RWE SmartHome is an integration platform
RWE SmartHome is an established name in the market for affordable, easy-to-use home networks for tenants and home owners. Wireless, modular and mobile, the SmartHome product family of over 20 different devices offers numerous, individually configurable functions.
The open platform of RWE enables integration of the products of selected brands. With minimal technical effort, RWE partners are able to connect their devices or services via various interfaces to the RWE SmartHome system.
All internet-capable devices can be directly integrated into the RWE SmartHome system via a programming interface. RWE makes a software development package available to its partners for that purpose. Current examples of this partner approach include Samsung and Philips. Further partners will follow.
The other option is to install a RWE wireless module into the devices themselves, so they can be seamlessly and completely integrated within the home automation system. RWE supplies the chosen manufacturers with a development package known as a Device Development Kit. At its heart is a chip with a 32-bit microcontroller and radio transceiver functionality on the 868 MHz band, among other things. To ensure the guaranteed, on-going security of all data, all third-party software is tested before integration. Stable, iPv6-based data transmission of up to 100kbits/s occurs in compliance with all the usual high-security standards. Application areas include household appliances, multimedia equipment and health and well-being devices.
For the partners concerned, this open platform allows them to leverage the potential of the growing home networking market. Their devices continue to work of their own accord and also on the RWE platform. The customer benefits from more convenience and additional options for individual configuration of smart home appliances. For instance, their existing and new devices can be linked to the network via suitable apps, so they can all communicate with one another – within a single, trusted and convenient system.
RWE SmartHome is fast becoming a vendor-independent household assistant for all home devices. Successful partnerships are already in place with premium brands like Buderus (heating controls), Miele (household appliances), Philips hue (coloured controlled LED lighting) and Samsung (inside and outside cameras). At the IFA, RWE will be announcing the inclusion of Energy Control – a read-out unit that links analogue power meters into the home automation system – and further new products and partners will soon follow.
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