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A SMART HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY
ANDROID DEVICE
Mayur Borse*1, Abhijeet Gadge*2, Aniket Chavan*3, Shital Khote*4
*1,2,3Student, Information Technology Department, JSPM’s Jaywantrao Sawant Polytechnic,
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
*4Professor, Information Technology Department, JSPM’s Jaywantrao Sawant Polytechnic,
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
ABSTRACT
Home automation makes it possible for all electrical appliances in our home (such as lighting systems, Washing
Machines, Televisions, AC’s and Refrigerators) to be easily accessed and effectively controlled by user from
remote location. This means that you can turn your lights on from the other room, change the channel on your
TV without getting up, turn on the AC when it gets hot and turn it off when it cools off, and so on. This not only
saves time and effort, but also reduces the risk of mistakes causing fires or electric shocks. There are different
types of home automation system available in the market. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Some of the main types of home automation system are ZigBee, Bluetooth based, Remote Controlled and also
using PIR sensors. All these systems are good, but unfortunately, they are only effective for short distances (100
meters maximum) within a particular locality. Today, we will be discussing about the best way of home
automation using GSM Module. This is possible because GSM module works on the same technology as the
mobile network, which can be used to send and receive signals across the world. This means, you don’t have to
worry about the internet.
Keywords: Arduino Uno, GSM Module, Four Channel Relay Module, Mobile Phone.
I. INTRODUCTION
We are within the midst of an era where the technology has solved most of our problems. the event of digital
information has led to the rapid change in human life-style. the employment of electricity is extremely
important mutually of the most sources of energy that's vital in modern lives today. With depleting resources
there has been a powerful urge to avoid wasting energy and find alternatives. because the years blow over, era
has been changing and as a result new approach are being developed for easier and safer control of electrical
devices for more efficient power management at homes and at work places. The proposed home automation
system allows user to manage any home appliances from remote location. it's possible only due to the GSM
Module. The concept behind this method is to only receive the sent message from mobile so processing it to
perform the required task or function. this can be most useful for people living since it allows them to remotely
monitor their appliances. Basically, if an easy mobile takes on the added responsibility to regulate the electrical
appliances of home, then the control has no geographical boundaries. Nowadays the mobile services are so
developing, a system which might control home appliances and lighting from anywhere should appeal to a
really large population.
II. RELATED WORKS
The previous works were done on such system which was mainly based on the use of telephone line, i.e., using a
phone-based system for home automation and using a hardware-based remote controller system. This method
is not only inefficient but also not suitable for the system of home automation. In other words, the existing
system cannot provide the convenience, reliability and usability of modern home automation.
A. ZigBee
A ZigBee solution for home automation systems has significant limitations. The ZADI standard uses a single
channel that is shared with other devices, and cannot detect if a motion sensor or light switch has been
activated. Zigbee can only detect whether a device is ON or OFF, not what state it is in.
B. Bluetooth
This system has some disadvantages. First, the system costs too much and the system uses a lot of energy.
Second, the system does not work on all appliances and also the system can be controlled in limited area.
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C. Remote Controlled
The drawbacks of remotely control home automation system are: It does not allow you to access the home
appliances from anywhere in the world; it has limited options for control, and not all devices can be controlled
with this type of home automation system. Also, there is no way to program a schedule for that home
automation system.
D. Using PIR Sensors
One disadvantage of home automation system using sensors is that it is quite costly. In the example shown,
sensors were installed to control the lighting, and appliances such as the air conditioner and the television, but
it will not work for appliances such as the washing machine, the refrigerator and the water heater. For those
appliances, the user has to manually turn them on or off.
III. METHODOLOGY

Figure 1: Block Diagram of System

IV. PROPOSED SYSTEM
The proposed system is GSM based home automation system. the house Automation System suffers through
many problems. Although, this technique is implemented with other communicating modules like Bluetooth
module, WI-FI module etc. but they need range limitation i.e., they'll operate up to a particular distance
reckoning on the range. But GSM based system allows the user to manage the device from any a part of the
globe providing he should be subscribed to a service provider. The system also will give the present status of
appliances. The system may be controlled through transportable. this is often a really good feature as we are
able to reach the system from anywhere. The system also will help to cut back the electricity bill. The system
will have the flexibility to regulate the lights, AC, heat, CCTV etc. this can be possible by sending a command to
the corresponding appliances through SMS. The system development involves implementing the hardware
modules such as GSM Module, Microcontroller, Relays, power supply and Loads, as shown in the "Figure 1 –
Block Diagram of System" which are required to create a complete automation system.
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Figure 2: Architecture of System.

V. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
The GSM home automation system consists of an Arduino Uno as a controller, SIM900 as an SMS gateway, 4-
channel relay as an output and a smartphone as an input. The system functions supported the set of
instructions or messages sent through a smartphone via SMS gateway to the Arduino Uno microcontroller.
Hence, the Arduino Uno further interprets, extracts, processes and controls the relay switching unit supported
the user-defined instruction inform of a string of knowledge to either activate or OFF the household appliances
and devices. Then, the user receives a notification as feedback mechanisms from the Arduino Uno via the
smartphone on the status of the appliances. the look prototype was experimental with ten different input file
string to verify its potency also because the Arduino Uno SMS feedback schemes was also examined.

Figure 3: Developed GSM Home Automation System.

Figure 3 shows fan ON when the mobile send message #A.fan on*, the GSM Module initialized, the LCD display
initialized and then the LCD display shows fan ON and the fan is ON.

Figure 4: Picture of Fan ON.

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Figure 5 shows light ON when the mobile send message #A.light on*, the GSM Module initialized, the LCD
display initialized and then the LCD display shows light ON and the light is ON.

Figure 5: Picture of Light ON.

VI. CONCLUSION
With the rise within the consumption of energy and population, there's a good have to conserve energy in every
way possible. the shortcoming to access and control the appliances from remote locations is one among the
main reasons for energy wastage. This thesis presents the event and implementation of a worldwide System for
Mobile Communication (GSM) based device system for electrical appliances and lighting that allows complete
control of the interface on which it's based. GSM Shield was used for receiving short message service (SMS)
from the homeowner as movable that automatically enables an Arduino microcontroller to require the required
actions like switching OFF and ON electrical appliances like fan, light, air-conditioner, supply mains so on.
Basically, it reads the SMS and acts in step with the message. Similar products commercially available are
Internet dependent and then lack truth sense of real mobility and security. However, this GSM based device
system allows the homeowner to manage household appliances from anywhere using the portable and also
prevents unauthorized access to those appliances. Crucial to the current system is that the provision of security
on detection of intrusion via SMS using GSM technology.
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