A communications system used to control lights, heating, cooling, security cameras and other devices in a home or office. The network connection uses existing electric lines or operates wireless. The network may be manually operated, run on a timer or be controlled from an app in a smartphone or tablet. See
smart home,
X10,
Insteon,
ZigBee,
Z-Wave,
Matter,
Thread,
UPB,
Home Plug & Play,
CEBus and
domotics.