ZigBee Home Automation 1.

2
- Delivering Peace of Mind through
Secure and Energy Efficient Homes
August 1, 2013

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Agenda & Speakers

Introduction
Ryan Maley, Director of Strategic Marketing, ZigBee Alliance

Features and Benefits of ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

Ivan ONeill, Technical Standards Manager, iControl Networks

ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 and Energy@home

Fabio Luigi Bellifemine, Senior Project Manager, Telecom Italia and Director,
Energy@home Association

ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 Implementation

Ezra Hale, Home Automation Working Group Chair, ZigBee Alliance and SW
Systems Engineering Manager, Silicon Labs

Question & Answer Session

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Introducing
ZigBee Home Automation 1.2
Ryan Maley
Director of Strategic Marketing
ZigBee Alliance
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Introducing
ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

Security
Switches

Remote Access

Lighting
Closures

Appliances
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Heating/Cooling

Door Lock

Introducing
ZigBee Home Automation 1.2
Tested and proven
standard for
connecting devices in
the home
Enhanced device
definitions
Energy management
with Energy@home
Technical
improvements for
easier installation and
upgrades

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Security
Switches

Remote Access

Lighting

Appliances

Closures

Heating/Cooling

Door Lock

Meets Requirements of the

Connected Home
Networking with ZigBee PRO
Low power use
Scalable networks
Mesh for reliability and coverage
Self-configuring deployments

Devices consumers need

Appliances
Thermostats
Door locks
Lights
Security sensors
Closures
and more!

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Global Standard and Ecosystem

Benefits
Can be deployed globally
Consumer choice of products
Product Competition
Quality
Product Feature Innovation

Price Competition
Buyer choice of suppliers

No vendor lock-in to specific chip

manufacturer
Multiple sources for interoperable end
products

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Features and Benefits

ZigBee Home Automation 1.2
Ivan ONeill
Technical Standards Manager
iControl Networks

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Standardized Pairing
Enables simple networks
without a centralized
coordinator
Simplifies pairing and reduces
cost while being fully
compatible with advanced
whole home systems
Pair devices and create scenes
with the press of a couple
buttons
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Remote Firmware Updates

Upgrade devices from any
manufacturer remotely using a
gateway from any service provider
Subscribe and forget
Buy devices knowing they'll support
new ZigBee Home Automation
features

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Poll Control Cluster

Improves battery life
Adjusts sleep cycles to
ensure a responsive user
experience and extend
battery life
Achieve 2 year battery life
for door locks and more
than 7 years for security
sensors

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Energy@home & Energy

Management
Save money and energy by telling
appliances to respond to utility price
signals and events
Optimize energy usage in the home and
stay below demand limits
Measure device usage in a detailed way
3-phase AC and DC
Configurable precision
Active, reactive, and apparent power

Install your own smart meter and take

advantage of utility programs
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Door Locks
Eliminate the key
PIN or RFID card

Set schedules for thousands of

unique users
Restrict when the babysitter and contractor
can come and go
See who unlocked/locked the door and when
Get a text message when the kids come home

Configure language, volume, autorelock timeout, and privacy and

vacation modes
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Thermostats
Remotely program in a
standardized way
Enroll in management services
to optimize comfort and
energy savings
Remotely disable local access
and schedule programming
WARNING: ZigBee does not
warrant against marital strife
caused by ZigBee Home
Automation 1.2 features
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Home Security
See status of system on
wireless keypad
Added support for alarms with strobe
lights for the hearing impaired
Protect your home with a wide range
of battery-powered security sensors:

Smoke/fire detectors
Door/window & motion sensors
Glass break detectors
Carbon monoxide sensors
Water leak detectors

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ZigBee Home Automation is

Already Widely Deployed
Service providers

Platform providers

Hardware manufacturers

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Testing and Certification

Ensuring highest quality
Rigorous evaluation of all platforms
19 products already achieved Golden Unit
Status
Devices Supported
Lighting
Switches, Dimmers, Occupancy Sensors etc.

Closures
Shade controllers, Window Covering Device etc.

HVAC
Thermostats, Temp Sensor, Pressure Sensor etc.

Intruder Alarm Systems

IAS Warning Device, IAS Zone etc.

Generic
Door Locks, Smart Plugs, White Goods, Remote Control,
etc.

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Summary of Benefits
Interoperable
Fully compliant and certified

Affordable
Reduced device and operational costs

Easy of maintenance and use

Easy pairing of devices
Over the air software upgrades

Secure

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ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 &

Energy@home
- an eco-system approach to home energy
efficiency

Fabio Bellifemine
Energy@home Association, Director
Telecom Italia, Project Manager

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Energy@home Association
Energy@home isanonprofitassociationregisteredundertheItalianlawswiththe
purposeofdeveloping&promotingtechnologiesandservicesforhomeenergyefficiency
basedupondevicetodevicecommunication
Activities:usecases,technicalspecifications,trials,dissemination,analysisofimpactof
regulationframework
Founding Members

Ordinary Members

Aggregate Members

http://www.energyhome.it
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Energy@home & ZigBee

Energy@homeandZigBeeAlliance
signedaliaisonagreementto
collaborateforthedevelopmentof
technicalspecifications

WhyZigBee:
Costeffective
Energyawaretechnology
RobustnessinSNR
StandardApplicationprofiles

Excellent performance
in low SNR environments

Standard Application Profiles

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ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

Energy
ValueProposition:

Automation

Comfort
Home
Gateway

Integrated ecosystem ofhome

applications,devices and
household appliances
Singlegateway(i.e.nosilosof
homeboxes)
Extensible system withnew
devices fromseveral vendors
Availability ofawelldefined
Certification Programand
Independent TestHouses

