CENTRALIZATION

The hotel’s technical service has a centralized application to efficiently monitor and manage the entire domotic system in the rooms. Through an intuitive graphical interface, it is possible to identify and resolve any type of incident in real time, improving the operability of the system and ensuring an optimal experience for guests.

In addition to the rooms, this same application allows centralized management of the machine room, monitoring critical elements such as boilers, chillers, pumps, solar energy systems and energy recovery, among others. This total control capability facilitates operation and maintenance, ensuring the proper functioning of all facilities.

Both at reception and at management, a view of the facility can be accessed, allowing a more personalized and proactive service to be offered to customers. For example, something as simple as a poorly closed window can be detected and fixed immediately, avoiding inconvenience to the guest.

An example of the power of this system is the ability to calculate the time it takes to clean a room using PIR sensors and the state of the door, allowing to differentiate between the time needed for the bedroom and the bathroom. If the domotic system is linked to the reservation program, the cost of a check-in or daily cleaning can also be inferred, considering factors such as nationality, whether the guest is a family, couple, or their age, thus optimizing hotel resources and improving operational efficiency.

When the system is connected to the reservation system, energy and operational efficiency is further optimized, adjusting resources according to room occupancy. In addition, the historical data generated by the system provides a valuable source of information on usage patterns and energy consumption, enabling strategic decisions to reduce costs and improve sustainability.

One of the great advantages of our home automation system is the ability to distribute the processing to ensure that, in case of failure in one part of the system, the rest can continue to function autonomously. Even if you have centralized data capture, it is always a good practice to structure the system in different independent sub-processes, minimizing the risks of general failures.

At the same time, we recommend limiting the number of elements connected on RS485 line to a small number, for example, to a corridor of rooms or a subframe, with a maximum of between 32 and 40 devices. This improves the resilience of the system. Even within a single controller, processing can be divided into different threads that manage specific parts, providing greater robustness and simplicity of maintenance.

Our room controllers are designed to operate autonomously, so if the central system were to fail, the rooms would continue to operate without harming guests.

Each sub-panel can integrate a Linux PLC to perform local management independently. For example, a solar panel system or air-conditioning units in the main areas can have their own control logic, separate from the rest of the system, guaranteeing continuous and efficient operation.