1. Home Automation system
for Arjun Rao’s Home

2. Introduction
Mr.Arjun Rao is a well known person in Hyderabad, who started his own company
named Value Labs in Hyderabad, Mr.Arjun Rao had recently moved to his new
residence at jubilee hills, this house is a large and a beautiful building consisting
of four floors.
In the ground floor it has parking area, Lobby, Living, Longue, Kitchen, Swimming pool and
G the garden.
In the first floor it has longue, home theater, covered terrace, east side bedroom, west side
1 bedroom, north side bedroom and stair case.
2 In the second floor it has a lobby, puja room, master bedroom, walk-in closet and stair case.
3 In the third floor it has gym, bath room and sauna room.

3. Introduction
Completely automated with Preset controls
for easy operation of the house, scheduled
1 lighting control for a pleasant look of the
house.
Included with an advanced irrigation system
2 with time scheduling etc.
Included with high end visitor management
system i.e. biometric door locks and Video
3 door phones etc.
Included with hi-fi music system with multi
Mr&Mrs Arjun Rao wants this home 4 zone audio.
to be
Completely secured with advanced security
system and surveillance, so they can
5 operate and monitor the entire home
remotely (using touch panels).

4. Overview
To fulfill all the above needs the layout of the house is planned as below:
Automation system Security system
 The home automation system for this home is
designed to have special preset operations,
Schedule based operations.
 The entire home needs an advanced automation
with automating Lights, Fans, A/Cs, Drapes, water
heaters and TVs etc.
 The home is provided with an advanced security
 All the lighting controls will be provided with system with door status indicators, glass break
dimming operation. sensors, gas leak sensors and smoke sensors etc.
 Occupancy based lighting control will be provided  The home will be surrounded by an advanced
in every room. surveillance system with long range night vision
cameras.
 The house is surrounded by a garden which will be
provided with irrigation system.  Visitor management system will be provided with
video door phone and biometric access control.
 The swimming pool is automated with pool
automation system.
 Zonal audio system will be provided in every corner
of the house
 The generator is to be given a ON/OFF option

5. Implementation Layout:
MOOD/DIMMING MOOD/DIMMI MOTION SENSORMOTION
MOTORIZED MOTORIZE
LIGHTING LIGHTING
LIGHTING NG LIGHTING LIGHTING SENSOR
DRAPES D DRAPES
LIGHTING
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
AUTOMATION SYSTEM AUTOMATION SYSTEM
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER
FINGER PRINT FINGER
DOORLOCK PRINT
MULTI-ZONE MULTI-ZONE
DOORLOCK
AUDIO SYSTEM AUDIO
(MOTU) SYSTEM
(MOTU) SPEAKER
SPEAKERS
ACCESS ACCESS S
CONTROL CONTRO
SYSTEM L
SYSTEM SERVER
SERVER
CLIENT
VIDEO DOOR VIDEO DOOR
PHONE PHONE
CLIENT
SECURITY SYSTEM SHUTTLESHUTTLE X50
X50
SECURITY SYSTEM
SURVEILLANCE SURVEILLANCE
SYSTEM (DVR) SYSTEM (DVR)
WIRELESS
WIRELESS
IPAD IPAD
BURGLER BURGLE SECURITY SECURIT SURVEILLANCE SURVEILLANC
ALARM AUTO DILING R AUTO Y CAMERAS E CAMERAS
SENSORS
ALARM DILING SENSORS

6. Hardware used and technical specifications
Blaze automation central unit is used for
Blaze automation automating the lighting controls. It consists of
central unit different gateways which perform different
operations.
Lighting gateway Security gateway Surveillance
Blaze designed an
advanced lighting gateway The Surveillance is one of the
The Heart of Arjun Rao’s home
which helps the user to major parts of the Blaze
security system is the Blaze
operate lighting in his Security system. This consists
advanced security gateway
surroundings through a of long range cameras with
which is one of the world’s best
touch panel form anywhere night vision and video display
security gateways
in the world through with high definition capability
internet.

