Abstract: This paper represents a novel method which enables users to control their home appliances and systems from remote using a cell phone-based interface. To access the control unit, the user should send an authentication code (DTMF) along with the required/desired function/action to his/her home control system via Global System for Mobile communication (GSM). Upon being properly authenticated, the cell phone-based interface at home (control unit) would relay the commands to a microcontroller that would perform the required function/action, and return a function completion code that would be sent to the source of the original command (user’s cell phone).

Keywords: Decoder, DTMF, GSM, Microcontroller, Voltage Regulator, Register.