Præsentationen blev holdt ved InfinIT-konferencen SummIT 2013, der blev afholdt den 22. maj 2013 på Axelborg i København. Læs mere om konferencen her: http://www.infinit.dk/dk/arrangementer/tidligere_arrangementer/summit_2013.htm

1. The Homeport Project
Status and future developments
Arne Skou
CISS, Aalborg University
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2. Basic Building Blocks
for Home Automation
 Communication:
 ZigBee, Z-Wave, HTTP, etc.
 Clients:
 Remotes
 Phones
 Tablets
 Panels
 Etc.
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3. Challenges in Home
Automation
 Device Communication
 Which protocols to use
 Wired vs wireless
 Interoperability
 Device discovery
 Client development
 Device configuration
 Energy optimization
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4. Home solutions
 Configuration and service discovery:
 ZeroConf
 mDNS
 Client communication and
configuration:
 HTTP and REST
 Power consumption:
 Linux and Events
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5. Homeport Architecture
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6. Adapters
 Contains all the "stuff" specific to the
physical layer
 Uses all of the above for configuration and
publication of services
 Example adapters
 Conlan
 Bluetooth access control and proximity
 ZigBee (both general and specific)
 Phidgets
 Z-Wave
 ZenseHome
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7. Homeport Installation
 Open Source: https://github.com/home-
port/HomePort
 Linux based, c-library
 Read tutorial: https://github.com/home-
port/HomePort/wiki
 Talk to us:
- homeport-support@cs.aau.dk or
- homeport-info@cs.aau.dk
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8. Homeport future activities
 Multiple adapter support
 Dynamic loading of adapters
 More free ready to use adapters
 Tiny HomePort
 Embedded control
 Standardisation
 Your ideas?
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9. Future Embedded Control
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10. Homeport application in
ongoing projects
 TotalFlex, EUDP, 2012-2016: Collection of
metering data to be used in flexoffers in a
future prosumer-driven energy market.
 INTRepID, EU, 2012-2015: Optimization of
energy consumption in intelligent buildings.
 Arrowhead, EU, 2013-2017: International
demonstrator of the TotalFlex results.
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