7. Hardware used and technical specifications
Blaze automation central unit is used for
Blaze automation automating the lighting controls. It consists of
central unit different gateways which perform different
operations.
Visitor management Multi-Zone Audio Client (Touch Panel)
The perfect digital music system
for bars, restaurants, taverns,
Visitor management system
hotels, even smart homes! Using Blaze integration with Apple or
will help you to welcome
multiple inexpensive sound shuttle will be a perfect
and manage your incoming
cards or mixers with USB inputs, combination of content and
and outgoing visitors
you can have songs playing to technology to create the perfect
whether it a residence or
multiple systems in different home entertainment system.
corporate office
rooms, all at the same time with
ease.

8. Lighting gateway
Lighting controls provide an aesthetic and highly
flexible enhancement to your home’s decor and
also offer the potential for significant energy
savings.
 Lighting gateway can operate lights, fans, TVs ,
Product Name Blaze Automation
AC’s and heaters etc., which can be operated
through the touch panel. System
 Lighting gateway also provides the privilege of Product Model BAS AD-1000
scheduling for the lighting control.
 Occupancy based lighting control: Occupancy
Control Panel’s DC 12V/1A
based lighting control is carried out using motion
sensors. Power Supply
 Dimming module: Dimming is used for dimming of
the lighting.
Standby Current 35mA
Alarm Current 450mA

9. Lighting control
Lighting controls provide an aesthetic and highly flexible enhancement to your home’s decor
and also offer the potential for significant energy savings.
The ability to control the amount of light in a room can reflect your style and allow you to
enjoy your home to its fullest potential. Varying the amount of light can add beauty and make
a small room look open and spacious or a large room appears more intimate and inviting.
When considering the lighting options for your home, you have to take into account the types
of activities that will occur in each room and the sort of atmosphere that you wish to create for
the perfect ambiance.

10. Occupancy based lighting
Occupancy sensors are indoor lighting controls that detect activities within
certain area. They provide convenience by turning lights on automatically when
someone enters a room and reduce lighting energy use by turning lights off soon
after the last occupant has left the room. This technology also incorporates sensing
of natural light to adjust the level of artificial lighting, based on the adequacy of the
available natural light. Some types of photo-sensitive controls operate by turning the
controlled lights on or off based on natural light levels, while others operate by
continuously dimming the controlled lights. A wide variety of technologies are
involved to detect occupants and send appropriate signals to area lighting.

11. Lights dimming control

12. A/C operation
A/C system used in this home is
Toshiba which is integrated with Blaze Blaze
automation system, through this Server
system we can make the like Switch
ON/OFF, Temperature control,
Minimum temperature and Maximum Variable refrigerant flow
air conditioning system
temperature options etc. module
The above figure displays the Outdoor Outdoor Outdoor
communication flow of the AC unit unit unit
control unit. Variable refrigerant flow
(VRF) air conditioning system used
in this automation is TCB-
IFMB640TLE, which is shown
below.
Indoor Indoor Indoor Indoor
Variable Indoor Indoor unit unit unit
unit unit unit
refrigerant flow air
conditioning system
module

13. Circulator
The Circulator acts as a passive solar water heater by taking the water in the solar water heater
tank and, heated by the sun, and shooting it down to the cooler pipe lines for the bath rooms.
In the running of hot-water piping on ordinary work the supply lines to fixtures are run as directly
as possible to them, the different branches ending at the fixtures. Although the water in the piping
is supposed to be hot, it cools very fast under certain conditions, and especially in branches at a
distance from the boiler. In many of these branches, particularly those which supply fixtures not
in constant use, the hot-water pipe for a considerable distance from the fixture is generally filled
with water that is either cold or nearly so. This means that before hot water can be drawn at the
fixture, a considerable length of pipe filled with cold water must be drawn off before the water
comes hot. Under all circumstances, this is an annoyance to the person using the fixture. So a
remedy for this
Hot water coming
from the solar heater
Water tank
Circulator
Hot water coming The circulator will circulate the water in the pipe
from the solar heater by mixing up the cool water in the pipelines with
the hot water from the heater and forwards hot
water when the user needs it
Cool water in
the pipelines
Washroom
Water
pipeline
Washroom

