International Journal of Control and Automation
Vol. 11, No. 8 (2018), pp.71-84
http//dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijca.2018.11.8.07
ISSN: 2005-4297 IJCA
Copyright © 2018 SERSC Australia
SCADA Controlled Smart Home Using Raspberry Pi3
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Bilal Naji Alhasnawi
1
and Basil H. Jasim
2
1,2
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Basrah, Iraq
bilalnaji11@yahoo.com, hanbas632@gmail.com
Abstract
The main objective of this article is to develop a smart home system using SCADA,
Raspberry Pi3 Module and Wemos-D1 board. In this paper, we are using SCADA,
TCP/IP protocol and MQTT to develop a smart home. Modern homes are expected to
have centralized control system, instead of conventional switches which are fitted on
walls. If the user wants to control the appliances, they have to move near the wall and
control the switches. This method is inconvenient for the elderly and disabled people. So
their difficulty to operate the appliances can be supported by the proposed smart home
system which has a remote module to control the appliances. Remote controlled smart
home system fulfills the needs of the people. Remote control operation is achieved by a
PC (Personal Computer) is supported by IGSS SCADA. In the PC with TCP/IP protocol
acts as a transmitter, which sends commands to the Raspberry Pi3 module. Raspberry Pi3
receives the commands from SCADA. Raspberry Pi3 send the commands with addresses
to a terminal unit (Wemos-D1 boards) by MQTT. Each terminal unit receives the address
from the Raspberry Pi3, if the terminal unit address matches the Raspberry Pi3, it can
control devices or measured parameter, then sends this parameter with its address to the
Raspberry Pi3. The Raspberry Pi3 sends these data to owner’s PC. In this article Wemos-
D1 controller board which contains an ESP8266 IC is used. The loads are interfaced to
the Wemos-D1 controller using electromagnetic Relays.
Keyword: Raspberry Pi3, Wemos-D1 boards, IGSS SCADA, Appliances
1. Introduction
The smart home system can be defined as the system which enables home’s owner to
control home appliances and other activates manually and wirelessly locally and remotely
(from anywhere in the world) and also to manage home activities by the same ways, also
it has smart (automated) security and safety features and also it has capability of smartly
manage the energy consumed by the home [1]. In this system, the management of the
home process will be automatically according to the conditions that the designer will be
determined it or according to frequent duties. This system has several advantages as
compared with the manual system. It saves the house owner time, good management of
the home, rest of a house owner and saving energy resources.
These smart home systems based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are ones that
can interrelate intelligently to provide safe living and comfort. The smart home is
worldwide a technology for achieving the precision home management. The renewable
energy can be used in a smart system for powering the system to make its operation in an
independent manner on classical power successes.
2. Literature Review
In 2004 [2], home automation interfaces and device definitions are introduced to let
interoperability among ZigBee appliances produced by numerous manufacturers of
Received (November 16, 2017), Review Result (February 6, 2018), Accepted (February 11, 2018)