BROWSING: OCF

DALI Alliance joins IP-BLiS to improve IoT integration across smart buildings

  The DALI Alliance has joined IP-BLiS, the IP Building & Lighting Standards market interest group, to support convergence towards using Internet Protocol (IP) transport and security mechanisms to simplify deploying, provisioning, and securing complex building systems. IP-BLiS was launched in June 2020 by BACnet International,...

IoT standard gets security, compatability updates; new products promised in 2019

Mainstream appliance manufacturers Electrolux, Haier, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics will introduce smart-home products based on an emerging ‘internet-of-things’ (IoT) standard from the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) next year. The group will offer a first wave of interoperable OCF-certified solutions in 2019. The OCF said...

Renovating the smart home industry (Reality Check)

A concoction of low cost computing, plentiful wireless communication protocols and improved battery life has created the perfect environment for ‘connected things’ deployments in diverse scenarios, ranging from factory floors to everyday objects. As the internet of things is becoming one of the most...