Home Automation Hub for Operating Smart Home Devices

Solution

The product functionality is being gradually incremented with each iteration. The solution is capable of smartly adjusting ambience. The typical use case scenario is as follows - it brings room temperature to a comfort level by controlling multiple thermostats installed in a room, having received just a desired setpoint input from a user or having learnt their behavior over time. The solution automatically switches the lights on/off, adjusts color hues and its temperature, and makes other changes to the settings based on the collected data.

R-Style Lab was tasked with development of the following components of the system:

smart home device controller– connects numerous smart home devices equipped with various sensors, enables their interaction and orchestrates their performance. The hub monitors such ambient conditions as lights, temperature, humidity, presence, air conditioning, just to name a few, and unifies thermostats, switches, dimmers, RGB-controllers, heating devices and more.
drivers for Plug-&-Play device set-up & OTA updates – make device installation, as well as upgraded versions of software and firmware available out-of-the-box since an effortless configuration process and minimized user involvement are the top priorities for the solution usability.
integration API layer & custom protocol for sensor data – ensure compatibility of data from various types of sensors and different third-party smart home products: specific routines are used to harmonize sensor data and send it to the server for further analysis.
advanced stats analytics at the back end – processes sensor data, performs complex analysis of a set of metrics and usage patterns, generates automation scripts that control devices and sends smart home optimization notifications, thus, delivering truly automated home management workflows.
Android-based solution for touchscreen control panel – installed in each room a user wants to manage, gives master control of the home automation solution and enables on-demand settings changes by a home owner.
web front-end dashboard – сreated as an alternative to touchscreen control panels and intended for checking smart home environment statuses, overriding automated settings on-demand, and providing access to a price configurator where home owners can choose their personalized home automation plans.

The smart home automation system offers two configuration options:

with a smart home device management controller installed locally;
with smart home device ecosystem managed via a cloud. This option has no controller on the premises and sensor data is sent directly to the cloud for processing and device orchestration.

The plan for the final release is to turn the system into a smart digital assistant, which will go beyond device performance automation to handle daily routines of home owners - from booking tickets to tracking their timetables to doing automated shopping via authorized partners.

Testimonials

Marc Zirka, CEO

Telcovision Group

"Working with R-Style is a pure example of software development outsourcing. It was a great pleasure working with a competent and flexible team, where the focus is on the quality and the timeliness of the deliverables. R-Style developed for us the backend for FROGO our new Dating Mobile Application where the outcome was more than satisfactory. Moreover, R-Style team and leadership were providing us at all times their support and were available to answer any questions we had. Working with them gave us a great level of comfort and trust"

Hunter Jensen, CEO

Barefoot Solutions, Inc.

"Having worked with a lot of USA and non US-based development teams, R-Style Lab software development company is hands down the best I've seen. They have a high level of professionalism, excellent communication skills, thorough quality assurance practices, and superb technical expertise. I have been very satisfied with the quality of the software products that they have delivered, and everything has been delivered on time, on budget, and to spec."

Bolatbek Ospanov, Founder, CBDO

Smart Satu

"The success of any startup depends on its solid team and their commitment. We’ve found the perfect level of commitment with R-Style Lab. Besides stellar technical expertise, they have this striking passion for technology which enables them to think outside the box. R-Style Lab has developed a comprehensive business platform for us to facilitate cooperation between suppliers and their clients. This project has won startups competition in Kazakhstan which was organized by a Swiss company Seedstars World and will compete for a 1 mln dollar prize in the World Competition. The smartsatu.kz system is already popular not only in Kazakhstan, but in Kirgizstan and Bulgaria as well."

Sergey Kiruschin, Head of IT department

Aeroflot

“Work of R-Style Lab's specialists is a classic example of successful IT-outsourcing. We’ve been fully satisfied with the professional level of the work done.”

Anton Karzhavin, Project Manager

Rive Gauche, perfume and cosmetics chain

“R-Style Lab solution allowed us to improve the quality of communication in the company. After the project completion, we have managed to reduce the costs for long-distance communication by 10%. I’d like to thank R-Style Lab team for the professional and flexible approach to the project implementation”

Mark Valentini, CIO of “Red Square” Ltd.

Eurovision, Song Contest 2009 in Moscow

“The project on the deployment of “Eurovision-2009” IT-infrastructure has been undoubtedly large-scale and labour-intensive. Its realization demanded for engaging a huge part of the company’s resources in a very limited time. Moreover, the project required for maximum focus as well as consolidation of all the company’s potentials. R-Style Lab specialists have fulfilled the task assigned to the full extent of their power. All the works were completed on a very high professional level.”

Alexander Arikainen, Administrative Director

Dentsu-Smart

“Reorganization of the company’s IT-infrastructure has allowed for improving customer service, optimizing employees’ work and structuring data processing. In the result of the project implementation, we’ve got a single point of managing access rights, servers, users, printing, applications, e-mails and other resources at all the Dentsu-Smart subsidiaries. Besides, R-Style Lab specialists have developed a fault-tolerant and easy-scalable system.”

Andrey Golovchanov, Project Manager at Uhrenholt

Uhrenholt

“The implemented project allowed for improving the security level of the information system, made it more reliable and failsafe, increased its flexibility and scalability as well as reduced costs for administration. According to our estimates, the R-Style Lab's delivered project let us lower the operational costs by almost 2 times.”