Remote control of Apartment Room Lights with Shelly devices
Overview
Project overview/description
This use case describes the role of Shelly devices in making possible remote controlling the lighting and personal comfort in private apartment, studio or house.
In a single home where lighting is conventional, the usage of Shelly devices makes possible to remotely control the lights not only unlocking this possibility for comfort but and for specific cases like for example people with disabilities to remotely control the lights. In addition the dimming of the lights can be adjusted.
The remote control can be done with physical buttons and or via the Shelly Smart Control application
This is a plug-and-play solution, that requires no additional wiring or home repair or construction activities, ensuring a hassle-free and convenient installation process.
Scope/Deployments(location)
Small 2-3 rooms personal apartment
Goal
Achieve remote light control, better home power efficiency and personal comfort.
Challenges
Challenges addressed:
Remote lights control
Dimming of lights during different times of the day
Solutions/Implementations
Solution
For this case a set of Shelly products are used to automate the apartment lights remote controlling.
No additional wiring, repair works or fixing is required.
Any Shelly BLU Button device can be used for this purpose.
For example:
Shelly BLU Button1 - can execute 4 preconfigured commands
Shelly BLU Button Tough - can execute 4 preconfigured commands
Shelly BLU Wall Switch 4 - this device has 4 buttons and can execute 16 preconfigured commands (max 4 for each separate button)
These devices are BLE Bluetooth devices which requires BLE Gateway which in this case is the Shelly Plug. Shelly Plugs are placed accordingly so can provide reliable Bluetooth coverage.
Shelly bulbs - Shelly Duo (or Shelly Duo - RGBW if you want colors) are used instead of standard ones, which offer the possibilities for dimming the devices during night times which brings increased eye comfort.
With the help of Shelly scenes lights are turned on of off upon pressing the buttons. You can also set lights percentage or color with device button press. All these can be controlled and via the Shelly Control App
Key features
Remote control of home lights
Energy consumption efficiency
Bulbs brightness adjustment
Low price of IoT products
Products Used
Shelly Duo - Smart Wi-Fi operated Bulb with warm and cool tones
Shelly Duo - RGBW - Smart Wi-Fi operated Bulb with 16 milion colors to choose from. It can be dimmed
Shelly BLU Button1 - Bluetooth button for operated actions and scene activation
Shelly BLU Button Tough - Bluetooth tough version of the button for operated actions and scene activation
Shelly BLU Wall Switch 4 - Smart four-button Bluetooth switch
Shelly Plug S Gen3 White - smart plug with power monitoring that enables control of lighting and acting as Bluetooth Gateway
Results
Remote lights control
Optimized energy consumption
Improved personal comfort by controlling the light percentage during different times of the day
Conclusion
Using Shelly smart home products in a small home apartment for personal can bring remote control of the lights which has many use cases - being for personal comfort or people with disabilities. This can be achieved without complex electrical or engineering knowledge with an easy and cheap plug and play solution.
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