14. Security gateway
Security system is a specialized field dealing
with specified requirements of homes in the
usage of easy-to-use technologies for the
security of residents.
 It communicates wirelessly with all the
sensors by arming/disarming the sensors
and by receiving the status indication from Product Name Wireless Intruder Alarm
the sensors and sends the updates to the System
touch panel via Ethernet cable and sends
alerts to the users mobile or telephone via
GSM Product Model BAS AD-1000
 And communicates with the touch panel Control Panel’s DC 12V/1A
through an Ethernet port by receiving
commands like arm/disarm and sending the Power Supply
updates of the sensors and alerts if any
Standby Current 35mA
 Can communicate with remotes wirelessly
by arming certain areas for the user without
reaching up to the touch panel Alarm Current 450mA

15. Security Sensors
Door Sensors
Door sensors are used to for door
status indication i.e. it will indicate
whether a door is open or closed.
Button DC Power supply DC 9V battery and
Smoke Sensors and light back-up source
indicator
Smoke sensors are used for the to switch AC power supply 110V-240V AC
fire or smoke detection and the ON and mains power
areas which are located almost in OFF supply
every corner of the house Supply voltage DC 12V-30V
Glass break Sensors Operation 9~16 volts DC
voltage
These sensors are used to
indicate when a glass door is Static current ≤ 15mA (12 VDC)
broken. Such sensors are used Alarm current ≤ 25mA
when a room contains large glass Detection range Min 15DB
windows

16. Security Accessories
Hooter
The hooter is connected to the
security system which is used to
sire the alarm when an emergency
occurs
Key fobs
These are used as remotes for
operating the security system

17. Surveillance system
Surveillance system is used for monitoring Blaze
Server
the surrounding of the home using security
night vision cameras. This system majorly Server
consists of two modules Camera
DVR
1.DVR Client
2.Night vision camera.
DVR
DVR abbreviated as Digital Video
Recorder is used to record the video
data collected for the
In this project we used a 4channel
DVR
Camera
Cameras used in this project are
Samsung SIR-4150 cameras which
are used mainly for night vision

18. Visitor management System Camera
Visitor management system will help you to VDP
welcome and manage your incoming and Calling bell button
outgoing visitors whether it a residence or
corporate office
This system includes:
1.Video Door Phone
Biometric door lock
2.Biometric Door Lock
Video Door Phone
The VDP used in this project is a product Client
of Zavio.
The outdoor unit is located at
Motorized
the entrance of the house. The indoor unit gate
Blaze
is integrated with the touch panel. The Central Client
visuals taken by the outdoor unit can be unit
viewed from the touch panel.
In this VDP system only the
video from the VDP will be carried the Blaze Client
touch panel, No voice communication will Server
take place. VDP

19. Biometric Door Lock
The door lock used in this project is VIRDI 430FP Fingerprint
Authentication Door Lock.
This product is a fingerprint recognition digital door lock that is
installed at the entrance door.
The features of this product are as follows
• Three way operation with Finger print, Password and
emergency keys.
• Easy locking with a button press.
• Prank prevention technology.
• Forced intrusion alarm technology.
• Access to more than 50 user finger prints.

20. Multi- Zone Audio System
The perfect digital music system for
bars, restaurants, taverns, hotels, even smart
homes. Using multiple inexpensive sound cards Blaze
or mixers with USB inputs, you can have songs Server
playing to multiple systems in different rooms, all
at the same time with ease. Low CPU and PCI Audio
card
memory usage, fully multi-threaded, so no
skipping. Switch sound outputs on the fly, and
more.
Audio Mixer
Amplifie Amplifier
r
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4
speakers speakers speakers speakers

21. PCI Audio Card
The PCI-424 core system is a computer-based
hard disk recording system for Mac OS and
Windows that offers 24 simultaneous inputs and
outputs per
Audio Wire cable, expandable to 96
inputs/outputs. A core system consists of a PCI
card connected to a standard 19-inch,
single-space, rack-mountable audio interface.

