Smart Home Investment: Ferguson's Guide for Poles on Remote & Ergonomic Household Management

Nearly 70% of Poles plan to invest in devices that will allow them to manage their households remotely and ergonomically. The available technological solutions allow them to carry out such a process in a multi-stage manner and with the lowest possible financial resources.

Where can savings be found
Planning an investment in a smart home over a long period of time means that one-off monthly costs become small and do not disturb the household budget. It is worth determining which automation / facility is most important to us in the first place, and then define the remaining goals of the automation.
If the most important thing is to increase the level of security of the apartment, we will be the first to buy an alarm system. By focusing on the optimization and control of central heating, we will first install the thermostat and stove control. When the highest priority is the comfort and convenience of remote control of home devices via a smartphone, we will be the first to pay for smart sockets or IR transmitters.

Why choose wireless technologies
The possibility of installing a system that requires structured cabling for its work requires significant financial outlays, especially when the stage of building a house or finishing an apartment has been completed long ago. A much more advantageous solution then is to use a system based on wireless technologies. The most popular among them are systems communicating using the zig-bee and z-wave protocol. Their installation will not require additional investment or renovation at home.

Actually, an installer is not needed
About 85% of Poles know what the term intelligent home means. Many of them have a WiFi network installed in their home. If they have gone through its configuration on their own, use a smartphone and are able to use a screwdriver, they will not need to pay the installer for the installation of the system. They will cope with it on their own, using the instructions that come with the purchased devices. The more so that the physical installation of the detector often consists in sticking it to the wall or ceiling, which takes no more than 3 minutes.

Pick up the intercom, talk and let the visitor in using your smartphone
Video intercoms have long ceased to be new. Current technologies allow you to handle the intercom connection using a smartphone. Regardless of whether you are at home or on vacation hundreds of kilometers from him, a dedicated telephone application allows you to see who is calling your gate, you can have a conversation with him, record a video with the visitor's image, or if you find it used, simply unlock remotely the intercom bolt and let it into your property. In certain situations, you may also want to use the motion detection function available in the Ferguson HD video intercom. It is not worth worrying about the cable connection between the intercom itself and the internal bell, the communication between them is wireless.





Central heating, air conditioning and ventilation - one device - remote control
The multitasking of control devices proves their modernity. Optimization and cost reduction takes place by replacing, for example, 3 separate controllers: for central heating, air conditioners or ventilation management with one device. In addition, the device can be managed remotely, thanks to a dedicated application for mobile devices. The FS1TH Wi-Fi thermostat is equipped not only with a temperature sensor with the possibility of configuring a weekly program of control and heat settings, it provides weather forecasts and allows you to prepare weather reports, all thanks to the built-in WiFi module.




One "plate" to replace all remotes
Often, 4-5 IR remotes are needed to control a media center in a modern room. Biology has given people only a pair of hands and an irresistible desire to make their lives easier, so it's worth replacing this set of devices with one that we can control from our own phone, or simply program their settings according to a schedule. WiFi IR Ferguson Transmitter is a clever remote control that can learn codes from a TV set, TV-SAT receiver, audio tower, window blinds, air conditioner, etc., thus getting rid of the problems with the eternal search for the remote control of a given device.




Remotely turn on / off the power thanks to the smart outlet
Even if you do not own an iron from the Internet of Things generation, you can safely check on your smartphone whether your ironing device is a fire hazard by cutting off its power supply. However, for this to happen, the iron must be connected to a smart socket with a WiFi module. It will allow you to disconnect the power supply from the selected home appliances, even being several dozen kilometers from the house. Smart WiFi Plug works as a typical parental control device when you need to turn off the TV, computer, Internet access for a child who spends too much time with it. The application on the phone or tablet also allows the user to monitor the amount of energy consumed by the device connected to the plug.



Monitoring of the household environment on the smartphone screen
An outdoor camera with a WiFi module and Night Vision function in combination with a dedicated application for mobile devices is all that is needed to monitor the surroundings of the house. In the case of Smart EYE 300, its user can also use the motion sensor module, which when activated will trigger an alarm on the property owner's phone. The image observed by the camera can not only be transmitted to the smartphone screen, but also recorded thanks to the ONVIF standard.
This standard allows the camera to be used in any external monitoring system.




