ThereGate in brief
There corporation will focus on energy saving and efficiency. The energy saving solutions of the company are based on the ThereGate – which was formerly known as the Nokia Home Control Center or HCC. ThereGate is a technology-independent open Linux-based platform that supports the most common smart home technologies. This makes it an ideal platform for many different applications and needs, as they have a wide range of solutions from different vendors to choose from, and also for third parties to create new solutions and applications.
ThereGate is built on a hardware platform including:
- 1 Gbps Ethernet connectors for 4 LAN and 1 WAN ports
- 11n WLAN
- GSM/GPRS/3G
- 4 USB 2.0 host connectors for extensions
- Z-Wave
- 2 GB internal storage
- SD card reader with SDHC support for affordable storage extension
- Battery backup for protection of power failures
The hardware platform can easily be expanded to also support other radio- and bus technologies like ZigBee, M-Bus, Modbus among others.
Use your mobile phone to access your system
The two most important control nodes in the solution are a mobile phone and a web browser. A simple unified interface makes controlling all energy and home solutions easy and convenient. The system can also be integrated into different back-end systems, internet services and portals.
Connect where ever you are
The back-end servers ensure a seamless and secure link between a mobile phone and the ThereGate. Automatic updating of the ThereGate and device software keeps the whole system up-to-date without any effort from the customers.
ThereGate utilizes devices from market leading players
In addition to the ThereGate that There Corporation provides, the value for the end customer comes from the integration of different individual devices and entire systems from 3rd party vendors, all under the control of one user interface. These devices will include monitoring and controlling of energy consumption as also act as devices connected to security and safety sensors.