22. 24 analog 24-bit/96 kHz inputs and outputs
The 24I/O is a single-space, rack mountable chassis
with gold-plated analog audio connectors on its
rear panel and level meters on the front. The rear
panel has 24 gold-plated, balanced +4dB TRS
analog inputs and outputs with 24-bit A/D
converters. All inputs and outputs can be accessed
simultaneously. Internally, the 24I/O has a 24-bit
data path to and from the computer so that all
audio data is carried to/from the computer in 24
bits.

23. Client (Touch Panel)
The touch panel used for Arjun Rao’s home automation system was Shuttle X50
The Shuttle X50 all-in-one desktop powered by the
energy-efficient Intel® Atom™ 330 dual-core processor
makes it easy to enjoy music, movies, videos, and even
surf the web in style at home or in the office. It’s slim,
elegant, portable, and features a 15.6” touchscreen
display for simple touch operation by finger or stylus pen.
What’s more, the stand is convertible so it can be flipped
upward for carrying around, or even be removed for
mounting on a wall. The possibilities are endless to what
you can do with this all-in-one.

24. Software used and technical specifications
Introduction
The basic UI displays majorly 3 parts
MENU BAR: It displays all the menu icons Home, lighting, Fan etc.
LAYOUT: This will display the Page of the menu icon selected
EMERGENCY ICONS: These are the emergency keys on click give the emergency alarm and
dialup to the prescribed emergency numbers
MENU BAR
LAYOUT
EMERGENCY
ICONS

25. Introduction
On to the top left corner of the UI an icon is present on clicking this icon it will close the UI (Not the
application) temporarily and switch to the desktop
On the desktop to its right an icon ”Back to Automation “is present on clicking this icon it will take
us back to the Automation UI
TO PC

26. Operation flow diagram
Once the entire system is initialized the Hardware starts communicating with the touch
panel (software) through the Blaze central unit.
First it initializes the connection with the automation server
If the client is not connected to the server a message “ connecting to the Automation server”
appears as soon the as the server is connected the message disappears

27. Home Page
Home page consists of preset icon , which are used to perform pre defined operations
Home page will provide the user to perform is regular activities easily
HOME
PAGE
ICON
PRESET
ICONS

28. Presets
On clicking a preset icon predefined operations are performed which are a set of
operations performed together reducing the strain of the user
Night mode
Night mode is a time based preset which works only after 9PM.On clicking this icon it will.
NIGHT
MODE

29. Home theater
On clicking the icon the Home theater preset will be activated which will
•Roll down the drapes in the home theater.
•All lights off except a pair of lights at the back of the home theater
HOME
THEATER
MODE

30. Swimming pool mode
Swimming pool mode is a schedule based operation, which works only at night. On
clicking this icon at night
•Lights inside the swimming pool will be switched ON.
•Pair of lights near the swimming pool will be switched ON.
SWIMMING
POOL MODE

31. Gym mode
Gym preset will be a simple one , on selecting this preset
• The A/C in the gym room will be switched on
GYM
MODE

32. 6PM to 9PM ground floor lights mode
This mode is also a time based operation. On selecting this mode
•Lighting will be dimmed using low light
•1 light will be switched ON in the lobby
•A pair of lights will be switched ON in the living room and bar cabinet
•
•Hanging lights behind the stair case will be switched ON
6PM TO 9PM
GROUND
FLOOR
LIGHTING
MODE

33. After 9PM bedroom preset
On selecting this mode
•In the ground and the third floor all the lights which are ON will be switched OFF
•All the lights in the second floor master bed room will be switched OFF except for a pair of
lights.
•All the motion sensors in the bedrooms will be turned OFF.
AFTER 9PM
BEDROOM
PRESET

34. Lighting Page
All the lighting operations are performed through this lighting page
This lighting page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout
The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor
The floor layout displays the floor map of the house to identify and selecting the area of operation
easily.
LIGHTING
PAGE ICON
FLOOR ICON
BAR FLOOR
LAYOUT

35. Lighting Page
On clicking the home theater in the floor layout, the home theater will be selected
and zoomed out displaying the lights in the home theater area.
On clicking the lights in the home theater the lights will be switched on and the
light icon glows indicating the light is switched NO.
LIGHT ICON
HOME
THEATER

