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Author:Joshi, Mukul M.
Title:Design of a graphical user interface for home energy monitoring system
Publication type:Master's thesis
Publication year:2010
Pages:48 s. + liitt. 9      Language:   eng
Department/School:Elektroniikan, tietoliikenteen ja automaation tiedekunta
Main subject:Valaistustekniikka   (S-118)
Supervisor:Halonen, Liisa
Instructor:Pakanen, Jouko
Electronic version URL: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201203151583
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Location:P1 Ark Aalto  810   | Archive
Keywords:energy monitoring
M-bus
visual basics
user interface
ThereGate
PadPuls M2C
micromaster
OBiX
ZigBee
Z-wave
Abstract (eng): Excellent graphics are the instruments used for representing quantitative information.
Graphics help people to understand complex things easily.
Hence the user interfaces developed should be clear, illustrative and designed from the user point of view with respect to their applications.
The thesis work deals with the design of a graphical user interface (GUI) developed for a home energy monitoring system.
Design methodologies like user centric design and empathic design are followed while creating the user interface and also the effect of various colors on human perception is studied.
Hence the final design of user interface provides the end-users a visualization of the energy produced and consumed in a monitored environment.

The monitoring devices are connected to ThereGate system (data logger) via the M-Bus communication protocol.
The ThereGate platform uses an Open Source Linux system as the operating language.
The other communication platform used over the ThereGate platform is an oBIX bridge, a web based service interface rich in XML support for transferring the data.

The interface has been programmed by using Visual basics 2008 and VB.NET, developed by Microsoft.

The work progresses with an initial explanation on the availability of various home energy monitoring systems on the market and their comparison.
The other units discuss the architecture of the ThereGate system, give a brief overview of the M-bus system, and discuss the development of graphical user interface (GUI) from a user centric design perspective using Microsoft's Visual Basics and VB.NET and configuration of M-Bus.
The last unit contains a discussion of the goals achieved at the end of the design and the future developments that can be made to have more user interactions with the user interface.
ED:2011-03-10
INSSI record number: 41570
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