Gallery dedicated to my installation of smart home eHouse . The installation was done by me in July 2004 and still operates.

I took up comfort and decentralized variant of installation. This means that the amount of Controllers – RoomManagers is equal to the number of rooms where infrared control will be used for system management.

My home  is about ~ 150m2 of living space and  following facilities which has allocated RM:

1. salon+ terrace
2. kitchen & dining room
3. Entrance Hall Ground floor + Attic + stairs +  vestibule
4. Ground floor bathroom + Laundry + Sauna
5. Cabinet
6. Nursery 1 (first floor)
7. Nursery 2 (first floor)
8. Cabinet (first floor)
9. Bathroom first floor & Loft
10. Bedroom (first floor)
11. Basement + garage + vestibule

RoomManagers were located in areas where the infrared will be used both ways:

1. For management RoomManagers functions from infrared remote controler (Sony standard universal remote, A graphical display panel with infrared support, etc.) .
2. To control the hi-fi equipment , Audio – Video from eHouse system by sending remote controller codes learned and defined as common eHouse system events.

RoomManager location was chosen in front of planned hi-fi , TV , Audio – Video below celars to avoid problems with masking  infrared beam by furnitures.

Besides RoomManager, I put in a room controlled relay modules driving electrical equipment in the room in the electrical fuse-boxes, located in places where light furniture are planned for masking boxes, leaving easy access in case of maintanance.

This installation allows:

• maximum decentralization of eHouse system
• a few times reduction of 230v cable cost and montage time

To make my life easier and do not forge the fissure lines: second , middle and second last block in the wall has been truncated by 2 cm to fit any home automation cables. This was possible, because I decided for installation before rising the walls of the building and distribution of cables in truncated blocks seemed to be the most convenient way.

I DO NOT deal with electrics , services, installations like this, I’m computer scientist , this is my first house and first installation of this type. This means that possiblly  anyone can do this installation by himself.

Location RoomManager Relay Module in one of the rooms . RM rectangular black box , Orange Relay Module. RoomManager will be masked from the top with darken glass to allow control by infrared remote controller.

The use of flat cables reduce installation times several times and does not require making of furrows.
40 pin Tape connects to the module relays RM.
16 pin ribbon is distributed in series between the RM and all planned switches (around the whole room). It will be easilly accessable under carbon board when necessary after a few years, if new switch will be neccesary.

Tape 20 pin (analog sensors – the RM changed to a shielded cable as soon as possible to reduce measurement errors and distortions. These cables are carried away from the 230V wires and other interfering sources. All available outputs (24) of RoomManager were distributed in different places on a different height. This allows the use of existing wires in the future, which are hidden under the plaster – cardboard, and it will not be neccessary to install  cable from the begining. I used a space about 20cm between 230 and low voltage cables, and tried not to cross them. It creates additional risk in the future, of drilling through the 2 wires at the same time. Data Bus cables (UTP – 8) and the supply I brought to unused part of attic to provide easy access and maintanance.

Usually I used bell switches (mono-stable), as eHouse system goes into the standard wiring and take over the entire logic by controllers (RoomManager) . The ends of the wires 230 with long margins (about . 70cm) were wrapped in relays module box until end of wet works. Each wire on both sides has been described to allow easy finding the right cables. Relay modules and drivers will be installed after the last painting walls . Before laying of plaster and gypsum – cardboard , I wrote with chalk on the wall, distances and height to easily find ends and wires routes. After this I take as many pictures as much as possible of the different facets and various magnification . Rollers control cables with an alarm cables (10 pin flat cable connecting the reed, checking if windows and shutters are closed). There are gatter in a central place to the roller shutters controller (ExternalManager) and for security system (InputExtenders). Pictures of other premises cabling Installation HeatManager and the Central Heating Controller , Boiler room , Recuperator , Ventilation , Fireplace with a water jacket and DGP , Solar collector , Tray CO , CWU , Heat exchangers in the basement.