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Integrations

Supported Integrations & Smart Ecosystems

One unified interface. Zero cloud reliance. Explore how HouseControl seamlessly orchestrates your appliances, security, and media under one roof.

Every HouseControl deployment acts as a unified bridge for your home. While standard smart devices trap you inside isolated smartphone apps that cannot talk to one another, HouseControl breaks down those walls. Below is a comprehensive blueprint of how our system integrates your smart appliances, trackers, security, and media into intelligent, automated workflows.

1. Core Smart Home Controls

Air Conditioning Intelligence

Orchestrate climate based on solar export, house occupancy, and open windows.

All Tiers

Compatible with: AirTouch, Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin, Panasonic, and more.

Solar-Smart Shutdown: Turns off climate loops if solar generation falls below 1kW and home battery capacity drops under 20%.
Empty House Sweep: Shuts down all active zones automatically when every family member leaves the property for over 30 minutes.
Window Override Safeguard: Automatically pauses a room's split-system or zone if a window sensor detects it has been open for 5+ minutes.
Pre-Cooling Triggers: Activates cooling using cheap solar energy when outdoor temperature exceeds 30°C and someone is heading home.
Sleep Mode Dimming: Gradually adjusts temperature overnight while syncing with bedroom motion sensors to avoid wasting energy.

Smart Hot Water Shifts

Divert heavy electricity consumption strictly to cheap or free energy windows.

All Tiers

Compatible with: Smart-ready heat pumps and electric storage elements via local relays.

Peak-Rate Avoidance: Isolates the water heating system automatically during expensive peak network pricing blocks.
Dynamic Boost Engine: Triggers an emergency high-temp cycle if the storage tank falls below 35°C right before peak shower windows.
Solar Export Divert: Monitors live home net export metrics, matching heating demands to excess green generation.
Holiday Mode: Drops the system to standby frost-protection temperature when the house is armed for 48+ hours.
Legionella Purge Scheduling: Runs high-temperature sterilization cycles strictly during off-peak electricity hours.

Intelligent Lighting Control

Automate lights through presence, time, and circadian rhythm schedules.

All Tiers

Compatible with: Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi lights — Philips Hue, IKEA, Tuya, LIFX, and more.

Welcome Home Scenes: Lights gradually illuminate when a family member arrives after dark, matched to exterior door sensors.
Circadian Sync: Warm tones activate in the evening and bright cool tones during daytime to support natural sleep cycles.
Vacation Simulation: Randomises lighting patterns while the house is in Holiday Mode to simulate occupancy.
All-Lights-Off Sweep: One tap on the HouseControl dashboard turns off every light in the house at bedtime.

Energy & Solar Monitoring

Track consumption, battery levels, and solar production with automated appliance scheduling.

All Tiers

Compatible with: Solax, Enphase, Fronius, Tesla Powerwall, and smart power meters.

Real-Time Dashboard: View solar generation, battery state, and household consumption in a single live chart.
Appliance Scheduling: Automatically run washing machines, dryers, or dishwashers during peak solar production hours.
Tariff Awareness: Integrates with time-of-use electricity plans to shift high-load activities to the cheapest windows.
Export Alerts: Notifications when excess solar is being exported, prompting manual activation of divert loads.

Environmental Sensors & Monitoring

Room-level temperature, humidity, air quality, water leak, and motion detection.

All Tiers

Compatible with: Aqara, Sonoff, Shelly, Xiaomi, and generic Zigbee/Z-Wave sensors.

Comfort Dashboards: Per-room temperature and humidity tracking with historical charts and comfort zone alerts.
Water Leak Protection: Instant notifications and automated valve shutoff when moisture is detected near appliances.
Air Quality Monitoring: Track CO2, PM2.5, and VOC levels, triggering ventilation or purifier automations when thresholds exceed.
Motion-Aware Automations: Presence detection drives lighting, HVAC, and security decisions throughout the house.

2. Family & Lifestyle Integrations

Kids Chores & Reward Engine

Transform daily tasks into an engaging, gamified rewards system for the young ones.

All Tiers

Powered by: Chores4Kids integration for HouseControl.

Task-to-Reward System: Children log completed chores directly into a simplified tablet dashboard or smart switch interface.
Automated Screen Time: Completing morning routines unlocks screen time allowance, activating smart plugs on gaming consoles or TVs.
Bedtime Lockdowns: If chores are incomplete by 7:30 PM, internet access pauses on kids' devices and bedroom lights dim as a reminder.
Points Tracking: Accumulated points can be redeemed for rewards — extra weekend screen time, outings, or special privileges.

Privacy-First Family Location

Monitor your children's safety without sending sensitive data to overseas tech giants.

All Tiers

Powered by: HouseControl Companion App on smartphones and smartwatches.

Granular Sensor Toggles: Parents individually enable or disable specific data — steps, heart rate, battery, screen time, or last app used.
Zero Cloud Leakage: None of this data leaves your house. All telemetry routes directly to the physical HouseControl hardware, stored locally.
School & Activity Alerts: Instant silent notifications when a child safely arrives at school, steps off the bus, or walks through the front door.
Local Statistics Dashboard: Weekly and monthly trends for family activity, screen time patterns, and location history — all on-premises.

