Home automation system including a security controller that terminates communication with an addressable device that operates abnormally and associated method

摘要

A home automation (HA) system can include an addressable HA device and an HA security controller, each addressable HA device having a respective HA device signature associated with it. The HA security controller can be configured to communicate with the addressable HA device via a respective one of the plurality of communication ports, with a given communication port not currently in use. When a given device among a plurality of addressable HA devices communicates via the given communication port that is not currently in use, the HA security controller operates abnormally for the given addressable HA device. Is determined based on the respective HA device signature and communicates to the cloud to verify whether the given addressable HA device is operating abnormally, and the given addressable HA device Can be configured to terminate communication with a given addressable HA device and generate a notification when it is verified that it is operating abnormally.