Heating control by SMS. Smart home control via mobile devices

A mobile phone has been performing important functions for a person for a decade: in addition to calling and sending SMS, it acts as an organizer, voice recorder and camera, and its range of functions only expands with time. One of these functions is the management of heating from the phone.

Features and Benefits

Heating control from the phone allows you to:

• turn the equipment on and off;
• monitor the room temperature;
• regulate the temperature of the convector or air conditioner (including in a separate room);
• set off or on by timer.

Control of the boiler or other climate technology has the following advantages:

• security. You should not worry about the condition of the climatic equipment, especially when the voltage drops in the network - the heating control and management system will immediately inform you about this;
• comfort. Managing the boiler through the mobile assumes that on a cold day you pre-set the climate parameters you need, even when you are at work, so that when you arrive you will be met by a warm home;
• energy savings. When it is not necessary to use the complex to control and control heating, since no one is at home, you turn off the air conditioner, boiler or convector, which saves part of the money for utilities.

Modes

Monitoring of the heating system via GSM takes place through the control module.  It is represented by a highly specialized computer and fits in with temperature sensors. The main condition for its placement is the presence of mobile operator coverage. Equipment for GSM-control can function in such modes as:

• auto. At the same time, the heating equipment is controlled on the basis of the previously set parameters, including the timer operation mode;
• manual. In this case, to turn off, turn on or change the temperature of the convector or boiler, the user sends an SMS to the module with a short code or makes a call;

• alarming. GSM-control systems, when detecting problems with equipment, power supply or coverage, send an alarm message to the user with relevant information.

The module plays the role of a switch, to which several complexes of a smart home can be connected at once.

Principle of operation

The control of heating by SMS in the automatic mode occurs as follows:

• temperature sensors record the temperature in the room (some complexes are equipped with sensors that are installed outside) and transmit data to the controller;
• the controller, based on a predefined scenario, maintains the setpoint temperature, turning on or off radiators or air conditioners;
• information about the measures taken is sent to the owner on the phone as a text message.

Manual mode is different in that the data on the need to regulate the climatic equipment does not come from sensors, but on the other hand, from the user. After the switch sends a signal to turn on the climate control complex. Manual regulation of the equipment is divided into text or voice. There is a function of sending a message (a list of codes with short commands, for example, # 01, written in the instructions), and some complexes are equipped with the function of ringing and sending a command with voice.

Feature: the owner is provided with the option of linking several (up to 5-10) mobile numbers that are sent on the status of the equipment, and from which commands are given.

To activate the control module, you need to insert a SIM card into the slot, after removing the pin code. After that, you need to call her number, which will activate the card and at the same time tie your phone number to it. Repeat the same procedure with other mobile numbers.

Modern mobile devices work for you. With their help, you can pre-heat a country house or watering the lawn without leaving your office in the city, as well as much more.

Mobile devices to control your home.

Description:

To work with these applications, you need to have a GSM mobile phone and a Cybrotech GSM-SA module.

The GSM-SA autonomous GSM module provides the following functions:

Equipment:

Before installing the SIM card in the module, make sure that the PIN code is disabled. To do this, install the SIM card in your phone, go to the menu in Settings, Security, Request PIN code and deactivate. Turn off the phone, remove the SIM card and install it in the module. To install the SIM card into the module, use a small screwdriver to remove the module cover, insert the SIM card and carefully close the cover until a distinctive sound is heard.

Applications:

Garage:

Call the garage to open the doors for you!

Knowledge:
Utility:
Coolness Factor:	Tall (watch your neighbors turn green with envy)
What is necessary:	Garage with motorized door drive, GSM-SA module, SIM card
How to connect:
How to use:	Start dialing from the SIM card installed in the model and put the phone aside. Can be configured for voice control. The garage door will open itself in a few seconds. The module will automatically reject your call after it has been processed.
Security:	High. Once the module is configured, no one can access it and change the settings.

Take care of a comfortable temperature in the house in advance!

Knowledge:
Utility:
Coolness Factor:	Awesome (this is far from cool to spend a weekend in a frozen house)
What is necessary:	Heating system with thermostat, GSM-SA module, SIM card
How to connect:
How to use:	Send SMS to activate or deactivate heating
Other ideas:	You can likewise connect the module to the heater power supply system.

Security.

Save your property from thieves!

Knowledge:
Utility:	High (we hope you don’t have to test it by experience)
Coolness Factor:	Low (good security system is always needed)
What is necessary:	A few meters of very thin wire, GSM-SA module, SIM card
How to connect:
How to use:	Create this system and leave it. From time to time, check the status via SMS.
Other ideas:	Add motion sensor to another input.

Whatever spills!

You can produce watering crops without a trip to the country on Friday evening!

Knowledge:
Utility:
Coolness Factor:	High (Your site will be the most modern. And without traffic jams ...)
What is necessary:	Well or well, submersible pump, GSM-SA module, SIM card
How to connect:
How to use:	Send SMS to start or stop watering your plants
Other ideas:	A flow switch can be used for pump safety and a time switch for automatic shutdown after a specified period of time.

Findings:

1. Significantly increases your level of comfort.

2. Simplicity and reliability in operation.

3. Eliminates unnecessary trips out of town.

4. High degree of protection.

5. At any time, you can check the security system of your home.

6. You can implement any of your idea for remote control.

Having a country house with individual heating, with the onset of autumn frosts and winter, each owner is faced with the problem of maintaining and controlling heating during the cold season. It is easy to calculate the losses due to the shutdown of heating: frozen pipes of the heating system, boiler, radiators. Assuming the worst case scenario - severe frost, losses can be commensurate with the cost of building a small bathhouse or gazebo ...

How to prevent this?