36. Fan Page
All the fan control operations are performed through the fan page
This Fan page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout
The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor
The floor layout displays the floor map of the house to identify and selecting the area of operation
easily.
FAN PAGE
ICON
FAN ICON
FLOOR
ICON BAR
FLOOR
LAYOUT

37. A/C Page
All the A/C control operations are performed through the A/C page
This A/C page consists of a floor icon bar and the floor layout
The floor icon bar consists of the floor icons for selecting the required floor
On clicking the AC icon an operation window pops up for making the AC operations
A/C PAGE
ICON
A/C ICON
FLOOR ICON OPERATION
BAR WINDOW

38. Drapes page
On clicking the Drapes Page icon the Drapes page is displayed
This page consists of a Floor icon bar in the left and the Floor layout in the middle
On clicking the Upper arrow in the icon the drape moves upwards and on clicking the lower
arrow the drape moves downwards
Beside the drape icon a full up/full down icon is present . On clicking the full up icon the Drape
completely moves up words and on clicking the full down icon the drape moves down
completely
DRAPE ICONS
UP/DOWN
DRAPE ICONS FULL
UP/FULL DOWN
FLOOR
ICON BAR

39. Multi- Zone Audio system
On clicking the Audio Page icon the Audio Page is displayed
This page consists of 4 different blocks Zone, Library, Add Media, Display and Audio Player
blocks.
Zone block consists of different zones to select a zone to play an audio track in that particular
zone
Library block consists of Audio libraries (Audio books, Albums, Podcasts) from which you
want to play your audio track
AUDIO PAGE
ICON
ZONE
LIBRARY

40. Multi- Zone Audio system
Display block contains two displays one in the left shows the audio files in the Library (Audio
book, Albums, Podcasts) you have selected. The one in the right displays the Audio tracks
from the selected audio files
Audio Player will display the Zone name (where the song is being played ) in the top and
other player requirements( Play, Pause Stop, Volume, equalizer, effects ) in the middle
DISPLAY
AUDIO PLAYER

41. Multi- Zone Audio system
Add Media is used to add files to the Audio Libraries .On clicking the Add media icon a window
appears as shown in the figure which contains 3 icons (Podcasts, Albums, Audio Books) to select in
which an Audio track needs to be stored on clicking the cancel icon that will terminate the Add
media page
ADD MEDIA

42. Security page
Below every floor layout two icons are present
ARM: On clicking Arm icon the Arm mode is selected activating the security system and all the
Sensors in the entire house excepting certain areas with override option
VACATION: On clicking vacation icon the vacation mode is selected activating security system
and all the sensors without any exceptions
SECURITY PAGE
ICON
ARM VACATION

43. Alert
After Arming the security system if any intrusion happens the alert signal appears as
shown in the figure with the disarm icon at the top of the layout to disarm the alarm.
The sensor icons in the figure indicates the concerned sensors and their location at every
corner of the house if any sensor is triggered the concerned icon will be visible indicating the
sensor has been triggered
DISARM
SENSOR ICONS

44. Perimeter Security
In this perimeter layout the floor layout is surrounded by an ORANGE colored border with
an Orange colored OFF icon in the top indicating the perimeter security is in OFF mode
On clicking the OFF icon the perimeter security (in OFF mode) switches to ON mode and the
OFF icon turns to ON icon and the perimeter layout surrounded by the ORANGE border
converts to RED border indicating the perimeter security is armed as shown in the figure.
PERIMETER OFF
PERIMETER ON
ICON
PERIMETER
PERIMETER LAYOUT
ICON

45. Surveillance
On clicking the Surveillance page icon the surveillance page will be opened displaying
the Front view this layout displays the videos of the surveillance cameras located at the front
side of the house
On clicking the side icon the side view will be displayed layout displays 4 video
screens with the Side view this layout displays the videos of the surveillance cameras
located at the corners of the house
SURVEILLANCE
PAGE ICON
FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW

46. Surveillance
On clicking the irrigation Page icon the Irrigation page is displayed. This page consists of
the floor icon bar in the left and the Floor layout in the middle
IRRIGATION PAGE
ICON
IRRIGATION
SYSTEM ON/OFF

