Projects using openHAB
openHAB is used in many different ways and areas of interest. In the remainder of this page you'll a list of projects (at least this known to use). This list will grow over time and should a good overview of what has been realised with openHAB.
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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.
University of Applied Sciences Cologne
http://www.verwaltung.fh-koeln.de/aktuelles/2013/08/verw_msg_06233.html
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
http://sdeurope.uch.ceu.es/2010/cms/sde/pages/en/intro/welcome.php?lang=EN
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Collects projects being realised by companies. We'd love to see little videos of your achievements with openHAB.
Smaller and smarter, that’s OpenHAB. Not only will we be offering the best condo living into the future available, but our Smart House Technology Package will also include a custom mobile app that will remotely control your lighting, interior temperature and ventilation, blinds, in-suite alarm and music system, as well as a whole host of time-saving and utterly convenient lifestyle options. At the end you will have a smarted house each passing day by applying OpenHAB applications. It is compatible with almost any “legacy” remote device, turning traditional remote-control into smart control. Now there is the choice for older and disabled people to remain at home... And be happy!
All of the technology is present; we have seen homes with voice control, automated doors and window shades, presence and occupant detection, and smart objects linked to contextual controls. A major motivating factor has been the internet-connected smartphone which everyone sees as the central control point of their lives and have taken the HVAC industry by storm.
A Modbus command contains the Modbus address of the device it is intended for. Only the intended device will act on the command. All Modbus commands contain checksum information, to ensure a command arrives undamaged. Since Modbus is a master/slave protocol, only Modbus TCP connects over port 502, as the Modbus ASCII protocol defines a message structure that controllers will recognize and use, regardless of the type of networks over which they communicate. Our WAC systems use default modbus data provided by Arduino barebones e.g. a Debian Rasberry server kit all year long. Binding is compatible with latest models since 2013 for Real-World Embedded Applications (M2M communication).