According to experts, the most common causes of boiler shutdowns are power outages, breakdown of auxiliary equipment, gas shutdowns or failure of the boiler itself. So most often for the fight against power cuts use auxiliary uninterrupted power sources, but such devices work only a few hours.

Another way to support the power supply is to use backup power plants, but, as a rule, their calculated work is about 12 hours (in terms of fuel consumption). And the result is the same - there is no electricity.

But a power outage is only one of the problems, and if there was a breakdown of auxiliary equipment: pumps, room programmers or distribution valves / valves? In these cases, it is rarely possible to organize an emergency operation scheme. But it’s scary to think about switching off gas and breaking a boiler. In such cases, it is very difficult to influence the situation, except perhaps to put an oil cooler in each room and hope for the best ...

All of the above problems can occur for every home owner. And only in time received information about the problem will help to solve it in the shortest possible time and will save from unforeseen expenses for the restoration of the heating and water supply systems.

But how can you find out that the boiler in the house for several tens of kilometers has shut down, and the backup power supply has run out?

With this, KSital GSM can help you. The Ksital system informs you about the loss or restoration of the 220V network, lowering the temperature in the house, and the operation of other auxiliary sensors (flooding, smoke, etc.).

Here are some parameters of the system Ksital GSM-4T for country houses.

  * The first parameter is 220V mains voltage.

When 220V is lost in the outlet where the power supply is turned on, Ksital sends SMS to all phones on the distribution list (up to 10 numbers) with an alert about 220v power failure. The message about the restoration of the 220V network is sent to the main number (owner's phone). In this case, from any phone number that is on the mailing list, you can call Xcital and get a full report on the status of the system. If for some reason the owner is unable to receive SMS, proxies (on the SMS mailing list) will be able to follow developments without the owner’s participation.

  * The second parameter is the temperature in the house.

The kit Xsital GSM-4T includes two remote and one built-in thermal sensors. Remote thermal sensors №2 and №3, thermal sensor inside the housing - №1. For any of the three temperature sensors (one of them), you can set the upper and lower temperature thresholds. When the temperature exceeds the specified limits, the system will send a message about this to the phone numbers from the SMS distribution list. Further messages will be repeated every 5 degrees of fall or temperature rise. In the factory settings, this is the temperature sensor number 2. By default, the temperature limits are set: lower + 10g, and upper +30 oz (changed via SMS commands). The readings of the other two thermal sensors can be found at any time by requesting a report from the system (just dial the SIM card number in the system).

Remote sensor number 2 is located in the central room, on the non-solar side of the wall, at a height of 1.5 meters from the floor. He controls the temperature "through the air." You can also set the required upper and lower temperature threshold using SMS messages.

* The third parameter is the temperature of the coolant.

We place the external temperature sensor No. 3 on the coolant pipe. Attention!  The sensor is fixed in a laid-on way with isolation of the contact point of the sensor with the pipe using a sheet of thick paper (to prevent breakdown by static electricity). This place of the pipe with a fixed sensor can be wound with insulating material to reduce the error of readings. Data on the temperature sensor number 3 can be seen in the general report of the system by requesting it at any time, by calling the SIM card number installed in Xcital or by sending an SMS request. For more thorough control, you can set up a daily automatic report function, where you can receive a full temperature report once every 24 hours.

Thus, having received the system's message about the temperature drop in the house at temperature sensor 2 below the minimum threshold, we request a report and analyze the data obtained. For example: if there is a temperature drop on both thermal sensors, the heating does not work, and if the coolant has a normal temperature for it, then a window may be broken or extremely low temperatures outside the window.

It should be noted that the owner of the Xcital system has the opportunity, not only to control the heating situation in the house, but also to manage it.

So if the boiler has the possibility of external control through the terminal for connecting an external thermostat / programmer and if there is a need to maintain a minimum positive temperature throughout the heating season, you can use the Xital system for this.

  Here's how it works.. Relay number 2 Ksitala works as a thermostat according to the testimony of one of the temperature sensors (any selected). To begin, select the desired temperature sensor, measuring the temperature of the air. Temperature control and heating control can be carried out by the same thermal sensor as two independent functions. We change the settings: we determine the sensor number for the thermostat and with the help of an SMS message we set the temperature to be maintained in the house in our absence, suppose + 14g. Now the relay number 2 at a temperature of +14.5 g. off, and at temp. +13.5 grams will turn on. At any time, it is possible to send SMS commands with a new temperature value, and Xital, respectively, will raise or lower the room temperature to the specified new level.

In addition, you can set two levels of temperature maintenance (day and night). Night temperature is set through a fraction after daytime (for example, 22/26). In this case, in the afternoon from 7 to 23 hours the system will keep the temperature + 22gr, and at night (from 23h to 7h) the temperature will be + 26gr.

Attention! Gas boilers have minimum temperature requirements !!!

So, with the integrated work of the Ksital system, the owner of the house has three controlled parameters:

Voltage in the network 220V (automatically)

Temperature "by air" (automatically)

Coolant temperature (on request).

These three parameters are sufficient to control the heating in the house.

At the same time, you should not forget about the basic functions of the Xsital system, to which you can connect sensors: security, fire and auxiliary sensors (flooding, etc.)

All systems Ksital "2 in 1":  control and control the heating equipment and perform the alarm function!

The kit Xsital GSM-4T (8T, 12T) includes:

Ksital system with a portable GSM antenna

220V power supply

Emergency power supply cable (battery not included)

Two remote digital temperature sensors (complete cable is 10 meters for each)

The TM Key Reader is also an indicator of system operation (with a ready-made cable of 10 meters)

Instruction and warranty card.

I would like to note an important point - all system settings can be changed remotely using SMS commands. This makes it possible, being in another country, not only to change the set temperatures, but also to change any parameters of the system operation.