Soon after came the wall switch module and the first X10 timer.Д«y 2012, in the United States, according to ABI Research, 1.5 million home automation systems were installed. By 1978, X10 products included a 16 channel command console, a lamp module, and an appliance module. It primarily uses electric power transmission wiring for signalling and control, where the signals involve brief radio frequency bursts of digital data, and remains the most widely available. It is a communication protocol for electronic devices. In 1975, the first general purpose home automation network technology, X10, was developed. Self-contained electric or gas powered home appliances became viable in the 1900s with the introduction of electric power distribution and led to the introduction of washing machines (1904), water heaters (1889), refrigerators (1913), sewing machines, dishwashers, and clothes dryers.

Д®arly home automation began with labor-saving machines. The home automation market was worth US$5.77 billion in 2013, predicted to reach a market value of US$12.81 billion by 2020. Home automation has high potential for sharing data between family members or trusted individuals for personal security and could lead to energy saving measures with a positive environmental impact in the future. However, there are issues with the current state of home automation including a lack of standardized security measures and deprecation of older devices without backwards compatibility. While there are many competing vendors, there are increasing efforts towards open source systems. The user interface for control of the system uses either wall-mounted terminals, tablet or desktop computers, a mobile phone application, or a Web interface that may also be accessible off-site through the Internet. When connected with the Internet, home devices are an important constituent of the Internet of Things ('IoT').ДЄ home automation system typically connects controlled devices to a central smart home hub (sometimes called a ' gateway'). It may also include home security such as access control and alarm systems. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house.

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