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Motorola Homesight is a brand name for a range of home security and automation products marketed in the U. S. and UK, which include separate items and a product package. The latter is marketed and sold as a kit and the product range offers flexibility in choice of accessories with which the customer can expand the kit into a more complex system. [1]

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Description

As per Motorola's marketing material,[2] the system uses a broadband Internet connection in order for the customer to stay connected to their home and its other residents through the kit owner's computer or compatible mobile phone. Sensor-detected activities are alerted and/or notified of to the customer and up to seven other customer-designated persons by the system.

Wired Camera — All-optional accessories supported by the system
 Wireless  Sensors for. . . Repeater Siren Power controller Keypad:
Day Day/night motion doors windows temperature water kit keys

Technical disadvantages

Although the XG1000 gateway does NOT require a host PC (the system needs a PC only to be configured, not for normal steady state operations), the less expensive USB gateway system requires that its user's computer be turned on all the time, but such an always-on requirement is a disfavour in places with otherwise old electrical equipment and wiring (may be cause for fires in case of failing cables or connections) or unstable power delivery. The latter may be mitigated by the use of a UPS for the computer and some combination of backup power sources, such as diesel generator, solar panels, a wind turbine or other off-the-grid energy sources. An uninterruptible power supply ( UPS) also known as a continuous power supply ( CPS) or a battery backup is a device which maintains a continuous A diesel generator is the combination of a Diesel engine with an Electrical generator (often called an Alternator) to generate electric energy In the field of Photovoltaics, a photovoltaic module is a packaged interconnected assembly of photovoltaic cells also known as Solar cells An installation of A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the Kinetic energy in Wind into Mechanical energy. The term off the grid or off-grid refers to living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities Installation and maintenance costs may vary.

OS compatibility

The Homesight Wireless Easy Start Kit (HMEZ2000 and similar) software does not run on any variety of Macintosh or Linux/UNIX OS. Feedback received from both Motorola and the UK distributor (myhome247) is that there are no plans to provide a driver for Macintosh or Linux/UNIX OS's. The latest version of the Homesight software does run on Windows Vista and is available from www. myhome247. co. uk. The XG1000 base unit is completely stand-alone (does not require a USB internet connected host) and does not require an always-on computer but is $200 vs $100.

Homesight Remote

Homesight Remote is a FOSS-licenced web interface to Homesight and is hosted at SourceForge. Information about its licensing is conflicting, as the home page for the project links to LGPL,[3] while the project page shows GPL as its license. Free and open source software, also F/OSS, FOSS, or FLOSS (for Free/Libre/Open Source Software) is software which is liberally licensed The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software [4] The Homesight Remote interface only runs on Windows XP. [4]

Competing systems

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home Monitoring and Control System". Z-Wave is a wireless communications standard designed for remote control applications in residential and light commercial environments Home automation (also called smart homes or domotics) is a field within Building automation, specializing in the specific Automation requirements Home automation (also called smart homes or domotics) is a field within Building automation, specializing in the specific Automation requirements Home automation (also called smart homes or domotics) is a field within Building automation, specializing in the specific Automation requirements This is a list of Motorola products. Motorola is a multinational company which manufactures Telecommunications and Electronics products Motorola. Retrieved on 2006-07-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  2. ^ "Homesight Wireless Easy Start Kit". Motorola. Retrieved on 2006-07-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  3. ^ Homesight Remote home page. SourceForge. SourceForgenet is a Source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development Retrieved on 2007-06-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
  4. ^ a b Homesight Remote project page. SourceForge. Retrieved on 2007-06-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.

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Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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