3. Advanced Hardware & Security

Requires Small Form Factor PC performance — available on Tier 2 & Tier 3 deployments.

Smart House Alarm & Perimeter Security

Integrate your existing cameras into an intruder detection system — real sirens, in-home alerts, and no false triggers.

Tier 2 / 3 Only

Powered by: Your existing cameras and new or existing door, window, and motion sensors integrated into the HouseControl decision engine.

Real Siren on Breach: A loud siren alarm sounds when the perimeter is breached — not just the camera's weak speaker.
In-Home Alerting: Simultaneously alerts inside the house that somebody is lurking, only while the home is armed.
No Neighbour Nuisance: Smart verification prevents unnecessary triggering events that would otherwise annoy the neighbours.
Contextual Auto-Arming: Arms the perimeter automatically when all family devices leave the property for 30+ minutes.
Custom Family Modes: Armed, Disarmed, Night, and Holiday modes — each with customised sensor behaviour and alert rules.

Local AI CCTV Protection

On-premises neural video analytics eliminating false alerts and cloud subscriptions.

Tier 2 / 3 Only

Powered by: Frigate NVR with local AI processing, working with any IP cameras.

True Human & Vehicle Filtering: Identifies shapes locally to weed out wind, rain, and shadow bugs — ensuring 100% accurate notifications.
Intruder Deterrence: Triggers the alarm siren and floods target perimeter zones with light when a stranger is detected while armed — with verification so harmless motion never sets it off.
No Video Fee Leakage: Processing and raw events run safely on your hardware. Zero data ever streams to cloud servers.
Automation Feed Injection: Camera events trigger downstream reactions — porch lights activate the moment a vehicle pulls into the driveway at night.

4. Local Cloud & Media Infrastructure

Requires Small Form Factor PC performance — available on Tier 2 & Tier 3 deployments.

Automated House Backups

Continuous, background cross-platform backup node for every device in the house.

Tier 2 / 3 Only

Powered by: High-capacity secure local storage arrays with Nextcloud/OpenCloud interface.

Cross-Platform Infrastructure: Operates natively as a wireless Apple Time Machine destination and automated network backup for Windows PCs.
Personal Home Cloud: Access files dynamically using an elegant cloud interface from any room without sending records to a third party cloud.
Dedicated Apps for every device: Each home device has its own personalised app, to sync and ensure photos, videos are backed up regularly

Local Media Streaming Center

A subscription-free, cost-free, Netflix-style entertainment node powered by Jellyfin.

Tier 2 / 3 Only

Powered by: Jellyfin media server with hardware-accelerated transcoding.

Universal Household Streaming: Browse and play your entire media library through a gorgeous web player on any Smart TV, tablet, phone, or computer.
Zero Subscription Fees: Stream high-definition media completely locally — zero internet lag, plays even when the external connection goes down.
Family Profiles: Individual user profiles with parental controls, watch history, and personalised recommendations from your library.

What You Get With HouseControl

Dedicated Server

A compact device (mini PC, Pi, or micro‑server) installed in your home, running the HouseControl system locally.

Personal Family Portal

Your own secure subdomain for remote access — like familyname.housecontrol.au — no VPN or open ports needed.

Custom Dashboards

Dashboards tailored to your devices, layout, and daily routines — built by us to your requirements, enjoyed by you.

Vast Variations of Sensors

At the core of HouseControl is a local mesh network that unites your sensors, cameras and IoT devices through one Home Assistant instance — gathering temperature, movement, door locks, lights and audio, all securely within your premises. No cloud, no third parties, just your home working as one.

Ongoing Support^

Because we built your system, we're invested in making sure you get the most out of it. This isn't a one-off sale — not set up and left to hope it works. HouseControl provides ongoing maintenance so it's never a short-lived system. Backed by a long-standing, reputable Adelaide company, we keep your system running smoothly, and whenever you need support, you get it locally — not from an overseas call centre.

Hardware Included

No need to pay for hardware that would otherwise cost thousands of dollars — the core system is included in your monthly plan on a rolling annual direct debit. Because it's an open-source system, you can buy whatever sensors and devices you like: Home Assistant is one of the most popular home automation platforms and supports a vast array of custom sensors. And to make sure you pick well, we also have locally tested and rebuilt sensors and devices. Cancel within 30 days of contract start or at the end of your plan term.

Integrated Platforms & Devices

HouseControl seamlessly integrates with the platforms and devices you already use, bringing everything together in one unified dashboard.

Home Assistant platform Base of the HC which runs the whole system and communicates with HCControl

Jellyfin Media Server Free software media system for streaming movies, shows, and music

TrueNAS Storage Enterprise-grade open source storage for home media and backups

AdGuard Network Filter Network-wide ad blocking and privacy protection for your family

Solax Solar Energy Solar inverter integration for energy monitoring and management

Frigate NVR AI-powered security camera monitoring with local object detection

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