Full monitoring of the interior of the house thanks to a rotating IP camera
By sliding your finger on the smartphone screen, you can rotate the camera at home. This gives you even more complete control over what is happening inside. Reception and recording of sound and video is a standard available to the user. The Smart EYE 200 camera also allows to illuminate the previewed image with built-in LED diodes in the night mode. Access to video recorded in Full HD format is a very strong evidence in situations requiring it. Remember that all this happens thanks to wireless WiFi connectivity.




Control of environmental conditions at home thanks to mobile smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
The alarming action of this type of detectors allows you to save the lives of the household members. Used as independent devices, they inform the user about exceeding the norms in the environment with a sound signal and a light alarm. Nevertheless, their capabilities in combination with the Smart Home Security system based on ZigBee communication are much greater, as we describe below.


Remotely managed alarm system
Among all the previously mentioned possibilities, there is no typical alarm system with motion sensors, reed switches, humidity and temperature sensors. Ferguson Smart Home Security Kit is just the complementary link of the entire system. It enables the connection of detectors installed in the house, remote monitoring of alarm states and their control on a phone or tablet.



The gradual implementation and assembly of the specified devices in the house and its surroundings arm the system administrator, or rather his smartphone, with a powerful tool that gives intelligence to his household. It is difficult to find unguarded household components in this type of system that it cannot monitor and manage remotely. This undoubtedly increases the comfort of life and safety of his family with diversified financial outlays during the phased implementation.

More detailed information on the individual components of the Ferguson Smart Home system can be found on the website producer's .


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It is home automation rather than a smart home

Hello
And I have a very simple question, what will happen with this intelligence if there is no electricity for, say, two days? Do you then have to "bring electricity in a bucket"? For those who are outraged, I will present an authentic example from my former plant. There was a PDP plotter and at one point he made a life, which was a big inconvenience because it was used to prepare templates for grinding on optical grinders and it turned out that a very talented and intelligent young designer stood in front of the wall because he had no way to draw these templates on the astralon. The only thing he proposed was the purchase of a new plotter and that was enormous money. An old designer who started his work in the early 1970s brought him glass rulers that were used by optical grinders for preparing templates and which he used himself. It turned out that his young successor has no idea how to use it and only made a confession that if they did not buy him the equipment, he would slow down, which he actually kept shortly after, and to make it more fun, this lack of knowledge did not prevent him from trying to get a doctorate at the Polytechnic and probably won it because, as I have already mentioned, he was talented, but in the field of techniques related to modern software, and if he was not, an old employee in the workplace was beating it. Intelligence is if it can do / do it as resistant to all extreme inconvenience or deficiencies.

zbigniewsk wrote:

And I have a very simple question, what will happen with this intelligence if there is no electricity for, say, two days?

I do not understand the relationship of your first sentence to the rest of your statement ..
According to you, if someone in an "intelligent" home installs an automatic vacuum cleaner, he will forget how to use the brush?
For me, automation is a great idea, when I am away, I can see if something is consuming electricity (if I forgot to turn something off) and using the phone I can turn off the device, etc. I want the lawn to be watered automatically, I do not do it, e.g. every day at 7 am only the humidity sensor checks how the grass is doing and whether it will rain in the next week, only then the system decides whether to release the water.

What if there is no electricity? It just won't work, you will have to remember what candles are and how the brush is used ;)

As for this electricity, my friend had an interesting accident once, there was no electricity since the morning and as the owner of a sliding gate with a drive, she cried crying that there is no way to get to work because the gate is not working

zbigniewsk wrote:

Do you then have to "bring electricity in a bucket"?

-A wind turbine
- Photovoltaic Panel
-Batteries
- Combustion Generator
-Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (in the future)
-e.t.c

Wojciech. wrote:

-A wind turbine
- Photovoltaic Panel
-Batteries
- Combustion Generator
-Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (in the future)
-e.t.c

You can also hire a lot of hamsters in reels ;)

Seriously: if there is no electricity, you won't turn on the light, turn on the TV, etc. So what's the difference, whether the house has a control system or not? If the devices remember their settings, everything will work normally when the power is restored.

Wojciech. wrote:

It is home automation rather than a smart home

The text is clearly advertising, and "intelligent house" sounds better than "home automation".

