US-based company Hauppauge has announced its new ‘mySmarthome’ home monitoring and control kits’ at the IFA 2014, Berlin, Germany. The kits allow users to create an electronic, Cloud-based monitor and control system for their homes.
Hauppauge said in a press release that ‘mySmarthome’ uses a main controller (often called the ‘hub’), which is placed in the home and connects to the home Internet router to wirelessly monitor and control temperature sensors, door sensors, video cameras, infra-red motion sensors, smoke and water sensors plus electric lighting controllers. A service send alerts to a customer’s smartphone via e-mail or text messages.
The kits include the basic controls and sensors to get started with home automation, and are based on the popular and secure Z-Wave wireless technology which is compatible with hundreds of different Z-Wave monitoring and control devices available throughout Europe and North America.
The Hauppauge ‘mySmarthome’ main controller comes pre-configured for up to 5 Z-Wave devices, but can be expanded to up to 100 devices from the hundreds of available Z-Wave devices on the market today.
Hauppauge ‘mySmarthome’ comes with free iOS and Android applications. Designed to be simple to use, the mySmarthome application allows you to monitor motion, measure temperature, brightness as well as lets you switch on and off your electronic devices around your home. The application allows you to control wirelessly your home appliances and electronics. So, whether you want to turn on a light in your home from your office or switch on the kettle in the kitchen it is all now possible directly from any Apple or Android Smartphone or Tablet.
Hauppauge Computer Works is a subsidiary of Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (stock symbol: HAUP), a developer and manufacturer of digital TV receivers for personal computers.
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