithm determined by the program. Information is sent to the wall controller from different devices, which can be represented by a remote control, sensors or buttons in manual mode. The controller is programmed using a standard computer keyboard and LCD display.

The sensors are accurate, some models have ultrasonic indicators that increase the recognition efficiency. Properly installed photovoltaic cells help control the brightness of the lighting. The process of switching off and on takes place automatically.

Remote turning on and off the light from the computer

Computerization of the process of controlling garden lamps is a modern and convenient option. Typically, in a home remote automation system " Smart House» lighting control interface can be implemented through a special software installed on a personal computer, or performed through a browser, using a special web server that broadcasts a pre-configured page.

In the process of controlling lighting fixtures from a personal computer, the full functionality of the entire system is available, represented by turning on and off absolutely all light groups, as well as adjusting the brightness and launching various lighting or lighting scenarios. The correct implementation of all these possibilities requires the connection of lighting devices using a special programmable device located in a special shield.

If the possibility of installing a shield is completely absent, then lighting fixtures can be controlled from a personal computer using programmable radio relays and special dimmers that operate via the z-wave protocol.

Also acceptable and quite convenient option is the use of special lamps with a radio module in standard lighting fixtures. Such a system is well compatible with special controllers that will act as a web server. The lighting fixtures and controllers regulated through a personal computer, which are already produced in the line, have proven very well. ready-made kits iNels.

How to connect lighting control from a smartphone (video)

Radio-controlled and infrared remotes

Any set of wireless radio-controlled lighting must be equipped with a special radio transmitter that transmits a signal from a special command device via a radio channel. Signal range indicators are directly dependent on the features specific model, but the maximum values ​​are a third of a kilometer. Installing an antenna allows you to increase the radius to 2.5-3.0 km.

To combine all installed radio transmitters into a single system, a control station is used, which helps to control the functioning of the lamps. The control station connects to the computers on which the initial settings are to be set and recorded. Further operation can be carried out in a completely autonomous mode.

Wireless lighting, based on infrared signals, is used in the organization of outdoor lighting. The principle of operation is similar to the functioning of the remote control for the TV. To amplify the signal, a special device can be installed that converts the infrared signal into radio waves, which allows the transmission of commands over a long distance.

Organization of remote control of street lighting at their summer cottage

In this case, the illumination mode of the lighting device is controlled and the state of the system is monitored. Also, the owner of a personal plot has a great opportunity to increase the energy efficiency of outdoor lighting. The advantages of such control include offline operation, complete exclusion of the human factor, minimization of energy losses and increase in backlight efficiency.

Features of self-installation of a remote lighting control system

Too much complex schemes require sufficient knowledge in the field of electronics, as well as the ability to independently perform load calculations and correctly create competent electrical circuits. In order to independently install a system for remote regulation and control of lighting, it is necessary to purchase a ready-to-install unit or shield “PIC”, “AVR” or “ACUHO-GSM” at specialized outlets.

The cost of such equipment is determined by the principle of operation, as well as the main capabilities during operation. It should be noted that systems operating using radio waves are an order of magnitude more expensive than infrared circuits. If knowledge in the field of electronics and installation electrical appliances are completely absent, it is advisable to entrust the installation of the remote control system to professionals.

If it is necessary to provide control of three or four lighting devices, it is recommended to purchase a ready-made package with a remote control and special electrical sockets. This affordable option is easy to use and does not require complex special installation.

Remote-controlled sockets: principle of operation (video)

The power level of lighting devices should be selected depending on the intended operation and purpose. For example, you can provide soft illumination of a small local area with sodium lighting fixtures or DRL lamps, and to decorate a rock garden, pool area or garden paths most commonly used modern led strip.

Modern remote systems lighting on personal plot and the local area have become popular relatively recently. Nevertheless, this option for using lighting fixtures is convenient and practical, therefore it is of great interest to owners of suburban real estate.

Spend a couple of weekends in the winter in the country - what could be better if you want to take a break from the city noise and crowds? And come to Vacation home preheated to comfortable temperature, and even more so.

