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Amit Chauhan1, Reecha Ranjan Singh2, Sangeeta Agrawal 3, Saurabh Kapoor4, S. Sharma5
1
Deptt. of Mgt. Omakarananda IMT, Rishikesh Uttrakhand (India)
2
Deptt. of CSE, Omakarananda IMT, Rishikesh Uttrakhand (India)
[email protected]
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Deptt. of Mgt. Omakarananda IMT, Rishikesh Uttrakhand (India)
[email protected]
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Deptt. of Math, IIT Roorkee (India)
[email protected]
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Deptt. of Math, IIT Roorkee (India)

Abstract home. The capability of controlling home appliances in a

A modern world contains varieties of electronic equipment and wireless and remote fashion has provided a great
systems like: TV, security system, Hi-fi equipment, central convenience to many people in life. Through a wireless
heating systems, fire alarm systems, security alarm systems, remote controller, people can do remote operation without
lighting systems, SET Top Box, AC (Air Conditioner) etc., we directly accessing the host of a home appliance. The home
need to handle, ON/OFF or monitor these electrical devices
appliances like fan, lamp, television, washing machines
remotely or to communicate with these but, if you are not at the
home or that place and you want to communicate with these and others. The introduction of the Global System for
device. So the new technology for handled these devices Mobile Communication (GSM) and particularly the use of
remotely and for communication to required the GSM, mobile hand-held mobile phones brought the innovation of
technology, SMS (short message service) and some hardware distance communication at remote location. Based on this,
resources. SMS based remote control for home appliances is research utilizes this facility for remote control of systems
beneficial for the human generation, because mobile is most and appliances; take for instance, a man on a journey
recently used technology nowadays. inside his car suddenly remembers that he left the Air
Keyword: Mobile Phone, Micro-Controller, Short Message Conditioner (AC), ON when it was supposed to be OFF.
Service (SMS), Global System for Mobile Communication The normal condition is to drive back and switch OFF or
(GSM).
for the home security we also monitor the home through
the system but we are not include the option of the monitor
I. Introduction in the system; in the system we consider only ON and OFF
operation in (fig3.) . But with the GSM mobile phone in
The new research areas for the need of the man that the hand, one looks on how the same could be used to
controlled the electrical devices remotely, anything from effect control at any point and time.
the home such as an air conditioner, security system, set Therefore in this project the GSM is the type of wireless
top box, light, and so on. The case of remote control that chooses. It is because it's the GSM is better than
capability and the possibility of achieving it at a others wireless. It is suitable to install the systems that
reasonably low cost have motivated the need to research need a wide range. It also can monitor the signal strength
into it not only for industrial application but also for and more adaptable. So it is suitable to become a
domestic use or home use. Home wireless security systems controller for home appliances and for security system.
are becoming increasingly popular and it is being a Nowadays, most couples leave for work early in the
necessary nowadays. There are many benefits to using morning and get back only in the evening. Most people
these compared to conventional systems. There are many also have to travel to other cities for their work. When they
products of Wireless Home Security Systems in the are away, their house is empty and unguarded. Therefore
market. The price depends on how advance the system is. case like theft and robbery is easy to occur because the
Normally today home security system is in wireless form home owners are not in the house. The Multidimensional
rather than wired form. The reasons are wireless can saves crisis like theft and robbery is one of the most serious
cost of wiring, easy to install, occupy lesser space, easy for problems that happen in this country. The based solution is
maintenance and more reliable. Besides that, the wireless to develop home security system using a wireless to keeps
also capability become as an appliances control in the your house safe from intruders and enables you to work in

