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Automatic and manual motion control of rollers , awnings , gates in eHouse system.

The use of roller shutters , gates in a home increases the safety taking time of the intruders from the burglary . In addition, reduces heating expenses , reducing heat losses in winter and at night . The usage of  the awning shading minimize house excesive heating during summer heat , which implies a reduction of expenses on home cooling . In the case of extreme temperatures rollers can be useful to maintain the room temperature , covering the windows, which have the worst thermal rates in the building.

On the other hand, the roller has its drawbacks:

  • Closed blinds during the day damage the vegetation in the house , So it is necessary to open the blinds or lighting up the plants
  • Closed blinds during the day inform intruders that no one is at the home
  • lack of natural light causes , that there is  ” cellar atmosphere ” in the room and the house requires additional heating during transitional periods (spring , autumn) . In the absence of rollers or when it is opened in this case,  solar heating is very effective.

To take advantage of roller shutters , awnings and avoid their drawbacks, it is necessary to apply automation, ensuring their proper and logical control considering:

  • weather conditions
  • time of day
  • year season
  • temperature in each geographic directions which causes  cooling or heating sunshine depending on season of a year
  • Awnings automatically musy be closed, when they are not in use to avoid damage in case of strong wind or heavy rain

ExternalManager is a dedicated controller that allows to control the shutters , awnings , gates   for the whole house (up to 14 independent motion systems) . In case of more drives CommManager is needed.

ExternalManager as part of a smart home , beyond the standard control functions for shutters , shade awnings, Gates, doors allows automatic control depending on the measured level of analog sensors  (analogous to RoomManager’s) . The thresholds for each sensor can be asigned to any system events ExternalManager ‘ a , eg . closing the blinds at too high temperature on measured side of building avoiding excesive heating room.

ExternalManager can be controlled locally from miniature RF remote control with variable code. Remotes have 6 combinations of buttons individually configured for each combination and each button .

Alternatively, instead of ExternalManager CommManager can be used, which has much greater functionality and larger number of sensor inputs , measuring inputs , outputs, implemented security system and has built-in GSM / SMS and ethernet modules for communication .

Motion control of blinds , awnings , gates for the existing architectural design d21 (Murator) .

Design Conditions:

  • Blinds in all windows operated independently, managed from the system eHouse
  • Control garage door
  • Control gate
  • Electro – lock gates
  • external blocking electrical sockets
  • control of the southern window and patios – awnings
  • Automatic awnings shading the 3 geographical (south, west, east) directions (independently), opening when the sun heating too much and closing when it doesn’t
  • Automatic closing blinds at night and opening during  day
  • Automatic closing all the blinds when it is extremaly cold
  • Automatic closing all the blinds when it is extremaly hot
  • Common switches  for easy control  some functions: open / close your garage door , opening gate , opening / closing blinds , unlock / lock the external sockets

project control blinds , awnings , gates , gate in the system using ExternalManager eHouse ' a or CommManagera

Indications from a drawing

  • RW – Blind-east
  • RP – Blind noon
  • RZ – Blind-west
  • MW – Awning patio east
  • MP – Awning noon floor
  • MZ – Awning West Terrace Loft
  • BG – Gate Garage
  • BW – Gate
  • F – Wicket
  • S – Horn
  • OW – drive way and path light
  • O – Lighting Plot
  • OT – Lighting terrace (from RoomManager)
  • OG – Barbaque Lights
  • N – irrigation solenoid valve (cutoff)

ExternalManager and CommManager has support for blinds, Gatews , awnings in Somfy standard (with built-in protection for drives) . Each drive roller , awnings , gate is controlled by two lines . The activity of the shutter  depends on signal on both lines . Short-circuiting first line to common (min 1 sec) shutter , awnings , Gate closes . Shorting the second line to common (min 1 sec) will open the blinds , awnings , Gate . Shorting the two wire line to a common drive causes to stop traffic at the current position .

Allocation of output pairs ExternalManager ‘ a or CommManager ‘ a .

  1. Roller east terrace floor
  2. Roller east dining room floor
  3. Roller noon kitchen floor
  4. Ground floor bathroom blind
  5. Roller Cabinet west
  6. A blind attic room , B east
  7. blind attic room C-west
  8. blind attic room D noon
  9. Bathroom blind west
  10. Garage door
  11. Gate
  12. shade awnings Terrace East
  13. shade awnings Terrace West
  14. shade awnings kitchen noon

Single Output of ExternalManager

  1. Unlocking the gate solenoid
  2. Unlocking the external power sockets floor terrace east
  3. Unlocking the external sockets West Terrace first flor
  4. Connect the alarm horn (for InputExtender ‘ a)
  5. Connecting the warning light (for InputExtender ‘ a)

Digital Inputs ExternalManager ‘ a

  1. Awnings Terrace East Open
  2. East Terrace awnings close
  3. Turn on the external socket
  4. Closing Roller Ground Floor , gates
  5. Closing all blinds , gates
  6. Opening all blinds
  7. Gate open
  8. Gate open
  9. Close gate
  10. Awnings West Terrace first floor close
  11. Awnings  west patio, open first floor

Inputs ExternalManagera:

  1. light level – North (The program automatically closing all the shutters at night)
  2. External temperature south (The opening of the Marquis noon at too high temperature {eg . 25deg})
  3. External temperature north (Program closing all the shutters at too low temperature {eg . – 10deg})
  4. External temperature east (The ground floor open terrace awning east at high temperature, for example, {25deg})
  5. External temperature west (The patio awning open loft west at high temperatures {eg . 25deg})
  6. External temperature South 2 (The southern closure of all blinds at too high temperature {eg . 35 °})
  7. External temperature east 2 (Program closing all the blinds east at too high temperature {eg . 35 °})
  8. External temperature west 2 (Program closing all Western blinds at too high temperature {eg . 35 °})