@zbigniewsk trying to sense what exactly you mean. I have the impression that you are pointing to the problem that the electronic "brain" does not work without electricity and there is no way to control the periphery. If so it is true. But due to the fact that the peripherals are also electric, it is a rather small difference.
Such an example. You have installed electric shutters in every window. No electricity and you live in the dark because you have no way to open them. What is the difference if the engine run command comes from the controller or because you press the button directly in the 230V motor circuit?

Good day.
Punctuation is the first victim of intelligence. Unfortunately.

As a civilization, we are dependent on electricity.
I believe that if it does not exist now, it will be Europe and other highly developed countries
they will reverse rapidly and with enormous population losses by some 150 years.

Do you want to become independent?
Live like 150 years ago.


Regards, e2e4.

Once again
With these houses it is so that when lightning is blowing in the area it will be uncomfortable.
Dark everywhere, dull everywhere. This, however, is exposure to the shot.
When doing such a thing, it is worth pulling a few sensitive light circuits through the boxes so that if necessary, it is possible to replace the circuit with a permanent power supply and control the light with a switch on the wall.

Two each
When you do something like that, you need to know what you are doing and what for and what should be at the end of the road and not to make an intelligent house because the neighbor has it or because it is fashionable because the electricity bills themselves can turn out to be unpleasant. It's not that you have to know how and everything you need to know what and why and put it in your head. But it is often the hobbyist homes that inspire others.

Three each
You need not only to know what and for what, you also have to understand it and be able to use it because what if your mother has a programmed oven, and when she bakes she turns the chicken (analog timer). My mother would live in an intelligent house as a punishment.

Four each
When you do something new, do it on the cables.

As for me, it's just an expensive gadget. It is also a fact that the elderly cannot cope with the excess of options. And as for the power supply, you can also insert a generator with an ATS and an automatic network-aggregate switch. But that's a matter of imagination. Seriously, it is interesting what the certainty of the power supply class is required - this is probably what it was called in college, especially since it is probably a single-family house. So some power cuts are allowed.
From interesting facts I will tell you that once the line was broken by a gale in the area, I plugged in with the "HONDA" {AVRy bajery} aggregate home because a few days it was quiet and dark, there was a prospect, finally I had to replace the underfloor heating controllers because this aggregate gave such crap that everything burnt out and I bought an old military unit for a radio station with a beautiful sine wave.

I bought the ferguson switchboard + 2 sensors (carbon monoxide and door opening), thinking that I would get a system at least as good as Chinese Xiaomi. Fewer sensors, but at least plugs without the need for adapters, Polish application, manufacturer support, warranty in PL.
To be honest, this is pathetic. It has nothing to do with Xiaomi Mi Home, and it has nothing to do with any smart home system.
First of all, no scenarios can be performed. Nothing at all! You can only turn on the lamp on the gateway from the door sensor after opening the reed switch. And of course, turn on / off the alarm - siren + notification on the phone.
From the CO sensor (carbon monoxide) there is only info that the level is normal. WOW. Respect. There is no option to pass the signal on, eg to an external device that controls opening a window, ventilation, etc. Nothing. I assume that it is similar with other sensors - gas, smoke, flooding.
You can also buy a temperature sensor that gives you a reading on the app on your phone, motion sensors (to trigger an alarm) + webcams and a wifi plug socket.
It is also absurd that the burglar takes the gateway out of the socket (which is easy to locate because it howls and blinks) and the alarm is off, all detectors do not work, notifications do not reach the phone.
And there's nothing you can do about it. You cannot connect it to domotics, homeassistants and try to figure it out. No and that's it.
The price of the control panel is> PLN 400, so you can buy 3 Xiaomi control units, or 1 pc with a set of cool sensors and have fun for a week.

For clarity, it is neither "intelligent home" nor "home automation".
Ferguson does not work alone, only "from the remote" and in the best case it will notify the owner.

As you can see, the guys are trying to convince people to their product - the summary of the discussion by the owner of the "system" knocked you down
https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic3394521.html

Conclusion: before a technical one starts advertising news, it is worth considering whether it is the right advertising target. I suggest staying with the ads on ONET or WP where the level of technical knowledge is in the area of the Marian Trench.