47. Miscellaneous
The miscellaneous page consists of 4 blocks Television, Steam, Others, Power
Generator blocks.
The user can select the area of operation for Televisions and Steams and on clicking
the OFF icon he can switch ON the device.
Others include (Pool heater, Water heater, Dehumidifier, water Circulation) which
have a switch OFF timer, where the user can select the time for switching OFF the module.
MISCELLANEOUS
PAGE ICON
STEAM BLOCK
OTHER BLOCK TV BLOCK
POWER
GENERATOR
BLOCK

48. Settings Page
On clicking the settings page icon the settings page will be displayed
The settings page consists of a settings selection bar in the left and the setting window of the
concerned setting icon in the middle
The settings bar consists of three icons Security settings, Emergency Contacts, lighting
Settings.
SETTINGS
PAGE ICON
SELECTION
BAR

49. Security settings
The Setting window of security settings consists 2 blocks as shown in the figure the
upper block is Delay Alarm settings block, the lower block is the Change Security Disarm
Password.
The Delay Alarm Settings block consists of a Security Arm Delay timer to set the delay
time to arm the security system .this timer varies from 0 to 180 seconds.
The Change security Disarm Password block consists of a block to enter the current
password and a block to enter new password and block to conform the password and to its left
is the keypad to enter the password.
DELAY ALARM
SECURITY SETTINGS
SETTINGS
CHANGE
SECURITY
PASSWORD

50. Emergency contacts
The emergency contacts window consists of three blocks. Add dial contacts, Add/Edit
emergency contact numbers, Number of rounds to be dialed.
Add dial contacts: This windows displays the contact details of the person to whom a
call will be rung when in emergency
Edit/Add Emergency contact numbers: This window is used to edit the contact detail in the
Add dial contact window.
Number of rounds to be dialed: It is used to define number of times to ring up to the concern
person in emergency
ADD DIAL
CONTACTS EDIT EMERGENCY
CONTACTS
EMERGENCY
CONTACTS
NUMBER OF
ROUNDS TO BE
DIALED

51. Motion sensor Settings
This settings window consists of floor layout with the floor icons in its left
The layout displays the Motion sensor icons located at different locations.
Indicates the motion sensor is in ON mode.
Indicates the Motion sensor is in OFF mode
MOTION SENSOR
OFF MODE
ON
MOTION SENSOR
SETTINGS

52. Video Door Phone
When any visitor pres the call button in the outdoor video door phone unit a Video door
phone window appears the UI as shown in the figure
On clicking the talk icon the conversation with the visitor can be started
On clicking the unlock icon the gate can be opened for the visitor to come in
On clicking the close icon the visitor’s call can be ignored
UNLOCK
TALK ICON
CLOSE

53. Benefits
The Blaze automation central unit is proved to be more beneficiary module for the
homes and residences.
•Blaze designed the automation system to be simple, secure and affordable with
its effective R&D so as to enable the end user to understand the system easily.
•Blaze automation system can be adopted in already constructed houses.
•The software of this system can be integrated with any windows based PC or
touch panel extending the users comfort.
•The user can operate this system from anywhere in the world through internet.
•This automation system performs multiple functions like automation, security,
surveillance, irrigation etc.
•Frequent upgrading of the audio system will provide the user with the latest
audio UI.

54. Future scope
The blaze automation system in designed in such a way that it can be remodeled easily
as per the user requirements.
•The system has the scope to add more functions/operations as per the future
requirement of the user.
•The system is also compatible to other platforms such as Apple and Android.
•The system can also allow the user to operate it through mobile phones, Wi-Fi
based iPods , etc.
•The system can be upgraded with face recognition technology and voice
recognition technology.

55. Other potential areas of application
Blaze automation system is potentially also used in following fields.
•Any residence that requires advanced automation system, sophisticated security
with 24hrs monitoring.
•Hotels & Restaurants which prefers to provide the customer with advanced
automation & security.
•Residential apartments that deserve remote operations & security monitoring i.e.
Building management system.
•Large commercial/ Business complexes.

56. Conclusion
Blaze automation system is one of the best and effective security
systems presently available in the market. It is simple, easy to handle and
cost effective to the potential customers. This system is also adaptable and
compatible to other software.