Projects using openHAB: Science and University
All students are facing the same problem while writing their Bachelor- or Masterthesis: they are lacking of time. openHAB helps them to focus on the really relevant parts of their work rather than "wasting" their time on implementing foundation/framework services.
TU Dortmund University - Communication Technology Institute
For presentation and validation the Communication Technology Insitute realized the Connected Home Lab in 2013. Students can validate their project results in a appartement like environment. Futhermore proof-of-concept demonstrators show the results of research projects.
One major problem in the area of home automation and smart home is the number of different technologies, vendors and eco-systems. The usage of a middleware is necessary to provide uniform access to different ressources in a home network.
openHAB offers a elaborated open source framework based on OSGI with commercially comparable UI and performance.
openHAB has commercially comparable UI and performance. This is why, we can focus on the communication technology and use the "higher layers" without modification.
We implemented the fritzbox-aha binding. By communicating with the daemon running on the fritbox, we can control and monitor the FritzDECT sockets.
We implemented the Homematic binding with the CUL-USB-Stick. Instead of relying on the CCU (HM central station), OpenHAB can communicate directly over a USB 868 MHz transceiver with HM devices.
Smart Home system will be integrated with Smart Grid applications in the future. Currently, smart meters with wMBus interface are rolled out in Germany. We implemented a wMBus binding, which communicates over a serial interface with a 868 MHz transceiver. With the correct serial number of the smart meter, the encrypted packets sent periodically (1 min - 10 min) can be received. This way, the energy consumption of the houshold can be monitored with OpenHAB.
Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
The SMLsystem is a modular house built basically using wood. It was designed to be an energy self-sufficient house, using passive strategies and water heating systems to reduce the amount of electrical power needed to operate the house.
The energy supply of the SMLsystem is divided into solar power generation and a domestic hot water (DHW) system. The photovoltaic solar system is responsible for generating electric power by using twenty-one solar panels. These panels are installed on the roof and at the east and west facades. The energy generated by this system is managed by a device to inject energy into the house, or in case there is an excess of power, to the grid or a battery system. The thermal power generation is performed using a solar panel that produces DHW for electric energy savings.
Details can be found in this open paper: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/9/4639/pdf
All the systems are connected to a central openHAB instance, which controls the full house.
http://sdeurope.uch.ceu.es/2012/project/
Stuttgart Media University
The URC Lab is a showcase for state-of-the-art smart home technology, paired with a user experience that is tailored to the individual users. We use the Universal Remote Console technology (URC, standardized as ISO/IEC 24752) as a framework for pluggable user interfaces. Different users get different user interfaces, depending on their needs and preferences, and depending on their controller devices that they bring with them. This is a requirement for the acceptance of smart home technologies in the context of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL).
Note: The URC Lab is currently set up and will be fully functioning by end of 2014 approximately.
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Through openHAB we can connect our gateway, the Universal Control Hub (UCH) with virtually any backend device.
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University of Applied Sciences Cologne
http://www.verwaltung.fh-koeln.de/aktuelles/2013/08/verw_msg_06233.html
Polytech'Grenoble
SmartCampus is an end-of-studies project at Polytech'Grenoble, led by 5 RICM students (studying Networks and Multimedia Communication) during 2 months. The aim of this project is to create an augmented reality (AR) and crowdsourcing application for the Grenoble campus.
In fine, this application will allow the user to access multiple types of information:
- crowdsourcing information, such as the length of wating lines;
- general information about buildings and various components;
- variable information like transport time-tables and cafeteria menus;
- sensor data, such as atmospheric and meteorological sensors.
Each building is managed by an admin who can handle the information published. He can also activate or desactivate sensors using a dedicated interface.
To simulate the real usage of our application on the campus, we created a simplified model of the Grenoble campus, using mainly carpeting and wood (laser-cutting technology).
We use openHAB to monitor and actuate in a unified interface several devices: sensors (moisture, air pollution, etc.) and actuators.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhQsh858uI&feature=youtu.be --> turning LEDs on and off using OpenHAB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeICG9IgD6E --> Air quality sensor data updated in the OpenHAB interface
Project's mailing list: smartcampus2014@googlegroups.com