Amazon, Apple, Google & Zigbee to Develop New Open Source Smart Connected Home Over IP Standard
Earlier today, in a surprise move, a group of top tech companies announced “Project Connected Home over IP”. Amazon, Apple, Google, and brands from the…
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Homey Announce v2.0 Plus Homey Pro – Z-Wave, ZigBee, WiFi, BLE, IR, 433 & 868 MHz
The UK launch of Homey back in the Spring of 2017 was the most read post on Automated Home that year. The idea of a Smart…
Zigbee Alliance Announces Availability of Dotdot Specification over Thread IP Network
Dotdot is the bridge that allows Zigbee devices to be able to communicate with IP devices on a Thread network. The Zigbee Alliance are hoping it…
Zigbee Alliance Introduces First Multi-Band IoT Mesh Network Technology
The Zigbee Alliance have announced the availability of Zigbee PRO 2017, the latest offering in the Alliance’s flagship mesh networking technology designed to connect and facilitate interoperability between smart…
UK Launch for Homey Smart Home Hub With Z-Wave, ZigBee, WiFi, BLE, IR, 433 & 868 MHz
Last week saw the introduction of a brand new smart home hub to the UK market Dutch start up Athom successfully launched Homey on Kickstarter…
Video: Ikea Introduces New TRÅDFRI ZigBee Based Smart Home Lighting Range
Ikea have launched a compressive new range of LED smart home lighting. The TRÅDFRI Smart Lighting collection arrived in UK stores last week and includes energy-efficient…
Exclusive Interview: The ZigBee Alliance on v3.0, The IoT & Affordable Sensors
ZigBee is the technology behind the SmartThings Hub, Philips Hue Lighting and many other home automation modules and sensors. We asked Mark Walters, VP of Strategic…
Video: New Philips Hue Go Portable ZigBee Light
Philips have announced the latest addition to their ZigBee controlled smart home lighting range. The Hue Go (Hugo?) is a lamp that can be detached from…
Video: Eve & Adam Zigbee Smart Home Irrigation
This weeks smart home crowd funded candidate is ‘Eve’, an 8 or 16 zone intelligent irrigation controller. Eve communicates with its partner, the ‘Adam’, a…
Review: Plugwise Home Stretch 2.0 ZigBee Appliance Control & Energy Monitoring
Automated Home’s favourite contributing reviewer, Ant Skelton, has spent the last few week putting the Plugwise Home Stretch 2.0 kit through its paces. Here’s what he…
ZigBee Home Automation Standard Version 1.2 Ratified
The ZigBee Alliance have just ratified v1.2 of ZigBee, full PR follows… The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of organizations creating wireless solutions for use…
ZigBee Alliance Debuts Battery-Free Option With New Green Power Feature
This morning the ZigBee Alliance have announced GreenPower, a new optional feature of the ZigBee PRO standard. The new technology will allow wireless products, including switches and dimmers, to now…
ZigBee Plugwise Smart Sockets Measure Energy Consumption
The new ZigBee Plugwise Smart Sockets go between your appliance and the wall, measuring energy consumption and transmitting the data to your PC wirelessly for…
Worlds First Dedicated ZigBee eCommerce Store
Vesternet have launched what they are describing as the worlds first dedicated ZigBee eCommerce store. With a huge range of ZigBee equipped products plus their…
AlertMe ZigBee Smart Home Security System Review
Recently featured on Channel Five’s Gadget Show, the AlertMe is a brand new Smart Home Security system from a UK start-up. After spending a few…
AMX Launch Zigbee Touch Panel Remote
Good grief, a real world ZigBee product! AMX have just announced a new range of remotes using the ZigBee wireless technology. “The new Mio Modero® R-3…
ZigBee Sensor Networks – Wireless Congestion
An interesting quote from a spokesperson for ZenSys, (makers of the Z-Wave home automation system). “Networks that operate in the 2.4GHz band, such as that…
ZigBee Promise Grows
Jeremy Watson’s piece in Scotland on Sunday at the weekend featured an article on Home Automation . Once again ZigBee is mentioned… “Do you wake…
ZigBee? Maybe
Submission by Nigel Orr – One for all the copper-haters. A new name to look out for, aiming to improve on Bluetooth, at least for…
My vibration sensor automation didn’t work out
I recently bought an Aqara vibration sensor with the plan of affixing it to our dining room table for the purpose of setting up a…