Home Automation using Remote Control System

Electricity became a part of modern life and one cannot think of a world without it. Electricity has many uses in our day to day life. It is used for lighting rooms, working fans and domestic appliances like using electric stoves, A/C and more. All these provide comfort to people. In factories, large machines are worked with the help of electricity. Essential items like food, cloth, paper and many other things are the product of electricity.

Modern means of transportation and communication have been revolutionized by it. Electric trains and battery cars are quick means of travel. Electricity also provides means of amusement, radio, television and cinema, which are the most popular forms of entertainment, are the result of electricity. Modern equipment like computers and robots have also been developed because of electricity. Electricity plays a pivotal role in the fields of medicines and surgery too such as X-ray, ECG. The use of electricity is increasing day by day.

Today we are living in 21st century where automation is playing important role in human life. Home automation allows us to control household appliances like light, door, fan, AC etc. It also provides home security and emergency system to be activated.

Home automation not only refers to reduce human efforts but also energy efficiency and time saving. The main objective of home automation and security is to help handicapped and old aged people which will enable them to control home appliances and alert them in critical situations. The automation of features in one’s home helps to promote security, comfort, energy efficiency, and convenience. Another benefit of home automation systems is the amount of labor, time, energy and materials that is saved.

The increasing ubiquity of heterogeneous computing devices such as laptop computers, palms, mobiles etc. shows that users prefer a ubiquitous access of a system rather than to be uncomfortably forced to go physically to the nearest control point. Remote control saves time and everybody is aware of this, it also provides increased security and flexibility. For example, if the user receives a SMS saying that there was an intrusion, he/she can connect to the internet and watch the video cameras inside the house to see what happens, another example could be the possibility to turn on the heaters from the distance using a mobile, laptop or PDA so as soon as the user reaches the house it will be hot already, this could be really useful especially in cold countries. As a matter of fact security will always be a main priority in all families, and prevention is better than cure

By receiving alerts in a portable device user is informed of all possible issues occurring in the house and it gives the possibility to deal with it using different ways of control like instant messaging, since many users are already familiar with the concepts and user interfaces of instant messaging. Many computers and mobile devices also already have instant messaging clients installed.

The traditional wired electric control is a great system, but it can be difficult to Control the areas of access. Often the range of a wireless network reaches outside the physical boundaries of an organization.