AutoHTN’s Home Screen

AutoHTN’s home screen shows a touch button for lights, security sensors, web cameras, electrical outlets, thermostat, HTN video streaming, window blinds, and receiver. Each touch button will take a person to the screen of the respective function. For example, pressing the Lights button on the home screen goes to a page showing nine light buttons.

The menu button brings up three menus. The first one is labeled “Configure:” and it takes a person to the submenu displaying all the configurable applications. The other two menu buttons are “connection diagram” and “setup help.” These buttons open up a web browser to our HomeTheaterNetwork.com site, which provides information to users on how to get AutoHTN to work with their home theater network.

Lights

Pressing the “Lights” button on the main menu will take a person to the Lights screen showing nine light buttons. Each button is used to turn an individual light on or off. Pressing an inactive button will not send any command signals to the home theater network. The “All On” and “All Off” buttons will do what their respective name says. The “Check Light Status” button is useful if someone in the house manually turns on/off a light or if the user has another home automation remote.

Testing was done using Intermatic’s Z-wave USB stick (model #HA22), lamp modules (model #HA03C), In-wall switch (model #HA06C), and screw-in lamp modules (model #HA05C).

Configuring each light’s name, protocol, active status, and node number is done in the Lights Configuration menu under Menu\Configure\Lights. For example, if a person want to add a fourth Z-wave light switch to the porch light in their house. He or she would press Menu\Configure\Lights to open up the Lights Configuration page. Using the spinner to select “Light 4,” he or she could then make the button active, change the protocol to Z-wave, edit the name to Porch Light, and update the Z-wave node number. After pressing the save button, the user can go to the Lights screen and now turn on/off the porch light.

Z-Wave USB Stick #HA23C	Z-Wave Plug-In Lamp Module #HA03C	Indoor Wall Switch #HA06C	Outdoor Lamp Module #HA05C