European Home Systems (EHS) Protocol was a

communication protocol A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity. The protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics (computer scien ...

aimed at home appliances control and communication using

power line communication Power-line communication (also known as power-line carrier or PLC) carries data on a conductor that is also used simultaneously for AC electric power transmission or electric power distribution to consumers. A wide range of power-line communicat ...

(PLC), developed by the European Home Systems Association (EHSA). After merging with two other protocols, it is a part of the KNX standard, which complies with the

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization CENELEC (french: Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique; en, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) is responsible for European standardization in the area of electrical engineering. Together with ETSI (telecommun ...

(CENELEC) norm EN 50090 and has a chance to be a basis for the first open standard for home and building control.

External links

Home Automation with EHS: Cheap But Slow
- Nikkei Electronics Asia
www.cenelec.eu
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
www.konnex.org
- association aimed at development of home and building control systems. {{Automation protocols Home automation Network protocols

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