MK Core
Home automation brings together electronics, automation, computing and telecommunications to centralise the control of a building’s equipment; MK Core is its heart.
Home automation is the set of techniques of electronics, building physics, automation, computing and telecommunications used in buildings. More or less “interoperable”, they make it possible to centralise the control of the various systems and subsystems of a home or a business.
One core for the whole installation
MK Core names that central point: the unit to which lighting, heating, shutters, sensors and alarms are connected. Each device keeps its own function, but the core receives the commands, knows the state of every device and decides what should happen. You no longer drive ten separate pieces of equipment: you talk to a single system.
This centralisation changes everyday use. One interface, on a wall screen, a phone or by voice, is enough to control everything, on site or remotely.
Interoperability comes first
Everything depends on the devices being able to understand each other. Manufacturers do not use the same protocols, and an installation often mixes several generations of hardware. The core then acts as a translator: it lets equipment that would otherwise ignore each other work together. The more interoperable the whole is, the easier it is to replace a device or add one without starting over.
Scenarios rather than gestures
Once the controls are in one place, they can be chained. A scenario groups several actions under a single trigger: when you leave the house, the lights go off, the heating drops and the alarm arms; at nightfall, the shutters close. Sensors can start these scenarios by themselves, depending on the time, the temperature or presence.
What to keep in mind
A central system is also a point of weakness. Every function must stay reachable through an ordinary switch if the core or the network fails. The data collected, presence, habits, consumption, describes the life of the household or the business: it is worth knowing where it is stored and who can access it.