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peace. Based on the events above, the project can be This system will be a powerful and flexible tool that will
developing to make our home secure and safe. We never offer this service at any time, and from anywhere with the
anxious and worried anymore even we leave the house. So constraints of the technologies being applied. Possible
this system is to design and develop a home security target appliances include climate control systems, security
system that can provide security against intrusion and systems, and lights; anything with an electrical interface.
other emergency situation by alarm via short message The proposed approach for designing this system is to
service (SMS). SMS stands for Short Message Service. It implement a microcontroller-based control module that
is a mobile technology that allows for sending and receives its instructions and commands from a cellular
receiving text or even binary messages to and from a phone over the GSM network. The microcontroller then
mobile phone [1]. With an SMS based computer control will carry out the issued commands and then communicate
system, monitoring and control can be achieved at all the status of a given appliance or device back to the
times. This is as a result of the ease of accessibility that cellular phone.
comes with the use of a mobile phone. To achieve an
effective remote control and monitoring security system,
today there are a many wireless home security alarm III. Existing System Overview
system available in the market. Some are designed for very
high security level protection and some are basic type. A. GSM / Mobile / Cell Phone Based Device
Most of the alarm systems are very expensive and Monitoring and Control System: The purpose of this
therefore not affordable by poor or middle class families. system is to Monitor and Control any Digital or Analog
Some systems which cheaper in cost do not provide devices from your Cell Phone. This system can be used to
reliable features like status checking. To provide the control up to 16 electrical devices. With this circuit you
public with a cost effective wireless security system, it is can switch-ON , OFF or Restart some Linux servers,
important to design a low cost system with advanced ADSL modems, Printers, Door with electric lock,
features which ease the benefits the people and also will Irrigation Pump, Garage door, House lights, Water pumps,
decrease the crime. We are developing the system the electric sunshade, Block the engine of your car or your
control and monitor the home devices. It is important motorcycle, at the steal case and much more. The purpose
because the system can help the old persons, disabled of this circuit is to make the human life better and easier.
persons and can help if there is no one at home. The aim of
the proposed system is to develop a cost effective solution B. GSM Based Automatic Irrigation Water
that will provide controlling of home appliances remotely Controller System: The purpose of this project is to get
and enable home security against intrusion in the absence SMS alerts whenever the electrical power status changes
of homeowner. The system provides availability due to to ON or OFF. Use your mobile phone to switch on/off the
development of a low cost system. The home appliances water pump from any location in the world.
control system with an affordable cost was thought to be
built that should be mobile providing remote access to the C. Mobile technology (GSM) based remote
appliances and allowing home security. Though devices monitoring and control of digital Energy meter:
connected as home and office appliances consume Useful for Electricity Department personal for remote
electrical power. These devices should be controlled as meter reading. Also useful to disconnect the power supply
well as turn on /off if required. Most of the times it was to consumer incase of non-payment of electric bill. This is
done manually, but it is a necessity to control devices also used to exchange messages like power cut timings
more effectively and efficiently at any time from with the consumers.
anywhere. In this system, we are going to develop a
cellular phone based home/office appliance controller [2],
D. GSM based Highway vehicle traffic monitoring
[6].
system: The purpose of this project is to monitor the
vehicles moving on highways at remote locations. This
II. Aim and Objective project uses infrared/laser sensor system to count the
number of vehicles passing in both the directions. The
The main aim and objective of the system is to develop an vehicle count is logged by the microcontroller. This
interface between the GSM and electrical appliances for vehicles information is sent to the user over GSM modem.
the users, used the mobile phone and to access the home The information can be sent to the user periodically or can
appliances or other electrical devices remotely. be sent on demand by sending a missed call or SMS.
The objective is to develop a system that allows for a user
to remotely control and monitor multiple home appliances E. EZY SWITCH: It is used for to remotely control and
or electrical devices using a cellular phone or protocols. monitor your heating, security systems, and domestic /

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commercial appliance. Ezy Switch is a simple switch Phone is integrated with the microcontroller (e.g. -
control design that connects to electrical devices. If your PIC16F873A [9]) which receives SMS message from user
appliance or equipment can be switched on or off, you can Mobile Phone and sends a command to controller to
control it remotely from your mobile phone with Ezy control whether to turn ON or OFF the output. The Mobile
Switch. Simple installation and control via text message Phone also sends status reporting to the user regarding the
The Ezy Switch employs the SMS network and comes electrical appliance. The system utilizes a low cost
with easy programming steps. Simple text messaging microcontroller that is currently available in the market.
instructions are used for operation, such as “turn on heat The development of this device involves with both
pump” and “turn off heat pump” Monitor multiple devices hardware and software to provide a preferable results. The
Monitor your security lights and smoke alarms on one Ezy structure of the system is working with following steps:
Switch, at the same time control the power on/off on your
heat pump and hot water cylinder. Capacity of up to 8 i) The remote user sends text messages (SMS) including
monitored devices and 4 power controlled devices. It is authentication information and commands to the receiver.
works on all mobile networks that uses a globally ii) GSM receiver receives messages sent from user cell
compliant cellular module. It is working with following: phone or mobile phone and send.
1) Domestic appliances – Remotely power on/off hot iii) GSM receiver decodes the sent message and sends the
water cylinders, swimming pool pumps, and open gates. commands to the microcontroller.
2) Security – To control and monitor specified security iv)The microcontroller issues commands to the appliances.
systems, security light sensors, smoke alarms, security v) Microcontroller issues commands to the appliances and
gates, and other wired peripherals. the devices connected will switch ON/OFF.
3) Heating and ventilation – Remotely power on/off air- vi)The Microcontroller checks for completion status and
conditioning, heat pumps, central ducted systems, and apply operation on Electrical Devices.
ventilation systems. vii) GSM receiver informs the remote user of the outcome
4) Commercial Equipment – Receive alerts and of their request by sending a completion status message
notification from monitored equipment. Remotely operate back to remote user in the form of another SMS message.
lighting and other commercial peripherals.
5) Agriculture – Remotely control milk sheds, water A system used the following technologies:
pumps, monitor fuel tanks and irrigation equipment. A. Cellular phone, Networks and Communication
protocols: The widely available networks are based on
GSM. The network provides a wide area of coverage and
can be utilized more cost-effectively for this system and
communication protocols that are DTMF (Dual Tone
Multi Frequencies) [3],[4] , SMS etc., SMS is the most
efficient medium for communication. Mobile phone or
Cellular device is required for to create a SMS.

