Web-Based Control and Notification for Home Automation Alarm Systems

This paper describes the project and development of a very low-cost and small electronic prototype, especially designed for monitoring and controlling existing home automation alarm systems (intruder, smoke, gas, flood, etc.), via TCP/IP, with a typical web browser. Its use will allow home owners to be immediately alerted and aware when an alarm event occurs, and being also able to interact with their home automation alarm system, disarming, arming and watching event alerts, with a personal wireless Wi-Fi PDA or smartphone logged on to a dedicated predefined web page, and using also a PC or Laptop.

Authors:

• Helder Adão
• Rui Antunes
• Frederico Grilo

Keywords:

• Alarm Systems
• Home Automation
• Web-Server
• TCP/IP.

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