framework-for-remote-automated-environmental-monitoring-and-control

Intelligent systems for monitoring and controlling environments are becoming increasingly popular. These systems allow users to easily handle repetitive tasks and remotely control devices scattered throughout an area. As a result, they are often used to increase user comfort or to reduce energy consumption. However, these intelligent systems are often very specialized and difficult to adapt to new environments. Our solution to this problem is to design a software framework that allows users to easily set up an intelligent system for personal use as well as allow developers to easily adapt the system for use in custom applications or environments. The prototype showcases the framework’s ability to remotely monitor and control a simulated home environment. The prototype uses hardware that is energy efficient, inexpensive, and easy to interface with standard transducers and actuators in order to monitor and control an environment. The wireless peripheral nodes are programmed with the popular Arduino software, and the custom framework and development tools which we have designed make it easy for developers to create custom peripherals. Users control the system with a simple web accessible graphical user interface by associating events with actions that the system must execute (e.g. a switch causes a lamp’s state to toggle). Users can also provide direct commands to the system (e.g. manually turn a lamp on or off).

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