B. I/O Interfaces between Microcontroller and

devices: Serial or parallel I/O will be considered for to
connect the GSM receiver and the Microcontroller. Using
the microcontroller, a control circuit will be implemented
to control the electrical appliances (air conditioner,
security system, set top box, light, fan etc).

Microcontroller System

The micro-controller is a microprocessor with provisions

for input and output embedded in it. It consists of timers,
Fig. 1 Block Diagram of system Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs), Universal
Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
(USART), etc. It is an 8-bit microcontroller with flash
IV. System Architecture program memory and Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read Only Memory (EEPROM). It contains 83-
In a fig 1 Illustrates the block diagram of the remotely instructions which includes byte operations, bits-
home appliance control system using SMS. The Mobile

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operations and branching. It has five 8-bits ports which

can be bit-wise or byte-wise addressed [10].
The three major features of the controller are:

i) Receives instructions and decodes them to give device

address and command, then sends corresponding signals to
the driver of the power circuit.

ii) Ensures dual independent operation action – device ON

or OFF.

iii) Provides a feedback STATUS of any device under

control whether ON or OFF.

The design parameters and steps are outlined as follows:

a) Read and store received key values in a First-In-
First-Out (FIFO) buffer.
b) All commands ends with key “5” to execute the
last four digits stored in the FIFO buffer.
c) Decode the first three digits to device address and
the fourth digit to a command to be executed.

Design for switch ON, OFF and STATUS

For individual control of the devices, three digits address
are allocated to them. A forth digit is added to determine
which command is to be executed on the device. Then, the
system uses a 5- digit instruction code as shown below in
the fig 2:

Fig 3 Instruction Code for All the Devices

Design of the feedback (Device STATUS)

The system is programmed to give one beep when the
device is OFF and five beeps when it is ON. At any point
in time, this STATUS can be obtained
Fig. 2 Instruction Code Format for Devices
Algorithm
The instruction code determines if the device should be Step 1: Start
ON, OFF or the STATUS should be returned to the user. Step 2: Phone initialization
The following are the codes for the commands: Step 3: Get Hardware Software
• “2” on the instruction code indicates that the Step 4: Poll SMS from mobile phone
device should be switched ON. Step 5: If new SMS received go to step3 else, go to step1
• “7” on the instruction code indicates that the Step 6: Receive SMS
device should be switched OFF.“9” on the instruction Step 7: Check SMS pattern
code indicates that the STATUS of the device should Step 8: Control the device based on status
be returned. Step 9: Notify end user
• The fifth digit of the instruction is always “5” for Step 10: Go to step1
execution.

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V. Advantages of a System

The system offer several attractive features like:

1. Convenience – SMS technology is easy

to use and learn and can be accessed
easily when needed.
2. Accessibility – instructions can be sent
to the microcontroller to be controlled
and monitored from any location
provided there is the existence of an
active GSM network or control from
anywhere in world if cellular coverage is
available.
3. Portability – a microcontroller can be
controlled and monitored from any GSM
phone that supports SMS. Considering
the fact that most GSM phones support
SMS, the system is therefore highly
portable.
4. Saves Time – an SMS based remote
monitoring and computer control system
saves time as the user is not required to
gain access to an internet connection or
make a dedicated connection to the
computer to be controlled as opposed to
a Bluetooth-based system or an Internet
based system.
5. Cheaper – SMS services are generally
cheap and are sometimes provided for
free (at least for certain periods) by
service providers. Furthermore, most
service providers do not charge users for
receiving SMS.
6. Mobility – User and/or system
administrators are more likely to have
their phones with them at all times than
they are likely to physically be in front
of their computers. An SMS based
system therefore enables them have
ubiquitous access to the computer to be
controlled and monitored.
7. Acknowledgement about execution of
command from system to user.
8. To uses SMS and issue commands from
user for control.
9. To alerts user on occurrence of any
abnormal conditions like power failure,
Fig 4.Flow of System parameters.
10. To ease of implementation and cost-
effective approach.

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VI. Conclusion and Future works [9].Microchip PIC16F87XA Data Sheet,

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PC are not provided, one can use mobile phone based
control system which is simple and cost-effective.
Alternatively for such requirements landline phone with
extension card could also be select for the system. In the
next paper we are develop the audio or voice based and
also include the text based (SMS) remote home and office
control system. With the help of the audio or voice we can
control the electrical devices or domestic or home
appliances. Voice based approach is beneficial for
physically handicapped persons or blind persons, with the
help of speech we can control home or office appliances
remotely.

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