We have already written about why it is beneficial to use a starter for remote heating of a summer house controlled via a smartphone or tablet. Now let's talk about how to install it yourself. Don't worry, you won't need an electrician or mounting tools, no wires, no special technical knowledge. If you can program, say, a microwave oven with a delay timer, then you can easily handle the installation of the Switching Lite kit.

The included smart surface relays can be connected to electric heaters power up to 3 kW. They are quite enough to warm up the rooms of a medium-sized country house in two to three hours. Ready to try? Begin!

Control scheme heating appliances via the Internet in a country house

Approximate connection time

Maximum 1 hour.

What will be required

Switching Lite Starter Kit

2. Internet connection and wifi router(not included). If your holiday village doesn't have a fixed internet connection, consider purchasing a mobile internet router with built-in Wi-Fi.

We start assembling a system for remote switching on electrical appliances via the Internet

1. Install on your smartphone or tablet free program Z-wave Home Mate.

For Apple mobile devices, it can be downloaded from itunes.apple.com, and for Android devices, from play.google.com. Owners android tablets Z-wave Home Mate version is suitable, for smartphone owners - Z-wave Home Mate (Phone).

1. Read the instructions for the mobile app, Z-Wave controller and relay carefully.

Instructions in Russian can be downloaded here:

It is more convenient to print these documents in advance so as not to read from the smartphone screen - your mobile device needed to make settings.

1. Connect the Z-Wave controller to the WiFi router.

The procedure is simple. In short, run mobile app, scan the QR code with your smartphone camera back side controller and enter the factory password and username specified in the instructions. Then go to the device list screen and click on the name of the controller. See more details. It will help you get the job done faster.

Important! After connecting, be sure to change the factory password of the Z-Wave controller. Changing your password is a standard security procedure for any smart device connected to the Internet.

1. Connect the relay to the controller.

To do this, select the “Include device” item in the application: for 60 seconds, the controller will enter the search mode for a new device. Then plug the new relay into an outlet. The controller will detect it and add it to the network. The name of the relay will be displayed in the general list of connected devices. Try turning the relay on/off via the app.

Important! When adding a new device for the first time, the controller must be at a distance of no more than 1 m from it. After successful addition to the network, the relay can be connected to any outlet that is no more than 30 m away from the controller.

1. Connect heaters to smart relays and try to control them through the app.

Happened? Your system is ready to go! Now, when leaving home for a summer cottage, just run the program on your smartphone and remotely turn on the heating. In the application, you can program sockets so that they start and stop work automatically in given time.

You can connect not only heaters to smart sockets, but also other household electrical appliances. And most importantly, the Switching Lite kit will become the basis of your future smart home. Unlike devices that use to control mobile network GSM and SMS messages, the system based on Z-Wave technology is easy to expand. Just buy additional sensors for motion, temperature, opening and closing doors and windows, water leakage, alarms, etc. Moreover, you do not have to purchase a SIM card for each module, as required by GSM products. And the convenient and intuitive Z-wave Home Mate app will help you manage your smart home without any hassle.

Household appliances are designed to provide a person with a comfortable existence. But over the past decade, so many household appliances have accumulated in almost every home that a new problem has arisen: how to control their work. The smart home itself controls the operation of all household appliances. Socket management for all electrical appliances in the house - TV, iron, refrigerator, dishwasher and washing machine, electric heaters, etc. obeyed one or two button presses on the control panel, all sockets were connected to each other in one network and subordinated to the Smart Home system. Now, with one touch of a button on the control panel, you can turn on or turn off the device or group of devices you need. It is important that you can do this even when you are away from home, using your mobile phone. In case you are in doubt whether you turned off the iron today, leaving for work, simply use your mobile phone to unplug the socket into which the iron was plugged in. If necessary, the Smart Home will de-energize the entire building, with the exception of those groups of electricity consumers that are critical for the operation of the system itself.

