OpenRemote is an

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Internet of Things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...

platform that can be used for smart home building and smart city

automation Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...

. The platform integrates many different protocols, and offers

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. OpenRemote Inc. was originally created by the

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, founder of

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, to enable the sponsorship of the OpenRemote project. OpenRemote follows the same open source methodology, licensing under the

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version 3. The company has since moved away from smart home automation and now develops a more genetic IoT platform.

Platform

Manager 3.0 was created to handle larger multi-tenant applications. It includes a generic asset and attribute structure, allowing users to build their own asset types and adding their own protocols, and using generic protocols such as

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and

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, or older protocols such as KNX or BACnet. A rules engine allows for several ways of programming logic. A UI component library offers front end developers a quick way to build project specific frontend applications, using popular web frameworks like Angular or

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. By utilizing multiple instances in an Edge Gateway mode on architectures like

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, multiple projects can be connected to, and synchronised with, a centrally hosted instance.

Reception

OpenRemote has been adopted by cities and property developers, which apply the tools to distributed energy management systems and

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. As well as earlier recognition by the ''MIT Technology Review'', they were also recognised by the Dutch Ministry of Security & Justice.

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