The HCS Open Source Project is an all-in-one home automation software and hardware system designed for DIY enthusiasts. It enables users to build and customize their own smart home automation solutions.
The HCS Open Source Project is a remarkable do-it-yourself home automation software and hardware system that enables you to monitor and control various devices around your house. It is a self-contained home automation control system consisting of main controllers and remote networked controllers. The software and hardware have been designed to work with wired and wireless X10 modules, as well as analog, digital, and voice input and output.
Programmed using the HCS Open Source Project, a PC is not required to control your home. The software is named after the system, which stands for Home Control System, and it was originally conceptualized by Steve Ciarcia for the famous article "Home Run Control System" featured in Byte magazine.
The HCS II is an intelligent, expandable, network-based (RS485), supervisory control system created explicitly for the purpose of enhancing home control applications. This industrial-based home automation system is the next level in home automation technology, as it consists of remote digital inputs and outputs.
It also comes equipped with infrared remote control and transmission, remote LCD displays, real-time or Boolean decision event triggering, direct and remote analog inputs and outputs, X-10-transmission, and reception with a master console. The HCS II system architecture includes a central supervisory controller (SC) connected to up to 32 functional modules (referred to as links) via an RS485 serial network.
The SC and the COMM-Links are independent and can operate separately without each other. This feature makes it easy to test or incorporate the subsystems as an intelligent subsystem in other control equipment. Initially, subsystems shared a 8031 controller board (called a COMM-Link), with customized controller input/output for each application.
Programmed using the HCS Open Source Project, a PC is not required to control your home. The software is named after the system, which stands for Home Control System, and it was originally conceptualized by Steve Ciarcia for the famous article "Home Run Control System" featured in Byte magazine.
The HCS II is an intelligent, expandable, network-based (RS485), supervisory control system created explicitly for the purpose of enhancing home control applications. This industrial-based home automation system is the next level in home automation technology, as it consists of remote digital inputs and outputs.
It also comes equipped with infrared remote control and transmission, remote LCD displays, real-time or Boolean decision event triggering, direct and remote analog inputs and outputs, X-10-transmission, and reception with a master console. The HCS II system architecture includes a central supervisory controller (SC) connected to up to 32 functional modules (referred to as links) via an RS485 serial network.
The SC and the COMM-Links are independent and can operate separately without each other. This feature makes it easy to test or incorporate the subsystems as an intelligent subsystem in other control equipment. Initially, subsystems shared a 8031 controller board (called a COMM-Link), with customized controller input/output for each application.
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