Security

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ZigBee Home Automation Devices Currently

Integrated in Energy@home
ENEL Smart Info

Meter Interface Device

Can be plugged into any home
electricity sockets
Univocally associated to the meter
Makes available consumption,
generation, and contractual
data
Compatible with already deployed
smart meters

Telecom Italia Home

Gateway
Home Area Network
controller
ZigBee Trust Center
Energy Management
System & application
logics
Connects the overall
system to the cloud

Smart Appliances

Flexgrid Smart Plug

Indesit Company & Electrolux

Visualize cost
and consumption
React to external signals
(energy price/green source,
overload, pause/resume)
Coordinate with other smart appliances
Per-phase schedulable

On/Off Switch
Electricity Measurement
ZigBee Router

http://www.energy-home.it
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White Goods: Power Profile and Appliance

Control Data Structures
Appliance Identification
Manufacturer, Brand
Product Type
CECED Specification Version
Appliance Control & State
EN50523 Signal States
Selected Cycle and Current Phase
Duration & Remaining Time To End
Start and Finish Time

EN50523 Appliance Events

Faults
Warnings

Appliance Statistics
Statistics about usage

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Power Profile
Sequence of electrical loads activation / deactivation
(Power phases); basic uninterruptable elements:
Expected duration
Peak Power consumption
Maximum activation delay
Expected Energy consumption

Sequence of Power phases -> Power Profile

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ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

& Energy@home in Trials
Where: 50 private houses in Italy (20 prosumers)
What: Indesit WM, Smart Info, Home Gateway, 5 Smart Plugs
When: October 2012 December 2013
Functions: energy awareness, scheduling, overload warning,
remote access, comparison of occupant behaviour

Enexis in Netherlands
Where: The Netherland (Breda and Zwolle)
What: 300 Indesit Co. Smart Washing Machines
When: from August 2012 -> December 2015

In-Home Smart Display from Enexis trial

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- Promote energy efficiency and cost saving

through time of use tariffs (cheap mode)
- Promote eco-behavior and cost saving through
PV generated energy (green mode)
- Integration with the thermal control of the house
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First Results: Persuasive

Feedback
my energy consumption this week
in comparison with the other trialists

Im pleased this week I saved 3.84 KW/h in respect to

last week: a small quantity but its a good start.
Since when I saw the consumption of my PC, I never
leave it again switched-on when I dont use it
I discovered where I have a large consumption: it is the
fridge! Thanks for let me discover that.

avg

Energy [kWh]

Trialists

washing machine: my average energy

consumption in comparison with the other
trialists

the verdict was very cruel to me given that only a family

with four members has consumed more than me, while I
have consumed more than other families with five and
four components, and all the other trialists have
consumed much less than me.
We attempted to reduce costs by operating appliances
such as washing machine and dishwasher in the off-peak
times, but we can get small cost savings. However I am
satisfied with seeing the other participants' consumption
because I am in the middle of the classification, even if of
course I would be pleased to further improve my position

Trialists

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First Lessons Learned: Value of

Remote Monitoring Tools
The challenge
Maintaining and supporting nation wide installations
composed of ZigBee nodes from several vendors
Remotely support users in do-it-yourself installation

The need: ZigBee Network Monitoring tools

Remote monitoring & Remote diagnosis (e.g. Perytons tool)
Home Gateway provides enabling clusters and functions
All data is logged in a centralized database
Ongoing activities:
Scheduled preemptive tasks to analyze each of the
networks periodically with user defined scripts
Helpdesk operators to see a full picture of the network
status, events and alarms to initiate manual tasks (e.g.
RF noise detection) and deep analysis of
each of the networks

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ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

Implementation
Ezra Hale
ZigBee Home Automation Group Chair
Software Systems Engineering Manager, Silicon
Labs

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Open Standard leads

to Lower Cost
ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 provides the
application layer on top of ZigBee PRO.
Open standard for low power wireless
communication.

ZigBee is an open standard which anyone

can implement as a result:
Multiple protocol sw and chip vendors
Multiple tool chains
Wide variety of end device products

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Solutions Available from Multiple

Vendors
Three stacks went through a rigorous testing
process at the ZigBee Home Automation 1.2
Specification Validation Event.
ZigBee Home Automation 1.2 solutions available
from:

Silicon Labs
Texas Instruments
Freescale
Others

Competition leads to more robust feature

sets and lower cost for consumers.

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Tools Available From Multiple

Vendors
Tools such as Silicon Labs Ember Desktop
includes both an application builder and a
network analyzer
Ubilogix Ubiqua provides network analysis
used for debugging, testing and deployment.
Both network analysis tools were used
during development and testing.
Both network analysis tools support ZigBee
Home Automation 1.2.
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Example - Silicon Labs Ember

Desktop

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Example - Ubilogix Ubiqua

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Typical ZigBee Home Automation 1.2

Application Implementation
Typical implementation written on top of an
Application Framework
Application Framework hides specification
details from the firmware developer.
Application developer can hit the ground
running with a full ZigBee Home Automation 1.2
compliant application with very little coding on
their part.

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Example - Silicon Labs

Application Framework
Entire
Specification
is encoded in
XML

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Application Framework Plugins

Application
code which
cannot be
encoded in XML
is written into
firmware
plugins

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Plugin Configuration
Firmware plugins
may be modified
and tied into
customer
hardware.

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Modular Design
Modular
architecture
lends itself
to a modular
design

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Leads to a wide variety of

products
Modular
architecture
can be used to
create a wide
variety of
products

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