The local SmartHome

What is the "Local SmartHome"?

The Local SmartHome is our way strengthening the resilience and sustainability of the system. Having a local connectivity provides an improved resilience regarding internet-cuts or downtimes of cloud services. Additional it enables you to use the devices as long as you want (or they are alive) which is a small contribution to more sustainability in the SmartHome market.

With Local SmartHome we ensure that the LSH core system can be operated independently and theoretically forever^1,2.

In order to better understand what we mean by "Local SmartHome", we first would like to share the following definitions with you:

LIVISI SmartHome Core ("Local SmartHome")

This contains all components of LIVISI SmartHome that can be operated completely locally:

• the central unit including the scenarios running (local rule-engine/automations) on it
• an web-based UI that is hosted locally at the central unit: Local App
• a local interface (API) for connection to third-party systems
• the existing bindings² (e.g. support for innogy/RWE devices)
• local configuration backup/restore on USB³
• local storage of device activity data³

LIVISI SmartHome Services

All components that are not absolutely necessary for the operation of LIVISI SmartHome are summarized by us as "services". This concerns, for example.

• Notifications (SMS, push, etc.)
• Backup / restore of configurations in the backend
• Data storage and evaluations in the backend
• Remote access
• Third party services such as IFTTT, Alexa, Google Home
• LIVISI App (app for mobile devices and our web app at home.livisi.de)
• Mobile app
• Support
• ...

The LIVISI SmartHome services will be discontinued on March 1, 2024 and will no longer be available afterwards: FAQ - Retirement of the LIVISI SmartHome Services

Now as you have an overview on what Local SH is, you might want to use it: How can I use it?