Smart GSM control for automatic gates and doors.
Abstract
The idea of controlling home access controls has been the desire of many Ugandan home Owners
because they leave home for work early in the morning and do not return till late in the evening.
Sometimes they even travel upcountry and unexpected visitors or service providers may find a
hard time accessing their premises because they are not there. With a GSM Gate management
System, the homeowner can send an SMS to open the specific doors and then close when the
service providers are done with their services, including Garbage Collection and Meter reading.
One of the most extensively used cellular technologies globally is GSM, which stands for Global
System for Mobile Communications (Azid & Kumar, 2011). As the number of GSM users grows,
research and development efforts to learn more about GSM deployment will be significantly aided
by the project we embark on as we will be applying GSM for more practical home uses. The
system's drawbacks include the inability to manage numerous appliances at the same time, and the
door automation system can not confirm whether the system is operating in the right way or not.
Using a GSM microcontroller, we designed and prototyped a rudimentary door automation system
based on SMS technology which will be affordable for most Ugandans. The microcontroller links
the GSM network, the sliding gate system, and door access control. Microcontroller. In addition
to GSM, door automation systems can use the internet (LTE) and wireless communications(WIFI)
for communication between home appliances and users (ElKamchouchi and ElShafee, 2012).