Welcome to Open Remote, we are an open source community in the automation and domotics space. We develop panel and control software. We use off-the-shelf hardware and integrate with a variety of protocols in the field. We target hobbyists and professionals alike. We promote and practice open standards and integration.
Open Remote: easy panel creation with OR Composer.
Open Remote Composer is an online software application designed to rapidly and easily create touch driven control panels. After declaring the hardware you use, you can assemble panels from a palette of available commands. We support deployment of panels on apple hardware (iphone/ipad) and android. We integrate open ended hardware protocols in a plug-in fashion.
Runtime
In the case your hardware supports IP (ex KNX), the OR panel software may directly talk to it. In this case the panel is all you need.
However for advanced scenarios you want to have a box in the middle acting as a controller. The software from OR is open source and will run on off-the-shelf hardware.
Commercial and Residential offerings
Whether you are a DIY aficionado, a high-end installer, a hardware vendor or integrator, OR has something for you. We want to make OR the standard for commercial and hobbyist integration alike. We integrate with a variety of protocols out of the box and we allow any integrator or vendor to write plug-ins. We also bring innovative tools that simplify the work of an installer and the relationship with the client. We also consult for industry vendors on how to best integrate our technology in their offerings.
Open Standards in a Closed World
We believe the automation market is rapidly changing. It remains mostly a market of closed protocols. At Open Remote we take an open approach to automation. Our panel technology integrates with your favorite protocol and runtime hardware through open source software.
Today an installer specializes in a vertical stack of end-to-end products and a user makes choices about the products. We open up the front end and support a unified panel and visual programming model. An installer can pick and choose hardware products from different vendors and still present one panel UI to the user. A proprietary hardware vendor can build modern panel support and integrate with existing vendors.