Reliability:
– UPB is highly reliable for home automation.
– Not susceptible to RF interference or signal blockage by walls.
– Transmits on existing building wiring with noise reduction circuitry.
– Can traverse long distances across multiple electrical panels.
– Resistant to electrical noise on power lines.
Interoperability:
– Supported by Home Assistant, OpenHAB, and HomeSeer software.
– Mobile app support available through PulseWorx Gateway.
– Compatible with voice recognition products like Alexa and Google Assistant.
– Can coexist with other powerline technologies.
– Peer-to-peer protocol allows individual programming without a hub.
Hardware Manufacturers:
– Advanced Quonset Technologies.
– Leviton HLC line.
– Powerline Control Systems PulseWorx line.
– Simply Automated.
– Web Mountain.
References:
– PulseWorx – Powerline Lighting Systems – PCS.
– Simply Automated — About UPB Technology.
– About UPB (Universal Powerline Bus).
– Why UPB?
– GitHub UPB – Bindings – openHAB 2.
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Universal Powerline Bus (UPB) is a proprietary software protocol developed by Powerline Control Systems for power-line communication between devices used for home automation. Household electrical wiring is used to send digital data between UPB devices via pulse-position modulation.
Communication is peer to peer, with no central controller necessary.
UPB addressing allows 250 devices per house and 250 houses per transformer, allowing over 62,500 total device addresses and can co-exist with other powerline carrier systems within the same home.
As of 2018[update], UPB enjoys one of the broadest range of device types when compared to most protocols and has support from some major manufacturers in the home automation space. Most notably, Leviton and their Omni series of home automation products, as well as the UPB devices they market. UPB is also supported by many major home automation software manufacturers. A few of which are listed below.
