In recent years, the concept of the Internet of Things has also been very popular. Internet companies and traditional manufacturing companies have all joined the Internet of Things, and Xiaomi is one of them. Smart phones have not been able to meet Xiaomi's growing ambition. From its product lines in the past 1-2 years, Xiaomi intends to establish a rich product line of the Internet of Things in the early stage, With the influence of its own brand, it takes the lead in the emerging Internet of Things market. Today, we will take a look at the actual experience of Xiaomi's smart home suit.
Unpacking&Appearance
The outer package of the Xiaomi Smart Home Kit is still a paper box, similar to the package of the Xiaomi mobile phone, slightly longer, with some product information on the back of the package.
When we opened the package, we saw the contents: Xiaomi multi-functional gateway, Xiaomi human body sensor, Xiaomi door and window sensor, Xiaomi wireless switch, accessories: pins, stickers, and instructions. Although it is a smart home package, it seems that there are many things, but the only thing that really needs to be connected to the power supply is Xiaomi multi-functional gateway, and the other four small pieces are built-in batteries.
There are speaker openings at the top and bottom of Xiaomi multi-function gateway. This is to provide door bell and alert alarm bell. At the same time, there is a circle of light transmission belt on its side. This is used as sRGS lighting. There is also a switch button. It uses a triangle socket, which can be used in general row plugs.
The human body sensor can be attached to the desktop by matching the adhesive sticker in the accessories. The small hole in the middle can reset the human body sensor through a pin. The sensing distance of the human body sensor is up to 7 meters.
The Xiaomi wireless switch is circular in design, and the bottom is also glued, which can be pressed by touching. The door and window sensor is a combination of two small parts. The big one is the sensor body, and the small one is the magnet. The main body is installed on the fixed surface of the opening and closing area, while the magnet is placed on the active surface. The two are placed horizontally. The installation gap between the two should be less than 22mm when the door and window are closed.
Glue and pin
experience
To use the Xiaomi Smart Home Kit, you need to download the Xiaomi Smart Home App. After we plug the Xiaomi multi-functional gateway into the row, open the Xiaomi Smart Home App and you will be prompted to find a new device. Then connect the Xiaomi multi-functional gateway to the available WIFI through the app. At this time, we can set the functions of the Xiaomi Smart Home Kit through our mobile phone.
After entering the Xiaomi Smart Home Package page, we can see the status of connected devices on the main page, such as the time when the door and window sensors were last closed, how many points people passed the human body sensor, etc. Since the mobile phone is connected to the Xiaomi multi-functional gateway through the Internet, there is no distance limit.
As the core component of Xiaomi Smart Home Kit, Xiaomi Multi function Gateway is mainly responsible for the ring and color light functions. Xiaomi Multi function Gateway supports RGB light, that is, 16 million color light. Through the App, you can choose the color and brightness of light. At the same time, it can cooperate with door and window sensors and human body sensors to send out alarm sound+warning color light when there is a living body passing by.
In fact, wireless switches control Xiaomi's intelligent hardware through switches. By setting scene mode in Xiaomi's smart home app, you can control night lights, switch plugs, air purifiers, smart bulbs, etc., including multi-functional gateways. At the same time, Xiaomi multi-function gateway+Xiaomi wireless switch can also be used as doorbell.
The setting scenario of human body sensor is similar to that of wireless switch. The starting condition can be set to trigger when someone passes/how long no one passes.
The door and window sensor can set the starting conditions: door and window open, door and window closed, and door and window not closed. Then add a trigger task. For example, it can be set to turn on the smart bulb when the door and window are open.
In the above experience, the sensing distance between the components in the Xiaomi Smart Home Kit and the Xiaomi multi-functional gateway is basically more than 15 meters. If the Xiaomi multi-functional gateway is placed in the center of the house in the home, and a circle with a radius of 15 meters is made with it as the center, then the area is (15 meters) two π is 706 ㎡, but the per capita housing area of Chinese people is only So we don't have to worry about the situation that the room is too large and the sensor distance is not enough.
summary
Our life is slowly moving towards the Internet of Things. Maybe the Internet of Things in smart home is just the first step for Xiaomi to enter the Internet of Things market, and this step is particularly critical. What Xiaomi smart home package gives us is simple and easy to use. Although it is not a subversive product, it is very practical. At the same time, Xiaomi has started, In the future, there will be more funds and competitors involved, which is a situation that users like to see.
