Intelligent Home Control

Intelligent Home Control is the Wikipedia subject associated with Intelligent House Concept, a wired building-automation system originally developed by LK and subsequently owned by Schneider Electric. The system is marketed as IHC Intelligent House Concept and is designed to coordinate electrical and home-control functions through a central controller connected to separate input and output modules. The architecture uses a star-configured topology. Rather than connecting field devices in a shared bus arrangement, the central controller has an individual point-to-point data connection to each module. This modular structure allows the installation to be expanded by adding input and output modules within the controller's supported limits. A controller can support up to eight input modules and sixteen output modules. Each input module provides sixteen digital on/off inputs, while each output module provides eight digital on/off outputs. At the stated maximum configuration, one controller can therefore handle as many as 128 digital inputs and 128 digital outputs. The system's principal function is the centralized handling of discrete electrical signals. Inputs can represent events or states such as switch actions or sensor conditions, while outputs can control connected electrical loads or other binary devices. The available reference material does not identify a complete list of supported applications, consumer product packages, retail channels, launch dates, or current markets, so the system is best described as a building-automation platform rather than as a broad consumer electronics brand. Communication between the central controller and its modules uses a proprietary pulse-width-encoded protocol operating at 5 volts. The signal is continuously repeated and begins with a timing header, followed by one pulse for every input or output port and an additional parity pulse. A logical zero is represented by a 300-microsecond high period followed by a 300-microsecond low period. A logical one uses a 150-microsecond high period and a 450-microsecond low period. The protocol distinguishes input and output module frames by the number of port pulses: sixteen for an input module and eight for an output module. An even or odd pulse count is used for parity information. The system's documented history is limited in the supplied reference material. It was originally made by LK and is now owned by Schneider Electric, which sells it under the IHC Intelligent House Concept name. No reliable information is provided here about the original release year, the individuals responsible for its development, the system's headquarters, financial performance, present availability, or a broader corporate brand strategy. Those details remain unconfirmed.

Intelligent Home Control refers to the Intelligent House Concept building-automation system, commonly abbreviated as IHC. The system was originally made by LK and later came under the ownership of Schneider Electric, which sells it as IHC Intelligent House Concept. The available reference material does not state when the platform was first introduced or identify the people who designed it, so its early development cannot be dated more precisely. The documented design is based on a star-configured wiring topology. A central controller functions as the hub and communicates separately with each attached module through a point-to-point data wire. This arrangement differs from a shared communication bus because each module has its own connection to the controller. The design supports a modular installation model: up to eight input modules and sixteen output modules may be connected to one controller. Input and output capacity is defined by the module type. Each input module contains sixteen digital ports that can report on/off states. Each output module contains eight digital ports that can transmit on/off control states. With the maximum stated module configuration, the controller can accommodate up to 128 digital inputs and 128 digital outputs. These capabilities make the platform suitable for coordinating discrete signals in an automated building, although the supplied material does not enumerate particular electrical appliances, sensors, or installation packages. The system communicates using a 5-volt pulse-width protocol. Every module connection carries a continually repeating signal. A frame begins with a 4,100-microsecond high interval and a 300-microsecond low interval. It then includes one pulse for each I/O port, followed by an additional parity pulse. Input-module frames contain sixteen port pulses, whereas output-module frames contain eight. Signal values are represented by pulse timing: an off state, or an even parity value, uses a 300-microsecond high interval and a 300-microsecond low interval; an on state, or an odd parity value, uses a 150-microsecond high interval and a 450-microsecond low interval. The transfer from LK to Schneider Electric is the main documented corporate turning point. Schneider Electric's ownership provides the system with a larger industrial-electrical context, but the supplied sources do not establish whether the system was redesigned, renamed at a particular date, expanded into additional markets, or discontinued. They also do not provide reliable information about sales, pricing, personnel, headquarters, or current product support. Consequently, the history of Intelligent Home Control is presently best documented as the history of a specific modular wired-control architecture and its change in ownership, rather than as a fully documented consumer brand chronology.

• System originally made by LK

  [1]Intelligent Home Controlen.wikipedia.org

  The Intelligent House Concept system was originally made by LK. The available source does not provide a reliable year for its creation or first release.

• Ownership passes to Schneider Electric

  [1]Intelligent Home Controlen.wikipedia.org

  Schneider Electric became the owner of the system and sells it under the IHC Intelligent House Concept name. The timing and transaction details are not specified in the source.

A modular, centrally controlled wired building-automation system for handling digital electrical inputs and outputs in homes or other buildings.

• Wired building-automation system

  IHC Intelligent House Concept

  The core IHC platform is a centralized building-automation system with a star-configured topology. A central controller communicates independently with modular input and output units. The maximum stated configuration is eight input modules and sixteen output modules, supporting up to 128 digital inputs and 128 digital outputs in total. The system uses a repeating 5-volt pulse-width-encoded protocol for module communication.

• Automation controller

  IHC central controller

  The central controller is the hub of the Intelligent House Concept installation. It maintains separate point-to-point data connections to the attached modules and coordinates the system's digital input and output signals. One controller can support up to eight input modules and sixteen output modules, subject to the architecture documented in the reference material.

• Digital input module

  IHC input modules

  Input modules collect digital on/off states for processing by the central controller. Each module has sixteen digital inputs. The communication protocol represents an input-module frame with one pulse for each of its sixteen ports, followed by a parity pulse.

• Digital output module

  IHC output modules

  Output modules provide digitally controlled on/off outputs for connected building-control functions. Each module has eight digital outputs. The controller communicates with an output module through a dedicated point-to-point connection using a frame containing one pulse for each output port and an additional parity pulse.

1. 1Intelligent Home Controlen.wikipedia.org