Remote control of sockets allows you to program the operation of household appliances in such a way that they turn on or off according to a specific scenario - according to a predetermined schedule. So, if the house has external nightlights that are plugged into sockets, you can program their work depending on the time of day or day of the week. If, for example, you do not want your child to watch TV after 21:00, you can set the system so that it will turn off the socket that the TV is connected to at 21:00. While at work, you will be able to control whether the child turned off all the electrical appliances when leaving for school. There can be any number of instrument control scenarios. As a result, you will not only feel safe, but also save energy.

climate control

Creating the desired microclimate in the room is achieved by the coordinated operation of a number of devices. It can be electrical and gas boilers, radiators, floor heating systems, air conditioners, air humidifiers, ventilation system. Managing these devices in manual mode creates a lot of inconvenience. It is necessary to adjust their operation each time in accordance with weather conditions, time of day, owner's preferences, etc. Moreover, it is difficult if each room needs to create its own microclimate. In the Smart Home, climate control is carried out using a personal computer, mobile phone or a single control panel. It only takes a few clicks to create a personal microclimate for each room.

The main role in creating an indoor climate is given to heat sources. These can be radiators, converters, underfloor heating, in some cases, air conditioning. A smart home will independently choose the most cost-effective, at a given time of day, heat source. So, for example, if you have two boilers installed: electric and gas, then at nightfall, the Smart Home will automatically switch from gas heating for electric, which is much cheaper at night. A smart home is called smart because, for example, it will not allow heating batteries to turn on when the air conditioner is running. The presence of special temperature sensors allows it to respond to changing weather conditions outside the window. In warm weather, the Smart Home will automatically turn off the "extra" heating, thereby saving electricity consumption.

Fig. 2. Climate control in the "Smart Home" system

The ideal solution is to connect the climate control system in the house to a personal weather station. At the same time, the temperature regime in the house will correspond to the schedule or scenario you have chosen, and will be maintained depending on the readings of the station.

At the same time, on the day of your return, you will be able to switch the house to the "Heat" mode and by your arrival in the house the air will be established in the house and will warm up to a comfortable state. At the same time, an individual climate scenario can be developed for each room.

A smart home allows you to program the operation of each heating battery, air conditioner and other climatic devices in such a way that you can create your own microclimate in different rooms.

For example, in a children's room, during the day the temperature will be maintained at around 21 0 C, and in non-residential premises, (pantry, veranda, etc.) the economy mode will be maintained. As a rule, a wine cellar, winter garden rooms, a swimming pool, a library are allocated to a special climatic zone, in which the Smart Home automatically maintains the desired temperature and humidity.

Thanks to integration into the Smart Home system, it is possible to achieve more efficient use of such common household appliances as air conditioning. In this case, if the temperature in the room needs to be raised by several degrees, air conditioners can be used as heating devices. On the other hand, thanks to special sensors, the Smart Home itself will "think" of turning off the air conditioner when the windows are open. You can control all the air conditioners in your house using a single control panel. You can turn on or turn off the air conditioner in any room, for example, in the kitchen. At the same time, not only turn on or off this or that air conditioner, but also control the temperature, intensity and direction of air flows for each device individually. With the help of a mobile phone, you can control air conditioners in the house, being in the office or in the car. For example, on a hot day, at the end of the working day, you can turn on the air conditioner, and it will cool the apartment for your arrival.

Smart ventilation not only brings fresh air into the house, but also keeps it clean. Ventilation is controlled either according to a schedule or according to a specific event. In the first case, ventilation will turn on / off at a pre-set time of day or day of the week. For example, some time before going to bed, the air in the bedroom will be automatically ventilated. In the second case, ventilation can work on a specific event: special sensors will monitor the "quality" of the air and the amount of CO2 in it. If a lot of people have gathered in the house, the sensor reacts to an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide, and the ventilation system works more actively. And vice versa - if there is no one in the house - the system will work in energy-saving mode. If sensors installed in places of probable gas leakage or smoke sensors are triggered, the ventilation system will turn on automatically and will work at maximum.

The creation of a comfortable indoor climate is largely facilitated by normal humidity. For the human body, it is 40-60%. If the proportion is not maintained, health problems may arise. The humidifier built into the Smart Home system will easily solve the problem of humidity in your home. And it will do it automatically, without your constant intervention. The coordinated operation of the equipment in the Smart Home: heating systems, underfloor heating, air conditioners, ventilation, air filtration and humidification, allows you to save your time, money and resources. In this case, a number of special sensors are used, which not only control the air conditions in the premises of the house and outside the window, but also the safe operation of all devices in the system.