ZigBee Alliance Certifies 17 ZigBee Home Automation Products
September 8, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
The ZigBee Alliance certified 17 devices from 10 manufacturers using ZigBee Home Automation, plus enhancements to the public application profile.
ZigBee Home Automation is a standard offering control for home appliances, lighting, environment, energy use and security, and provides a path to interoperability with other ZigBee public application profiles.
ZigBee Home Automation added features for security mechanisms and support for doorbells and mechanized window shades.
The standard features control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, power outlets, motorized devices, security and other devices.
The 2009 Home Technologies and Energy Efficiency: A Look At Behaviors, Issues and Solutions study by the Consumer Electronics Association shows 75% of consumers expressed concern over possible rising energy costs.
ZigBee-compliant products utilize the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) physical radio standard IEEE 802.15.4 and operate in unlicensed bands of 2.4GHz (global), 915Mhz (Americas) and 868Mhz (Europe). According to the Zigbee Alliance, raw data throughput rates of 250Kbs can be achieved at 2.4GHz (16 channels), 40Kbs at 915Mhz (10 channels) and 20Kbs at 868Mhz (1 channel).
Transmission distances range from 10 to 100 meters, depending on power output and environmental characteristics.
ZigBee certified the following products to the ZigBee Home Automation standard:
- 4Home - ControlPoint, portal server and SDK software products for home energy management, home monitoring and security and media management.
- AlertMe - Occupancy sensor monitors rooms and corridors for motion.
- AlertMe - Simple sensor for domestic windows and doors.
- AlertMe - On/off button is a wireless doorbell or panic button.
- AlertMe - Access controller serves as a key fob for the AlertMe Intruder Alarm service and recognizes a user's occupancy.
- Black & Decker - Deadbolt with home connect technology that enables the door lock to wirelessly communicate with other devices in the home, allowing homeowners to monitor and control their door locks using either a web-enabled device or their home automation system.
- CentraLite - On/off light switches can be controlled at the device itself or from any other ZigBee Home Automation enabled switch.
- CentraLite - Dimmer can be controlled at the device itself or from any other ZigBee Home Automation enabled controller.
- CentraLite - On/off switch can be bound to any ZigBee Home Automation compatible on/off device.
- Control4 - Home controller HC-300 helps add intelligent control to a home.
- Control4 - Wireless dimmer offers lighting along with intelligent customization features.
- Jetlun - Jetlun Gateway (model RD75606) is a controller that collects, stores and displays real-time energy consumption information and helps homeowners manage and control energy usage.
- Jetlun - Jetlun Appliance Module (model 75613) is a three-prong electrical module with built-in noise filtering technologies and surge protection that can be plugged into a wall outlet to monitor, store and control the energy consumption of electrical appliances and devices.
- MMB Research - Coordinator provides control of thermostats, switches, sensors and other devices.
- NETGEAR - ZEB102 ZigBee bridge enables people to monitor and control their energy devices and in-home appliances over the Internet.
- Radio Thermostat Co. of America - CT80 programmable communicating thermostat and in-home display is compatible with residential central heating and cooling systems.
- SerComm - NA401 home automation gateway hardware platform supports multiple communication interfaces.
Source: ZigBee Alliance.